LEGAL FORMS (TUE-THU)

Republic of the Philippines )

City of Manila ) S. S.

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AFFIDAVIT OF MERIT

I, BASTE J. RAMOS, of legal age, with office address at Unit 2123 Robinsons Business Center,
Ermita, Manila, after having been sworn to in accordance with the law do hereby depose and state:

1. That I am the authorized legal representative of Ammarah Financing Corporation;

2. That relative to the court proceedings of Civil Case No. 12345 for Sum of Money filed by
Ammarah Financing Corporation against MANUEL P. BINAY. I filed on behalf of the
corporation a Notice of Appeal from the dismissal order dated April 22, 2016 of the Regional
Trial Court, Branch 12, City of Manila;
3. That such notice of appeal was made as a remedial recourse and to apprise the Honorable Court
in seeking to recover the unpaid loan account of an elusive borrower in the aforesaid civil case;
4. That said Notice of Appeal was dismissed by the court a quo being filed out of time;
5. The deferred Notice of Appeal was subsequent to the filing of a motion for an extension of time
to file a motion for reconsideration; that the latter motion for an extension of time was not
previously known to the best of my knowledge as a prohibited pleading, being a representative
and not a full-fledged lawyer with limited exposure to the legal profession;
6. Such excusable negligence could not have been avoided with ordinary foresight; the technicality
involved and procedural consequences per Rules of Court require the acumen of a lawyer allowed
to practice law;
7. That the filing of said notice of appeal was made out of apprehension of the dismissal order;
being wary of losing the right claim in a legal action; that the belated appeal can still be given its
due course in the interest of equity and justice as supported by a string of jurisprudence
8. This affidavit of merit ix executed to support the plaintiffs petition for a relief from an adverse
judgment on the above case.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 05 May 2016 in the City of
Manila, Philippines.

(SGD) BASTE J. RAMOS

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 05 May 2016 at Manila, after affiant exhibited to
me his Passport E123224, issued on 10 January 2015 at Manila.

(SGD) CARLO S. SANTOS

Notary Public for Manila
Suite 123 Torre De Lorenzo
Taft Avenue, City of Manila
Commission Serial 12343
Until Dec. 31, 2016
Roll of Attorney 12342
PTR 12312; 1-12-16; Manila
IBP 34563 1-12-16; Manila
MCLE Compliance No. IV-008 / 1-12-16

Doc. 12;
Page 8;
Book II;
Series of 2016.