PHILIPPINE PHARMA PROCUREMENT, INC. (FORMERLY: PITC PHARMA, INC.) v. BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, REPRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER CAESAR R. DULAY

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OFTAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY SECOND DIVISION PHILIPPINE PHARMA PROCUREMENT, INC. (formerly: PITC PHARMA, INC.) Petitioner, -versus- CTA CASE NO. 9734 BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, represented by COMMISSIONER CAESAR R. DULAY, Respondent. x---------------------------- x ORDER When this case was called for Pre-Trial Conference, only respondent's counsel, Atty. Yvette C. Tenefrancia appeared. Petitioner's counsel failed to appear despite due notice. In view of the absence of petitioner's counsel and for failure to file a Pre-Trial Brief, the oral motion of respondent's counsel for the dismissal of this case on the ground of failure to prosecute is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, the Petition for Review is DISMISSED and this case is considered CLOSED and TERMINATED. SO ORDERED. Quezon City, Philippines, May 24, 2018. Q..C-.~~~9.. JUANfrO C. CASTANiDA, JR. Associate Justice (On Official Business) \ CAESAR A. CASANOVA C~?~ Associate Justice CATHERINE T. MANAHAN Associate Justice