PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. LINCOLN PORT PARKWAYS WAREHOUSING AND LOGISTICS CORP. and MEDARDO P. PINEDA (Victoria Wave Special Economic Zone, Caloocan City and residential address at 725 T. Anzures St. Francis, Meycauayan, Bulacan) (At-Large)

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY SECOND DIVISION PEOPLE OF THE Plaintiff, CTA CRIM. CASE NO. 0-1080 PHILIPPINES, For: Violation of Section 255, in -versus- relation to Sections 253(d) and 256 of the NIRC of 1997, as amended Members: RINGPIS-LIBAN, Chairperson, MODESTO-SAN PEDRO, and FERRER-FLORES,Jl LINCOLN PORT PARKWAYS WAREHOUSING AND LOGISTICS CORP. and MEDARDO P. PINEDA, (Victoria Wave Special Economic Zone, Caloocan City, and residential address at 725 T. Anzures St. Francis, Meycauayan, Bulacan) Promulgated: (At-Large) FEB 0Z20~ Accused. x----------------------------------------------------------------~-~-:~~-"":-~_:____x RESOLUTION In the Resolution dated September 6, 2023, this Court granted the plaintiff a period of ten (1 0) days from notice within which to submit the required approval of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to ftle the present case. Pending compliance, the determination of the existence of probable cause shall be held in abeyance. In the Records Verification Report dated January 4, 2024 submitted by this Court's Judicial Records Division, it was noted that the plaintiff failed to comply with the above Resolution despite service of the copies of the notice thereof in the following dates and the following manner:

RESOLUTION CTA CRIM. CASE NO. 0-1080 Date Recipient Kind of Service September 19, 2023 Department of Tustice Personal Service September 13, 2023 Bureau of Internal Revenue Personal Service The plaintiffs failure to comply with this Court's directive notwithstanding the grant of more than sufficient time to comply with the same plainly suggests the plaintiffs lack of interest to proceed with the present case. _Accordingly, the dismissal of the case, albeit without prejudice, is in order. WHEREFORE, premises considered, CTA Crim. Case No. 0-1080 entitled 'People of the Philippines v. Lincoln Port Parkwqys Warehousing and Logistics Corp. and JVIedardo P. Pineda" is DISMISSED for plaintiffs failure to prosecute. SO ORDERED. ~. ~ -1-' "----- MA. BELEN M. RINGPIS-LIBAN Associate Justice MARIA RO}VEN 0 ESTO-SAN PEDRO Associate Justice ORES