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At a construction site in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, a subcontractor's employee negligently fails to secure a suspended steel beam. The beam falls and injures a passerby, a resident of Iligan City. The passerby sues the subcontractor’s employer in a Philippine court located in Tagoloan. Which statement best identifies (a) the doctrine that governs which law applies to delictual liability in this case and (b) the controlling rule under that doctrine, and (c) the law that governs liability and damages, including whether the employer may be vicariously liable for the employee’s act under Philippine law?