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An official in the City Licensing and Permits Office suspends Ms. Kara Dizon, a licensed municipal agriculturist, for alleged neglect of duty and misreporting of agricultural grant disbursements. The preventive suspension is issued for 10 days without notice or opportunity to be heard, and Dizon is not provided transcripts or evidence supporting the charge. After 10 days, the same office terminates Dizon in writing, again without a formal hearing, investigation, or written findings. Dizon files a civil action claiming that the preventive suspension and subsequent termination violated procedural due process. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on procedural due process applicable to administrative actions under Philippine law. (b) Apply the doctrine to Dizon's facts and determine whether the suspension and termination violated due process. (c) If there was a due-process violation, what remedy should Dizon obtain.