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An official in the City Environment and Natural Resources Office suspends Ms. Lila Santos, a park ranger supervisor, for alleged neglect of duty and mishandling park records. The preventive suspension is issued for 12 days without notice or opportunity to be heard, and Santos is not provided transcripts or evidence supporting the charges. After 12 days, the same office terminates Santos in writing, again without a formal hearing, investigation, or written findings. Santos 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 Santos’s facts and determine whether the suspension and termination violated due process. (c)If there was a due-process violation, what remedy should Santos obtain.