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In a civil action for damages arising from defective construction, Plaintiff P sues Defendant C, a corporation, for ₱1,000,000. The project manager of C, using C's letterhead, prepares a memo dated July 5, 2024: "We acknowledge that the concrete poured on site on July 1, 2024 failed to meet the required compressive strength; we will replace the defective section and bear the cost." The memo is kept in C's project file under Quality Control. Plaintiff offers the memo as (1) a party-opponent admission, and (2) a business record kept in the ordinary course of business. Defendant objects on hearsay and argues it cannot be admitted for multiple purposes. (a) Identify the doctrine of multiple admissibility and explain its reach in Philippine evidence law. (b) For each proposed use, specify the governing ground(s) and the essential conditions for admissibility. (c) Applying the doctrine to these facts, should the court admit the memo for both proposed uses? If admitted, what limiting instructions or cautions, if any, should accompany its use?