DISTANCE BETWEEN PLACES:

     Judicial notice could be taken of the travel time by car from San Pedro, Laguna to Pasig City, Metro Manila, because it is capable of unquestionable demonstration, and nowadays is already of public knowledge, especially to commuters. The Supreme Court therefore found no error in the trial court’s finding that it was not impossible for petitioner to be at the scene of the crime, despite his alibi that he was engaged in intelligence work in San Pablo Laguna that same afternoon of October 19, 1990. (Vergara vs. People, G.R. No. 128720, January 23, 2002 Quisumbing, J.).