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City of Lian, through its Sangguniang Panlungsod, seeks to condemn 0.8 hectares of privately owned hillside land belonging to the Delos Reyes family to construct a Municipal Transit and Ecological Corridor, including a bus depot, a hillside park, and flood-control works along a major thoroughfare linking three barangays. The land is currently used as an orchard and a small dwelling. An expropriation ordinance is enacted and ₱8,400,000 is deposited as just compensation based on an appraisal conducted three years ago. The Delos Reyes family objects that there is no genuine public use or necessity, arguing the project primarily benefits a private developer who intends to build adjacent properties; the city contends eminent domain is a recognized LGU power to serve public use and that due process has been observed. Possession is taken after deposit. The family challenges the expropriation in court on three grounds: (a) there is no proper public use or necessity; (b) the compensation offered is inadequate; (c) due process was not observed prior to possession. (a) Identify the governing doctrine and the actor empowered to exercise eminent domain in this context. (b) Apply the doctrine to the facts: is this a valid exercise of eminent domain? Discuss the public-use standard and the requirement of just compensation and due process. (c) If the Reyes family challenges the amount of compensation, what remedies and outcomes are available under Philippine law?