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An information is filed in the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Pasay City charging the accused with robbery with violence against a person. The information states that on a date within Pasay City, the accused took from the complainant’s person one wallet, thereby depriving the complainant of his property, and left the scene. The information, however, does not allege any act of violence or intimidation actually used by the accused; it merely states that the wallet was taken from the complainant. The MTC has jurisdiction over offenses punishable by six years or less. The accused moves to quash on the ground of insufficiency of the information to charge an offense. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine and the specific ground invoked; (b) Distinguish lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter from lack of jurisdiction over the person and from insufficiency of the information; (c) Apply the doctrine to these facts and state the proper ruling.