Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 1999
- G.R. No. 129397 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NORBERTO SOLEMA LOPEZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 116281 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SPO1 ROMULO GUTIERREZ, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — CORAZON T. REONTOY, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. LIBERATO R. IBADLIT, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 131977 PEDRO MENDOZA, PETITIONER, VS. RAY ALLAS AND GODOFREDO OLORES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 128364 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NESTOR JIMENEZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 111027 BERNARDINO RAMOS AND ROSALIA OLI, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, RODOLFO BAUTISTA AND FELISA LOPEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 123215 NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. ARSENIO J. MAGPALE, AND JOSE MA. P. JACINTO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 128287 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RIZAL ESPIRITU Y KINAO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 132805 PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, LABOR ARBITER ROMULUS PROTACIO AND DR. HERMINIO A. FABROS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 131277 SPOUSES FRANCISCO AND ANGELA C. TANKIKO AND SPOUSES ISAIAS AND ANITA E. VALDEHUEZA, PETITIONERS, VS. JUSTINIANO CEZAR, EUGENIO ENDAN, BONIFACIO ACLE, EUSEBIO ANTIG, JULIO ASENERO, PILAR ARBOLADURA, JUANA BALISTOY, APOLINARIO BAHADE, REMEGIO CAGADAS, TEODORO CAGANTAS, ALEJANDRO DE LA CERNA, NILO DE LA CRUZ, REMEDIOS F. COLLERA, TERESITA COLLERA, ANASTACIO DAGANDARA, HEIRS OF SOTERO ESCOLANA REPRESENTED BY LUZ ESCOLANA, HEIRS OF FELICISIMO EXCLAMADO REPRESENTED BY ALFREDO EXCLAMADO, CARLOS GOMEZ, ELEUTERIO GUIWAN, HEIRS OF TEODORO JANDAYAN REPRESENTED BY MARINA ANAYA VDA. DE JANDAYAN, HEIRS OF GUILLERMO NARISMA, IGNACIO OPAON, ANTONIO PALMA, ELADIO RAAGAS, HEIRS OF MARTIN RODRIGUEZ REPRESENTED BY LUZMINDA RODRIGUEZ ABEJARON, RUFINO SUMAMPONG, HEIRS OF ASUNCION TACDER REPRESENTED BY EUSEBIO ANTIG, DOMINGO TORDILLO, LUCIANO UAYAN AND JULIO WALAG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 122161 COMMISIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND CDCP MINING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 120991. FEBRUARY 1, 1999] SIRAWAI PLYWOOD & LUMBER CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 128508 DANIEL G. FAJARDO, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. FLORENTINO P. PEDRONIO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 31, ILOILO CITY; PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND STATION COMMANDER OF ILOILO CITY, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 125959 JOSE MARIA M. ASUNCION, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 122485 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LARRY MAHINAY Y AMPARADO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 107964-66 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY THE PANEL OF PROSECUTORS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. DAVID G. NITAFAN, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 52, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, AND IMELDA R. MARCOS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 119712 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND CONTINENTAL CEMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 122746 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARIO VILLANUEVA Y FAUSTINO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 135074 REPUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. REPRESENTED BY A2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CO. PTE. LTD., AND BEAUTY FORTUNE INVESTMENTS LTD., HON. ROSITA R. GUERRERO, HON. MANOLITO S. SOLLER, AND HON. PAULINO Q. GALLEGOS IN THEIR CAPACITY AS MEMBERS OF THE SECURITIES, INVESTIGATION AND CLEARING DEPARTMENT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, JOSE L. SANTIAGO, MARILYN E. SANTIAGO, ELEANOR M. SANTIAGO, JAMES B. LINDENBERG, CAESAR U. QUERUBIN, HYUNG SHIK KIM, INHO LEE, PHILIPPINE TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORPORATION AND PHILIPPINE WIRELESS, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 127941 BIBLIA TOLEDO-BANAGA AND JOVITA TAN, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND CANDELARIO DAMALERIO RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 128941 CAPITOL COLLEGE OF ILIGAN, INC., PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND SPOUSES GERARDO AND FELINA ARANAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 108946 FRANCISCO G. JOAQUIN, JR., AND BJ PRODUCTIONS, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. FRANKLIN DRILON GABRIEL ZOSA, WILLIAM ESPOSO, FELIPE MEDINA, JR., AND CASEY FRANCISCO, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 125986 LUXURIA HOMES, INC., AND/OR AIDA M. POSADAS, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, JAMES BUILDER CONSTRUCTION AND/OR JAIME T. BRAVO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 125925 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE VS. VENTURA VINUYA Y DELA CRUZ, APPELLANT. K A P A S Y A H A N
- G.R. No. 119464 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VIRGILIO VERMUDEZ Y YASAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 112024 PHILIPPINE BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 122544 REGINA P. DIZON, AMPARO D. BARTOLOME, FIDELINA D. BALZA, ESTER ABAD DIZON AND JOSEPH ANTHONY DIZON, RAYMUND A. DIZON, GERARD A. DIZON, AND JOSE A. DIZON, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND OVERLAND EXPRESS LINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 124741] REGINA P. DIZON, AMPARO D. BARTOLOME, FIDELINA D. BALZA, ESTER ABAD DIZON AND JOSEPH ANTHONY DIZON, RAYMUND A. DIZON, GERARD A. DIZON, AND JOSE A. DIZON, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. MAXIMIANO C. ASUNCION, AND OVERLAND EXPRESS LINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 133054 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. GERSON R. ABADILLA, LUZVIMINDA M. CELESTINO, AND THE MINORS EMERSON C. ABADILLA AND RAFAEL C. ABADILLA, REPRESENTED BY THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM LUZVIMINDA M. CELESTINO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 113787 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CEFERINO GUILLERMO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- AC No. 4826 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION TO REMOVE ATTY. JOSE A. GRAPILON AS PRESIDENT, INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES. ROSALIA VILLARUEL, ASUNCION ILAGAN, ROSALINA VILLARUEL, ROBERTO MANUSON, EVELYN MELGAR, NIDA PEÑARANDA, THELMA PADILLA, MARY LOU MANATLAO, HERMINIO CEPILLO, CRISTINA NALDA, TERESITA PERALTA, EDEN ENCINARES, GLORIA COUSART, EMMA PAGUNSAN, AND DELIA MORTERA (EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL OFFICE, INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES), COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. JOSE A. GRAPILON AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES BOARD OF GOVERNORS, RESPONDENTS R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 127598 MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF LABOR LEONARDO QUISUMBING AND MERALCO EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS ASSOCIATION (MEWA), RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 133197 PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, PETITIONER, VS. EDUARDO COJUANGCO, JR., AGR’L. CONSULTANCY SERV., INC., ARCHIPELAGO REALTY CORP., BALETE RANCH, INC., BLACK STALLION RANCH, INC., CHRISTENSEN PLANTATION COMPANY, DISCOVERY REALTY CORP., DREAM PASTURES, INC., ECHO RANCH, INC., FAR EAST RANCH, INC., FIRST UNITED TRANSPORT, INC., HABAGAT REALTY DEVELOPMENT, INC., KALAWAKAN RESORTS, INC., KAUNLARAN AGRICULTURAL CORP., LABAYUG AIR TERMINALS, INC., LANDAIR INT’L. MARKETING CORP., LHL CATTLE CORPORATION, LUCENA OIL FACTORY, INC., MEADOW LARK PLANTATIONS, INC., METROPLEX COMMODITIES, INC., MISTY MOUNTAIN AGRI’L. CORP., NORTHEAST CONTRACT TRADERS, INC., NORTHERN CARRIERS CORPORATION, OCEANSIDE MARITIME ENT., INC., ORO VERDE SERVICES, INC., PASTORAL FARMS, INC., PCY OIL MANUFACTURING CORP., PHILIPPINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., PRIMAVERA FARMS, INC., PUNONG-BAYAN HOUSING DEV’T CORP., PURA ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., RADIO AUDIENCE DEVELOPERS INTEGRATED ORGANIZATION, INC., RADYO PILIPINO CORPORATION, RANCHO GRANDE, INC., REDDEE DEVELOPERS, INC., SAN ESTEBAN DEVELOPMENT, INC., SILVER LEAF PLANTATIONS, INC., SOUTHERN SERVICE TRADERS, INC., SOUTHERN STAR CATTLE CORP., SPADE ONE RESORTS CORP., UNEXPLORED LAND DEVELOPERS, INC., VERDANT PLANTATIONS, INC., VESTA AGRICULTURAL CORP., WINGS RESORTS CORPORATION. SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION AND SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- AM No. 98-8-105- [ AM No. 98-8-105-MTC. January 26, 1999 ]
- G.R. No. 109242 LITO C. MARCELO, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION) AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 125213 MILAGROS L. DIAZ, PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 112675 AFISCO INSURANCE CORPORATION; CCC INSURANCE CORPORATION; CHARTER INSURANCE CO., INC.; CIBELES INSURANCE CORPORATION; COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED INSURANCE CO., INC.; DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE & SURETY CORPORATION; DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES; EASTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY & SURETY CORP.; EMPIRE INSURANCE COMPANY; EQUITABLE INSURANCE CORPORATION; FEDERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION INC.; FGU INSURANCE CORPORATION; FIDELITY & SURETY COMPANY OF THE PHILS., INC.; FILIPINO MERCHANTS’ INSURANCE CO., INC.; GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM; MALAYAN INSURANCE CO., INC.; MALAYAN ZURICH INSURANCE CO., INC.; MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO., INC.; METROPOLITAN INSURANCE COMPANY; METRO-TAISHO INSURANCE CORPORATION; NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE CO., LTD.; PAN-MALAYAN INSURANCE CORPORATION; PARAMOUNT INSURANCE CORPORATION; PEOPLE’S TRANS-EAST ASIA INSURANCE CORPORATION; PERLA COMPANIA DE SEGUROS, INC.; PHILIPPINE BRITISH ASSURANCE CO., INC.; PHILIPPINE FIRST INSURANCE CO., INC.; PIONEER INSURANCE & SURETY CORP.; PIONEER INTERCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CORPORATION; PROVIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES; PYRAMID INSURANCE CO., INC.; RELIANCE SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY; RIZAL SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY; SANPIRO INSURANCE CORPORATION; SEABOARD-EASTERN INSURANCE CO., INC.; SOLID GUARANTY, INC.; SOUTH SEA SURETY & INSURANCE CO., INC.; STATE BONDING & INSURANCE CO., INC.; SUMMA INSURANCE CORPORATION; TABACALERA INSURANCE CO., INC.—ALL ASSESSED AS “POOL OF MACHINERY INSURERS,” PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 131247 PRUBANKERS ASSOCIATION, PETITIONER, VS. PRUDENTIAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 121039-45 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MAYOR ANTONIO L. SANCHEZ, GEORGE MEDIALDEA, ZIOLO AMA, BALDWIN BRION, LUIS CORCOLON, ROGELIO CORCOLON, AND PEPITO KAWIT, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 126634 TRANSGLOBE INTERNATIONAL, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 125982 GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT AND MARIANO C. GABORNE, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 125299 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FLORENCIO DORIA Y BOLADO, AND VIOLETA GADDAO Y CATAMA @ "NENETH," ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 123555 PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND WESTIN SEAFOOD MARKET, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 123184 SERAFIN QUEBEC, SR., PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, PAMFILO POMBO, SR., AND ANTONIO QUEBEC, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 127833 TEODORO URQUIAGA AND MARIA AGUIRRE, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COURT OF APPEALS, VICENTE CASES AND ANITA CRISOSTOMO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 125134 XERXES ADZUARA Y DOTIMAS, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 128690 ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, REPUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP., VIVA PRODUCTIONS, INC., AND VICENTE DEL ROSARIO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 127838 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. JOSE J. LUCAS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 117254 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, AND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AS LIQUIDATOR OF PARAMOUNT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 130756 ESTER B. MARALIT, PETITIONER, VS. JESUSA CORAZON L. IMPERIAL, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 119682 FRANCISCO BAGUIO, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RICARDO T. MICHAEL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIR-SUCCESSOR OF WILLIAM MICHAEL, SR., AND AS PRESIDENT OF MICHAEL SLIPWAYS, INC., AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 102965 JAMES REBURIANO AND URBANO REBURIANO, PETITIONERS, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, AND PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N