Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2002
- G.R. No. 146468 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROQUE ABELLANO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 141943-45 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. DIOSDADO RECEPCION Y PALASO (DECEASED), FELIPE DELA CRUZ Y REYES, AUDIE DONA Y BINAN, ALFREDO BARACAS Y CONCEPCION, EDUARDO PALACPAC Y ROSALES, BERNARDO RANARA Y MORATALLA (AT LARGE), JOEMARI DELOS REYES Y CONCEPCION, DOMINADOR RECEPCION Y PALASO AND ROBERT ALFONSO Y MARTIZANO, APPELLANTS.
- G.R. No. 133763 THE UNITED HARBOR PILOTS’ ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINES, INC., IN ITS OWN BEHALF AND IN REPRESENTATION OF ITS MEMBERS AND PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 147395 ADZHAR JAMAANI Y ISMON, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 151801 HAWAIIAN PHILIPPINE COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. HERNANDO BORRA, JOHN PACHEO, DANILO PEREZ, FELIZARDO SIMON, RAMON BUENACOSA, JR., FELIX BECADOR, WILFREDO LUPO, RONALD VILLARIAS, ARSENIO MINDANAO, MAX NOÑALA, SIMPLICIO DE ERIT, NOEL DONGUINES, JULIO BORRA, MELCHOR JAVIER, JOHNY ENRICO VARGAS, PAQUITO SONDIA, JOSE SALAJOG, ELMER LUPO, RAZUL ARANEZ, NELSON PEREZ, BALBINO ABLAY, FERNANDO SIMON, JIMMY VILLARTA, ROMEO CAINDOC, SALVADOR SANTILLAN, ROMONEL JANEO, ERNESTO GONZALUDO, JOSE PAJES, ROY TAN, FERNANDO SANTILLAN, JR., DEMETRIO SAMILLA, RENE CORDERO, EDUARDO MOLENIO, ROMY DINAGA, HERNANDO GUMBAN, FEDERICO ALVARICO, ELMER CATO, ROGELIO CORDERO, RODNEY PAJES, ERNIE BAYER, ARMANDO TABARES, NOLI AMADOR, MARIO SANTILLAN, ALANIEL TRASMONTE, VICTOR ORTEGA, JOEVING ROQUERO, CYRUS PIÑAS, DANILO PERALES, ALFONSO COSAS, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 133978 JOSE S. CANCIO, JR., REPRESENTED BY ROBERTO L. CANCIO, PETITIONER, VS. MERENCIANA ISIP, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 126462 NATALIA REALTY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS (FORMER NINTH DIVISION), JUSTICE ANGELINA SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, CHAIRMAN, JUSTICE MA. ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ AND JUSTICE RUBEN T. REYES, MEMBERS, ANTONIO MARTINEZ, FELIPE PADUA, MARIO PERFECTO AND HERMITO SALODEGA, RESPONDENTS. 359-A MULTI PURPOSE COOPERATIVE, INTERVENOR. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 147806 NERISSA BUENVIAJE, SONIA FLORES, BELMA OLIVIO, GENALYN PELOBELLO, MARY JANE MENOR, JOSIE RAQUERO, ESTRELITA MANAHAN, REBECCA EBOL, AND ERLINDA ARGA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (SPECIAL FORMER SEVENTH DIVISION), HONORABLE ARBITER ROMULUS PROTASIO, COTTONWAY MARKETING CORPORATION AND MICHAEL G. TONG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 139240-43 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROLANDO ASPURIA ALIAS “LANDO PUKOL”, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 146423 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. TEODORO DIVINA Y DURO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 143689-91 SIXTO M. BAYAS AND ERNESTO T. MATUDAY, PETITIONERS, VS. THE SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION), THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 154512 VICTORINO DENNIS M. SOCRATES, MAYOR OF PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE PREPARATORY RECALL ASSEMBLY (PRA) OF PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PRA INTERIM CHAIRMAN PUNONG BGY. MARK DAVID HAGEDORN, PRA INTERIM SECRETARY PUNONG BGY. BENJAMIN JARILLA, PRA CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDING OFFICER PUNONG BGY. EARL S. BUENVIAJE AND PRA SECRETARY PUNONG BGY. CARLOS ABALLA, JR. RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 154683. NOVEMBER 12, 2002] VICENTE S. SANDOVAL, JR., PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NOS. 155083-84. NOVEMBER 12, 2002] MA. FLORES P. ADOVO, MERCY E. GILO AND BIENVENIDO OLLAVE, SR., PETITIONERS, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, AND EDWARD S. HAGEDORN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 138955 AMPARO ROXAS, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, AND MANOTOK REALTY, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 138855 LAMBERTO CASALLA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND MILAGROS S. ESTEVANES, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 139998 PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (PDIC), AS LIQUIDATOR OF CLOSED RURAL BANK OF MUNTINLUPA, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, SPECIAL SIXTH DIVISION, HON. ALBERTO L. LERMA, PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC OF MUNTINLUPA CITY, BRANCH 256, AND JOSE EMMANUEL JALANDONI, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 152359 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. WEST NEGROS COLLEGE, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 139302 EDUARDO P. CORSIGA, FORMER DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. QUIRICO G. DEFENSOR, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 36, ILOILO CITY, AND ROMEO P. ORTIZO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 149243 LOLITA B. COPIOSO, PETITIONER, VS. LAURO, DOLORES, RAFAEL, ESTEBAN, AND CORAZON, ALL SURNAMED COPIOSO, AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 146658 MANUEL D. MELOTINDOS, PETITIONER, VS. MELECIO TOBIAS, REPRESENTED BY JOSEFINA PINEDA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 143237 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FRANCIS GAVINA Y QUEBEC, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 139607 RAMON ISIDRO P. LAPID AND GLADYS B. LAPID, IN BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILD CHRISTOPHER B. LAPID, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. EMMANUEL D. LAUREA, PRESIDING JUDGE OF RTC, BR. 169, MALABON, ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, INC., AND COURT OF APPEALS, ET. AL., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 137341 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SAMUEL B. BUADA, BENIGNO V. VILLANUEVA AND DENNIS VERCELES, ACCUSED, BENIGNO V. VILLANUEVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 148899 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VENTURA PELIGRO Y AMPO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 137274-75 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DAN AVE Y TABOBO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 132030 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PERICELITO VALLESPIN ALIAS “BOBOY,” ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 142689 POLICARPIO T. CUEVAS, PETITIONER, VS. BAIS STEEL CORPORATION AND STEVEN CHAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 136821 ROVELS ENTERPRISES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. EMMANUEL B. OCAMPO, JOSE M. SILVA, SR., THE HEIRS OF EXPEDITO LEVISTE, SR.,* CONRADO CALALANG, AND FRANCISCO CARREON, SR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 148303 UNION OF NESTLE WORKERS CAGAYAN DE ORO FACTORY (UNWCF FOR BREVITY), REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT YURI P. BERTULFO AND OFFICERS, NAMELY, DEXTER E. AGUSTIN, DANTE S. SEÑAREZ, EDDIE P. OGNIR, JEFFREY C. RELLIQUETE, ENRIQUITO B. BUAGAS, EDWIN P. SALVAÑA, RAMIL B. MONSANTO, JERRY A. TABILIRAN, ARNOLD A. TADLAS, REYQUE A. FACTURA, NAPOLEON S. GALERINA, JR., TOLENTINO T. MICABALO AND EDDIE O. MACASOCOL, PETITIONERS, VS. NESTLE PHILIPPINES, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT JUAN B. SANTOS, RUDY P. TRILLANES, FACTORY MANAGER, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY BRANCH AND FRANCIS L. LACSON, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 142013 BIÑAN STEEL CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, MYLENE C. GARCIA AND MYLA C. GARCIA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 148430] MYLENE C. GARCIA AND MYLA C. GARCIA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ENRICO A. LANZANAS, PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC, BRANCH 7, MANILA AND RUFO J. BERNARDO, SHERIFF-IN-CHARGE, FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 149472 JORGE SALAZAR, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 142531 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. DANILO ASIS Y FONPERADA AND GILBERT FORMENTO Y SARICON, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 148724 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. DOMINGO ARNANTE Y DACPANO, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 145734-35 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. VICENTA MEDINA LAPIS, ANGEL MATEO, AIDA DE LEON (AT LARGE) AND JEAN AM-AMLAW (AT LARGE), APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 140640 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. VINSON BRIONES Y ABANICA, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 137047 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALEJANDRE DE LOS SANTOS Y RENEGADO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 133833 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUDY SICAD, CAMELO LOBATON, MELCHOR SICAD, JOHNNY GUIÑEZ AND PAQUITO BERNIL, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 140613 SEVEN BROTHERS SHIPPING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ORIENTAL ASSURANCE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 137746 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. REY SAN PASCUAL, SANTOS SAN PASCUAL, JR., ARNULFO BOATES, RICO BODINO, AND EMILIANO BODINO (AT LARGE), ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 141949 CEFERINO PADUA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. SANTIAGO RANADA, PRESIDING JUDGE OF MAKATI, RTC, BRANCH 137, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORP., TOLL REGULATORY BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, AND REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 151108. OCTOBER 14, 2002] EDUARDO C. ZIALCITA, PETITIONER, VS. TOLL REGULATORY BOARD AND CITRA METRO MANILA TOLLWAYS CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 131475-76 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MARCELO CALISO, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 140638 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARNOLD RIZALDO Y GARDOSE ALIAS TOTONG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 140066 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EFREN VILLENA, ARNALDO CLEMENTE, PO3 EDWIN TINIO (ACQUITTED) AND PETER DOE, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 147750 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GERRY EBIO Y HERMIDA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 143032 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SEGUNDINO VALENCIA Y BLANCA, JOHNNY TADENA Y TORDA, AND DOMINGO DEROY, JR. Y SAROCAM, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 145436 MICHAEL LONDON FOR AND IN BEHALF OF HIS MINOR SON NICHOLAS FREDERICK LONDON, PETITIONER, VS. BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB CORPORATION, ANTHONY DE LEON AND FRANCIS BASTIANO SIMALONG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 138471 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MANUEL PRUNA Y RAMIREZ OR ERMAN PRUNA Y RAMIREZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — SOCORRO R. HOEHNE, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE RUBEN R. PLATA, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 133227 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CHITO P. UCAB, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 138510 TRADERS ROYAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. RADIO PHILIPPINES NETWORK, INC., INTERCONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND BANAHAW BROADCASTING CORPORATION, THROUGH THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS, AND SECURITY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 136141 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DOMINGO TUPAZ Y CASTOR, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N