Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2005
- — [ G.R. NO. 154684. September 08, 2005 ]
- — BARANGAY PIAPI, HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN ANDRES L. LUGNASIN AND LIBERATO LARGO, RITA LARGO, SABAS MONTECALBO, SR., CARLOS ZAMORA, DONATA SESICAN, DIZAR CASTILLO, ALEJANDOR GICALE, SALVACION SALE, PABLO MORASTIL, JOSE JAVELOSA, ISIDRA BERNAL, FELIX EGHOT, CORAZON EGHOT, ROSALINA REMONDE, ROA EGHOT, CEFERINA LAGROSA, MARIO ARANEZ, ALBERTO CAMARILLO, BOBBY DULAOTO, NOEL ZAMORA, MARTINO MORALLAS, DANILO FAILAGA, MARITA BRAGAT, NATIVIDAD LAGRAMON, RAQUEL GEROZAGA, SHIRLY CESAR, PIO ZAMORA, ANDRES LUGNASIN, ELPIDIO SESICAN, CRESENTA BORJA, CARLITO TANEZA, JR., MARCIAL RELLON, JEANILITO SUMALINOG, ALBERTO ZAMORA, AND LUISITO LAGROSA, PETITIONERS, VS. IGNACIO TALIP REPRESENTING THE HEIRS OF JUAN JAYAG, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — MINDANAO SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, INC., PETITIONER, VS. VICENTA VDA. DE FLORES, AND HEIRS OF FLORENCIO FLORES, SR., NAMELY, EDNA FLORES EISEIDEL, BELINDA FLORES, FLORENCIO T. FLORES, JR., ROBERTO T. FLORES, SYLVIA FLORES SICAT AND LORNA FLORES FERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY (PPA) EMPLOYEES HIRED AFTER JULY 1, 1989, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA); ARTHUR H. HINAL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY CORPORATE AUDITOR; RAQUEL R. HABITAN, IN HER CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AUDIT OFFICE II, COA; AND SANTOS M. ALQUIZALAS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS GENERAL COUNSEL, COA, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — BELEN SAGAD ANGELES, PETITIONER, VS. ALELI "CORAZON" ANGELES MAGLAYA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — BENGUET CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. CORDILLERA CARABALLO MISSION, INC., HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, GREG BERNABE, JR., TEOFILO "BOY" DICANG AND GREG BERNABE, JR. RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — CARLOS SANCHEZ, PETITIONER, VS. MEDICARD PHILIPPINES, INC., DR. NICANOR MONTOYA AND CARLOS EJERCITO,RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. LA SUERTE CIGAR AND CIGARETTE FACTORY, INC.,RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — DEMETRIA GARCIA, PETITIONER, VS. TEOFILO D. ZOSA, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO), PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND MANUEL H. DELOS[1] SANTOS, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — SPOUSES CARLOS GOCOTANO AND VISITACION GOCOTANO AND CLODUALDO GOCOTANO, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES MARCELO GOCOTANO AND MARGARITA GOCOTANO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — ZENAIDA ORTEGA, REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN FACT OCTAVIO ALVAREZ AND/OR ZEMVE ORTEGA ALVAREZ, PETITIONERS, VS. THE QUEZON CITY GOVERNMENT, THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY & THE NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE CORP., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 168056 ABAKADA GURO PARTY LIST (FORMERLY AASJAS) OFFICERS SAMSON S. ALCANTARA AND ED VINCENT S. ALBANO, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA; HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE CESAR PURISIMA; AND HONORABLE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE GUILLERMO PARAYNO, JR., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 168207] AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, JR., LUISA P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JINGGOY E. ESTRADA, PANFILO M. LACSON, ALFREDO S. LIM, JAMBY A.S. MADRIGAL, AND SERGIO R. OSMEÑA III, PETITIONERS, VS. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO R. ERMITA, CESAR V. PURISIMA, SECRETARY OF FINANCE, GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR., COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 168461] ASSOCIATION OF PILIPINAS SHELL DEALERS, INC. REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, ROSARIO ANTONIO; PETRON DEALERS’ ASSOCIATION REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, RUTH E. BARBIBI; ASSOCIATION OF CALTEX DEALERS’ OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MERCEDITAS A. GARCIA; ROSARIO ANTONIO DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “ANB NORTH SHELL SERVICE STATION”; LOURDES MARTINEZ DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “SHELL GATE – N. DOMINGO”; BETHZAIDA TAN DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “ADVANCE SHELL STATION”; REYNALDO P. MONTOYA DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “NEW LAMUAN SHELL SERVICE STATION”; EFREN SOTTO DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “RED FIELD SHELL SERVICE STATION”; DONICA CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DESI TOMACRUZ; RUTH E. MARBIBI DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “R&R PETRON STATION”; PETER M. UNGSON DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “CLASSIC STAR GASOLINE SERVICE STATION”; MARIAN SHEILA A. LEE DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “NTE GASOLINE & SERVICE STATION”; JULIAN CESAR P. POSADAS DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “STARCARGA ENTERPRISES”; ADORACION MAÑEBO DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “CMA MOTORISTS CENTER”; SUSAN M. ENTRATA DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “LEONA’S GASOLINE STATION AND SERVICE CENTER”; CARMELITA BALDONADO DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “FIRST CHOICE SERVICE CENTER”; MERCEDITAS A. GARCIA DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “LORPED SERVICE CENTER”; RHEAMAR A. RAMOS DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “RJRAM PTT GAS STATION”; MA. ISABEL VIOLAGO DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “VIOLAGO-PTT SERVICE CENTER”; MOTORISTS’ HEART CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE-PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS, JOSELITO F. FLORDELIZA; MOTORISTS’ HARVARD CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE-PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS, JOSELITO F. FLORDELIZA; MOTORISTS’ HERITAGE CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE-PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS, JOSELITO F. FLORDELIZA; PHILIPPINE STANDARD OIL CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE-PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS, JOSELITO F. FLORDELIZA; ROMEO MANUEL DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “ROMMAN GASOLINE STATION”; ANTHONY ALBERT CRUZ III DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF “TRUE SERVICE STATION”, PETITIONERS, VS. CESAR V. PURISIMA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 168463] FRANCIS JOSEPH G. ESCUDERO, VINCENT CRISOLOGO, EMMANUEL JOEL J. VILLANUEVA, RODOLFO G. PLAZA, DARLENE ANTONINO-CUSTODIO, OSCAR G. MALAPITAN, BENJAMIN C. AGARAO, JR., JUAN EDGARDO M. ANGARA, JUSTIN MARC SB. CHIPECO, FLORENCIO G. NOEL, MUJIV S. HATAMAN, RENATO B. MAGTUBO, JOSEPH A. SANTIAGO, TEOFISTO DL. GUINGONA III, RUY ELIAS C. LOPEZ, RODOLFO Q. AGBAYANI AND TEODORO A. CASIÑO, PETITIONERS, VS. CESAR V. PURISIMA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF FINANCE, GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, AND EDUARDO R. ERMITA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 168730] BATAAN GOVERNOR ENRIQUE T. GARCIA, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. EDUARDO R. ERMITA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. MARGARITO TEVES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF FINANCE; HON. JOSE MARIO BUNAG, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE OIC COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE; AND HON. ALEXANDER AREVALO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE OIC COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- — [ A.M. NO. 05-8-514-RTC. August 31, 2005 ]
- — AGUEDA DE VERA-CRUZ, MARIO, EVANGELINE, EDRONEL, ANGELITO, TEODORO JR. AND FERNANDO, ALL SURNAMED DELA CRUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. SABINA MIGUEL, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — ALBERTO P. ABBARIAO, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ORLANDO D. BELTRAN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PETITIONER, VS. RAMON A. UY, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — BASILISA DUNGARAN, PETITIONER, VS. ARLENI KOSCHNICKE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — BELEN DELA TORRE, PETITIONER, VS. BICOL UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY DR. LYLIA CORPORAL-SENA AND/OR DR. EMILIANO ABERIN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — CELEDONIO MOLDES, ROSITA MOLDES AND CAROLINA CEDIA, PETITIONERS, VS. TIBURCIO VILLANUEVA, APOLONIO VILLANUEVA, MANUEL VILLANUEVA, MARIANO DULLAVIN, RONALDO DULLAVIN AND TEODORA DULLAVIN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. MANILA MINING CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — GERARDO B. CONCEPCION, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND MA. THERESA ALMONTE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — JN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND SPS. RODRIGO AND LEONOR STA. ANA, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE EXPORT AND FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 151311] NARCISO V. CRUZ, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE EXPORT AND FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — JOSE INGUSAN, MIGUEL INGUSAN AND EUFEMIA GARCIA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DIVISION, CELESTINA SANTOS AND BERNARDO SANTOS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — JOSE LUIS ROS, ANDONI F. ABOITIZ, XAVIER ABOITIZ, ROBERTO E. ABOITIZ, ENRIQUE ABOITIZ, MATTHIAS G. MENDEZONA, CEBU INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPERS, INC. AND FBM ABOITIZ MARINE, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, HON. ERNESTO GARILAO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DAR SECRETARY, AND DIR. JOSE LLAMES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF DAR-REGIONAL 7, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — MARIA CARLOS, REPRESENTED BY TERESITA CARLOS VICTORIA, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ANIANO A. DESIERTO, AS OMBUDSMAN, EDUARDO M. COJUANGCO, JR., MARIA CLARA L. LOBREGAT, ROLANDO DELA CUESTA, JOSE M. CONCEPCION, JOSE R. MENDOZA, HERMENEGILDO C. ZAYCO, EMMANUEL M. ALAMEDA, AMADO C. MAMURIC, DOUGLAS LU YM, JAIME GANDIAGA, NARCISO M. PINEDA, DANILO S. URSUA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- — SECURITY BANK CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. JUDGE MANUEL D. VICTORIO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, MAKATI CITY, BRANCH 141; THE TRADE AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE MAR FISHING COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — SECURITY PACIFIC ASSURANCE CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. AMELIA TRIA-INFANTE, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 9, MANILA; THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY SPOUSES REYNALDO AND ZENAIDA ANZURES; AND REYNALDO R. BUAZON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SHERIFF IV, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 9, MANILA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — SPOUSES NARCISO RAYOAN AND PARALUMAN TOLENTINO, PETITIONERS, VS. ALLAN FRONDA AND SPOUSES CHARLITO VALDEZ AND AVELINA VALDEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — SPS. ALFREDO R. EDRADA AND ROSELLA L. EDRADA, PETITIONERS, VS. SPS. EDUARDO RAMOS AND CARMENCITA RAMOS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — SPS. RAYMUND AND JULIE ANN MIÑOSO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. FREDDIE PAMULAG, CLERK OF COURT, MTCC-BRANCH 4, ILOILO CITY, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — SPS. RODRIGO LACIERDA AND DR. ERLINDA CRUZ-LACIERDA, SPS. JESSICA AND RENAN SALIENTE, RUBY SALDE AND ARMNIEL SIM, PETITIONERS, VS. DR. ROLANDO PLATON, AGNES LACUESTA, DAN BALIAO, AMELITA SUBOSA, MERLINDA JUNION, TERESITA HILADO, DEMETRIO ESTENOR, SALVADOR REX TILLO, TERESITA NATIVIDAD, TERESA MALLARE, JOCELYN CONIZA AND NELDA EBRON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — SPS. RUDY PARAGAS AND CORAZON B. PARAGAS, PETITIONERS, VS. HRS. OF DOMINADOR BALACANO, NAMELY: DOMINIC, RODOLFO, NANETTE AND CYRIC, ALL SURNAMED BALACANO, REPRESENTED BY NANETTE BALACANO AND ALFREDO BALACANO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- — TERESITA E. VILLALUZ, PETITIONER, VS. ROLANDO R. LIGON, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — TRISTAN LOPEZ AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OF LETICIA AND CECILIA LOPEZ, PETITIONER, VS. LETICIA R. FAJARDO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — AMANTE SIAPNO, CRISTINA LOPEZ AND MINDA GAPUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. MANUEL V. MANALO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 151900 CHRISTINE CHUA, PETITIONER, VS. JORGE TORRES AND ANTONIO BELTRAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — L & L LAWRENCE FOOTWEAR, INC., SAE CHAE LEE AND JOHN DOE, PETITIONERS, VS. PCI LEASING AND FINANCE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — NAPOLEON PORTES, SR., MARIA PORTES, AND HEIRS OF NAPOLEON PORTES, SR. NAMELY NAPOLEON PORTES, JR., NESTOR PORTES, REBECCA PORTES, ROSALINA PORTES-ISUGA, AND NICANOR PORTES, PETITIONERS, VS. SEGUNDA ARCALA, EULALIA ARCALA, SALUSTANCIA ARCALA, VAMERCO ARCALA, JOSEFINA ARCALA, FELOMINO ARCALA, MARCIANO ARCALA, LYDIA ARCALA, AND SALOME ARCALA,[1] RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — NICASIO P. RODRIGUEZ JR., ANTONIO P. EREÑETA, JUANITO A. MAGNO, VICTOR C. PINEDA, BITUIN V. SALCEDO, CESAR R. SAN DIEGO, VICTOR V. TANTOCO AND AMADOR C. DE LA MERCED, PETITIONERS, VS. ANTONIO L. AGUILAR SR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — [ A.M. NO. 05-7-458-RTC. August 25, 2005 ]
- — [ G.R. NO. 166111. August 25, 2005 ]
- — AMANTE O. SAN PEDRO, PETITIONER, VS. MARCIANA M. BINALAY, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND ROBERTO BULURAN AND WILSON M. BINALAY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — BANCO DE ORO UNIVERSAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND SPS. GABRIEL G. LOCSIN AND MA. GERALDINE R. LOCSIN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — CIPRIANO ENRIQUEZ, RAYMUNDO ENRIQUEZ, CONCEPCION ENRIQUEZ, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND MATIAS QUITANES, TOMAS ENRIQUEZ, LUIS DIAZ, CESAR DIAZ, MANUEL DIAZ, DOMINGO ENRIQUEZ, ELPIDIO ENRIQUEZ, FILIPINA ENRIQUEZ, CASIMIRA DIZON, SATURNINO DIZON, JOSE RAMOS, AMADO MISLANG, ANTONIO QUITANEG, VILLAMOR QUITANEG, JIMMY CLAVO, OSCAR LABORCE, SEVILLA PIZARRO, ANGELITA PIZZARO, ISIDRO RICO, PIO FAMISAN, PANTALEON ABILLE, BEINVENIDO CORUM, MARTINA HISOLE, ERNA D. ENRIQUEZ, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND RITCHIE FLAUTA, AND IGNACIO ENRIQUEZ, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. MAXIMO ENRIQUEZ (NOW DECEASED), SUBSTITUTED BY CARMEN AGANA, IGMIDIO ENRIQUEZ, CONCEPCION ENRIQUEZ, CIPRIANO ENRIQUEZ, DIONISIONENRIQUEZ, MAXIMO ENRIQUEZ, CLEOFE ENRIQUEZ, TOMAS ENRIQUEZ, RAYMUNDO ENRIQUEZ AND NICOLAS ENRIQUEZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — DULCE M. ABANILLA, IN HER CAPACITY AS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE METROPOLITAN CEBU WATER DISTRICT, CEBU CITY, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, ITS CHAIRMAN CELSO D. GANGAN, COMMISSIONERS RAUL C. FLORES AND EMMANUEL M. DALMAN, AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF COA REGION VII, RESPONDENTS. METROPOLITAN CEBU WATER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES UNION, PETITIONER-IN-INTERVENTION. D E C I S I O N
- — FELICITAS S. QUIAMBAO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. NESTOR A. BAMBA, RESPONDENT. RESOLUTION
- — IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS OF CAPT. GARY ALEJANO, PN (MARINES) CAPT. NICANOR FAELDON, PN (MARINES) CAPT. GERARDO GAMBALA, PA LT. SG JAMES LAYUG, PN CAPT. MILO MAESTRECAMPO, PA LT. SG ANTONIO TRILLANES IV, PN HOMOBONO ADAZA, AND ROBERTO RAFAEL (ROEL) PULIDO, PETITIONERS, VS. GEN. PEDRO CABUAY, GEN. NARCISO ABAYA, SEC. ANGELO REYES, AND SEC. ROILO GOLEZ, RESPONDENTS DECISION
- — JAIME GUINHAWA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N