Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2006
- — EDUARDO L. BAXINELA, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE D E C I S I O N
- — GISELA HUYSSEN, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. FRED L. GUTIERREZ, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — JAIME M. BARRIOS, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, ERLINDA BARRIOS AND CHRISTIANNE JOY BARRIOS, PETITIONERS, VS. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION), RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — JOSE ALEMANIA BUATIS, JR., PETITIONER, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ATTY. JOSE J. PIERAZ, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. PERFECTO H. VENUS, JR., BIENVENIDO P. SANTOS, JR., RAFAEL C. ROY, NANCY C. RAMOS, SALVADOR A. ALFON, NOEL R. SANTOS, MANUEL A. FERRER, SALVADOR G. ALINAS, RAMON D. LOFRANCO, AMADOR H. POLICARPIO, REYNALDO B. GENER, AND BIENVENIDO G. ARPILLEDA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 163881] METRO TRANSIT ORGANIZATION, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, PERFECTO H. VENUS, JR., BIENVENIDO P. SANTOS, JR., RAFAEL C. ROY, NANCY C. RAMOS, SALVADOR A. ALFON, NOEL R. SANTOS, MANUEL A. FERRER, SALVADOR G. ALINAS, RAMON D. PROMULGATED: LOFRANCO, AMADOR H. POLICARPIO, AND REYNALDO B. GENER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — PANGANIBAN, CJ., CHAIRPERSON,EDNA ABAD, JOSEPH MARTINEZ AND ELISEO ESCANILLAS, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. ROSELLE CINEMA, SILVER SCREEN CORPORATION AND VERMY TRINIDAD, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — PAZ GALVEZ, CARLOS TAM, AND TYCOON PROPERTIES, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND PORFIRIO GALVEZ, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MICHAEL A. HONG, RESPONDENT.
- — SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. TERESITA JARQUE VDA. DE BAILON, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, PETITIONER, VS. VICTORIANO ABALLE, ET AL, CLAIMANTS, VS. SALVADOR WEE, RESPONDENTS, . D E C I S I O N
- — WILLIAM GOLANGCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK*, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — [ A.M. NO. 2005-20-SC. March 23, 2006 ]
- — ARIEL C. SANTOS, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — EDUARDO F. HERNANDEZ, MA. ENCARNACION R. LEGASPI, JAIME BLANCO, JR., ENRIQUE BELO, CARLOS VIAPLANA, CARL FURER, VIVENCIO TINIO, MICHAEL BRIGGS, ROSA CARAM, FAUSTO PREYSLER, ROBERT KUA, GEORGE LEE, GUILLERMO LUCHANGCO, PETER DEE, LUISA MARQUEZ, ANGELITA LILLES, JUAN CARLOS, HOMER GO, AMADEO VALENZUELA, EMILIO CHING, ANTONIO CHAN, MURLI SABNANI, MARCOS ROCES, RAYMUNDO FELICIANO, NORMA GAFFUD, ALF HOLST, LOURDES P. ROQUE, MANUEL DY, RAUL FERNANDEZ, VICTORIA TENGCO, CHI MO CHENG, BARANGAY DASMARIÑAS, AND HON. FRANCISCO B. IBAY, PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — FRANCISCO T. JIMENEZ, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM AND HACIENDA LUISITA, INC., RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — MARGARITO C. SULIGUIN, PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF NAGCARLAN, LAGUNA, AND PROMULGATED: ECELSON C. SUMAGUE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — PREMIERE DEVELOPMENT BANK, PETITIONER, VS. ELSIE ESCUDERO MANTAL, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- — ROMULO A. DELES, G.R. NO. 163986 PETITIONER, VS. HON. PEPITO GELLADA AND HON. MA. LORNA P. DE MONTEVERDE, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS ACTING PRESIDING JUDGES OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 53, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, BRANCH 2, BACOLOD CITY, RESPECTIVELY, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- — SECURITY BANK CORPORATION, COMPLAINANT, VS. ROMEO C. GONZALBO, ARTURO A. RAMOS AND EDILBERTO C. DE CASTRO, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — ERLINDA GAJUDO, FERNANDO GAJUDO, JR., ESTELITA GAJUDO, BALTAZAR GAJUDO AND DANILO ARAHAN CHUA, PETITIONERS, VS. TRADERS ROYAL BANK,[1] RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — IMELDA S. ENRIQUEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ANACLETO L. CAMINADE, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — BENJAMIN AND ROSENDA ESPINO, PETITIONERS, VS. CARMITA LEGARDA, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — CARMELITA GUANGA, PETITIONER, VS. ARTEMIO DELA CRUZ SUBSTITUTED BY LYDIA ARTEMIO JR., MARILOU, JULIET, ROMEO, RYAN, AND ARIEL, ALL SURNAMED DELA CRUZ, AND THE COURT OF APPEALS RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — FELIPA DELFIN, GINA MAALAT, SHIRLEY TAMAYO, RECIO DAÑOS, AND ROBERTO DELFIN, PETITIONERS, VS. PRESENTACION D. BILLONES, ROSARIO D. DEMONARCA (ACCOMPANIED BY HUSBAND PEDRO AND DEMONARCA), WENEFREDO DEGALA (REPRESENTING PEDRO DEGALA), RAMON DELA CRUZ (REPRESENTING HIS DECEASED WIFE MARIA DARADAR DELA CRUZ), TERESITA DALIVA DEVIENTE (DAUGHTER OF ESPERANZA DARADAR DALIVA), AND JOLLY DATAR (REPRESENTING HIS DECEASED MOTHER TRINIDAD D. DATAR) AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — JULIANITO M. SALVADOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE MANUEL Q. LIMSIACO, JR., 4TH MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, VALLADOLID, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO), PETITIONER, VS. ENERGY REGULATORY BOARD (ERB), AND EDGAR L. TI, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF ELT ENTERPRISE, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — NARCISA AVILA, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND BERNARDO AVILA, SPOUSES JANUARIO N. ADLAWAN AND NANETTE A. ADLAWAN, NATIVIDAD MACAPAZ, ASSISTED CHAIRPERSON, BY HER HUSBAND EMILIO MACAPAZ, FRANCISCA N. ADLAWAN CORONA, AND LEON NEMEÑO, AZCUNA, AND PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES BENJAMIN BARABAT AND JOVITA BARABAT, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — POTENCIANO RAMIREZ, PETITIONER, VS. MA. CECILIA RAMIREZ, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- — SPOUSES VICENTE YU AND DEMETRIA LEE-YU, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — WILSON S. UY, AS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED JOSE K. C. UY, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. ANASTACIO C. RUFON, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 52, OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL REGION, SITTING AT BACOLOD CITY, AND JOHNNY K. H. UY, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — PARTIDO NG MANGGAGAWA (PM) AND BUTIL FARMERS PARTY (BUTIL), PETITIONERS, VS. THE HON. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC), REPRESENTED BY ITS HON. CHAIRMAN BENJAMIN ABALOS, SR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (PEZA), REPRESENTED BY ITS BAGUIO CITY ECONOMIC ZONE ADMINISTRATOR, DIGNA TORRES, PETITIONER, VS. ABRAHAM B. BORRETA, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BAGUIO CITY, BRANCH 59, AND BENEDICTO CARANTES, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — ANICIA RAMOS-ANDAN, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — ARSENIA B. GARCIA, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — ATTY. ANDREA UY AND FELIX YUSAY, PETITIONERS, VS. AMALIA A. BUENO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE HABEAS CORPUS OF ATTY. FERNANDO ARGUELLES, JR., ATTY. REYNALDO GERONIMO, PAUL SIMON MORRIS, SUNDARA RAMESH, OWEN BELMAN, SANJAY AGGARWAL, RAJAMANI CHANDRASHEKAR, MARIVEL GONZALES, MA. ELLEN VICTOR, CHONA G. REYES, ZENAIDA IGLESIAS, RAMONA BERNAD, MICHAELANGELO AGUILAR, AND FERNAND TANSINGCO, PETITIONERS, VS. MAJ. GEN. JOSE BALAJADIA, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE SENATE, RESPONDENT. RESOLUTION
- — MA. GINA L. FRANCISCO, JOSEPHINE S. TAN AND CARLOS M. JOAQUIN, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. JAIME JUANITO P. PORTUGAL, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. MARIETTA A. LEGASPI, RTC, BRANCH 165, PASIG CITY, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — ROGELIO A. TAN, NORMA TAN AND MALIYAWAO PAGAYOKAN, PETITIONERS, VS. BENEDICTO M. BALAJADIA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — SONNY ZARRAGA PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — AGRIPINO V. MOLINA, PETITIONER, VS. PACIFIC PLANS, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PETITIONER, VS. ELIZABETH G. SARMIENTO, RESPONDENT D E C I S I O N
- — COMMISSIONER ON HIGHER EDUCATION, PETITIONER, VS. ROSA F. MERCADO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — DAVAO LIGHT & POWER CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT DAVAO CITY, BRANCH 8, ATTY. SERAFIN S. OSABEL, NEOCEDA NOVAL-OSABEL, MARIE JOHANNA OSABEL-GARCIA, VICTORIA LUZ OSABEL-DACUYCUY, ANNA CHRISTIA OSABEL AND SERAFIN OSABEL, JR.,RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — EDWARD ROCO TAN AND EDWIN ROCO TAN, PETITIONERS, VS. BENIGNO DE LA VEGA, ANGELA TUASON STALEY AND ANTONIO PEREZ Y TUASON,RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — EJR CRAFTS CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, DIRECTOR BARTOLOME C. AMOGUIS, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, UNDERSECRETARY JOSE M. ESPAÑOL, JR., DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, NIVEA MAHILUM, MICHELLE JAVIER, CONDANCIA SANTOS, ELIZABETH RAMOS, VIRGINIA FROTUGO, NOEMI PASIG, NELIA RICOHERMOSA, NIMFA CORTAN, AMELIA MATAMOROSA, BABYLYN[1] ANDAL, MARGARITA SALASIBAO, MERCEDES GALLO, STEFANNY MORENO, AMY DEL MUNDO, VIRGINIA SUMALVALOG, BERNARDO ACERO, VIRGINIA SANTOS, RAPELO RELLETA, LOUISE CAMAEG, PRICILLA CANLAS, LOREN LOLITA, LORNA BUCARILLE, MERLA FERNANDEZ, GLORIA ABAD, LIGAYA SUPINA, PATIRICO LOURDES, RITA BATAN, MA. FE BERNALES, MARCELINA ADONGA, RODOLFO DOMINGO, ESTEVA WESIN, ANALYN EUGENIO, JOSEPHINE ARGONIA, LINA MAGNO, YOLLY BOCO, JEAN ARO, ALMANZA GERARDO, MIRA SOLON, MAYLIN SABALILAG, MERCY QUITOLA, MARIBEL LAVILLA, JOSEPHINE ESGUERDO, FORTEL MEGMINDA, ALMA DIAZ, LEA CALISURA, MAMERTA BALLESTEROS, MELY GENOGUIN, LORNA DACASIN, CARMEN MARIETA, AUREA AMBAHAN AND ANNIE RESA, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 164915 ERIC JONATHAN YU, PETITIONER, VS. CAROLINE T. YU, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — ERLINDA PILAPIL, HEIRS OF DONATA ORTIZ BRIONES, NAMELY: ESTELA, ERIBERTO AND VIRGILIO SANTOS, ANA SANTOS CULTURA, ELVIRA SANTOS INOCENTES, ERNESTO MENDOZA, RIZALINA SANTOS, ADOLFO MENDOZA AND PACITA MENDOZA, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF MAXIMINO R. BRIONES, NAMELY: SILVERIO S. BRIONES, PETRA BRIONES, BONIFACIO CABAHUG, JR., ANITA TRASMONTE, CIRILITA FORTUNA, CRESENCIA BRIONES, FUGURACION MEDALLE AND MERCEDES LAGBAS, RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — HYATT INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING CORP., AND YU HE CHING, PETITIONERS, VS. LEY CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., AND PRINCETON DEVELOPMENT CORP., RESPONDENTS D E C I S I O N
- — JUDGE UBALDINO A. LACUROM, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, CABANATUAN CITY, BRANCH 29 AND PAIRING JUDGE, BRANCH 30, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ELLIS F. JACOBA AND ATTY. OLIVIA VELASCO-JACOBA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N