Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2007
- — GLOBE TELECOM AND MA. CARIDAD D. GONZALES, PETITIONERS, VS. JENETTE MARIE B. CRISOLOGO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — HARRY M. TANINGCO, CECILIA TANINGCO, ROSEMARIE ABORKA, FULGENCIA LIPAR, FE VILLAREAL-REPIEDAD, AGUINALDO REPIEDAD, MARY LOU REPIEDAD AND COMOPHI REPIEDAD, PETITIONERS, VS. LILIA M. TANINGCO, DENNIS M. TANINGCO, JOSE M. TANINGCO, JR., ANDREW M. TANINGCO AND JAMES M. TANINGCO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — HEIRS OF MARCELA SALONGA BITUIN, PETITIONERS, VS. TEOFILO CAOLENG, SR., GONZALO CAOLENG, JUANA CAOLENG, ANGELA CAOLENG, JOSE GOZUM, ROSITA GOZUM, EUFROCINA GOZUM, LOURDES GOZUM, EPIFANIA GOZUM, CRESENCIA GOZUM, INES GOZUM, NICOLAS GOZUM, CARMEN GOZUM, GORGONIO GOZUM, BERNARDO SALONGA, ARCELI SALONGA, JULIANA SALONGA, ERLINDA SALONGA, VICENTE SALONGA, LYDIA SALONGA, FERNANDA SALONGA, AND AGUIDO SALONGA, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — JOSEPH ANTHONY M. ALEJANDRO, COMPLAINANT, VS. MS. MARILOU C. MARTIN, LEGAL RESEARCHER, OIC-CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 268, PASIG CITY, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO CASTRO Y PAYAWAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN (SPECIAL DIVISION) AND JOSE "JINGGOY" ESTRADA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — UNIVERSAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (5TH DIVISION); REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT; TACLOBAN CITY ICE PLANT, INC.; AND ALLIED BANKING CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE OF COLLEGE ASSURANCE PLAN PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — DANILO OGALISCO, PETITIONER, VS. HOLY TRINITY COLLEGE OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY, INC., AND/OR JOSEMAR ALBANO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 151019 DELFIN ESPINOCILLA, JR., JOSEFINA ALCID, ROSITA PALOMER, HENRY ASEJO, JAIME DIAZ, MARTIN BALIGUAS, BELEN PEREZ, JOAN BONCALES, IMELDA GOGOLIN, VICTOR RAÑON, LILIA GIL, NERISSA JAYUMA, SILVESTRE AALA, NIDA URBANO, SUSANA NERI, GAVINA COLINDO, CONSTANTINO MURALLO, JULIE GOGOLIN, RICARDO BENABISE, CORAZON ORCOSE AND NARLITO GUTIERRES, PETITIONERS, VS. BAGONG TANYAG HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC., REMEDIOS BICO, ALFONSO IGNACIO, GLORIA MISTERIO, SALVACION PORAS, RHOBBY ACOSTA, ADELA GIRAY, EDMON BANSE, VIOLETA ALBA, SOFRANIO MANGAMPO, NAVARRO ABBARIENTOS, ZACARIAS ARZAGA, RODRIGO PICART, AND LIVINO TORINO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — FILINVEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND COURT OF TAX APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — LANDTEX INDUSTRIES AND WILLIAM GO, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, SALVADOR M. AYSON, AND LANDTEX INDUSTRIES WORKERS UNION - FEDERATION OF FREE WORKERS (FFW), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — RESURRECCION OBRA, PETITIONER, VS. SPS. VICTORIANO BADUA & MYRNA BADUA, SPS. JUANITO BALTORES & FLORDELIZA BALTORES, SPS. ISABELO BADUA & PRESCILA BADUA, SPS. JOSE BALANON & SHIRLEY BALANON, SPS. ORLANDO BADUA & MARITA BADUA AND SPS. LEONCIO BADUA & JUVY BADUA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — UNIWIDE HOLDINGS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. ALEXANDER M. CRUZ, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — VIVIAN Y. LOCSIN, YAO SHIONG SHIO, OSCAR MANUEL, RAMON LINAN, PAZ Y. FLORES, FOR AND ON THEIR OWN BEHALF, AND SIXTO O. RACELIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ORIENTAL PETROLEUM AND MINERAL CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST, REV. EMETERIO BARCELON, S.J., EDUARDO F. HERNANDEZ, GUILLERMO PABLO, JR., AMPARO BARCELON, ANTONIO CAGUIAT, RAMON A. PEDROSA, JAIME L. LEDESMA, SIMPLICIO J. ROXAS, VALERIANO FUGOSO, WILFREDO SAÑARES, ULTRANA MINERALS CORP., INDEPENDENT REALTY CORP., PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT CORP., MID-PASIG LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP., FABIAN VER, PIEDRAS PETROLEUM CORP., AND RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — COMPOSITE ENTERPRISES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. EMILIO M. CAPAROSO AND JOEVE QUINDIPAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — CRISLYNDON T. SADAGNOT, PETITIONER, VS. REINIER PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, INC. AND NEPTUNE SHIPMANAGEMENT SERVICES, PTE., LTD. OF SINGAPORE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — HERMINIO BUENAVENTURA Y RECTO, APPELLANT, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JEMUEL TAN AND CHARLIE AMAR, APPELLANTS. DECISION
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ROBERTO T. GARCIA, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FELIX ORTOA Y OBIA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — ROBERTO C. SICAM AND AGENCIA DE R.C. SICAM, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. LULU V. JORGE AND CESAR JORGE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — ROGELIO REYES, PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, FIFTH DIVISION, AND UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION GROCERY DIVISION, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, JOSE V. MARTEL, OLGA S. MARTEL, AND SYSTEMS AND ENCODING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — AZUCENA B. DON, JOSEPH DETERA, NENITA B. GRESOLA, LETICIA L. ESPENILLA, EDITH G. DETOITO, JULNA D. JAYCO, ROGER ARIARTE, CALVIN DEL VALLE, AND ERLYN RAMIREZ, PETITIONERS, VS. RAMON H. LACSA AS ERSTWHILE PUNONG BARANGAY OF BACOLOD, JUBAN, SORSOGON, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — CEMCO HOLDINGS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — COMMISSION ON AUDIT, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 13, BUTUAN CITY, PETITIONER, VS. AGAPITO A. HINAMPAS AND EMMANUEL J. CABANOS, RESPONDENTS; OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER-INTERVENOR. [G.R. NO. 160410] OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. ROGELIO P. MONTEALTO, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 160605] OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. VIRGILIO DANAO, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 160627] ROSELLER ROJAS, PETITIONER, VS. VIRGILIO DANAO, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 161099] OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. SONIA GONZALES-DELA CERNA AND MILAGROS UMALI-VENTURA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — ERLIND A. ALCUIZAR, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE EMMANUEL C. CARPIO,O, ATTY. CRISOSTOMO S.J. UGALI, JR, AND MRS. DIVINAGRACIA BARCELONA, RESPONDENTS, R E S O L U T I O N
- — JUDGE ANATALIO S. NECESARIO, COMPLAINANT, VS. MYNER B. DINGLASA, PROCESS SERVER, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- — MANUEL H. NIETO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS (FORMER SPECIAL SEVENTEENTH DIVISION), VICTOR AFRICA AND JOHN/JANE DOES, STYLING THEMSELVES AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/OFFICERS OF PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (POTC) AND PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- — NACE SUE P. BUAN, PETITIONER, VS. FRANCISCO T. MATUGAS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO MIRANDA Y DOE, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 170477 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. HAROLD WALLY CABIERTE, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROLANDO MANGUBAT, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — REPUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., REPRESENTED BY A2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTER-NATIONAL 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. 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
- — ROSALINA GALANZA, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE HENRY J. TROCINO, RTC, BRANCH 62, BAGO CITY, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- — SUMMERVILLE GENERAL MERCHANDISING & CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. ANTONIO M. EUGENIO, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF RTC-MANILA, BR. 24, AND ELIDAD KHO, VIOLETA KHO, AND ROGER KHO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- — UNITED OVERSEAS BANK (FORMERLY WESTMONT BANK), PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE REYNALDO ROS, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 33, AND ROSEMOOR MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — [ A.M. NO. 07-6-159-MeTC. August 03, 2007 ]
- — COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. ROSEMARIE ACOSTA, AS REPRESENTED BY VIRGILIO A. ABOGADO, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- — OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ANTONIO I. DE CASTRO, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 3, MANILA, RESPONDENT. PROMULGATED: R E S O L U T I O N
- — ROLLY PENTECOSTES, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. HERMENEGILDO MARASIGAN, CLERK OF COURT VI, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, KABACAN, NORTH COTABATO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 160556 TEOFILO BAUTISTA, REPRESENTED BY FRANCISCO MUÑOZ, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, PETITIONER, VS. ALEGRIA BAUTISTA, ANGELICA BAUTISTA, PRISCILLA BAUTISTA, GILBERT BAUTISTA, JIM BAUTISTA, GLENDA BAUTISTA, GUEN BAUTISTA, GELACIO BAUTISTA, GRACIA BAUTISTA, PEDRO S. TANDOC AND CESAR TAMONDONG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — [ A.M. NO. 06-3-149-RTC. August 02, 2007 ]
- — [ A.M. NO. 06-5-286-RTC. August 02, 2007 ]
- — DOROTEO, DIOSDADO AND URSULA, ALL SURNAMED LAGCAO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. JUDGE IRENEO LEE GAKO, JR., REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, CEBU CITY, BRANCH 5, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- — JUDGE REUBEN P. DE LA CRUZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ANNA LIZA M. LUNA, RESPONDENT. [A.M. NO. P-05-2018] OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT,VS. ATTY. ANNA LIZA M. LUNA, CLERK OF COURT, RTC-BRANCH 18, TAGAYTAY CITY, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- — LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. LUZ LIM AND PURITA LIM CABOCHAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- — MARIBETH CORDOVA, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH DIVISION, AND HON. RICARDO F. TORNILLA (RETIRED), JUDGE, MTCC, BRANCH 6, BACOLOD CITY, AND THE SHERIFF AND HIS DEPUTIES, PUBLIC RESPONDENTS, AND SPS. ROMEO AND MARIETTA LAGUARDIA, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- — PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ELMERATO DELA CRUZ Y FLORES, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- — ROSA YAP PARAS, PETITIONER, VS. JUSTO J. PARAS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N