Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2010
- G.R. No. 184362 MILLENNIUM ERECTORS CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. VIRGILIO MAGALLANES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181635 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. NONOY EBET, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189844 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARIO VILLANUEVA BAGA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 191069 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SULPICIO SONNY BOY TAN Y PHUA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178899 PHILIPPINE BUSINESS BANK, PETITIONER, VS. FELIPE CHUA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 143511 PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. JOEY B. TEVES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171631 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. AVELINO R. DELA PAZ, ARSENIO R. DELA PAZ, JOSE R. DELA PAZ, AND GLICERIO R. DELA PAZ, REPRESENTED BY JOSE R. DELA PAZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 186053 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. NISAIDA SUMERA NISHINA, REPRESENTED BY ZENAIDA SUMERA WATANABE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 179487 ROMEO ILISAN Y PIABOL, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 159460 SOLIDBANK CORPORATION (NOW KNOWN AS FIRST METRO INVESTMENT CORPORATION), PETITIONER, VS. ERNESTO U. GAMIER, ELENA R. CONDEVILLAMAR, JANICE L. ARRIOLA AND OPHELIA C. DE GUZMAN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 159461] SOLIDBANK CORPORATION AND/OR ITS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST, FIRST METRO INVESTMENT CORPORATION, DEOGRACIAS N. VISTAN AND EDGARDO MENDOZA, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. SOLIDBANK UNION AND ITS DISMISSED OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, NAMELY: EVANGELINE J. GABRIEL, TERESITA C. LUALHATI, ISAGANI P. MAKISIG, REY S. PASCUA, EVELYN A. SIA, MA. VICTORIA M. VIDALLON, AUREY A. ALJIBE, REY ANTHONY M. AMPARADO, JOSE A. ANTENOR, AUGUSTO D. ARANDIA, JR., JANICE L. ARRIOLA, RUTH SHEILA MA. BAGADIONG, STEVE D. BERING, ALAN ROY I. BUYCO, MANALO T. CABRERA, RACHE M. CASTILLO, VICTOR O. CHUA, VIRGILIO Y. CO, JR., LEOPOLDO S. DABAY, ARMAND V. DAYANG-HIRANG, HUBERT V. DIMAGIBA, MA. LOURDES CECILIA B. EMPARADOR, FELIX D. ESTACIO, JR., JULIETA T. ESTRADA, MARICEL G. EVALLA, JOSE G. GUISADIO, JOSE RAINARIO C. LAOANG, ALEXANDER A. MARTINEZ, JUAN ALEX C. NAMBONG, JOSEPHINE M. ONG, ARMANDO B. OROZCO, ARLENE R. RODRIGUEZ, NICOMEDES P. RUIZO, JR., DON A. SANTANA, ERNESTO R. SANTOS, JR., EDNA M. SARONG, GREGORIO S. SECRETARIO, ELLEN M. SORIANO, ROSIE C. UY, ARVIN D. VALENCIA, FERMIN JOSSEPH B. VENTURA, JR., EMMANUEL C. YAPTANCO, ERNESTO C. ZUNIGA, ARIEL S. ABENDAN, EMMA R. ABENDAN, PAULA AGNES A. ANGELES, JACQUILINE B. BAQUIRAN, JENNIFER S. BARCENAS, ALVIN E. BARICANOSA, GEORGE MAXIMO P. BARQUEZ, MA. ELENA G. BELLO, RODERICK M. BELLO, MICHAEL MATTHEW B. BILLENA, LEOPE L. CABENIAN, NEPTALI A. CADDARAO, FERDINAND MEL S. CAPULING, MARGARETTE B. CORDOVA, MA. EDNA V. DATOR, RANIEL C. DAYAO, RAGCY L. DE GUZMAN, LUIS E. DELOS SANTOS, CARMINA M. DEGALA, EPHRAIM RALPH A. DELFIN, KAREN M. DEOCERA, CAROLINA C. DIZON, MARCHEL S. ESQUEJJO, JOCELYN I. ESTROBO, MINERVA S. FALLARME, HERNANE C. FERMOCIL, RACHEL B. FETIZANAN, SAMUEL A. FLORENTINO, MENCHIE R. FRANCISCO, ERNESTO U. GAMIER, MACARIO RODOLFO N. GARCIA, JOEL S. GARMINO, LESTER MARK Z. GATCHALIAN, MA. JINKY P. GELERA, MA. TERESA G. GONZALES, GONZALO G. GUINIT, EMILY H. GUINO-O, FERDINAND S. HABIJAN, JUN G. HERNANDEZ, LOURDES D. IBEAS, MA. ANGELA L. JALANDONI, JULIE T. JORNACION, MANUEL C. LIM, MA. LOURDES A. LIM, EMERSON V. LUNA, NOLASCO B. MACATANGAY, NORMAN C. MANACO, CHERRY LOU B. MANGROBANG, MARASIGAN G. EDMUNDO, ALLEN M. MARTINEZ, EMELITA C. MONTANO, ARLENE P. NOBLE, SHIRLEY A. ONG, LOTIZ E. ORTIZ LUIS, PABLITO M. PALO, MARY JAINE D. PATINO, GEOFFREY T. PRADO, OMEGA MELANIE M. QUINTANO, ANES A. RAMIREZ, RICARDO D. RAMIREZ, DANIEL O. RAQUEL, RAMON B. REYES, SALVACION N. ROGADO, ELMOR R. ROMANA, JR., LOURDES U. SALVADOR, ELMER S. SAYLON, BENHARD E. SIMBULAN, MA. TERESA S. SOLIS, MA. LOURDES ROCEL E. SOLIVEN, EMILY C. SUY AT, EDGAR ALLAN P. TACSUAN, RAYMOND N. TANAY, JOCELYN Y. TAN, CANDIDO G. TISON, MA. THERESA O. TISON, EVELYN T. UYLANGCO, CION E. YAP, MA. OPHELIA C. DE GUZMAN, MA. HIDELISA P. IRA, RAYMUND MARTIN A. ANGELES, MERVIN S. BAUTISTA, ELENA R. CONDEVILLAMAR, CHERRY T. CO, LEOPOLDO V. DE LA ROSA, DOROTEO S. FROILAN, EMMANUEL B. GLORIA, JULIETEL JUBAC AND ROSEMARIE L. TANG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 167835 SPOUSES ALFREDO AND ENCARNACION CHING, PETITIONERS, VS. FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, AND SHERIFF OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 188480] ALFREDO CHING, PETITIONER, VS. FAMILY SAVINGS BANK AND THE SHERIFF OF MANILA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181560 VITARICH CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. CHONA LOSIN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181956 VICTORIA L. TEH, PETITIONER, VS. NATIVIDAD TEH TAN, TEH KI TIAT, AND JACINTA SIA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 191194 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ASTRO ASTROLABIO ASIS ALIAS "MULOK/ TOTO," ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171998 ANAMER SALAZAR, PETITIONER, VS. J.Y. BROTHERS MARKETING CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 185567 ARSENIO Z. LOCSIN, PETITIONER, VS. NISSAN LEASE PHILS. INC. AND LUIS BANSON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 172393 BANK OF COMMERCE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ESTELA PERLAS-BERNABE, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL OF MAKATI CITY, BRANCH 142; BANCAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; AND EXCHANGE CAPITAL CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 183852 CARMELA BROBIO MANGAHAS, PETITIONER, VS. EUFROCINA A. BROBIO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 176212 CENTURY SAVINGS BANK, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES DANILO T. SAMONTE AND ROSALINDA M. SAMONTE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 170389 COMMISSION OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. AQUAFRESH SEAFOODS, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 174157 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. MCGEORGE FOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 186400 CYNTHIA S. BOLOS, PETITIONER, VS. DANILO T. BOLOS, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 173021 DELFIN LAMSIS, MAYNARD MONDIGUING, JOSE VALDEZ, JR. AND HEIRS OF AGUSTIN KITMA, REPRESENTED BY EUGENE KITMA, PETITIONERS, VS. MARGARITA SEMON DONG-E, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 174329 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ENVIRONMENTAL AQUATICS, INC., LAND SERVICES AND MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISES, INC. AND MARIO MATUTE RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 184850 E.Y. INDUSTRIAL SALES, INC. AND ENGRACIO YAP, PETITIONERS, VS. SHEN DAR ELECTRICITY AND MACHINERY CO., LTD., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 174212 HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES PHILIPPINES CORP. (FORMERLY HITACHI COMPUTER PRODUCTS (ASIA) CORPORATION), PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 151349 LEANDRO M. ALCANTARA, PETITIONER, VS. THE PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL BANK, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 174674 NESTLE PHILIPPINES, INC. AND NESTLE WATERS PHILIPPINES, INC. (FORMERLY HIDDEN SPRINGS & PERRIER, INC.), PETITIONERS, VS. UNIWIDE SALES, INC., UNIWIDE HOLDINGS, INC., NAIC RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UNIWIDE SALES REALTY AND RESOURCES CLUB, INC., FIRST PARAGON CORPORATION, AND UNIWIDE SALES WAREHOUSE CLUB, INC., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 172635 OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. PEDRO DELIJERO, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178397 PEÑAFRANCIA TOURS AND TRAVEL TRANSPORT, INC., PETITIONER, VS. JOSELITO P. SARMIENTO AND RICARDO S. CATIMBANG, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 187069 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO MAGPAYO, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181900 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DEMETRIO SALAZAR, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 190179 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDWARD R. FELICIANO, ANITA G. LAURORA, EDITHA C. MAGLALANG, MAY G. ESTRELLA, AND ROMELITO G. RUELO, ACCUSED, EDWARD R. FELICIANO AND ANITA G. LAURORA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 191064 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROLANDO ARANETA Y ABELLA @ BOTONG AND MARILOU SANTOS Y TANTAY @ MALOU, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 183455 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROMY ATADERO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 123294 PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND AIDA M. QUIJANO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 186166 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. JOSE T. CHING REPRESENTED BY HIS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, ANTONIO V. CHING, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 172525 SHINRYO (PHILIPPINES) COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. RRN INCORPORATED,* RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 175561 SPOUSES IDA AKA "MILAGROS" NIEVES BELTRAN AND JOSE BELTRAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ANITA R. NIEVES, REPRESENTED BY NELIA G. MORAN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 152166 ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, INC. AND ROBERT KUAN, CHAIRMAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ESTRELITO NOTARIO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- A.M. No. 10-10-4- [ A.M. No. 10-10-4-SC. October 19, 2010 ]
- G.R. No. 191938 ABRAHAM KAHLIL B. MITRA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ANTONIO V. GONZALES AND ORLANDO R. BALBON, JR., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 190108 DAVID E. SO, ON BEHALF OF HIS DAUGHTER MARIA ELENA SO GUISANDE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ESTEBAN A. TACLA, JR., REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANDALUYONG CITY, BRANCH 208; AND DR. BERNARDO A. VICENTE, NATIONAL CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 190473] HON. ESTEBAN A. TACLA, JR., PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, MANDALUYONG CITY, BRANCH 208; AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONERS, VS.DAVID E. SO, ON BEHALF OF HIS DAUGHTER MARIA ELENA SO GUISANDE, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 166910 ERNESTO B. FRANCISCO, JR. AND JOSE MA. O. HIZON, PETITIONERS, VS. TOLL REGULATORY BOARD, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, MANILA NORTH TOLLWAYS CORPORATION, BENPRES HOLDINGS CORPORATION, FIRST PHILIPPINE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TOLLWAY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, PNCC SKYWAY CORPORATION, CITRA METRO MANILA TOLLWAYS CORPORATION AND HOPEWELL CROWN INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 169917] HON. IMEE R. MARCOS, RONALDO B. ZAMORA, CONSUMERS UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., QUIRINO A. MARQUINEZ, HON. LUIS A. ASISTIO, HON. ERICO BASILIO A. FABIAN, HON. RENATO "KA RENE" B. MAGTUBO, HON. RODOLFO G. PLAZA, HON. ANTONIO M. SERAPIO, HON. EMMANUEL JOEL J. VILLANUEVA, HON. ANIBAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA AGRIKULTURA (AMA), INC., ANIBAN NG MGA MAGSASAKA, MANGINGISDA AT MANGGAGAWA SA AGRIKULTURA-KATIPUNAN, INC., KAISAHAN NG MGA MAGSASAKA SA AGRIKULTURA, INC., KILUSAN NG MANGAGAWANG MAKABAYAN, PETITIONERS, VS. THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE TOLL REGULATORY BOARD, MANILA NORTH TOLLWAYS CORPORATION, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, AND FIRST PHILIPPINE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORP., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 173630] GISING KABATAAN MOVEMENT, INC., BARANGAY COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, MUNICIPALITY OF SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA [AS REPRESENTED BY COUNCILOR CARLON G. AMBAYEC], AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS OF SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA PETITIONERS, VS. THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ACTING THROUGH THE TOLL REGULATORY BOARD (TRB), PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION (PNCC), RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 183599] THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE TOLL REGULATORY BOARD, PETITIONER, VS. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS OF SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 187116 ASSET BUILDERS CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. STRONGHOLD INSURANCE COMPANY, INCORPORATED, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 159230 B.E. SAN DIEGO, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND JOVITA MATIAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 164757 CEBU METRO PHARMACY, INC. PETITIONER, VS. EURO-MED LABORATORIES, PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 187032 EDGARDO M. PANGANIBAN, PETITIONER, VS. TARA TRADING SHIPMANAGEMENT INC. AND SHINLINE SDN BHD, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 191394 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARIA POLITICO Y TICALA AND EWINIE POLITICO Y PALMA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189859 PIO MODESTO AND CIRILA RIVERA-MODESTO, PETITIONERS, VS. CARLOS URBINA, SUBSTITUTED BY THE HEIRS OF OLYMPIA MIGUEL VDA. DE URBINA (SURVIVING SPOUSE) AND CHILDREN, NAMELY: ESCOLASTICA M. URBINA, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N