Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2012
- G.R. No. 200792 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NEIL B. COLORADO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 201587 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VICTOR LANSANGAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 186463 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILLIAM MANGUNE Y DEL ROSARIO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 183774 PHILIPPINE BANKING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ARTURO DY, BERNARDO DY, JOSE DELGADO AND CIPRIANA DELGADO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- Adm. Case No. 9058 ROBERT VICTOR G. SEARES, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. SANIATA LIWLIWA V. GONZALES-ALZATE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181052 RODOLFO BELBIS, JR. Y COMPETENTE AND ALBERTO BRUCALES, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 192221 CASIMIRA S. DELA CRUZ, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND JOHN LLOYD M. PACETE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 152642 HON. PATRICIA A. STO. TOMAS, ROSALINDA BALDOZ AND LUCITA LAZO, PETITIONERS, VS. REY SALAC, WILLIE D. ESPIRITU, MARIO MONTENEGRO, DODGIE BELONIO, LOLIT SALINEL AND BUDDY BONNEVIE, RESPONDENTS. [ G.R. NO. 152710] HON. PATRICIA A. STO. TOMAS, IN HER CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE), HON. ROSALINDA D. BALDOZ, IN HER CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR, PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA), AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION GOVERNING BOARD, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. JOSE G. PANEDA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 220, QUEZON CITY, ASIAN RECRUITMENT COUNCIL PHILIPPINE CHAPTER, INC. (ARCOPHIL), FOR ITSELF AND IN BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS: WORLDCARE PHILIPPINES SERVIZO INTERNATIONALE, INC., STEADFAST INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT CORP., VERDANT MANPOWER MOBILIZATION CORP., BRENT OVERSEAS PERSONNEL, INC., ARL MANPOWER SERVICES, INC., DAHLZEN INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC., INTERWORLD PLACEMENT CENTER, INC., LAKAS TAO CONTRACT SERVICES LTD. CO., SSC MULTI-SERVICES, DMJ INTERNATIONAL, AND MIP INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETRESS, MARCELINA I. PAGSIBIGAN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 167590] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE), THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA), THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA), THE LABOR ARBITERS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (NLRC), THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA), PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE EXPORTERS, INC. (PASEI), RESPONDENT. [G.R. NOS. 182978-79] BECMEN SERVICE EXPORTER AND PROMOTION, INC., PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES SIMPLICIO AND MILA CUARESMA (FOR AND IN BEHALF OF DAUGHTER, JASMIN G. CUARESMA), WHITE FALCON SERVICES, INC., AND JAIME ORTIZ (PRESIDENT OF WHITE FALCON SERVICES, INC.), RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 184298-99] SPOUSES SIMPLICIO AND MILA CUARESMA (FOR AND IN BEHALF OF DECEASED DAUGHTER, JASMIN G. CUARESMA), PETITIONERS, VS. WHITE FALCON SERVICES, INC. AND BECMEN SERVICES EXPORTER AND PROMOTION, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189689 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF AMPARO IN FAVOR OF LILIBETH O. LADAGA: LILIBETH O. LADAGA, PETITIONER, VS. MAJ. GEN. REYNALDO MAPAGU, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY'S 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION (ID); COL. LYSANDER SUERTE, CHIEF OF STAFF, 10TH ID, LT. COL. KURT A. DECAPIA, CHIEF, 10TH ID, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; COL. OSCAR LACTAO, HEAD-TASK FORCE-DAVAO; SR. SUPT. RAMON APOLINARIO, DAVAO CITY POLICE OFFICE DIRECTOR; AND SEVERAL OTHER JOHN DOES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 189690] IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF AMPARO IN FAVOR OF ANGELA A. LIBRADO-TRINIDAD: ANGELA A. LIBRADO-TRINIDAD, PETITIONER, VS. MAJ. GEN. REYNALDO MAPAGU, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY'S 10TH ID; COL. LYSANDER SUERTE, CHIEF OF STAFF, 10TH ID, LT. COL. KURT A. DECAPIA, CHIEF, 10TH ID, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; COL. OSCAR LACTAO, HEAD-TASK FORCE-DAVAO; SR. SUPT. RAMON APOLINARIO, DAVAO CITY POLICE OFFICE DIRECTOR; AND SEVERAL OTHER JOHN DOES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 189691] IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF AMPARO IN FAVOR OF CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE: CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE, PETITIONER, VS. MAJ. GEN. REYNALDO MAPAGU, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY'S 10TH ID; COL. LYSANDER SUERTE, CHIEF OF STAFF, 10TH ID, LT. COL. KURT A. DECAPIA, CHIEF, 10TH ID, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; COL. OSCAR LACTAO, HEAD-TASK FORCE-DAVAO; SR. SUPT. RAMON APOLINARIO, DAVAO CITY POLICE OFFICE DIRECTOR; AND SEVERAL OTHER JOHN DOES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 199433 ISABELITA P. GRAVIDES, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND PEDRO C. BORJAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 197466 JOEL P. QUIÑO, MARY ANTONETTE C. DANGOY, JOSEPHINE T. ABING, JOY ANN P. CABATINGAN, TESSA P. CANG, WILFREDO T. CALO, HOMER C. CANEN, JOSE L. CAGANG, ALBERTO CABATINGAN AND FRANCISCO T. OLIVERIO, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND RITCHIE R. WAGAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 183446 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ESTATE OF HANS MENZI (THROUGH ITS EXECUTOR, MANUEL G. MONTECILLO), SANDIGANBAYAN (FOURTH DIVISION) AND SHERIFFS REYNALDO MELQUIADES AND ALBERT A. DELA CRUZ , RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 172471 ANTONIO PERLA, PETITIONER, VS. MIRASOL BARING AND RANDY PERLA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 157649 ARABELLE J. MENDOZA, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND DOMINIC C. MENDOZA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 198770 AURELIA GUA-AN AND SONIA GUA-AN MAMON, PETITIONERS, VS. GERTRUDES QUIRINO, REPRESENTED BY ELMER QUIRINO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 195168 BENJAMIN C. MILLAN, PETITIONER, VS. WALLEM MARITIME SERVICES, INC., REGINALDO A. OBEN AND/OR WALLEM SHIPMANAGEMENT,[1] LTD., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 156296 DENNIS Q. MORTEL, PETITIONER, VS. SALVADOR E. KERR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 183553 DIAGEO PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189984 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE PROBATE OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ENRIQUE S. LOPEZ RICHARD B. LOPEZ, PETITIONER, VS. DIANA JEANNE LOPEZ, MARYBETH DE LEON AND VICTORIA L. TUAZON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 166259 LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HONEYCOMB FARMS CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 180804 LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPS. ROKAYA AND SULAIMAN BONA RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178622 LUCIANO LADANO,[1] PETITIONER, VS. FELINO NERI, EDWIN SOTO, ADAN ESPANOLA,[2] AND ERNESTO BLANCO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 183827 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ENERIO ENDING Y ONYONG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 184601 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARCIAL MALICDEM Y MOLINA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 160453 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ARCADIO IVAN A. SANTOS III, AND ARCADIO C. SANTOS, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 159594 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS (NINTH DIVISION), AND EDUARDO C. DE QUINTOS, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 192975 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 3, PETITIONER, VS. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 192994] SAMAHANG KABUHAYAN NG SAN LORENZO KKK, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE PRESIDENT ZENAIDA TURLA, PETITIONER, VS. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178431 V.C. PONCE COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. MUNICIPALITY OF PARAÑAQUE AND SAMPAGUITA HILLS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 192650 FELIX MARTOS, JIMMY ECLANA, RODEL PILONES, RONALDO NOVAL, JONATHAN PAILAGO, ERNESTO MONTANO, DOYONG JOSE, DEO MAMALATEO, ROSELO MAGNO, BONNIE SANTILLAN, ARSENIO GONZALES, ALEX EDRADAN, MICHAEL ERASCA, MARLON MONTANO, VICENTE OLIVEROS, REYNALDO LAMBOSON, DOMINGO ROTA, EDDIE ROTA, ZALDY OLIVEROS, ANTONIO NATIL, HERMIE BUISON, ROGER BUISON, MARIANO LAZATE, JUAN VILLABER, LIMUEL LLANETA, LITO BANTILO, TERSO GARAY, ROWEL BESTOLO, JERRY YORTAS, PASTOR PANTIG, GAVINO NICOLAS, RAFAEL VILLA, FELIX YORTAS, MELVIN GARAY, NEIL DOMINGUEZ REYNALDO EVANGELISTA, JR., JOSE RAMOS, ELVIN ROSALES, JUN GRANEHO, DANNY ASPARES, SALVEDOR TONLOC, ROLANDO EVANGELISTA, RICKY M. FRANCISCO, EDUARDO ALEGRIA, SALVADOR SANTOS, GREG BISONIA, RUFO CARBILLO, MARVIN MONTERO, DANILO BESSIRE, ALLAN CABALLERO, ORLANDO LIMOS, EDGARDO BICLAR, MANDY MAMALATEO, ALFRED GAJO, ERIC CASTRENCE, ANTHONY MOLINA, JAIME SALIM, ROY SILVA, DANILO BEGORIE, PEPING CELISANA, ERIC RONDA, RUFO CARBANILLO, ROWEL BATA, RICARDO TOLENTINO, ARNEL ARDINEZ, FERDINAND R. ARANDIA, ROMEO R. GARBO, ANTONIO ROTA, REYNIELANDRE QUINTANILLA, JOSELITO HILARIO, JIMMY CAMPANA, DANILO LIDO-AN, EMERSON PENAFLOR, CESAR PABALINAS, JONATHAN MELCHOR, ALEX DAVID, EUTIQUIO ALCALA, MICHAEL CARANDANG, EDUARDO MANUEL, RAMON EVANGELISTA, RUBEN MENDOZA, ERNESTO MENDOZA, RICKY RAMOS, ROBERTO NOVELLA, RUBEN CONDE, DANILO POLISTICO, DOMINGO MENDOZA, FERNANDO SAN GABRIEL, AND DOMINGO ROTO, PETITIONERS, VS. NEW SAN JOSE BUILDERS, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189754 LITO BAUTISTA AND JIMMY ALCANTARA, PETITIONERS, VS. SHARON G. CUNETA-PANGILINAN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 166462 P. L. UY REALTY CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ALS MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANTONIO K. LITONJUA, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 196434 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. CHITO NAZARENO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189808 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MERIAM GURU Y KAZAN, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 199735 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AISA MUSA Y PINASILO, ARA MONONGAN Y PAPAO, FAISAH ABAS Y MAMA, AND MIKE SOLALO Y MLOK, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 199264 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NOEL T. LAURINO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 192799 ROLEX RODRIGUEZ Y OLAYRES, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ALLIED DOMECQ SPIRITS AND WINES, REPRESENTED BY ALLIED DOMECQ PHILS., INC., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 194758 RUBEN D. ANDRADA, PETITIONER, VS. AGEMAR MANNING AGENCY, INC., AND/OR SONNET SHIPPING LTD./MALTA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 153852 SPOUSES HUMBERTO P. DELOS SANTOS AND CARMENCITA M. DELOS SANTOS, PETITIONERS, VS. METROPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 163182 TOM TAN, ANNIE U. TAN AND NATHANIEL TAN, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF ANTONIO F. YAMSON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 170677 VSD REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. UNIWIDE SALES, INC. AND DOLORES BAELLO TEJADA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 160260 WESTMONT BANK, FORMERLY ASSOCIATED BANK NOW UNITED OVERSEAS BANK PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MYRNA DELA ROSA-RAMOS, DOMINGO TAN AND WILLIAM CO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 201112 ARCHBISHOP FERNANDO R. CAPALLA, OMAR SOLITARIO ALI AND MARY ANNE L. SUSANO, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 201121 ] SOLIDARITY FOR SOVEREIGNITY (S4S) REPRESENTED BY MA. LINDA OLAGUER; RAMON PEDROSA, BENJAMIN PAULINO SR., EVELYN CORONEL, MA. LINDA OLAGUER MONTAYRE, AND NELSON T. MONTAYRE, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR., RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 201127] TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, BISHOP BRODERICK S. PABILLO, SOLITA COLLAS MONSOD, MARIA CORAZON MENDOZA ACOL, FR. JOSE DIZON, NELSON JAVA CELIS, PABLO R. MANALASTAS, GEORGINA R. ENCANTO AND ANNA LEAH E. COLINA, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND SMARTMATIC TIM CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 201413] TANGGULANG DEMOKRASYA (TAN DEM), INC., EVELYN L. KILAYKO, TERESITA D. BALTAZAR, PILAR L. CALDERON AND ELITA T. MONTILLA, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND SMARTMATIC-TIM CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 198423 EN BANC LEO A. GONZALES, PETITIONER, VS. SOLID CEMENT CORPORATION AND ALLEN QUERUBIN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 175155 JOHN C. ARROYO, JASMIN ALIPATO, PRIMITIVO BELANDRES, NESTOR LEDUNA, PATRICK SEMENA, ANITA DE LOS REYES, MERCY SILVESTRE, RODOLFO CABALLERO, GINA CABALLERO, LETECIA HUEBOS, TARCILA PINILI, RODELIA UY, CRIS PARAS, FLOR MORENO, AND JOSE PEROTE, PETITIONERS, VS. ROSAL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181089 MERLINDA CIPRIANO MONTAÑEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. LOURDES TAJOLOSA CIPRIANO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 197151 SM LAND, INC. (FORMERLY SHOEMART, INC.) AND WATSONS PERSONAL CARE STORES, PHILS., INC., PETITIONERS, VS. CITY OF MANILA, LIBERTY TOLEDO, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE CITY TREASURER OF MANILA AND JOSEPH SANTIAGO, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE CHIEF OF LICENSE DIVISION OF THE CITY OF MANILA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 177140 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF -APPELLEE, VS. ALEJANDRO VIOJELA Y ASARTIN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 177357 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VAL DELOS REYES, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 168987 PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. FRANCISCO LAO LIM, THE HEIRS OF HENRY GO, MANUEL LIMTONG AND RAINBOW TOURS AND TRAVEL, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 130714 & 139634 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VAL DE LOS REYES AND DONEL GO, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. [G.R. NOS. 139331 & 140845-46 ] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. VAL DE LOS REYES, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N