Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2014
- G.R. No. 184318 ANTONIO E. UNICA, PETITIONER, VS. ANSCOR SWIRE SHIP MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 174564 ATTY. EMMANUEL D. AGUSTIN, JOSEPHINE SOLANO, ADELAIDA FERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO YUAN, JOCELYN LAVARES, MARY JANE OLASO, MELANIE BRIONES, ROWENA PATRON, MA. LUISA CRUZ, SUSAN TAPALES, RUSTY BAUTISTA, AND JANET YUAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ALEJANDRO CRUZ-HERRERA, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 171590 BIGNAY EX-IM PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 171598] UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. BIGNAY EX-IM PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 205956 P/SUPT. HANSEL M. MARANTAN, PETITIONER, VS. ATTY. JOSE MANUEL DIOKNO AND MONIQUE CU-UNJIENG LA’O, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 200915 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MERLITA PALOMARES Y COSTUNA, APPELLANT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 199268 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. AURELIO JASTIVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 190178 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FELIMON PATENTES Y ZAMORA, ACCUSED-APELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171557 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. RODOLFO O. DE GRACIA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 188694 RICARDO L. ATIENZA AND ALFREDO A. CASTRO, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No.187403 TRADE AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (FORMERLY PHILIPPINE EXPORT AND FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION.), PETITIONER, VS. ASIA PACES CORPORATION, PACES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, NICOLAS C. BALDERRAMA, SIDDCOR INSURANCE CORPORATION (NOW MEGA PACIFIC INSURANCE CORPORATION), PHILIPPINE PHOENIX SURETY AND INSURANCE, INC., PARAMOUNT INSURANCE CORPORATION,* AND FORTUNE LIFE AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 8761 WILBERTO C. TALISIC, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. PRIMO R. RINEN, RESPONDENT. RESOLUTION
- G.R. No. 173386 DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, NOW REPRESENTED BY OIC-SEC. NASSER PANGANDAMAN, PETITIONER, VS. TRINIDAD VALLEY REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FRANNIE GREENMEADOWS PASTURES, INC., ISABEL GREENLAND AGRI-BASED RESOURCES, INC., ISABEL GREENMEADOWS QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC., ERNESTO BARICUATRO,CLAUDIO VILLO AND EFREN NUEVO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 174162] GRACE B. FUA, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, JOSELIDO S. DAYOHA, JESUS S. DAYOHA AND RODRIGO S. LICANDA, PETITIONERS, VS. TRINIDAD VALLEY REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FRANNIE GREENMEADOWS PASTURES, INC., ISABEL GREENLAND AGRI-BASED RESOURCES, INC., ISABEL EVERGREEN PLANTATIONS INC., MICHELLE FARMS, INC. ISABEL GREENMEADOWS QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC., ERNESTO BARICU A TRO, CLAUDIO VILLO AND EFREN NUEVO, RESPONDENTS. G.R. No. 183191] TRINIDAD VALLEY REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FRANNIE GREENMEADOWS PASTURES, INC., ISABEL GREENLAND AGRI-BASED RESOURCES, INC., ISABEL GREENMEADOWS QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC., ERNESTO BARICUATRO, CLAUDIO VILLO AND EFREN NUEVO, PETITIONERS, VS. THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 176830 SATURNINO C. OCAMPO, PETITIONER, VS. HON. EPHREM S. ABANDO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF HILONGOS, LEYTE, BRANCH 18, CESAR M. MERIN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS APPROVING PROSECUTOR AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, ROSULO U. VIVERO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS INVESTIGATING PROSECUTOR, RAUL M. GONZALEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 185587] RANDALL B. ECHANIS, PETITIONER, VS. HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 32, HON. EPHREM S. ABANDO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF HILONGOS, LEYTE, BRANCH 18, CESAR M. MERIN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS APPROVING PROSECUTOR AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, ROSULO U. VIVERO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS INVESTIGATING PROSECUTOR, RAUL M. GONZALEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 185636] RAFAEL G. BAYLOSIS, PETITIONER, VS. HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 32, HON. EPHREM S. ABANDO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF HILONGOS, LEYTE, BRANCH 18, CESAR M. MERIN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS APPROVING PROSECUTOR AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, ROSULO U. VIVERO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS INVESTIGATING PROSECUTOR, RAUL M. GONZALEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 190005] VICENTE P. LADLAD, PETITIONER, VS. HON. THELMA BUNYI-MEDINA, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 32, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 190621 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GLENN SALVADOR Y BALVERDE, AND DORY ANN PARCON Y DEL ROSARIO, ACCUSED, GLENN SALVADOR Y BALVERDE, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189538 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MERLINDA L. OLAYBAR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- — RICARDO V. QUINTOS, PETITIONER, VS. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD AND KANLURANG MINDORO FARMER'S COOPERATIVE, INC., RESPONDENTS. RESOLUTION
- A.C. No. 4545 CARLITO ANG, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. JAMES JOSEPH GUPANA, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 194105 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. TEAM SUAL CORPORATION (FORMERLY MIRANT SUAL CORPORATION), RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 200575 INTEL TECHNOLOGY PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND JEREMIAS CABILES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 167286 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA AND/OR BRIAN MCCAULEY, PETITIONERS, VS. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE OF EDUCATORS (ISAE) AND MEMBERS REPRESENTED BY RAQUEL DAVID CHING, PRESIDENT, EVANGELINE SANTOS, JOSELYN RUCIO AND METHELYN FILLER, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 193592 PASIG PRINTING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ROCKLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 193610] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG) AND MID-PASIG LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (MPLDC), PETITIONER, VS. ROCKLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 193686] MID-PASIG LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, (MPLDC), PETITIONER, VS. ROCKLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 189833 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JAVIER MORILLA Y AVELLANO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 195525 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILFREDO GUNDA ALIAS FRED, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 201298 RAUL C. COSARE, PETITIONER, VS. BROADCOM ASIA, INC. AND DANTE AREVALO, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 186639 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. EMMANUEL C. CORTEZ, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 170462 RODOLFO GUEVARRA AND JOEY GUEVARRA, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 185145 SPOUSES VICENTE AFULUGENCIA AND LETICIA AFULUGENCIA, PETITIONERS, VS. METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO. AND EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA, CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189248 TEODORO S. TEODORO (DECEASED), SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS/SONS NELSON TEODORO AND ROLANDO TEODORO, PETITIONERS, VS. DANILO ESPINO, ROSARIO SANTIAGO, JULIANA CASTILLO, PAULINA LITAO, RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ, RUFINA DELA CRUZ, AND LEONILA CRUZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 205453 UNITED TOURIST PROMOTIONS (UTP) AND ARIEL D. JERSEY, PETITIONERS, VS. HARLAND B. KEMPLIN, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 193462 DENNIS A.B. FUNA, PETITIONER, VS. MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE AND THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178497 EDITA T. BURGOS, PETITIONER, VS. GEN. HERMOGENES ESPERON, JR., LT. GEN. ROMEO P. TOLENTINO, MAJ. GEN. JUANITO GOMEZ, MAJ. GEN. DELFIN BANGIT, LT. COL. NOEL CLEMENT, LT. COL. MELQUIADES FELICIANO, AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OSCAR CALDERON, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 183711] EDITA T. BURGOS, PETITIONER, VS. GEN. HERMOGENES ESPERON, JR., LT. GEN. ROMEO P. TOLENTINO, MAJ. GEN. JUANITO GOMEZ, MAJ. GEN. DELFIN BANGIT, LT. COL. NOEL CLEMENT, LT. COL. MELQUIADES FELICIANO, AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OSCAR CALDERON, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 183712] EDITA T. BURGOS, PETITIONER, VS. GEN. HERMOGENES ESPERON, JR., LT. GEN. ROMEO P. TOLENTINO, MAJ. GEN. JUANITO GOMEZ, LT. COL. MELQUIADES FELICIANO, AND LT. COL. NOEL CLEMENT, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 183713] EDITA T. BURGOS, PETITIONER, VS. CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, GEN. HERMOGENES ESPERON, JR.; COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, LT. GEN. ALEXANDER YANO; AND CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, DIRECTOR GENERAL AVELINO RAZON, JR., RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 197676 REMMAN ENTERPRISES, INC. AND CHAMBER OF REAL ESTATE AND BUILDERS’ ASSOCIATION, PETITIONERS, VS. PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF REAL ESTATE SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 175723 THE CITY OF MANILA, REPRESENTED BY MAYOR JOSE L. ATIENZA, JR., AND MS. LIBERTY M. TOLEDO, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE CITY TREASURER OF MANILA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. CARIDAD H. GRECIA-CUERDO, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 112, PASAY CITY; SM MART, INC.; SM PRIME HOLDINGS, INC.; STAR APPLIANCES CENTER; SUPERVALUE, INC.; ACE HARDWARE PHILIPPINES, INC.; WATSON PERSONAL CARE STORES, PHILS., INC.; JOLLIMART PHILS., CORP.; SURPLUS MARKETING CORPORATION AND SIGNATURE LINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 191215 THENAMARIS PHILIPPINES, INC. (FORMERLY INTERMARE MARITIME AGENCIES, INC.)/ OCEANIC NAVIGATION LTD. AND NICANOR B. ALTARES, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND AMANDA C. MENDIGORIN (IN BEHALF OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND GUILLERMO MENDIGORIN), RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 178184 GRAND ASIAN SHIPPING LINES, INC., EDUARDO P. FRANCISCO AND WILLIAM HOW, PETITIONERS, VS. WILFREDO GALVEZ, JOEL SALES, CRISTITO GRUTA, DANILO ARGUELLES, RENATO BATAYOLA, PATRICIO FRESMILLO,* JOVY NOBLE, EMILIO DOMINICO, BENNY NILMAO, AND JOSE AUSTRAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 188653 LITO LOPEZ, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 188747 MANILA WATER COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. CARLITO DEL ROSARIO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 191189 MANLAR RICE MILL, INC., PETITIONER, VS. LOURDES L. DEYTO, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE TRADE NAME "J.D. GRAINS CENTER" AND JENNELITA DEYTO ANG, A.K.A. "JANET ANG," RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 196435 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOEL CRISOSTOMO Y MALLIAR,[1] ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 201156 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSELITO MORATE Y TARNATE, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 179367 UNILEVER PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. MICHAEL TAN A.K.A. PAUL D. TAN, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 196231 EMILIO A. GONZALES III, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, ACTING THROUGH AND REPRESENTED BY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., SENIOR DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY JOSE AMOR M. AMORANDO, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE – OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS, ATTY. RONALDO A. GERON, DIR. ROWENA TURINGAN-SANCHEZ, AND ATTY. CARLITO D. CATAYONG, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 196232] WENDELL BARRERAS-SULIT PETITIONER, VS. ATTY. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, ATTY. DENNIS F. ORTIZ, ATTY. CARLO D. SULAY AND ATTY. FROILAN D. MONTALBAN, JR., IN THEIR CAPACITIES AS CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF OFFICE OF MALACAÑANG LEGAL AFFAIRS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 9872 NATIVIDAD P. NAVARRO AND HILDA S. PRESBITERO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. IVAN M. SOLIDUM, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 192479 DIONES BELZA, PETITIONER, VS. DANILO T. CANONERO, ANTONIO N. ESQUIVEL AND CEZAR I. BELZA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 194612 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FLORO MANIGO Y MACALUA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 201011 THERESITA, JUAN, ASUNCION, PATROCINIA, RICARDO, AND GLORIA, ALL SURNAMED DIMAGUILA, PETITIONERS, VS. JOSE AND SONIA A. MONTEIRO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 200804 A.L. ANG NETWORK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. EMMA MONDEJAR, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND, EFREN MONDEJAR, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- A.C. No. 8644 AIDA R. CAMPOS, ALISTAIR R. CAMPOS AND CHARMAINE R. CAMPOS, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. ELISEO M. CAMPOS, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 198804 CARLITO VALENCIA Y CANDELARIA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 163109 MARICHU G. EJERA, PETITIONER, VS. BEAU HENRY L. MERTO AND ERWIN VERGARA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N