Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2014
- G.R. No. 210619 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CHARLES REYES Y MARASIGAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 208170 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PETRUS YAU A.K.A. “JOHN” AND “RICKY” AND SUSANA YAU Y SUMOGBA A.K.A. “SUSAN”, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 200987 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RONALDO BAYAN Y NERI, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 200645 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WENDEL OCDOL Y MENDOVA, EDISON TABIANAN, AND DANTE BORINAGA, ACCUSED. WENDEL OCDOL Y MENDOVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 207348 ROWENA R. SOLANTE, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, CHAIRPERSON MA. GRACIA PULIDO-TAN, COMMISSIONER JUANITO G. ESPINO, JR., COMMISSIONER HEIDI L. MENDOZA, AND FORTUNATA M. RUBICO, DIRECTOR IV, COA COMMISSION SECRETARIAT, in their official capacities, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 213181 FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA PETITIONER, VS. CHIEF JUSTICE MARIA LOURDES P. A. SERENO, THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 166944 JUANITO MAGSINO, PETITIONER, VS. ELENA DE OCAMPO AND RAMON GUICO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181541 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE, VS. MARISSA MARCELO, ACCUSED/APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 192304 ANCHOR SAVINGS BANK (NOW EQUICOM SAVINGS BANK), PETITIONER, VS. PINZMAN REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MARYLIN MAÑALAC AND RENATO GONZALES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 200538 CITY OF DAVAO, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND BENJAMIN C. DE GUZMAN, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 175689 GEORGE A. ARRIOLA, PETITIONER, VS. PILIPINO STAR NGAYON, INC. AND/OR MIGUEL G. BELMONTE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 196117 KRYSTLE REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, WILLIAM C. CU, PETITIONER, VS. DOMINGO ALIBIN, AS SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY: BEATRIZ A. TORZAR, VIRGINIA A. TARAYA, ROSARIO A. MARCO, JESUS A. ALIBIN, AND JAY ALIBIN, AS SUBSTITUTED BY HIS CHILDREN, NAMELY: JAYNES ALIBIN, JAY ALIBIN, AND JESUS ALIBIN, JR., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 196129] CARIDAD RODRIGUEZA, AS SUBSTITUTED BY RUFINO RODRIGUEZA, PETITIONER, VS. DOMINGO ALIBIN, AS SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY: BEATRIZ A. TORZAR, VIRGINIA A. TARAYA, ROSARIO A. MARCO, JESUS A. ALIBIN, AND JAY ALIBIN, AS SUBSTITUTED BY HIS CHILDREN, NAMELY: JAYNES ALIBIN, JAY ALIBIN, AND JESUS ALIBIN, JR., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 205870 LEI SHERYLL FERNANDEZ, PETITIONER, VS. BOTICA CLAUDIO REPRESENTED BY GUADALUPE JOSE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 206366 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. EDUARDO BALAQUIT Y BALDERAMA, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 203048 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUSTY BALA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 208469 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SAMUEL “TIW-TIW” SANICO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 172404 PEOPLE’S TRANS-EAST ASIA INSURANCE CORPORATION, A.K.A. PEOPLE'S GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. DOCTORS OF NEW MILLENNIUM HOLDINGS, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 198342 REMEDIOS O. YAP, PETITIONER, VS. ROVER MARITIME SERVICES CORPORATION, MR. RUEL BENISANO AND/OR UCO MARINE CONTRACTING W.L.L., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. Nos. 208828-29 RICARDO C. SILVERIO, SR., PETITIONER, VS. RICARDO S. SILVERIO, JR., CITRINE HOLDINGS, INC., MONICA P. OCAMPO AND ZEE2 RESOURCES, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 203655 SM LAND, INC., PETITIONER, VS. BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ARNEL PACIANO D. CASANOVA, ESQ., IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BCDA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 194390 VENANCIO M. SEVILLA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 162230 ISABELITA C. VINUYA, VICTORIA C. DELA PEÑA, HERMINIHILDA MANIMBO, LEONOR H. SUMAWANG, CANDELARIA L. SOLIMAN, MARIA L. QUILANTANG, MARIA L. MAGISA, NATALIA M. ALONZO, LOURDES M. NAVARO, FRANCISCA M. ATENCIO, ERLINDA MANALASTAS, TARCILA M. SAMPANG, ESTER M. PALACIO, MAXIMA R. DELA CRUZ, BELEN A. SAGUM, FELICIDAD TURLA, FLORENCIA M. DELA PEÑA, EUGENIA M. LALU, JULIANA G. MAGAT, CECILIA SANGUYO, ANA ALONZO, RUFINA P. MALLARI, ROSARIO M. ALARCON, RUFINA C. GULAPA, ZOILA B. MANALUS, CORAZON C. CALMA, MARTA A. GULAPA, TEODORA M. HERNANDEZ, FERMIN B. DELA PEÑA, MARIA DELA PAZ B. CULALA, ESPERANZA MANAPOL, JUANITA M. BRIONES, VERGINIA M. GUEVARRA, MAXIMA ANGULO, EMILIA SANGIL, TEOFILA R. PUNZALAN, JANUARIA G. GARCIA, PERLA B. BALINGIT, BELEN A. CULALA, PILAR Q. GALANG, ROSARIO C. BUCO, GAUDENCIA C. DELA PEÑA, RUFINA Q. CATACUTAN, FRANCIA A. BUCO, PASTORA C. GUEVARRA, VICTORIA M. DELA CRUZ, PETRONILA O. DELA CRUZ, ZENAIDA P. DELA CRUZ, CORAZON M. SUBA, EMERINCIANA A. VINUYA, LYDIA A. SANCHEZ, ROSALINA M. BUCO, PATRICIA A. BERNARDO, LUCILA H. PAYAWAL, MAGDALENA LIWAG, ESTER C. BALINGIT, JOVITA A. DAVID, EMILIA C. MANGILIT, VERGINIA M. BANGIT, GUILERMA S. BALINGIT, TERECITA PANGILINAN, MAMERTA C. PUNO, CRISENCIANA C. GULAPA, SEFERINA S. TURLA, MAXIMA B. TURLA, LEONICIA G. GUEVARRA, ROSALINA M. CULALA, CATALINA Y. MANIO, MAMERTA T. SAGUM, CARIDAD L. TURLA, et al. in their capacity and as members of the “Malaya Lolas Organizations,” PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ALBERTO G. ROMULO, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DELIA DOMINGO-ALBERT, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE MERCEDITAS N. GUTIERREZ, AND THE HONORABLE SOLICITOR GENERAL ALFREDO L. BENIPAYO, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 171836 DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, REPRESENTED BY HON. NASSER C. PANGANDAMAN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DAR-OIC SECRETARY, PETITIONER, VS. SUSIE IRENE GALLE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 195213] LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SUSIE IRENE GALLE, SUBSTITUTED BY HER HEIRS, NAMELY HANS PETER, CARL OTTO, FRITZ WALTER, AND GEORGE ALAN, ALL SURNAMED REITH, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 181723 ELIZABETH DEL CARMEN, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES RESTITUTO SABORDO AND MIMA MAHILUM-SABORDO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 207992 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROBERTO HOLGADO Y DELA CRUZ AND ANTONIO MISAREZ Y ZARAGA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 192993 WALLEM MARITIME SERVICES, INC., AND REGINALDO OBEN/WALLEM SHIPMANAGEMENT LIMITED, PETITIONERS, VS. DONNABELLE PEDRAJAS AND SEAN JADE PEDRAJAS, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 207376 AIDA PADILLA, PETITIONER, VS. GLOBE ASIATIQUE REALTY HOLDINGS CORPORATION, FILMAL REALTY CORPORATION, DELFIN S. LEE AND DEXTER L. LEE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 200746 BENSON INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES UNION-ALU-TUCP AND/OR VILMA GENON, EDISA HORTELANO, LOURDES ARANAS, TONY FORMENTERA, RENEBOY LEYSON, MA. ALONA ACALDO, MA. CONCEPCION ABAO, TERESITA CALINAWAN, NICIFORO CABANSAG, STELLA BARONGO, MARILYN POTOT, WELMER ABANID, LORENZO ALIA, LINO PARADERO, DIOSDADO ANDALES, LUCENA ABESIA, AND ARMANDO YBAÑEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. BENSON INDUSTRIES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189629 DR. PHYLIS C. RIO, PETITIONER, VS. COLEGIO DE STA. ROSA-MAKATI AND/OR SR. MARILYN B. GUSTILO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 212689 ECE REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HAYDYN HERNANDEZ, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 182908 HEIRS OF FRANCISCO I. NARVASA, SR., ANDHEIRS OF PETRA IMBORNAL AND PEDRO FERRER,REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, MRS. REMEDIOS B. NARVASA-REGACHO, PETITIONERS, VS. EMILIANA, VICTORIANO, FELIPE, MATEO, RAYMUNDO, MARIA,AND EDUARDO, ALL SURNAMED IMBORNAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 204729 LOURDES SUITES (CROWN HOTEL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION), PETITIONER, VS. NOEMI BINARAO, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 189061 MIDWAY MARITIME AND TECHNOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT PHD IN EDUCATION DR. SABINO M. MANGLICMOT, PETITIONER, VS. MARISSA E. CASTRO, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 171626 OLONGAPO CITY, PETITIONER, VS. SUBIC WATER AND SEWERAGE CO., INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 198367 OSG SHIPMANAGEMENT MANILA, INC., MERCEDES M. RAVANOPOLOUS, OSG SHIPMANAGEMENT (UK) LTD. & M/T DELPHINA, PETITIONERS, VS. JOSELITO B. PELLAZAR, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 204651 OUR HAUS REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ALEXANDER PARIAN, JAY C. ERINCO, ALEXANDER CANLAS, BERNARD TENEDERO AND JERRY SABULAO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 173082 PALM AVENUE HOLDING CO., INC., AND PALM AVENUE REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN 5TH DIVISION, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG), RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 195795] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, PETITIONER, VS. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN, PALM AVENUE REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PALM AVENUE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 191015 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES PETITIONER, VS. JOSE C. GO, AIDA C. DELA ROSA, AND FELECITAS D. NECOMEDES,** RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 201111 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALFREDO CERDON Y SANCHEZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 206368 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LEONARDO BATTAD, ACCUSED-APPELLANT, MARCELINO BACNIS, ACCUSED. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 211049 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROMEO CLOSA Y LUALHATI, ACCUSED-APPELLANT, R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 193681 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF, MALAYAN INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. AND HELEN Y. DEE, PRIVATE COMPLAINANTS-PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIP PICCIO, MIA GATMAYTAN, MA. ANNABELLA RELOVA SANTOS, JOHN JOSEPH GUTIERREZ, JOCELYN UPANO, JOSE DIZON, ROLANDO PAREJA, WONINA BONIFACIO, ELVIRA CRUZ, CORNELIO ZAFRA, VICENTE ORTUOSTE, VICTORIA GOMEZ JACINTO, JUVENCIO PERECHE, JR., RICARDO LORAYES, PETER SUCHIANCO, AND TRENNIE MONSOD, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 204911 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MIKE STEVE Y BASMAN AND RASHID MANGTOMA Y NONI, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 200250 UPSI PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. DIESEL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 203775 ASSOCIATION OF FLOOD VICTIMS AND JAIME AGUILAR HERNANDEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ALAY BUHAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, INC., AND WESLIE TING GATCHALIAN, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- A.C. No. 8000 CHAMELYN A. AGOT, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. LUIS P. RIVERA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 193652 INFANT JULIAN YUSAY CARAM, REPRESENTED BY HIS MOTHER, MA. CHRISTINA YUSAY CARAM, PETITIONER, VS. ATTY. MARIJOY D. SEGUI, ATTY. SALLY D. ESCUTIN, VILMA B. CABRERA, CELIA C. YANGCO, AND OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 7766 JOSE ALLAN TAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. PEDRO S. DIAMANTE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 212953 JOSE TAPALES VILLAROSA, PETITIONER, VS. ROMULO DE MESA FESTIN AND COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 170139 SAMEER OVERSEAS PLACEMENT AGENCY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. JOY C. CABILES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N