Supreme Court Decisions
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions: 2016
- G.R. No. 195382 ORION WATER DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL MANAGER, CRISPIN Q. TRIA, ET AL., PETITIONER, VS. THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), RESPONDENT. RESOLUTION
- G.R. No. 213919 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. VIRGILIO A. QUIM, APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 214440 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALEX MENDEZ RAFOLS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 201584 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. APOLONIO "TOTONG" AVILA Y ALECANTE, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 208646 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LORETO SONIDO Y CORONEL, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 197393 PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK, PETITIONER, VS. MANUEL P. BARRERA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 211269 RUBEN E. TIU, PETITIONER, VS. HON. NATIVIDAD G. DIZON, ACTING CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE, HON. FRANKLIN JESUS BUCAYU, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS, HON. SECRETARY LEILA M. DE LIMA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 217575 SOUTH COTABATO COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND GAUVAIN J. BENZONAN, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. PATRICIA STO. TOMAS, SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, ROLANDO FABRIGAR, MERLYN VELARDE, VINCE LAMBOC, FELIPE GALINDO, LEONARDO MIGUEL, JULIUS RUBIN, EDEL RODEROS, MERLYN COLIAO, AND EDGAR JOPSON, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 213054 TERESITA TAN, PETITIONER, VS. JOVENCIO F. CINCO, SIMON LORI HOLDINGS, INC., PENTACAPITAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION, FORTUNATO G. PE, RAYMUNDO G. PE, JOSE REVILLA REYES, JR., AND DEPUTY SHERIFF ROMMEL IGNACIO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 189401 VIL-REY PLANNERS AND BUILDERS, PETITIONERS, VS. LEXBER, INC., RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 189447] LEXBER, INC., VS. STRONGHOLD INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 195224 VIRGINIA JABALDE Y JAMANDRON, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 190876 YELLOW BUS LINE EMPLOYEES UNION (YBLEU), PETITIONER, VS. YELLOW BUS LINE, INC. (YBLI), RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 11246 ARNOLD PACAO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. SINAMAR LIMOS, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- A.C. No. 7330 JUDGE GREGORIO D. PANTANOSAS, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ELLY L. PAMATONG, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- A.C. No. 9226 MA. CECILIA CLARISSA C. ADVINCULA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. LEONARDO C. ADVINCULA, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 175592 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDISON C. MAGBITANG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 194605 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARIANO OANDASAN, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 190506 CORAL BAY NICKEL CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 193455 NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF GREGORIO RAMORAN, NAMELY: DELFIN R. PINEDA, ESPERANZA PINEDA MAGPALI, DIGNA PINEDA ARZADON, CARIDAD R. PINEDA, IMELDA ZIAPNO, TERESITA PINEDA DELFIN, ESTER R. PINEDA, FE Y. UZON, PACENCIA ERFE VERSOZA, IMPRESSION V. CLEMENTE, ALL REPRESENTED BY DELFIN R. PINEDA, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, RESPONDENTS. SPOUSES ARNULFO R. VERSOZA AND PRISCILLA M. VERSOZA; SPOUSES DOMINGO AND DOMINGA GOMEZ; AND ERLINDA GOMEZ-OCAY, IN HER BEHALF AND IN BEHALF OF CARLITO, MEDELINA, ANGELISTA, SILVERA, LOLITA, & ROMBERTO, ALL SURNAMED GOMEZ, INTERVENOR-RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 190644 NDC TAGUM FOUNDATION, INC., ANITA B. SOMOSO, AND LIDA U. NATAVIO, PETITIONERS, VS. EVELYN B. SUMAKOTE, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 188829 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. RAUL S. GONZALEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, HON. ALIPIO F. FERNANDEZ, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, HON. ARTHEL B. CAROÑONGAN, HON. TEODORO B. DELARMENTE, HON. JOSE D. CABOCHAN, AND HON. FRANKLIN Z. LITTAUA, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, PETITIONERS, VS. DAVONN MAURICE C. HARP, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 183794 SPOUSES JAIME AND MATILDE POON, PETITIONERS, VS. PRIME SAVINGS BANK REPRESENTED BY THE PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS STATUTORY LIQUIDATOR, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 214122 AUTOZENTRUM ALABANG, INC., PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES MIAMAR A. BERNARDO AND GENARO F. BERNARDO, JR., DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, ASIAN CARMAKERS CORPORATION, AND BAYERISHE MOTOREN WERKE (BMW) A.G., RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 205097 CORAZON D. ISON, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 189516 EDNA MABUGAY-OTAMIAS, JEFFREN M. OTAMIAS AND MINOR JEMWEL M. OTAMIAS, REPRESENTED BY THEIR MOTHER EDNA MABUGAY-OTAMIAS, PETITIONERS, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY COL. VIRGILIO O. DOMINGO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE PENSION AND GRATUITY MANAGEMENT CENTER (PGMC) OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. DECISION
- G.R. No. 205061 EMERTIA G. MALIXI, PETITIONER, VS. MEXICALI PHILIPPINES AND/OR FRANCESCA MABANTA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 208383 FIRST MEGA HOLDINGS CORP., PETITIONER, VS. GUIGUINTO WATER DISTRICT, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 193374 HEIRS OF THE LATE GERRY* ECARMA, NAMELY: AVELINA SUIZA-ECARMA, DENNIS ECARMA, JERRY LYN ECARMA PENA, ANTONIO ECARMA AND NATALIA ECARMA SANGALANG, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND RENATO A. ECARMA, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 217943 J. MELLIZA ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR, ATTY. RAFAEL S. VILLANUEVA, PETITIONER, VS. ROSENDO SIMOY, GREGORIO SIMOY AND CONSEJO SIMOY, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 219468 JOSE BURGOS, JR., PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES ELADIO SJ. NAVAL AND ARLINA B. NAVAL, AND AMALIA B. NAVAL, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 172352 LAND BANK PHILIPPINES, OF THE PETITIONER, VS. ALFREDO HABABAG, SR., SUBSTITUTED BY HIS WIFE, CONSOLACION, AND CHILDREN, NAMELY: MANUEL, SALVADOR, WILSON, JIMMY, ALFREDO, JR., AND JUDITH, ALL SURNAMED HABABAG, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NOS. 172387-88] ALFREDO HABABAG, SR., SUBSTITUTED BY HIS WIFE, CONSOLACION, AND CHILDREN, NAMELY: MANUEL, SALVADOR, WILSON, JIMMY, ALFREDO, JR., AND JUDITH, ALL SURNAMED HABABAG, PETITIONERS, VS. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, RESPONDENTS. R E S O L U T I O N
- G.R. No. 202047 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. NOEL B. PILI, MEDEL I. LIRIO, RODERICK B. JAMON, VICTORINO A. MACHICA, RONNIE C. VALORIA, VIRGILIO M. FLORES, RENATO C. PALMA, ANGELITO V. GUINTO, RAMIRO M. FELICIANO, ENRIQUE L. CIUBAL, ELMER P. TABIGAN, VENANCIO T. MADRIA, MAXIMO M. VITANGCOL, RODOLFO L. PAGUIO, ARNEL F. MAGSALIN, JULIANA N. DOLOR, NOEL C. CRUZ, SANDY C. JARILLA, BERTITO I. SERVIDAD, ALAN R. CORPUZ, ROBERT D. PABLO, ROBERT H. MONTEREY, HENRY L. LIAO, ROLANDO C. CEBANICO, VELIENTE S. FANTASTICO, MA. EMILIAN S. CRUZ, EDGARDO G. GAMBAYAN, GERARDO M. RUMBAWA, DANTE D. PALOMARA, MA. TERESA B. DE LOS REYES, JOSE ALLAN S. PACIFICO, RESTITUTO R. MALAPO, EARL G. PONGCO, LUCILO C. DEL MONTE, RUEL F. MAGBALANA, MARLYN V. VILLANUEVA, JUDITH C. BANEZ, GERMAN N. DE LUNA, FREDERICK B. DEL CORRO, CLODUALDO B. PASIOLAN, ROLANDO I. NAVARRO, AND PACIANO J. VILLANUEVA,* RESPONDENTS.
- G.R. No. 208137 MARIA CECILIA OEBANDA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND/OR THE OCCUPANTS AND EMPLOYEES OF VISAYAN FORUM FOUNDATION, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 204441 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MICHAEL KURT JOHN BULAWAN Y ANDALES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 211604 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DARYL POLONIO Y TUANGCAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 200081 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDGARDO T. CRUZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 194235 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JAY GREGORIO Y AMAR @ "JAY," ROLANDO ESTRELLA Y RAYMUNDO @ "BONG," DANILO BERGONIA Y ALELENG @ "DANNY," EFREN GASCON Y DELOS SANTOS @ "EFREN," RICARDO SALAZAR Y GO @ "ERIC," AND JOHN DOE, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 196962 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOAN SONJACO Y STA. ANA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 208475 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MANUEL REBANUEL Y NADERA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 211026 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RENATO B. SUEDAD, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 209038 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RONALD BACALAN GABUYA AND RYANNEAL MENESES GIRON, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 203932 PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. ENRIQUE LIGAN, EDUARDO MAGDARAOG, JOLITO OLIVEROS, RICHARD GONCER, EMELITO SOCO, VIRGILIO P. CAMPOS, JR., LORENZO BUTANAS, RAMEL BERNARDES, NELSON M. DULCE, CLEMENTE R. LUMAYNO, ARTHUR M. CAPIN, ALLAN BENTUZAL, AND JEFFREY LLENES, RESPONDENTS. RESOLUTION
- G.R. No. 209146 PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE AND MUNICIPALITY OF CALUYA, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. RECTO A. CALABOCAL, JUDGE-DESIGNATE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 43, ROXAS, ORIENTAL MINDORO, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO, AND MUNICIPALITY OF BULALACAO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N
- A.C. No. 11069 RONALDO C. FACTURAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. PROSECUTOR ALFREDO L. BARCELONA, JR., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 212960 SAMAHANG MANGGAGAWA SA GENERAL OFFSET PRESS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. GENERAL OFFSET PRESS, INC., JUANITA TIU AND JOJI TIU, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 185331 SPOUSES ABELARDO VALARAO AND FRANCISCA VALARAO, PETITIONERS, VS. MSC AND COMPANY, RESPONDENT. R E S O L U T I O N
- A.C. No. 10465 SPOUSES LAMBERTO V. EUSTAQUIO AND GLORIA J. EUSTAQUIO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. EDGAR R. NAVALES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N
- G.R. No. 211212 SUN LIFE OF CANADA (PHILIPPINES), INC., PETITIONER, VS. MA. DAISY'S. SIBYA, JESUS MANUEL S. SIBYA III, JAIME LUIS S. SIBYA, AND THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED ATTY. JESUS SIBYA, JR., RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 208146 VIRGINIA DIO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TIMOTHY DESMOND, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
- G.R. No. 160071 ANDREW D. FYFE, RICHARD T. NUTTALL, AND RICHARD J. WALD, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N