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G.R. No. 273189 · April 21 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CESAR OLIMAN, ELIAS RAYPAN @ ELY, RICARDO OLIMAN Y ENRIQUEZ @ KARDING, KENNETH DEITA Y BELARMINO, ANALY DEQUILLO Y LITERAL, GARY GUBATAN Y BALISCOT, MARIFE DE JESUS Y EVANGELISTA, AND GERRY ENRIQUEZ Y SUNGA, ACCUSEDcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 251180 · April 07 2025JAIME T. DEE, FOR HIMSELF AND AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OF ROBERTO V. MABASA, JUANITA M. GO, LEONA TAN, SILVINO V. MABASA, JR., NANCY ISABEL ONG, QUINTIN ROMEO V. MABASA, EVELYN M. STO. DOMINGO, ALEXANDER MABASA, RITA HUIBONHUA MABASA, LILY M. COSEIP, AND GLORIA LIM, PETITIONER, VS. UNION BANK OF THE PHILcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 262831 · April 07 2025GIANNI DE MUNARI, PETITIONER, VS. THELMA GAGUI ASPREC ALSO KNOWN AS THELMA DE MUNARI, THELMA PICOTTO AND THELMA CENTENO AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, RESPONDENTScites 3 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 265454 · April 07 2025ADAN DE GUZMAN HISANZA, PETITIONER, VS. BRIGHT MARITIME CORPORATION, NAVIOS SHIPMANAGEMENT, INC., DESIREE P. SILLAR, GEORGIOS STEFANOU, NATIVIDAD B. EBRON, CLARISSA C. MENDOZA, RHODORA S. TABOADA, KONSTANTINA STEFANOU, AND WEBENA D. DABUCO,RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 265570 · April 07 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARON AKIL Y GUAMALON, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 266494 · April 07 2025ROGER GALON LONGNO, PETITIONER, VS. SKANFIL MARITIME SERVICES, INC., AND CROWN SHIPMANAGEMENT, INC., RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 267833 · April 07 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARGIE BOLAGOT Y PINEDA @ "ARCHIE" AND ROLLY BATILARAN Y TOLEDO @ "SAMANTHA", ACCUSED-APPELLANTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 269362 · April 07 2025HEIRS OF SPOUSES ADRIANO SALISE AND NATIVIDAD PAGUDAR, REPRESENTED BY RANILO SALISE, HEIRS OF SPOUSES TEODORO VIRTUDAZO AND NECITAS SALISE, REPRESENTED BY EDISON VIRTUDAZO, JEROME DIOLANTO, HEIRS OF SPOUSES EULALIO DAMASING, SR. AND POTENCIANA LABIAL, REPRESENTED BY EULALIO DAMASING, JR., HEIRS OF Fcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 272300 · April 07 2025REYNALDO SAN PEDRO [DECEASED AND SUBSTITUTED BY HIS SON, RAYMONDE SAN PEDRO] AND OTHER PERSONS ACTING IN HIS BEHALF, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES ANGELITO TRINIDAD*** AND CONSUELO TRINIDAD, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 276735 · April 07 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSEPH ATANACIO Y PAGUNALING AND JON MAGNO Y LAGAMO, ACCUSED-APPELLANTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 238383 · April 02 2025JANICE L. TEOLOGO AND JENNIFER DELOS SANTOS, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 251736 · April 02 2025PAOLO LANDAYAN ARAGONES, PETITIONER, VS. ALLTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, OCTAVIO ECKHARDT, AND MATTHEW SMITH, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 252606 · April 02 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. XXX* ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 254543 · April 02 2025VIVIEN M. CADUNGOG [DECEASED], SUBSTITUTED BY HER HEIRS, VIENNE ANDREA KIM CADUNGOG AND BIEN ANDREU CADUNGOG, AS REPRESENTED BY ELENA CAMAY AND JOSE MARI CADUNGOG, PETITIONER, VS. SUNG HA JUNG, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 256021 · April 02 2025RURAL BANK OF SAN MATEO ISABELA, INC., REPRESENTED BY KATRINA MARIE PILAPIL IN HER CAPACITY AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, PETITIONER, VS. MYRVIN A. RAMALES AND JOSIE A. RAMALES, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 258563 · April 2 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ULYSSES PALCONIT CONSEBIDO, RESPONDENTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 261784 · April 02 2025DANIEL T. SO [DECEASED], SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY: JESUSA H. SO; DANALAINE H. SO; AND DARRIEN DERRICK H. SO,[1] PETITIONERS, VS. FOOD FEST LAND, INC., RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 262376 · April 02 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. XXX262376 AND YYY262376, ACCUSED-APPELLANTScites 4 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 263794 · April 02 2025COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. MARILY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 265302 · April 02 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CICL XXX265302, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 267315 · April 02 2025JAMES DUAVIT Y VILLACARLOS, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 267541 · April 02 2025GRAND EXPLOIT BUILDER DEVELOPMENT, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HOEGAARDEN REALTY CORPORATION, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 269598 · April 02 2025RIZALINO B. ABELLA, TEODORO C. ABELLA, AND ROMILDA S. AMAGO, PETITIONERS, VS. ATTY. SERGIO C. SUMAYOD, JANE A. PICA, ANNALIZA YU, AND PETRON CORP., INC., RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 270948 · April 02 2025DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE-REVENUE INTEGRITY PROTECTION SERVICE (DOF-RIPS), REPRESENTED BY JOEL M. APOLONIO AND JOHNNY S. LASSIN, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN AND RAFAEL MENDOZA MERENCILLA (SG-24), CHIEF CUSTOMS CONTROL OFFICER, BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, RAINIER R. MERENCILLA, RUPERT R. MERENCILLA, Rcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 271261 · April 02 2025MELCO RESORTS LEISURE (PHP) CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 273438 · April 02 2025DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTr) AND DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (DICT), PETITIONERS, VS. DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS PHILIPPINES, INC. (DIGITEL), RESPONDENTG.R. No. 234512 · March 05 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. XXX234512 ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 255564 · March 05 2025SPOUSES FELICIANA AND ANGEL CESA, SUBSTITUTED BY THEIR HEIRS, REPRESENTED BY ANGELICA CESA JORGE, WITH BUSINESS NAMES POSTEMA REALTY CORPORATION AND TANZA REGAL FARM, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES ELISA MONTANO BRUCELAS AND DAVID BRUCELAS, SPOUSES RAYMUNDO A. DEL ROSARIO AND NELIA DEL ROSARIO, AND THE HEcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 257827 · March 05 2025THE HEIRS OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL JACINTO C. LIGOT [REPRESENTED BY ERLINDA Y. LIGOT], ERLINDA Y. LIGOT, PAULO Y. LIGOT, RIZA Y. LIGOT, AND MIGUEL Y. LIGOT, PETITIONERS, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 236548 · March 4 2025RUBEN COMAMO Y JIMENO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 256709 · March 04 2025PHILIPPINE GUARANTEE CORPORATION, FORMERLY TRADE AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, CHAIRPERSON MICHAEL G. AGUINALDO, COMMISSIONER JOSE A. FABIA AND COMMISSIONER ROLAND C. PONDOC, RESPONDENTScites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 257910 · March 4 2025ALFONSO PATOTOY Y CENTENO @ "NONOY," PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 265434 · March 3 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDGARDO BERNARDINO Y TAMAYO A.K.A. "TOTONG," ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 273100 · March 03 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. APRIL JANE "LALING" BANGUIS ALBET, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 242366 · February 26 2025VENUSTRIANO B. CHAVEZ, JR., MARIA CARMITA C. CERTEZA, VENERANDO B. CHAVEZ, CYNTHIA C. CHAN, CAROLINA C. GERSTMAYR, CARINA B. CHAVEZ, VERNON B. CHAVEZ, VICENZO B. CHAVEZ, BENJAMIN L. PALOMIQUE, JAIME C. PALOMIQUE AND MARIAN CELINA C. PALOMIQUE, AND VIRGILIO B. CHAVEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES JOSELITcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 258420 · February 26 2025ANTHONY ARNALDO LO @ "WHITE," AND ALWIN BORILLA NAGALLO @ "TALI BOY," PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 259051 · February 26 2025EDWARD C. CIACHO, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES ADOLFO T. DE GUIA* AND FE ALMA V. DE GUIA [DECEASED]; AND BAYANI S. CERILLA [DECEASED], SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, MARY BERNADETTE G. CERILLA AND BYATRES MARI CERILLA-BOHOL, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 260831 · February 26 2025REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. PATRICIO B. BELLA, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 184661 · February 25 2025FILIPINO SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS AND PUBLISHERS, PETITIONER, VS. WOLFPAC COMMUNICATIONS, INC., RESPONDENTG.R. No. 234228 · February 25 2025JUSTO Q. SINAG, ALEJANDRO E. LUISTRO, RAULITO C. PASTORIN, RUBEN M. SANCHEZ, RAMIRO R. BAUTISTA, EDUARDO C. DEL ROSARIO, REYNALDO R. DE LOS REYES, MARCELINO T. MACALALAD, MARY ROSE D. PASNO, MARIO R. SECRETO, MERCELITA R. ROSALES, PEDRO CANOBAS, RICARDO P. SECRETO, ROCHELLE S. DE JOYA, MYRA A. HERNAcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 238846 · February 25 2025SHELL PHILIPPINES EXPLORATION B.V. AND CHEVRON MALAMPAYA LLC, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 250804 · February 25 2025PMAJ ALFRED C. ARTURO, PETITIONER, VS. PGEN OSCAR D. ALBAYALDE AND PGEN RONALD M. DELA ROSA (BOTH IN THEIR FORMER CAPACITIES AS THE CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE), RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 256452 · February 25 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILLEM JOHANNES PEEK, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 273562 · February 25 2025SANTIAGO DJ. SILLANO, PETITIONER, VS. JGC PHILIPPINES, INC. AND/OR VIRGILIO SAAVEDRA, ERIC TANJUTCO, AND LOLITA FALLER, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 276456 · February 25 2025PARTIDO FEDERAL NG PILIPINAS AND ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT LEANDRO B. VERCELES, JR., AND ON HIS OWN BEHALF AS A PARTY MEMBER, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, REYNALDO S. TAMAYO, JR., THOMPSON C. LANTION AND GEORGE S. BRIONES, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 256648 · February 24 2025PETER RICO F. RODRIGUEZ, PETITIONER, VS. GREGORIO PASTORFIDE, RAMONA MATIBAG, CECIL L. MONTEBLANCO, AND ROLAND AGUSTIN ANGELES, IN THEIR PURPORTED CAPACITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MEDICAL PLAZA MAKATI CONDOMINIUM CORPORATION, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 271154 · February 24 2025PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FRANCIS PATRICIO Y TORDA @ "KIKO," ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 271304 · February 24 2025UNIFIED FINANCING CORP., PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES JUAN AND ESTELITA G. TOLENTINO, AND SPOUSES JAMES AND LIWAYWAY G. TOLENTINO, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 272308 · February 24 2025SILVESTRE CORPUZ, SUBSTITUTED BY EVELYN CORPUZ, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, REGION 1, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 272844 · February 24 2025ERWIN BONBON Y TIA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpus