§ Jurisprudence
Supreme Court Decisions
§ 2019
G.R. No. 232083 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. COCOY CATUBAY, ACCUSEDcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 234051 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARNEL AMBROSIO Y NIDUA A.K.A. "ARNEL," ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 234296 · November 27 2019ERNESTO P. GUTIERREZ, PETITIONER, VS. NAWRAS MANPOWER SERVICES, INC., AL-ADHAMAIN CO. LTD., AND ELIZABETH BAWA, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 234793 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOESON AGUILAR Y CIMAFRANCA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 236322 · November 27 2019COKIA INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT, INC. AND/OR GEORGE LEE CO, PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, PETITIONERS, V. BEATRIZ C. BUG-OS, RESPONDENG.R. No. 237801 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. ALLAN ALON-ALON Y LIZARDA , ACCUSED-APPELLANTG.R. No. 237803 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. ALLAN ALON-ALON Y LIZARDA , ACCUSED-APPELLANTG.R. No. 238517 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LUNG WAI TANG, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 240231 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CRESENCIANO ENOJO A.K.A. "OLPOK," ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 243313 · November 27 2019ALASKA MILK CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. RUBEN P. PAEZ, FLORENTINO M. COMBITE, JR., SONNY O. BATE, RYAN R. MEDRANO, AND JOHN BRYAN S. OLIVER, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 243627 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. XANDRA SANTOS Y LITTAUA[*] A.K.A. "XANDRA SANTOS LITTAUA," ACCUSED-APPELLANTG.R. No. 243635 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PRISCILA RUIZ Y TICA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 245486 · November 27 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RONALD JAIME DE MOTOR Y DANTES AND LYNIEL TORINO Y RAMOS, ACCUSEDG.R. No. 248035 · November 27 2019SPOUSES JOON HYUNG PARK AND KYUNG AH LEE, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. RICO SEBASTIAN D. LIWANAG, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MAKATI CITY, BRANCH 136, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 166726 · November 25 2019EQUITABLE PCI BANK (FORMERLY INSULAR BANK OF ASIA & AMERICA/PHIL. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK), PETITIONER, VS. MANILA ADJUSTERS & SURVEYORS, INC., ILOCOS SUR FEDERATION OF FARMERS COOPERATIVE, INC., ESTATE OF NG YEK KIONG AND ERNESTO COKAI, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 200984 · November 25 2019NONA S. RICAFORT, IN HER CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EULOGIO "AMANG" RODRIGUEZ INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (EARIST), HORACE R. CRUDA, ATTY. ARMI-MINDA DAYOT CORPUZ, MARCELINA E. BACANI, EDUARDO G. ONG, AND RONNIE C. TUNGUL, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRG.R. No. 202111 · November 25 2019TEDDY GRANA AND TEOFILO GRANA, PETITIONERS, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 220447 · November 25 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALBERT PARAN Y GEMERGA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 221884 · November 25 2019MANUEL AGULTO AND JOSELITO JAMIR, PETITIONERS, VS. 168 SECURITY, INC. (168 SECURITY AND ALLIED SERVICES, INC.), REPRESENTED BY JAIME ANG, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 234812 · November 25 2019MASAKAZU UEMATSU,* PETITIONER, VS. ALMA N. BALINON, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 244256 · November 25 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSEPH STA. CRUZ Y ILUSORIO, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 222348 · November 20 2019JHEROME G. ABUNDO, PETITIONER VS. MAGSAYSAY MARITIME CORPORATION, GRAND CELEBRATION LDA AND/OR MARLON ROÑO,* RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 224223 · November 20 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NORMAN ANGELES Y MIRANDA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 229661 · November 20 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NASSER LUMINDA Y EDTO, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 232339 · November 20 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JEFFERSON MARON Y EMPLONA, JONATHAN ALMARIO Y CAYGO AND NESTOR BULAHAN Y GUTIERREZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANTScites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 233802 · November 20 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANNABELLE BACULIO Y OYAO AND FLOYD JIM ORIAS Y CARVAJAL, ACCUSEDcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 240776 · November 20 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (FIRST DIVISION), JULIUS CAESAR FALAR HERRERA, CESAR TOMAS MOZO LOPEZ, AMALIA REYES TIROL, ESTER CORAZON JAMISOLA GALBREATH, ALFONSO RAFOLS DAMALERIO II, MA. FE CAMACHO-LEJOS, JOSIL ESTUR TRABAJO,[*] ASTER APALISOK[**]-PIOLLO, BRIGIDG.R. No. 241602 · November 20 2019ROMEO ASIS Y BRIONES, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 242025 · November 20 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NORIN SENDAD Y KUNDO A.K.A. "NHORAIN SENDAD Y KUSAIN,"[*] ACCUSED-APPELLANTG.R. No. 205389 · November 19 2019SOCRATES C. FERNANDEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TALISAY, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 238676 · November 19 2019ELAINE E. NAVARRO AND RAUL L. OROZCO, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT CENTRAL OFFICE, COMMISSION ON AUDIT REGIONAL OFFICE NO. XIII, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 204739 · November 13 2019SALVACION ZALDIVAR-PEREZ, PETITIONER, VS. HON. FIRST DIVISION OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY ASSISTANT SPECIAL PROSECUTOR III MA. HAZELINA TUJAN-MILITANTE, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RESPONDENTScites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 212740 · November 13 2019SPOUSES CELIA FRANCISCO AND DANILO FRANCISCO, PETITIONERS, VS. ALBINA D. BATTUNG, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 217360 · November 13 2019BDO STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC. (FORMERLY EBC STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.) AND BANCO DE ORO UNIBANK, INC. (FORMERLY EQUITABLE PCI BANK, INC.), PETITIONERS, VS. ASIA AMALGAMATED HOLDINGS CORPORATION, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 219170 · November 13 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ABC,[1] ACCUSED-APPELLANTG.R. No. 241329 · November 13 2019MARYLOU B. TOLENTINO, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK, INC.,RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 217997 · November 12 2019CRISTINA CATU-LOPEZ, IN HER CAPACITY AS DEPARTMENT MANAGER III, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL TOBACCO ADMINISTRATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 245400 · November 12 2019JANICE DAY E. ALEJANDRINO AND MIRIAM M. PASETES PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, LEILA S. PARAS, IN HER CAPACITY AS COA DIRECTOR CGS-4; CECILIA N. CHAN, IN HER CAPACITY AS COA AUDIT TEAM LEADER; AND MANUELA E. DELA PAZ, IN HER CAPACITY AS COA SUPERVISING AUDITOR, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 180740 · November 11 2019COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, RESPONDENTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 243615 · November 11 2019EDWIN GEMENTIZA MATABILAS, PETITIONER, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 246362 · November 11 2019MELANIE GREFALDO Y DE LEON, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. Nos. 220632 & 220634 · November 06 2019DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REVENUE INTEGRITY PROTECTION SERVICE (DOF-RIPS), PETITIONER, VS. EDITA CRUZ YAMBAO AND OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 227880 · November 06 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RUTH DELA ROSA Y LIKINON A.K.A. "SALLY," ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 230227 · November 06 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NOEL ZAPANTA Y LUCAS, ACCUSED-APPELLANTG.R. No. 233661 · November 06 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. XXX,* ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 198867 · October 16 2019CHUA PING HIAN ALSO KNOWN AS JIMMY CHING, PETITIONER, V. SILVERIO MANAS (DECEASED), SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY, CARIDAD MANAS, SURVIVING SPOUSE, AND CHILDREN, NESTOR MANAS, ROLANDO MANAS, RENE MANAS AND BENILDA MANAS, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 202264 · October 16 2019ALEX SULIT Y TRINIDAD, PETITIONER, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 204232 · October 16 2019THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF STA. CRUZ, DAVAO DEL SUR, AS REPRESENTED BY ITS MUNICIPAL MAYOR, ATTY. JOEL RAY L. LOPEZ, PETITIONER, V. PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF THE. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, DIGOS CITY, DAVAO DEL SUR, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 210906 · October 16 2019AGO REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (ARDC), EMMANUEL F. AGO, AND CORAZON CASTAÑEDA-AGO, PETITIONERS, V. DR. ANGELITA F. AGO, TERESITA PALOMA-APIN, AND MARIBEL AMARO, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 211422 · October 16 2019CIRIACO OBERES, CESARIO OBERES, AND GAUDENCIO OBERES, PETITIONERS, V. ADRIANO OBERES, RESPONDENT