§ Jurisprudence
Supreme Court Decisions
§ 2019
G.R. No. 210503 · October 8 2019GRECO ANTONIOUS BEDA B. BELGICA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF BUDGET, AND THE PHILIPPINE CONGRESS, AS REPRESENTED BY THE HONORABLE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE HONORABLE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 215746 · October 8 2019ANG NARS PARTY-LIST, REPRESENTED BY CONGRESSWOMAN LEAH PRIMITIVA G. SAMACO-PAQUIZ, AND PUBLIC SERVICES LABOR INDEPENDENT CONFEDERATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY ANNIE E. GERON, PETITIONERS, VS. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SECRETARY OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, AND THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, cites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 226319 · October 08 2019JESSICA M. CHOZAS, MAYBELLE DELA CRUZ, LUZVIMINDA V. MONTEMAYOR, FRANCELAINE CUNANAN, AVELINA ALMAZAN, MARIA BULAONG, FRANCELAIDA BALUYOT, JULIETA DELA CRUZ, ANACLETA DE GUZMAN, VICTORIA DELA CRUZ, JESUS JIMENEZ, JOSEFINA OCHOA, EDUARDO ALCORIZA, TRINIDAD PANGAN, TARCILITA PANGAN, LAURA GONZALES, CRcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 226443 · October 08 2019NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS FOR REFORMS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 199666 · October 07 2019CAMARINES SUR TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DR. ANTONIO A. RALUTA, PETITIONER, VS. PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, REPRESENTED BY GOVERNOR LUIS RAYMUND F. VILLAFUERTE, JR., RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 216601 · October 07 2019AEGIS PEOPLESUPPORT, INC. [FORMERLY PEOPLESUPPORT (PHILIPPINES), INC.], PETITIONER, V. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 230015 · October 07 2019LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, V. LA LOMA COLUMBARY INC., AND SPOUSES EMMANUEL R. ZAPANTA AND FE ZAPANTA, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 237465 · October 07 2019SPOUSES ASUNCION MALIG-CORONEL AND REYNALDO CORONEL, PETITIONERS, VS. CORAZON SOLIS-QUESADA, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 212436 · October 02 2019REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG), PETITIONER, V. SANDIGANBAYAN 2ND DIVISION, TRADERS ROYAL BANK, ROYAL TRADERS HOLDING CO., INC. AND BANK OF COMMERCE, AS SUCCESSORS-IN-INTEREST OF TRADERS ROYAL BANK, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 224121 · October 02 2019YOUNG AN CHO AND MA. CECILIA S. CHO, PETITIONERS, V. YOUNG JOO LEE, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 224708 · October 02 2019NOEL FERNANDEZ Y VILLEGAS AND ANDREW PLATA Y SUMATRA, PETITIONERS, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 226492 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. EFREN POSOS Y MORFE, AND THELMA GREZOLA Y CABACANG, ACCUSED, EFREN POSOS Y MORFE, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 227371 · October 02 2019CARLOS A. CATUBAO, PETITIONER, VS. SANDIGANBAYAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 229084 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLE, VS. ROLLYBERT OROPESA Y DOE, APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 229677 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. XXX, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 232070 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROMEO WELBAR PADAL, JR., REYNAN PADAL AND TWO (2) OTHER JOHN DOES, ACCUSED-APPELLANTScites 2 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 232737 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (SECOND DIVISION) AND RICO REY S. HOLGANZA,* RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 233656 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. CHARLES ROALES Y PERMEJO, APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 234255 · October 02 2019GENOVEVA G. GABRILLO, REP. HEREIN BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, MEDARDO G. CADIENTE, JR., PETITIONER, V. HEIRS OF OLIMPIO PASTOR REP. BY CRESENCIANA MANGUIRAN VDA. DE PASTOR, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 235469 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ABDULLAH DALUPANG Y DIMANGADAP, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 237812 · October 02 2019SPS. LINO REBAMONTE, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS COMPULSORY HEIRS NAMELY: LUZVIMINDA R. PANISA, TERYLI M. REBAMONTE, NAIDA R. CERVANTES, JOEREL M. REBAMONTE, AND HEIRS OF JEMUEL M. REBAMONTE, REPRESENTED BY JUDITH ANN O. REBAMONTE, AND TERESITA M. REBAMONTE, PETITIONERS, V. SPS. GUILLERMO LUCERO AND GENOVEVAG.R. No. 239887 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JEFFREY FAYO Y RUBIO A.K.A. "JEFF", ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 246477 · October 02 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. ARSENIO SALMERON Y AMARO AND MA. LOURDES ESTRADA Y CRUZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 193862 · October 01 2019ELIZABETH SARANILLAS-DELA CRUZ AND HENRY DELA CRUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 205752 · October 01 2019IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF JAN AUREL MAGHANOY BULAYO WITH APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF ADOPTEE FROM "JAN AUREL MAGHANOY BULAYO" TO "JAN AUREL BULAYO KIMURA,"G.R. No. 222054 · October 01 2019GUBAT WATER DISTRICT (GWD), SALVADOR F. VILLAROYA, JR., JOSEPHINE A. MEJORADA, AND NEDA E. ERENO, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 232574 · October 01 2019CELESTINO A. MARTINEZ III, AND RHETT E. MINGUEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND HON. SIXTH DIVISION OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 205805 · September 25 2019SIMEONA, GLORIA AND RODOLFO (ALL SURNAMED PRESCILLA), ARMENTINA PRESCILLA-PERDES, HERMINIA PRESCILLA-CARANDANG, ZENAIDA PRESCILLA-MANUEL AND YOLANDA PRESCILLA-MARCIANO, PETITIONERS, VS. CONRADO O. LASQUITE AND JUANITO L. ANDRADE, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 208480 · September 25 2019REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF BAGUIO CITY, LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, HEIRS OF COSEN PIRASO, REPRESENTED BY RICHARD A. ACOP, HEIRS OF JOSEPHINE MOLINTAS ABANAG, REPRESENTED BY ISAIAS M. ABANAG, MARION T. POOL, JOAN L. Gcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 213831 · September 25 2019THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. ADONIS CABALES, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 213893 · September 25 2019NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION AND NATIONAL POWER BOARD, PETITIONERS, VS. EMMA Y. BAYSIC AND NARCISA G. SANTIAGO, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 220514 · September 25 2019RUBEN T. OCLARINO, ABBIE S. HILAY, CUSTODIO N. NONAILLADA, JR., HENEDIN F. TORRECAMPO, ISIDRO A. MORILLO, ROBERTO R. PANGAN, ROGELIO O. DIÑO, BEBIANO S. GANDAMON, ASTERIO S. CATIBIG, DAVID G. GUJILDE, ROBERTO Y. NUGOY, EDUARDO H. SOTTO, ALLAN JEAN E. SANDAG, VICENTE P. DUYOG, ORLANDO C. PELARES, MARG.R. No. 220904 · September 25 2019JEBSENS MARITIME, INC. AND HAPAG-LLOYD AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, PETITIONERS, VS. RUPERTO S. PASAMBA, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 227993 · September 25 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF -APPELLEE, VS. BENSON TULOD Y CUARTE, ACCUSED -APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 235783 · September 25 2019PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ANTHONY CHAVEZ Y VILLAREAL @ ESTONG AND MICHELLE BAUTISTA Y DELA CRUZ, ACCUSED, ANTHONY CHAVEZ Y VILLAREAL @ ESTONG, ACCUSED-APPELLANTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 239823 · September 25 2019ANGELICA ANZIA FAJARDO, PETITIONER, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 241774 · September 25 2019FRANCISCO C. DELGADO,REPRESENTED BY JOSE MARI DELGADO, PETITIONER, VS. GQ REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORP., MA. ROSARIO G. MEYER, KARL KURT EDWARD MEYER, AND THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS OF MAKATI CITY, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 242132 · September 25 2019NOR JELAMIN MUSA,* IVAN USOP BITO,** AND MONSOUR ABDULRAKMAN ABDILLA,*** PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE THE OF PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 224186 · September 23 2019SPOUSES EMILIO MANGARON, JR. AND ERLINDA MANGARON, PETITIONERS, VS. HANNA VIA DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, OWNED AND MANAGED BY ENGR. JAMES STEPHEN B. CARPE, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 224511 · September 23 2019EXCHANGE CAPITAL CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. BANK OF COMMERCE AND BANCAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 152797 · September 18 2019FIL-ESTATE PROPERTIES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. PAULINO REYES, DANILO BAON, PACITA D. VADURIA, JULIE MONTOYA, MERCEDES RAMOS, GERONIMO DERAIN, FELICIANO D. BAON, PACIFICO DERAIN, EUTERIO SEVILLA, MAMERTO B. ESPINELI, CARMELITA GRAVADOS, AVELINO E. PASTOR, ANTONIO BUHAY, TIRZO GULFAN, JR., FELIX SOBREMOcites 3 statutes in this corpusG.R. No. 194469 · September 18 2019HUBERT JEFFREY P. WEBB, PETITIONER, VS. NBI DIRECTOR MAGTANGGOL B. GATDULA, FORMER NBI DIRECTOR CARLOS S. CAABAY, FORMER NBI DIRECTOR NESTOR M. MANTARING, DR. RENATO C. BAUTISTA, DR. PROSPERO CABANAYAN, ATTY. FLORESTO P. ARIZALA, JR., ATTY. REYNALDO O. ESMERALDA, ATTY. ARTURO FIGUERAS, ATTY. PEDRO RG.R. No. 200102 · September 18 2019THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ARTHUR TAN MANDA, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 203382 · September 18 2019PEDRO S. CUERPO, SALVADOR SIMBULAN AND FERNANDO H. ROÑO, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTG.R. No. 204782 · September 18 2019GENUINO AGRO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ARMANDO G. ROMANO, JAY A. CABRERA AND MOISES V. SARMIENTO, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 208892 · September 18 2019SPOUSES ANTHONY ROGELIO BERNARDO AND MA. MARTHA BERNARDO, PETITIONERS, VS. UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 216024 · September 18 2019SPS. ERNESTO V. YU AND ELSIE YU, PETITIONERS, VS. EULOGIO A. TOPACIO, JR., RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 217755 · September 18 2019ELMER MONTERO, PETITIONER, VS. SANTIAGO MONTERO, JR. AND CHARLIE MONTERO, RESPONDENTSG.R. No. 217787 · September 18 2019SOCORRO F. ONGKINGCO AND MARIE PAZ B. ONGKINGCO, PETITIONERS, VS. KAZUHIRO SUGIYAMA AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTScites 1 statute in this corpusG.R. No. 221771 · September 18 2019TERP CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, PETITIONER, V. BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK, RESPONDENTcites 1 statute in this corpus