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On April 27, 2012, on the basis of the application filed by and examination under oath of applicant Police Officer 2 Pio P. Avila (PO2 Avila), RTC Judge Agripino Morga, Presiding Judge of San Pablo City, Branch 32, issued Search Warrant No. 97 (12)9�which read, in part, as follows: It appearing to…
Read decisionAAA,5�a minor, executed with the assistance of her mother a sworn statement dated June 17, 2013 before Police Inspector Ernesto A. Mones of the Pasig City Police accusing Adolfo A. Goyala, Jr.,�(respondent)�of statutory rape. After due endorsement to the Office of the City Prosecutor of Pasig…
Read decisionMarco P. Gutang is the registered owner of a Honda Civic with plate number ZDR-835. The vehicle was insured with respondent UCPB General Insurance Company, Inc. (UCPB) with Policy No. QCT07MD-MNP 586570 covering the period April 17, 2007 to April 17, 2008. On November 16, 2007, the car figured in a…
Read decisionAnnabelle Ontuca�y�Pele�o gave birth to her daughter on August 14, 2000. Corazon Carabeo, a registered midwife, assisted Annabelle in giving birth to Zsanine. After Zsanine was bom, Carabeo volunteered herself to register Zsanine's birth with the Para�aque Civil Registrar. Annabelle thus provided…
Read decisionSpouses Eduardo P. Rojas and Enriquita A. Rojas (respondents) are the lawful owners of Lot No. 635 located at Marvel Isabel, Leyte, containing an area of about 435 square meters (subject property). They purchased the subject property from Generoso and Julieta Pinar (Pinar), as evidenced by a Deed of…
Read decisionHistorical Background The dispute traces its roots back to the time when Constancio and his common-law wife Isabel Luna (Isabel) had several parcels of land in Davao City registered under their collective names in which they were issued the aforementioned OCTs sometime in November 1925.5�When both…
Read decisionThe present controversy originated from a Petition for Involuntary Dissolution filed against the Tibayan Group of Investment Companies, Inc. (TGICI) before the RTC Las Pi�as City, Branch 253. On September 24, 2004, the RTC rendered a Decision7�granting the petition and ordering the receiver, Atty.…
Read decisionOn October 4, 2011, seven Informations were filed charging Lopez with seven counts of qualified trafficking in persons against minor children AAA and BBB.4�The accusatory portions of the Informations read: CRIMINAL CASE NO. 2011-13349-MK That on or about the 11th�day of September 2011 in the City of…
Read decisionDKS is the Philippine branch of a multinational company organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of Singapore.5� The branch is licensed to operate as a regional operating headquarters (ROHQ)6�in the Philippines that provides the following services to DKS's foreign affiliates/related…
Read decisionAccused-appellants Siu Ming Tat (Tat) and Lee Yoong Heow (Lee) were charged with Violation of Section 5 in relation to Section 26, paragraph (b), Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165 under the following Information:2 That on or about the 26th�day of July 2012, in the City of Manila, and within…
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