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Accused-appellant was charged in an Information4�dated May 15, 2012, the accusatory portion of which reads: That on or about the 10th�day of May 2012, in the City of Iloilo, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Court, the above named accused, armed with a firearm of unknown caliber, and…
Read decisionOn February 13, 2014, petitioner Allan M. Ador (Ador) sued respondents Jamila and Company Security Services, Inc., its President Sergio Jamila III (Jamila), and HR Manager Eddimar O. Arcena (Arcena) for illegal dismissal, underpayment of salary, overtime pay, holiday pay, rest day pay, service…
Read decisionIn 2011, Leonila Octaviano, the registered owner of a land registered under Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-184403,2 filed a complaint3 for ejectment against Spouses Mariano and Raquel Cordero before the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) docketed as Civil Case No. C-538. On May 22, 2013, the…
Read decisionR.A. No. 1161, or the Social Security Act of 1954, established the Social Security System�(SSS). Its declared policy was to develop a social security service to protect Filipino workers. At that time, Overseas Filipino Workers�(OFWs)�were not covered by the said law. Subsequently, in 1987, the…
Read decisionThe Intramuros Administration (IA) is a government agency created under Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1616 on April 10, 1979.4�Under its charter, it is mandated to undertake the orderly restoration and development of Intramuros as a monument to the Hispanic Period of the Philippine history.5 In…
Read decisionPastora Ganancial (Ganancial) owed Betty Cabugao (Cabugao) the amount of P130,000.00, agreed to be payable within three years. To guarantee her indebtedness, Ganancial entrusted to Cabugao the Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 168803 and Tax Declaration No. 641, both covering a…
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