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On April 24, 2003, the accused was charged in the RTC with violation of Section 5 of R.A. No. 9165 under the following information docketed as Criminal Case No. 03-24786, to wit: That on or about the 22nd of April, 2003, in the City of Bacolod, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this…
Read decisionOn December 11, 2009, Sonia Arguelles and Lorna Arguelles (respondents) filed a petition to cancel adverse claim5�involving a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 266311.6�The petition was docketed as Case No. P-09-499, LRC Record No. 2400 before the RTC, Branch 4,…
Read decisionTogether with one John Doe, herein accused-appellant Al Madrelejos was charged with the crime of robbery with homicide in an information which reads as follows: That on or about the 22nd�day of January 2008, in Caloocan City, Metro Manila and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the…
Read decisionThe accusatory portion of the Information4 against appellants states: That on October 2, 2010, at about 2:00 o'clock dawn, in [deleted], province of Southern Leyte, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring, confederating and mutually…
Read decisionOn April 6, 1993, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) to the Solid Waste Sanitary Landfill Project at Inayawan landfill proposed by the Metro Cebu Development Project Office (MCDPO). Thereafter, the Inayawan landfill served…
Read decisionOn October 1, 2010, petitioners Teresita de los Santos (petitioner Teresita) and spouses Analyn de los Santos-Lopez and Raphael Lopez (petitioner spouses) filed before the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Bi�an, Laguna, a Complaint5�for Ejectment/Unlawful Detainer with Damages, docketed as Civil Case…
Read decisionIn July, 2004, petitioner Norma M. Diampoc and her husband Wilbur L. Diampoc (the Diampocs) filed a Complaint5 for annulment of deed of sale and recovery of duplicate original copy of title, with damages, against respondent Jessie Buenaventura (Buenaventura) and the Registry of Deeds for the…
Read decisionPetitioner opened an account with the Cooperative Rural Bank Bulacan (CRBB) on April 17, 2013, amounting to P300,000, for which he was assigned the Special Incentive Savings Account (SISA) No. 05-15712-1.5 On the same year, however, petitioner learned that CRBB closed its operations and was placed…
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