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On October 14, 1996, Spouses Agerico and Carmelita Abrogar (petitioners) obtained a loan amounting to P11,250,000.00 from respondent Land Bank of the Philippines (Land Bank). The loan was secured by a real estate and chattel mortgage4�executed by petitioners in Land Bank's favor.5 Petitioners,…
Read decisionThe case stemmed from the complaint8�for illegal or constructive dismissal filed by Hazel A. Viernes (respondent) against Al-Masiya Overseas Placement Agency, Inc. (Al-Masiya) and Rosalina Aboy, its Manager, (collectively, petitioners) before the NLRC, San Fernando City, La Union. The case was…
Read decisionIn an Information5 dated February 4, 2010, petitioner was indicted for the crime of Murder, allegedly committed as follows: That on or about the 8th day of November, 2009, in the City of Baguio, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, above-named accused, with intent to…
Read decisionThe Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) under Presidential Decree 582 (PD 582) is a fund from part of the levy imposed on the initial sale by coconut farmers of copra and other coconut products. Pursuant to PD 582's mandate, the CIIF was invested in six (6) oil mills, the CIIF Oil Mills Group…
Read decisionThe Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) placed a parcel of land consisting of 42.046 hectares, owned by respondents Heirs of Bartolome J. Sanchez (Heirs of Sanchez) under the coverage of Republic Act No. 6657, otherwise known as the "Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law." The properly was valued at…
Read decisionPrime Stars is a local recruitment agency with Taiwan Wacoal Co., Ltd., (Wacoal) and Avermedia Technologies Inc. (Avermedia) as foreign principals. Peralta is one of the officers of Prime Stars. Norly M. Baybayan (Baybayan) was deployed by Prime Stars to Wacoal on June 12, 2007 for a contract period…
Read decisionUnder Complaint4�dated November 16, 2012, petitioner Blas Britania (Britania) initiated an action for judicial foreclosure of mortgage against respondent Melba Panganiban (Panganiban). Britania basically alleged: On July 13, 2011, he and Panganiban executed an agreement captioned�"Magkasanib na…
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