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Briefly, the present case involves the propriety of the Orders of the RTC of General Santos City, which (1) directed the Republic to deliver to the respondents Espina & Madarang, Co. and Makar Agricultural Corp. (Espina and Makar) the amount of P218,839,455.00 representing their road right of way…
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The case stemmed from an Information that charged petitioner and Ronaldo with Homicide, the accusatory portion of which reads: "That on or about 10:00 o'clock in the evening of October 23, 2013 at Brgy. Esperanza, [M]unicipality of Umingan, [P]rovince of Pangasinan, Philippines and within the…
Read decisionOn April 7, 1988, Lorna Tampan-Naldoza (Lorna) purchased a residential house and lot from Socorro Cabilao (Socorro) located at 599 Narciso St., Surigao City (subject property), covered by TCT No. T-59, through a Deed of Absolute Sale of a Residential Land together with a House5�(Deed of Sale), in…
Read decisionIn 2001, the EPIRA was enacted to ensure, among others, the quality, reliability, security, and affordability of the supply of electric power; and the transparent and reasonable prices of electricity in a regime of free and fair competition and full public accountability.6 One of the reforms…
Read decisionThe case stemmed from three separate Informations5�which charged accused-appellant with three counts of Rape as follows: Criminal Case No. 616-M-2014 "That on or about the 23rd�day of December, 2013, in the�████████████████, Province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this…
Read decisionRespondent held the position of Engineer II at the Regional Office No. 7 of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). When the instant controversy began in 2003, her gross annual salary was P173,400.00.6 In an anonymous letter dated August 26, 2003, addressed to the Ombudsman, respondent was accused…
Read decisionBriefly, the present case involves the propriety of the Orders of the RTC of General Santos City, which (1) directed the Republic to deliver to the respondents Espina & Madarang, Co. and Makar Agricultural Corp. (Espina and Makar) the amount of P218,839,455.00 representing their road right of way…
Read decisionThe case stemmed from an Information that charged petitioner and Ronaldo with Homicide, the accusatory portion of which reads: "That on or about 10:00 o'clock in the evening of October 23, 2013 at Brgy. Esperanza, [M]unicipality of Umingan, [P]rovince of Pangasinan, Philippines and within the…
Read decisionOn April 7, 1988, Lorna Tampan-Naldoza (Lorna) purchased a residential house and lot from Socorro Cabilao (Socorro) located at 599 Narciso St., Surigao City (subject property), covered by TCT No. T-59, through a Deed of Absolute Sale of a Residential Land together with a House5�(Deed of Sale), in…
Read decisionIn 2001, the EPIRA was enacted to ensure, among others, the quality, reliability, security, and affordability of the supply of electric power; and the transparent and reasonable prices of electricity in a regime of free and fair competition and full public accountability.6 One of the reforms…
Read decisionThe case stemmed from three separate Informations5�which charged accused-appellant with three counts of Rape as follows: Criminal Case No. 616-M-2014 "That on or about the 23rd�day of December, 2013, in the�████████████████, Province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this…
Read decisionRespondent held the position of Engineer II at the Regional Office No. 7 of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). When the instant controversy began in 2003, her gross annual salary was P173,400.00.6 In an anonymous letter dated August 26, 2003, addressed to the Ombudsman, respondent was accused…
Read decisionOn June 14, 2017, Field Investigation Office (FIO) of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) filed a complaint for malversation of public funds and violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019 (R.A. No. 3019) against Provincial Governor Rosette Y. Lerias (Lerias), Provincial Agriculturist Eluterio…
Read decisionThe instant case stemmed from a complaint for�Accion Reinvindicatoria�and Damages filed by Buncio on January 8, 2007 with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cabanatuan City, docketed as Civil Case No. 5302.6 Buncio claimed that she is a registered co-owner, together with nine others, of a parcel of…
Read decisionPetitioners,4�for themselves and in representation of the residents of the Municipality of Sta. Cruz, Province of Zambales and the Municipality of Infanta, Province of Pangasinan, filed before the Court a special civil action for the issuance of a Writ of�Kalikasan, with a prayer for the grant of a…
Read decisionG.R. No. 210965 On 23 April 2007, DBP received from COA, through its Supervising Auditor, Hilconeda P. Abril (Auditor Abril), four Audit Observation Memoranda (AOM)8�relative to the grant of additional allowances and fringe benefits to DBP officers acting as officers of DBP Subsidiaries in 2006. The…
Read decisionPinagtibukan It Pala'wan, Inc. (PINPAL) is a people's organization of Palawan Indigenous Cultural Community in Barangay Punta Baja, Rizal, Palawan. It is the holder of Resource Use Permit (RUP) No. 001-09,4 which authorizes it to occupy, cut, collect, and remove 155,503.125 kilos of almaciga resin…
Read decisionPetitioner Reynaldo P. Cabatan (Cabatan) was employed as an oiler by Southeast Asia Shipping Corp. (SEASCORP) on behalf of its principal, Maritime Management Services (Maritime Management) from 2006 to 2010.6�Before deployment, he underwent his Pre-Employment Medical Examination (PEME) and was…
Read decisionThe Information6�charging Vinluan with Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs alleges: That on or about December 3, 2013 at around 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon, in Barangay Banggot, Municipality of Bambang, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the…
Read decisionThe instant case stemmed from a letter-complaint7�dated October 14, 2005 from Aurelio Cadavedo (Cadavedo) pertaining to the alleged anomalous purchase of guardrails and guardrail posts worth P5,500,000.00 sometime in 2004 made by the 1st�Engineering District of the Department of Public Works and…
Read decisionOn December 19, 2000, the municipality of Janiuay, Iloilo, through Mayor Franklin A. Locsin (Mayor Locsin), representing the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), Iloilo Chapter,8�entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)9�with the Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health…
Read decisionOn November 10, 2015, Paolo Anthony De Jesus (petitioner) filed a Complaint4�"For Damages under Articles 11705�and 11736�of the New Civil Code of the Philippines" against Dr. Romeo F. Uyloan (Dr. Uyloan), Dr. John Francois Ojeda (Dr. Ojeda) and the Asian Hospital and Medical Center (AHMC). On…
Read decisionOn�June 22, 1993, respondents heirs of Juan Caletina (Juan), namely Hospicio Caletina, Jr. (Hospicio, Jr.), Aniceto Caletina, and Florida Caletina filed before the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, a complaint for ownership and recovery of possession against petitioners'…
Read decisionIn November 2010, the PCSO-LPDO granted certain monetary benefits to its personnel. Upon audit, however, the Audit Team Leader assigned to the PCSO-LPDO issued the following NDs:5 Petitioners failed to file the appeal on time causing the issuance of a Notice of Finality of Decision (NFD). Claiming…
Read decisionOn September 22, 1994, the Sangguniang Bayan of the Municipality of Pantukan, Compostela Valley, passed Resolution No. 164, Series of 1994 authorizing Silvino B. Matobato, Sr. (Silvino), the Municipal Treasurer, to transfer an unspecified amount of municipal funds from the Land Bank of the…
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