Philippine Jurisprudence
Search published Philippine decisions, open source text, and use reviewed digests when available. Metadata stays visible at every step.
Recent Decisions
HCCDI, a domestic corporation with principal office at Barangay Masarawag, Guinobatan, Albay, applied for land registration of Lot No. 3246 with the MTC of Guinobatan, Albay docketed as LRA Case No. 01-03.4�HCCDI claimed ownership and actual possession of Lot No. 3246, with an area of 71,667 square…
Research Workflow
Reviewed case pages surface core sections before full decision text. If no reviewed digest exists, AskBatas shows source text without pretending generated notes are authoritative.
Review methodologyUse title, G.R. number, court, year, ponente, topic, or linked law.
Start with reviewed digest sections, then inspect complete decision text.
Move between cases, cited laws, related decisions, and legal explainers.
Official source links, review dates, and case status stay visible.
Case Directory
2,628 results
A court decision may be limited, modified, distinguished, or affected by later law. Read the full text and subsequent treatment before applying a doctrine to a real dispute. This library provides legal information, not legal advice.
CDC is a subsidiary corporation of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). It was established through Executive Order No. (EO) 804�in 1993 for the purpose of becoming BCDA's "operating and implementing arm, x x x to manage the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ)."5�The CDC is empowered…
Read decisionUnder Resolution (BR) No. 046-2009 dated November 20, 2009, the Baguio Water District (BWD) authorized the grant of Centennial Bonus to its officers and employees in the amount equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the employee's salary. The bonus was distributed to the recipients on the occasion of…
Read decisionPetitioner BPI and respondent Citibank, N.A. (Citibank) are both members of the Clearing House established and supervised by the CBP. Both banks maintained demand deposit balances with the CBP for their clearing transactions with other commercial banks coursed through the said clearing facilities.…
Read decisionHCCDI, a domestic corporation with principal office at Barangay Masarawag, Guinobatan, Albay, applied for land registration of Lot No. 3246 with the MTC of Guinobatan, Albay docketed as LRA Case No. 01-03.4�HCCDI claimed ownership and actual possession of Lot No. 3246, with an area of 71,667 square…
Read decisionCDC is a subsidiary corporation of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). It was established through Executive Order No. (EO) 804�in 1993 for the purpose of becoming BCDA's "operating and implementing arm, x x x to manage the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ)."5�The CDC is empowered…
Read decisionUnder Resolution (BR) No. 046-2009 dated November 20, 2009, the Baguio Water District (BWD) authorized the grant of Centennial Bonus to its officers and employees in the amount equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the employee's salary. The bonus was distributed to the recipients on the occasion of…
Read decisionPetitioner BPI and respondent Citibank, N.A. (Citibank) are both members of the Clearing House established and supervised by the CBP. Both banks maintained demand deposit balances with the CBP for their clearing transactions with other commercial banks coursed through the said clearing facilities.…
Read decisionOn August 20, 2002, Kho, representing CSTC, offered a proposal to respondent Edgardo C. Ypil, Sr. (Ypil) to invest in the Prudentialife Plan - Millionaires in Business scheme. Ypil acquiesced and Kho was able to solicit the total amount of P300,000.00 from him. Eventually, though, Ypil opted to get…
Read decisionThrough the criminal Informations issued by respondent Prosecutor, petitioner was accused of having carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old minor, AAA,2�on six occasions by force, threat, intimidation and by taking advantage of superior strength. Consequently, Criminal Case Nos. 3821, 3822, 3823, 3824,…
Read decisionPetitioner is the owner of several parcels of land located at Barangay Iruhin West, Tagaytay City, covered by Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. T-25374, T-25375, T-25379, T-25380, and T-25381 (subject lands), registered in the name of Inter-Asia Land Development Co. Petitioner received a letter…
Read decisionThe case stemmed from an Information filed before the RTC charging accused-appellant with trafficking minors: AAA6�(14 years old), BBB (15 years old); and adults, CCC and DDD. The Information reads: That on or about the 26th�day of March 2015, at Broadway Lodge located at the comers of C.M. Recto…
Read decisionOn January 21, 2004, John Kenneth T. Moreno (Moreno) filed an Affidavit-Complaint7�against Gabutina, Chief of Staff of Congressman Oscar S. Moreno (Congressman Moreno), and Metodio G. Baldivino, Jr., a.k.a. "Jun Balds" (Baldivino), Manager for Infrastructure Projects of Congressman Moreno, before…
Read decisionThe case stemmed from a Complaint4�for Ejectment with Damages filed by Felix C. Buenviaje (respondent) against Emma Buenviaje Nabo (petitioner) and all persons claiming rights under her. In the complaint, respondent alleged the following: He is the registered owner of a parcel of land (subject…
Read decisionSiblings Balbina, Espirita, Teresita, and Rodolfo, all surnamed Tabora (Tabora Siblings) were co-owners of a 5,450 square-meter parcel of land located in Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. T-5690 (subject land).5 Balbina had three children with Loreto…
Read decisionIn 1955, Teofilo Bastida (Teofilo) applied for a homestead patent over a landholding that included an agricultural lot with an area of 9.8307 hectares (Lot No. 990) situated at Tagpangi, Vitali, Zamboanga City. On the same year, the Bureau of Lands certified and recommended that the application be…
Read decisionOn February 4, 1977, President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 10854�(PD 1085), Series of 1977, decreeing among others, that the "land reclaimed in the foreshore and offshore areas of Manila Bay" is "hereby transferred, conveyed and assigned to the ownership and administration of…
Read decisionOn April 19, 2012, at about 9:20 p.m., Herminia Sonon�y�Bolantes (Herminia) and Marieta Dela Rosa�y�Apelado (Marieta) were in a jeepney traversing along Dimasalang Road, Sampaloc, Manila. Suddenly, a man boarded the jeepney, wielded an ice pick and declared a hold-up. The man forcibly took Herminia…
Read decision
