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The Office of the City Prosecutor of Manila filed against the accused-appellant the following informations dated February 28, 2008, to wit: Criminal Case No. 08-259713 That on or about February 21, 2008, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, not being authorized by law to sell,…
Read decisionOn January 15, 1996, petitioner and the DENR, through its Regional Executive Director executed a leasehold agreement, i.e., IFPMA No. 21, with a term of 25 years over a parcel of land with an area of 899 hectares, more or less, located in Sitio Mabilis, Barangay San Jose, General Santos City, South…
Read decisionThe present controversy stemmed from a complaint filed by Annaliza F. Daguio (Annaliza) before the Office of the Chief, PNP, against the respondent for grave misconduct, docketed as NHQ-AC-363-011413 (DIDM-ADM-13-04). The complaint alleged that on January 25, 2012, at about 9:00 a.m., respondent PO2…
Read decisionPetitioner Noemi Cruz and her husband, Hermenegildo T. Cruz, were the registered owners of a 124.38-square meter condominium unit, Unit 407, Cityland Condominium 10, Tower II, 146 H.V. Dela Costa Street, Makati City (subject property) which was levied upon by the respondent City of Makati for…
Read decisionOn January 27, 2005, the petitioners commenced Civil Case No. 05- 28420 in the RTC against respondents Spouses Bernan and Eleanor Certeza (Spouses Certeza), Eleanor Tabuada, Julieta Trabuco and Laureta Redondo. The complainant included a prayer for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and for the…
Read decisionIn two (2) informations, both dated February 8, 2005, YYY was charged with two (2) counts of rape. The accusatory portion of the informations read: Criminal Case No. 10648 That on or about March, 1993 and subsequent thereto, in the Municipality of [XXX],4� Province of Cagayan and within the…
Read decisionThe petitioners are the registered owners of the parcel of land located in Rodriguez, Montalban, Rizal, with an area of 1,248 square meters, and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 150668 of the Registry of Deeds of Marikina City.3 On January 7, 1994, the petitioners obtained a loan…
Read decisionJonald O. Torreda�(petitioner)�was hired by Investment and Capital Corporation of the Philippines�(respondent)�on May 17, 2010 as an IT Senior Manager and had a monthly salary of P93,200.00. He was tasked to supervise his team in the Information Technology�(IT)�Department and manage the IT-related…
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