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Petitioner, together with accused Buyo, April Rose Marquez-�Hautakorpi (Marquez-Hautakorpi), and a certain Jane Doe, was charged with Estafa in an Amended Information, the accusatory portion of which reads: That on or about the eleventh (11th) day of September, 2011, in the City of Olongapo,…
Read decisionOn June 15, 2016, petitioner entered into a Contract of Employment7�with Wilhelmsen Manning on behalf of its principal, WSML, for petitioner to serve as an Ordinary Seaman on board the vessel M/V Toronto for a period of six months. Upon passing his medical examination and being declared as fit for…
Read decisionI. G.R. Nos. 237277 and 237317 The Court was presented with two consolidated petitions under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by Alaska and Asiapro. Alaska, the petitioner in G.R. No. 237277, is a duly organized domestic corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing dairy products; while…
Read decisionRespondent Novelita Labrador (Labrador) was the former owner of two parcels of land with improvements situated in Para�aque City, and covered by Transfer Certificates of Title (TCT) Nos. 173576 and 173577 (subject properties). Labrador obtained a loan from Chinatrust (Phils.) Commercial Bank…
Read decisionIn his Petition for Writ of�Amparo�with Application for Interim Relief4�filed before the RTC on 22 October 2020, petitioner described himself as "an activist from Iloilo and a founding member and Vice President for the Visayas for both Bayan Muna Party-list and the Makabayan Coalition."5�During the…
Read decisionPetitioner is a corporation duly organized and existing under Philippine laws and operates Solaire Resort and Casino (Solaire).5�Solaire is an integrated destination casino resort located within the Entertainment City project of the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation at Para�aque City.6 The…
Read decisionOn January 11, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission�(SEC)�released a Decision17�revoking Rappler's Certificate of Incorporation�(COI), for "violating the constitutional and statutory Foreign Equity Restrictions in Mass Media[.]"18 Subsequent to the revocation of Rappler's COI, Rappler and…
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