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On December 6, 2004, the CIR issued Formal Letters of Demand and Assessment Notices against CEPHI for deficiency value-added tax (VAT) and expanded withholding tax (EWT). The deficiency assessments were respectively in the amounts of ₱465,593.21 and ₱288,903.78, or an aggregate amount of…
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Respondent Sea Power Shipping Enterprises, Inc. employed the petitioner as Third Officer on board the M/T Samaria, a vessel owned by Avin International SA. On October 25, 2009, prior to the expiration of his employment contract, the shipowner sold the M/T Samaria to the Swiss Singapore Overseas…
Read decisionPetitioners are private corporations engaged in the pawnshop business and are compulsorily registered with the Social Security System (SSS) under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8282,5 otherwise known as the Social Security Law of 1997.6 In 2009, petitioners paid their delinquent contributions and accrued…
Read decisionOn December 6, 2004, the CIR issued Formal Letters of Demand and Assessment Notices against CEPHI for deficiency value-added tax (VAT) and expanded withholding tax (EWT). The deficiency assessments were respectively in the amounts of ₱465,593.21 and ₱288,903.78, or an aggregate amount of…
Read decisionRespondent Sea Power Shipping Enterprises, Inc. employed the petitioner as Third Officer on board the M/T Samaria, a vessel owned by Avin International SA. On October 25, 2009, prior to the expiration of his employment contract, the shipowner sold the M/T Samaria to the Swiss Singapore Overseas…
Read decisionPetitioners are private corporations engaged in the pawnshop business and are compulsorily registered with the Social Security System (SSS) under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8282,5 otherwise known as the Social Security Law of 1997.6 In 2009, petitioners paid their delinquent contributions and accrued…
Read decisionAppellant was charged under the following Information: That on or about the 12th day of October, 2006, at about 2:45 x x x P.M., in the City of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said [appellant] with deliberate intent, and without authority of law, did then…
Read decisionAfter her admission to the Philippine Bar, Atty. Salucon initially worked for the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) before resigning to be become a human rights advocate. She co-founded the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL), a national association of human rights advocates, law students and…
Read decisionGiven the intimate connection between this case and Jacomille v. Abaya, supra, we adopt and reiterate the summary of the factual antecedents rendered in Jacomille v. Abaya for the sake of consistency, as follows: The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is the primary policy,…
Read decisionAccused-appellant was charged with the crime of murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC). The accusatory portion of the information reads: Criminal Case No. 2008-06-323 That on or about the 25th day of June 2008 in the City of Tacloban and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable…
Read decisionOn April 4, 2005, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Cebu City charged the accused-appellant Bobby S. Abelarde a.k.a. Roberto S. Abelarde, with violation of Section 5, Article II of RA 9165, under an Information which alleged- That on or about the 24th day of March, 2005, at about 5:15 o'clock in…
Read decisionThe information for illegal sale of shabu against Lawrence and Rico contained the following accusatory allegations: [In Criminal Case No. 9185] That, on or about the 23rd day of March 2007, in the Municipality of San Mateo, Province of Rizal, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable…
Read decisionOn February 19, 2007, appellant was charged before the RTC of La Trinidad, Benguet, with seven counts of statutory rape under seven separate Informations, viz.: Criminal Case No. 07-CR-6765 That sometime in the first week of October. 2001, x x x Province of Benguet, Philippines, and within the…
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