Year: 2024
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G.R. NO. 149723. October 27, 2006 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title:** People of the Philippines vs. Victor Keith Fitzgerald, G.R. No. 146008 **Facts:** 1. **Arrest and Charges:** – In September 1993, Victor Keith Fitzgerald, an Australian citizen, was accused of violating Section 5(a)(5) of RA 7610 (Child Abuse Law) in Olongapo City. He allegedly used drugs to seduce a 13-year-old girl, “AAA,” into prostitution. –…
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G.R. Nos. 183200-01. June 29, 2016 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title**: Philippine National Oil Company-Energy Development Corporation vs. Amelyn A. Buenviaje **Facts**: 1. **Employment and Initial Duties**: Amelyn A. Buenviaje was hired by PNOC-EDC as an Assistant to the then Chairman/President and CEO Sergio A.F. Apostol (her father), with an employment agreement set until June 30, 2004 or co-terminous with Apostol’s tenure. 2. **Marketing Division…
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G.R. No. 128551. July 31, 2000 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: People of the Philippines vs. Ramil Samolde y Tambunting and Armando Andres ### Facts: On May 13, 1989, in Taytay, Rizal, Police Corporal (P/Cpl.) Feliciano Nepomuceno was murdered. Accused-appellant Ramil Samolde y Tambunting, along with Armando Andres, was implicated in the crime. Witnesses testified that Samolde had a grudge against Nepomuceno due to…
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G.R. No. 147201. January 15, 2004 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: People of the Philippines vs. Benjamin Sayaboc y Seguba, Patricio Escorpiso y Valdez, Marlon Buenviaje y Pineda, and Miguel Buenviaje y Flores ### Facts: On December 2, 1994, Joseph Galam was shot to death at the Rooftop Disco and Lodging House in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. Earlier in August 1994, Galam had engaged in…
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G.R. No. 236725. February 02, 2021 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: **Ancheta v. Commission on Audit, G.R. No. 244128** ### Facts: 1. **Background:** The Subic Water District (SWD), a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC), released a total of PHP 3,354,123.50 in various benefits in 2010 for its officers, employees, and Board of Directors. These benefits included rice allowance, medical allowance, Christmas groceries, year-end financial…
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G.R. No. 145176. March 30, 2004 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: People of the Philippines vs. Santiago Peralta y Polidario, Armando Datuin Jr. y Granados, Ulysses Garcia y Tupas, Miguelito de Leon y Luciano, Librando Flores y Cruz, and Antonio Loyola y Salisi ### Facts: In 1992, the Central Bank of the Philippines (now the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) discovered that punctured currency notes…
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G.R. No. 136253. February 21, 2001 (Case Brief / Digest)
Title: **People of the Philippines vs. Clemente John Lugod (405 Phil. 125)** **Facts:** 1. **Initial Incident**: On September 16, 1997, at around 12:30 a.m., Helen Ramos discovered her eight-year-old daughter Nairube was missing from their home in Cavinti, Laguna. Helen noticed the backdoor was open and found a pair of muddy rubber slippers on a…
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G.R. No. 197146. August 08, 2017 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title **Hon. Michael L. Rama et al. vs. Hon. Gilbert P. Moises et al.** ### Facts In this landmark case, several officials from Cebu City and the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) challenged the constitutionality of Section 3(b) of Presidential Decree No. 198. The decree stipulates that the Governor of a province has the…
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A.M. No. MTJ-93-849. October 26, 1994 (Case Brief / Digest)
Title: **Caram Resources Corp. and Raymund B. Tejada v. Judge Maximo C. Contreras** **Facts:** On February 4, 1991, Teresita J. Dizon obtained a loan of PHP 10,000 from Caram Resources Corp. (CARAM) which was payable in 12 monthly installments of PHP 1,259 each, as per a promissory note she executed with two co-makers. She issued…
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G.R. No. L-22554. August 29, 1975 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: **Lim vs. De Leon, G.R. No. L-22630, 160 Phil. 991 (1976)** ### Facts: 1. **Sale of Motor Launch “SAN RAFAEL”**: – On April 29, 1961, Jikil Taha sold a motor launch named M/L “SAN RAFAEL” to Alberto Timbangcaya in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. 2. **Complaint of Robbery**: – On April 9, 1962, Timbangcaya filed…