Category: Supreme Court Decisions

FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. Nos. 215527-28. March 22, 2023 ] PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, JULIETA C. BERTUBEN, IDE C. TILLAH, EMMANUEL E. CRUZ, SERGIO OSMEÑA III, TIRSO ANTIPORDA JR., VICTOR S. ZIGA, LUIS M. MIRASOL, JR., AND JOSE Y. FERIA, PETITIONERS, VS. EDUARDO M. COJUANGCO JR., ENRIQUEZ M. COJUANGCO, MANUEL M. COJUANGCO,*** ESTELITO P.…

FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 255961. March 20, 2023 ] PETRON CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N HERNANDO, J.: Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court are the July 22, 2020 Decision[2] and the February 18,…

THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 230704. March 15, 2023 ] CORAZON C. REYES [SALARY GRADE 24], PETITIONER, VS. THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR LUZON AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE II, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. VIC T. ESCALANTE, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N GAERLAN, J.: Before this court is a Petition for…

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 252859. March 15, 2023 ] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RONNIE RALLA Y BULAQUIÑA,[1] ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N LEONEN, SAJ.: Felonies committed by reason or on occasion of the robbery are integrated into one and indivisible felony, the special complex crime of robbery with…

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 200015. March 15, 2023 ] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC. AND LEO CLETO GAMOLO, RESPONDENTS. G.R. No. 205846 UNITED ARCHITECTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC. AND LEO CLETO GAMOLO, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S…

FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 249434. March 15, 2023 ] RENE MANUEL R. JOSE, PETITIONER, VS. ELIZABETH QUESADA-JOSE, FOR HERSELF AS HEIR, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF CO-HEIRS, CHILDREN OF DECEASED LUIS MARIO JOSE, NAMELY: NATHANIEL SEAN P. JOSE, NAOMI CELENA P. JOSE-CHOKR, NEILL EMMANUEL Q. JOSE, AND NICHOLAS MATTHEW Q. JOSE, RESPONDENTS. D E C…

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 198201. March 15, 2023 ] OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. MAYOR RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, WENDEL E. AVISADO, JOSE D. GESTUVEO, JR., ELMER B. RAÑO, J. MELCHOR QUITAIN, AND YUSOP A. JIMLANI, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 198334] PROSPERO C. NOGRALES, PETITIONER, VS. MAYOR RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, WENDEL E. AVISADO, JOSE D.…

FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 229706. March 15, 2023 ] NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. POWER SECTOR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N ZALAMEDA, J.: On 26 June 2001, the effectivity date of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA), or Republic Act No. (RA)…

FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 248650. March 15, 2023 ] ELIZABETH ONG LIM, PETITIONER, VS. LAZARO N. CRUZ, REPRESENTED BY VICENTE T. CRUZ, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N ZALAMEDA, J.: The prohibition against transfers, sales, or conveyances of lands awarded through our agrarian reform laws has not completely prevented beneficiaries from…

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. Nos. 190266-67. March 15, 2023 ] CITY OF BATANGAS, REPRESENTED BY HON. EDUARDO B. DIMACUHA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE MAYOR OF BATANGAS CITY, PETITIONER, VS. JG SUMMIT PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION AND FIRST GAS POWER CORPORATION AND FGP CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N LEONEN, SAJ.: Local ordinances,…