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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2012 > February 2012 Decisions > [G.R. No. 183444 : February 08, 2012] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, PETITIONER, VS. RONALDO E. QUIWA, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “R.E.Q. CONSTRUCTION,” EFREN N. RIGOR, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “CHIARA CONSTRUCTION,” ROMEO R. DIMATULAC, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “ARDY CONSTRUCTION,” AND FELICITAS C. SUMERA, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “F.C.S. CONSTRUCTION,” REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT ROMEO M. DE LEON, RESPONDENTS.:




SPECIAL SECOND DIVISION

[G.R. No. 183444 : February 08, 2012]

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, PETITIONER, VS. RONALDO E. QUIWA, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “R.E.Q. CONSTRUCTION,” EFREN N. RIGOR, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “CHIARA CONSTRUCTION,” ROMEO R. DIMATULAC, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “ARDY CONSTRUCTION,” AND FELICITAS C. SUMERA, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “F.C.S. CONSTRUCTION,” REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT ROMEO M. DE LEON, RESPONDENTS.

R E S O L U T I O N


SERENO, J.:

Assailed in this Motion for Partial Reconsideration dated 8 November 2011 filed by petitioner Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is the 12 October 2011 Decision of the Court, primarily affirming the trial and the appellate courts’ judgments in favor of respondents’ entitlement to compensation.cralaw

To recall, after the Mt. Pinatubo tragedy in 1991, DPWH engaged a number of contractors, including the respondents, for the urgent rehabilitation of the affected river systems. Save for Chiara Construction and Ardy Construction, respectively owned by Efren N. Rigor and Romeo R. Dimatulac, the contractors signed written agreements with Engineer Philip Meñez, Project Manager II of the DPWH.

It is undisputed that the contractors have completed their assigned rehabilitation works.[1] But DPWH refused to pay the contractors for the reason that the contracts were invalid due to non-compliance with legal requirements.[2] As such, respondents filed an action for a sum of money against DPWH.[3] The Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, in Civil Case No. 96-77180, held that the contracts were valid and thus directed payment of compensation to the contractors.[4] DPWH appealed to the Court of Appeals (CA), which like the RTC, ruled that the respondents are entitled to their claim of compensation.[5]

Petitioner appealed by certiorari before this Court. In the questioned 12 October 2011 Decision, the Court primarily affirmed the trial and the appellate courts’ judgments in favor of respondents’ entitlement to compensation against petitioner DPWH.

On 10 November 2011, petitioner filed a Motion for Partial Reconsideration[6] assailing the aforementioned Decision.

Petitioner’s main contention is that respondents did not come to court with clean hands to assert their money claims against petitioner in view of their failure to comply with the legal requirements concerning government contracts and in ascertaining the extent of authority of the public official with whom they contracted.[7] These omissions made the contracts void ab initio and, as a consequence, petitioner should not be made to suffer by paying respondents huge sums of money arising from void contracts.[8]

We deny the motion.

Petitioner unsuccessfully established the applicability of the clean hands doctrine. Citing Muller v. Muller, petitioner points out that “a litigant may be denied relief by a court of equity on the ground that his conduct has been inequitable, unfair and dishonest, or fraudulent, or deceitful as to the controversy in issue.”[9]

However, respondents’ purported omissions, standing alone, cannot be construed as fraudulent or deceitful. Petitioner did not present evidence of actual fraud and merely inferred that because of the omissions, the respondent contractors were in bad faith. “Fraud is never presumed but must be established by clear and convincing evidence. The strongest suspicion cannot sway judgment or overcome the presumption of regularity.”[10]

Parties who do not come to court with clean hands cannot be allowed to profit from their own wrongdoing.[11] The action (or inaction) of the party seeking equity must be “free from fault, and he must have done nothing to lull his adversary into repose, thereby obstructing and preventing vigilance on the part of the latter.”[12] Neither the trial court nor the appellate court found any design to defraud on the part of the respondent contractors.

While petitioner is correct in saying that one who seeks equity must do equity, and one who comes into equity must come with clean hands,[13] it is equally true that an allegation of fraud and dishonesty to come within the doctrine’s purview must be substantiated:

Bad faith and fraud are allegations of fact that demand clear and convincing proof. They are serious accusations that can be so conveniently and casually invoked, and that is why they are never presumed. They amount to mere slogans or mudslinging unless convincingly substantiated by whoever is alleging them.[14]

This court recognizes that certain omissions will qualify as “acting with unclean hands.” The omission, though, must be such as to give rise to a confusion that leads to an undesirable state of things.[15]

Here, even with the respondents’ supposed failure to ascertain the validity of the contract and the authority of the public official involved in the construction agreements, there is no such confusion as to the matter of the contract’s validity and the equivalent compensation. As found by the court a quo, petitioner had assured the contractors that they would be paid for the work that they would do, as even DPWH Undersecretary Teodoro T. Encarnacion had told them to “fast-track” the project.[16] Hence, respondents cannot by any stretch of logic, be deprived of compensation for their services when - despite their ostensible omissions - they only heeded the assurance of DPWH and proceeded to work on the urgent project.

Lest it be forgotten, our courts are courts of both law and equity.[17] The petitioner merely claims that the omissions of respondents amount to fraud, while the records show that the public benefitted from the services of respondents. Given these, this Court will remain true to the rule of substantial justice and direct the payment of compensation to the contractors, who have completed their services for the government’s Mt. Pinatubo Rehabilitation Project. Otherwise, urgent actions for emergency work in the future would be discouraged.

After the unfounded clean hands doctrine resorted to by petitioner DPWH is cleared up, all that remains is its repeated arguments. Petitioner reiterates that the contracts are void, without legal effect, and cannot be cured by ratification.[18] In the same Motion, it claims that the contracts were unenforceable, as they were entered into beyond the authority of Engineer Meñez.[19] Petitioner also stresses that since the construction contracts with Rigor and Dimatulac are unwritten, DPWH cannot be held liable.[20] It raises the point that the writing of government contracts is a requirement for existence, validity and enforceability. Citing the treatise of Bartolome C. Fernandez,[21] petitioner DPWH further asserts that the government, being an artificial person, cannot verbally consent to the contract.[22]

These arguments have already been ruled upon, and we find no reason to disturb the rulings. To reiterate, it has been settled in several cases that payment for services done on account of the government, but based on a void contract, cannot be avoided.[23] The government is unjustified in denying what it owes to contractors and in leaving them uncompensated after it has benefitted from the already completed work.[24] Jurisprudence recognizes the principle of quantum meruit. Accordingly, in the interest of substantial justice, the contractor’s entitlement to compensation has been and is hereby directed.[25]cralaw

IN VIEW THEREOF, the 8 November 2011 Motion for Partial Reconsideration of the 12 October 2011 Decision of this Court’s Second Division is DENIED for lack of merit.

SO ORDERED.

Carpio, (Chairperson), Brion, Reyes, and Perlas-Bernabe,
* JJ., concur.

Endnotes:


* Designated as Member of the Special Second Division vice Associate Justice Jose Portugal Perez per Special Order No. 1114 dated 3 October 2011.

[1] Department of Public Works and Highways vs. Ronald E. Quiwa, doing business under the name “R.E.Q. Construction,” G.R. No. 183444, 12 October 2011.

[2] CA Decision penned by Associate Justice Agustin S. Dizon, with Associate Justices Regalado E. Maambong and Cecilia C. Librea-Leagogo concurring, dated 26 June 2008, p. 5; rollo, p. 51.

[3] Id. at 50.

[4] RTC Decision penned by Judge Rustico V. Panganiban, dated 28 January 2002, p. 10; rollo, p. 67.

[5] CA Decision, supra note 2, at 10; rollo, p. 56.

[6] Rollo, p. 2.

[7] Petitioner’s Motion for Partial Reconsideration, dated 8 November 2011, p. 3; rollo, p. 271.

[8] Id. at 270.

[9] Id at 271.

[10] Manotok Realty v. CLT Realty, G.R. No. 123346, 31 March 2009, 582 SCRA 583.

[11] People v. Punto, 68 Phil. 481, 482 (1939).

[12] Kentland Coal & Coke Co. v. Elswick, 167 Ky., 593; 181 S. W., 181, 182, 183.

[13] Petitioner’s Motion for Partial Reconsideration, supra note 7, p. 3; rollo, p. 271. Petitioner stated that “[h]e who seeks equity must do equity, and he who comes into equity must come with clean hands.”

[14] Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. v. Spouses Vazquez, 447 Phil. 306 (2003).

[15] United Housing Corporation v. Dayrit, G.R. No. 76422, 260 Phil. 301 (1990); Concurring Opinion of Barredo, J., Estrada v. Sto. Domingo, G.R. No. L-30570, 139 Phil. 158 (1969).

[16] RTC Decision, supra note 4, p.7; rollo, p. 64.

[17] Hodges v. Yulo, 81 Phil. 622 (1954).

[18] Rollo, p. 276.

[19] Id.

[20] Id. at 278.

[21] Bartolome C. Fernandez, A Treatise on Government Contracts Under Philippine Law 10 (2001). Petitioner’s Motion for Partial Reconsideration, supra note 7, p. 10; rollo, p. 278.

[22] Id.

[23] EPG Construction Co. v. Hon. Gregorio R. Vigilar, G.R. No. 131544, 16 March 2001, 354 SCRA 566; Melchor vs. COA, G.R. No. 95398, 16 August 1991, 200 SCRA 704; Eslao vs. COA, G.R. No. 89745, 8 April 1991, 195 SCRA 730; Royal Trust Construction vs. Commission on Audit, GR. No. 84202, rollo, pp. 65-66.

[24] Melchor v. COA, G.R. No. 95398, 16 August 1991, 200 SCRA 704.

[25] EPG Construction Co. v. Hon. Gregorio R. Vigilar, G.R. No. 131544, 16 March 2001, 354 SCRA 566.



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  • [G.R. No. 161796 : February 08, 2012] LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ESTATE OF J. AMADO ARANETA, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 161830] DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM,[1] PETITIONER, NORBERTO RESULTA, EDITHA ABAD, LEDELIA ASIDOY, GIL PAGARAGAN, ROSALITO PAGHUBASAN, EDWIN FAUSTINO, FELOMINO JUSOL, EDELBERTO POBLARES, EFREN APON, NELSON VILLAREAL, JIMMY ZONIO, SERLISTO ZONIO, WILFREDO MARCELINO, ROGELIO RODERO, SERGIO ZONIO, NORBERTO FRANCISCO, AURORA VILLACORTE, JOVITO NINONUEVO, ELIZABETH ZAUSA, RUBEN VILLANUEVA, VICENTA RACCA, ROGELIO RACCA, MERCEDES VILLANUEVA, EDUARDO BIUTE, APOLINARIO TORRAL, BENJAMIN TANJER, JR., MINDA SOLIMAN, CIPRIANO REQUIOLA, GLORIA ROMERO, SILVERIO ZONIO, NESTOR ZONIO, NILO ZAUSA, ROMUALDO ZAUSA, REYNALDO ZAUSA, LUMILYN ZAUSA, GILBERT BAUTISTA, GILDA PACETES, ALUDIA CALUB, LOURDES CAGNO, ABELARDO CAGNO, BENJAMIN MARINAS, CRISPINA ARNAIZ, MARIA CABUS, RESTITUTA PRETENCIO, MA. LUZ ABALOS, ABELARDO DEL ROSARIO, CANDELARIA CEPEDA, HAYDEE MARQUILENCIA, LEONCIA ZATA, LUCIA LOPEZ, MARGARITA MANLANGIT, CRISTINA PACIS, LEONELDA FIDELA, MA. BLESS MASAGNAY, AGUSTIN CADAO, DOLORES FELICIANO, MA. JESSICA FELICIANO, MA. LOURDES FELICIANO, MA. JULITA FELICIANO, FEDERICO ZONIO, NENITA SINGSON, LIBRADA ZASPA, THELMA ELISERIO, SALVADOR VILLORENTE, SATURNINA TESORERO, ROGELIO PARACUELES, ANITA MENDOZA, AMADEO MASAGNAY, ELVIRA CAMPOS, LAURIANO CAMPOS, BENITO VILLAGANAS, VIRGILIO FERRER, SALVADOR RESULTA, NORLITO RESULTA, DIANA SEPTIMO, SALVADOR SEPTIMO, DIOSDADO LAGMAN, CLAUDIA MIRALLES, RICARDO FRANCISCO, RODOLFO FRANCISCO, ALEXANDER YURONG, ALFREDO BUENAVENTURA, ISIDRO DELA CRUZ, REMEDIOS CABUNDOC, ARTEMIO MIRASOL, MINDA COPINO, ANDRES IBARBIA, WILFREDO BALLOS, ELSA BANGCA, ARTURO CANTURIA, PABLITO SAGUIBO, CARLITO VILLONES, JOSEFINA TABANGCURA, NEDA MASAGNAY, PETITIONERS-INTERVENORS, ESTELA MARIE MALOLOS, LORETO DELA CRUZ, JOSE PAJARILLO, IMELDA ZAUSA, FEDERICO ZAUSA REPRESENTED BY ROSALINDA ZAUSA, LUDEVICO ZAUSA, GLORIA VILLANUEVA, ZENAIDA MASAGNAY, ELSIO ESTO, RODOLFO VILLONES, ALVINO NARCI REPRESENTED BY LILIA VILLONES, RUFINO ZONIO, ALBERTO ROSI, ZENAIDA VILLENA, ANTONIO ZAUSA, SALDITO ZONIO, ZACARIAS CORTEZ, LARRY MASAGNAY REPRESENTED BY LEONEL MASAGNAY, ERLINDA MORISON, JUAN CORTEZ, PRIMITIBO NICASIO, CARMELO CESAR, ANDRES ZONIO REPRESENTED BY RUFINO ZONIO, JUANITO ZONIO, JERENCIO ZONIO, ALEX CORTEZ, PEPITO VILLAREAL, PETITIONERS-MOVANTS, VS. ESTATE OF J. AMADO ARANETA, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 190456] ERNESTO B. DURAN, LOPE P. ABALOS (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY LOPE ABALOS, JR., ARTEMIO T. GONZALES (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY PAUL GONZALES, AUGUSTO LIM, IMELDA MARCELINO, ERNESTO NAVARTE (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY SURVIVING SPOUSE NELIA NAVARTE, FLORANTE M. QUIMZON, MANUEL R. QUIMZON (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY FLORANTE M. QUIMZON, NELIA ZAUSA, PETITIONERS-INTERVENORS, VS. ESTATE OF J. AMADO ARANETA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 165935 : February 08, 2012] BRIGHT MARITIME CORPORATION (BMC)/DESIREE P. TENORIO, PETITIONERS, VS. RICARDO B. FANTONIAL, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 175558 : February 08, 2012] SKIPPERS UNITED PACIFIC, INC. AND SKIPPERS MARITIME SERVICES, INC., LTD., PETITIONERS, VS. NATHANIEL DOZA, NAPOLEON DE GRACIA, ISIDRO L. LATA, AND CHARLIE APROSTA, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 185665 : February 08, 2012] EASTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. EASTERN TELECOMS EMPLOYEES UNION, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 183444 : February 08, 2012] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, PETITIONER, VS. RONALDO E. QUIWA, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “R.E.Q. CONSTRUCTION,” EFREN N. RIGOR, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “CHIARA CONSTRUCTION,” ROMEO R. DIMATULAC, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “ARDY CONSTRUCTION,” AND FELICITAS C. SUMERA, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME “F.C.S. CONSTRUCTION,” REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT ROMEO M. DE LEON, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 197815 : February 08, 2012] THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JULIETO SANCHEZ @ "OMPONG," APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 180157 : February 08, 2012] EQUITABLE CARDNETWORK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. JOSEFA BORROMEO CAPISTRANO, RESPONDENT.

  • [A.M. No. 11-10-7-SC : February 14, 2012] RE: REQUEST OF JUSTICE JOSEFINA GUEVARA-SALONGA, COURT OF APPEALS, THAT HER SERVICES AS ASSISTANT PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF LAGUNA BE CREDITED AS PART OF HER SERVICES IN THE JUDICIARY FOR PURPOSES OF HER RETIREMENT.

  • [G.R. No. 194710 : February 14, 2012] MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 180784 : February 15, 2012] INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, PETITIONER, VS. ASIAN TERMINALS, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 175932 : February 15, 2012] WUERTH PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. RODANTE YNSON, RESPONDENT.

  • [A.C. No. 8254 (Formerly CBD Case No. 04-1310) : February 15, 2012] NESA ISENHARDT, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. LEONARDO M. REAL, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 178593 : February 15, 2012] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO), PETITIONER, VS. PANTRANCO NORTH EXPRESS, INC. (PNEI), PANTRANCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PEA-PTGWO), EUSEBIO RAMOSO, CIRIACO M. MAGSINO, A. CACHUELA, A. CAMUS, M. CALAHI, R. CANO, B.T. LANTANO, L. BERSAMINA, A. ALFARO AND 495 OTHERS, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 190022 : February 15, 2012] PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS CORPORATION, JAPHET ESTRANAS AND BEN SAGA, PETITIONERS, VS. PURIFICACION VIZCARA, MARIVIC VIZCARA, CRESENCIA A. NATIVIDAD, HECTOR VIZCARA, JOEL VIZCARA AND DOMINADOR ANTONIO, RESPONDENTS.

  • [A.M. No. P-11-2951 (Formerly A.M. No. 10-3544-P) : February 15, 2012] LEAVE DIVISION, OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. LEONCIO K. GUTIERREZ III, CLERK III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 116, PASAY CITY, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 152262 : February 15, 2012] FELIMON MANGUIOB, PETITIONER, VS. JUDGE PAUL T. ARCANGEL, RTC, BRANCH 12, DAVAO CITY AND ALEJANDRA VELASCO, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 174445 : February 15, 2012] SPOUSES WILLIAM GUIDANGEN AND MARY GUIDANGEN, PETITIONERS, VS. DEVOTA B. WOODEN, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 173882 : February 15, 2012] JULIE’S BAKESHOP AND/OR EDGAR REYES, PETITIONERS, VS. HENRY ARNAIZ EDGAR NAPAL,* AND JONATHAN TOLORES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 185053 : February 15, 2012] EUSTAQUIO CANDARI, JR., RENE ESPULGAR, EDITHA DACIA, GONZALO PALMA, JR., ANDRES DE LEON, ARNOLD BAJAR, PETER BAYBAYAN, EUGENIO TABURNO, MATEO ALOJADO, ANSELMO LIGTAS, FLORITA BULANGIS, ADELAIDA PENIG, ATTY. LEVI SALIGUMBA, EDITHA JIMENA, CYNTHIA BELARMA AND ANTONIA BANTING, PETITIONERS, VS. ROLAND DONASCO, LIDIO VILLA, RENE GAID, PEPITO GUMBAN, OSCAR ANDRADA, ROMEO CASTONES, ROSEMARY CORDOVA, GLORIA MATULLANO, PONCIANO ABALOS, RESTITUTO BATIANCILLA, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 187926 : February 15, 2012] DR. EMMANUEL JARCIA, JR. AND DR. MARILOU BASTAN, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 173128 : February 15, 2012] MARITIMEINDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) AND/OR ATTY. OSCAR M. SEVILLA, PETITIONERS, VS. MARC PROPERTIES CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 185212 : February 15, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MARITESS ALOLOD, EFREN DEOCAMPO, ELMER DEOCAMPO AND EDWIN DEOCAMPO, ACCUSED, EFREN DEOCAMPO, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 187157 : February 15, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARNEL CLARITE Y SALAZAR, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 187567 : February 15, 2012] THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. NORA FE SAGUN, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 175025 : February 15, 2012] ROGELIO J. JAKOSALEM AND GODOFREDO B. DULFO PETITIONERS, VS. ROBERTO S. BARANGAN, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 175980 : February 15, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,APPELLEE, VS. ADRIANO CABRILLAS, ACCUSED, BENNY CABTALAN, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 179469 : February 15, 2012] C.F. SHARP & CO. INC. AND JOHN J. ROCHA, PETITIONERS, VS. PIONEER INSURANCE & SURETY CORPORATION, WILFREDO C. AGUSTIN AND HERNANDO G. MINIMO, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 161771 : February 15, 2012] BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST OF FAR EAST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. EDUARDO HONG, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE “SUPER LINE PRINTING PRESS” AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 186269 : February 15, 2012] SPOUSES ROMAN A. PASCUAL AND MERCEDITA R. PASCUAL, FRANCISCO A. PASCUAL, MARGARITA CORAZON D. MARIANO, EDWIN D. MARIANO AND DANNY R. MARIANO PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES ANTONIO BALLESTEROS AND LORENZA MELCHOR-BALLESTEROS, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 184851 : February 15, 2012] VALIENTE C. VILLEGAS PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE VICTOR C. FERNANDEZ, DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR LUZON, CONRADO S. ANCIADO, JR., ROLLY P. DANILA, ANDREI S. ARABIT AND JAIME M. BARON, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 192558 : February 15, 2012] BITOY JAVIER (DANILO P. JAVIER), PETITIONER, VS. FLY ACE CORPORATION/ FLORDELYN CASTILLO, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 157810 : February 15, 2012] ROLANDO SOFIO AND RUFIO SOFIO, PETITIONERS, VS. ALBERTO I. VALENZUELA, GLORIA I. VALENZUELA, REMEDIOS I. VALENZUELA, AND CESAR I. VALENZUELA, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 181485 : February 15, 2012] PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. GATEWAY PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [A.C. No. 7430 : February 15, 2012] MARTIN LAHM III AND JAMES P. CONCEPCION, COMPLAINANTS, VS. LABOR ARBITER JOVENCIO LL. MAYOR, JR., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 186961 : February 20, 2012] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. EAST SILVERLANE REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 185463 : February 22, 2012] TEEKAY SHIPPING PHILS., INC., AND/OR TEEKAY SHIPPING CANADA, PETITIONERS, VS. RAMIER C. CONCHA RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 190794 : February 22, 2012] JOSAN, JPS, SANTIAGO CARGO MOVERS, AND MARY GRACE S. PARUNGAO,* PETITIONERS, VS. EDUARDO RAMOS ADUNA, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 186983 : February 22, 2012] MA. LOURDES S. FLORENDO, PETITIONER, VS. PHILAM PLANS, INC., PERLA ABCEDE AND MA. CELESTE ABCEDE, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. Nos. 180631-33 : February 22, 2012] PHILIPPINE CHARTER INSURANCE CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. CENTRAL COLLEGES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND DYNAMIC PLANNERS AND CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 177320 : February 22, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. CESAR BAUTISTA Y SANTOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 172448 : February 22, 2012] THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, PETITIONER, VS. ABEDIN LIMPAO OSOP, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 192085 : February 22, 2012] CARIDAD SEGARRA SAZON, PETITIONER, VS. LETECIA VASQUEZ-MENANCIO, REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT EDGAR S. SEGARRA, RESPONDENT.

  • [A.M. No. RTJ-11-2298 : February 22, 2012] ATTY. RENE O. MEDINA AND ATTY. CLARITO SERVILLAS, COMPLAINANTS, VS. JUDGE VICTOR A. CANOY, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 29, SURIGAO CITY, RESPONDENT.

  • [G. R. No. 189021 : February 22, 2012] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. LUCIA M. GOMEZ, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 165413 : February 22, 2012] PHILAM INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. AND AMERICAN HOME INSURANCE CO., PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, AND D.M. CONSUNJI INC., RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 169055 : February 22, 2012] SPOUSES JOSE AND MILAGROS VILLACERAN AND FAR EAST BANK & TRUST COMPANY, PETITIONERS, VS. JOSEPHINE DE GUZMAN, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 191365 : February 22, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDUARDO NAVARETTE, JR. Y NATO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 181368 : February 22, 2012] GEORGE S. TOLENTINO, MONICA S. TOLENTINO, GUSTAVO S. TOLENTINO, JR., MA. MARJORIE S. TOLENTINO, MARILYN S. TOLENTINO, MICHAEL GLEN S. TOLENTINO, MYLENE S. TOLENTINO, MILAGROS M. GUEVARRA, MA. VICTORIA T. RAMIREZ, LORENZA T. ANDES, MICHAEL T. MEDRANO AND JACINTO T. MEDRANO, PETITIONERS, VS. PACIFICO S. LAUREL, HEIRS OF ILUMINADA LAUREL-ASCALON, CONSUELO T. LAUREL, BIENVENIDO LAUREL, HEIRS OF ARCHIMEDES LAUREL, TEODORO LAUREL, FE LAUREL-LIMJUCO AND CLARO LAUREL, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 173008 : February 22, 2012] NENITA GONZALES, SPOUSES GENEROSA GONZALES AND RODOLFO FERRER, SPOUSES FELIPE GONZALES AND CAROLINA SANTIAGO, SPOUSES LOLITA GONZALES AND GERMOGENES GARLITOS, SPOUSES DOLORES GONZALES AND FRANCISCO COSTIN, SPOUSES CONCHITA GONZALES AND JONATHAN CLAVE, AND SPOUSES BEATRIZ GONZALES AND ROMY CORTES, REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT AND CO-PETITIONER NENITA GONZALES, PETITIONERS, VS. MARIANO BUGAAY AND LUCY BUGAAY, SPOUSES ALICIA BUGAAY AND FELIPE BARCELONA, CONEY “CONIE” BUGAAY, JOEY GATAN, LYDIA BUGAAY, SPOUSES LUZVIMINDA BUGAAY AND REY PAGATPATAN AND BELEN BUGAAY, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 187122 : February 22, 2012] NEGROS SLASHERS, INC., RODOLFO C. ALVAREZ AND VICENTE TAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ALVIN L. TENG, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 173476 : February 22, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RODRIGO SALAFRANCA Y BELLO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 184556 : February 22, 2012] CHINA BANKING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. QBRO FISHING ENTERPRISES, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 187229 : February 22, 2012] ARNEL SISON Y ESCUADRO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 181497 : February 22, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. PATERNO SARMIENTO SAMANDRE, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [A.M. No. P-11-2999 [formerly OCA IPI No. 10-3517-P] : February 27, 2012] SHEILA G. DEL ROSARIO, COURT STENOGRAPHER III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 36, SANTIAGO CITY, ISABELA, COMPLAINANT, VS. MARY ANNE C. PASCUA, COURT STENOGRAPHER III, SAME COURT, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 197540 : February 27, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. DINNES OLASO AND ROLLY ANGELIO, ACCUSED. ROLLY ANGELIO, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 186132 : February 27, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. NESTOR TUGUINAY, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 180168 : February 27, 2012] MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. AVIA FILIPINAS INTERNATIONAL, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 186123 : February 27, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MARITES VALERIO Y TRAJE, APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 182650 : February 27, 2012] TOMAS K. CHUA, PETITIONER, VS. WESTMONT BANK, REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OF PARAÑAQUE CITY, REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OF PASAY CITY, NOTARY PUBLIC MANUEL FONACIER, AND JOHN DOES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 182197 : February 27, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. TEOFILO HONRADO AND ROMULO HONRADO, APPELLANTS.

  • [G.R. No. 193065 : February 27, 2012] DEUTSCHE BANK AG, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND STEEL CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 162196 : February 27, 2012] SAN JOSE TIMBER CORPORATION AND CASILAYAN SOFTWOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, TIERRA FACTOR CORPORATION AND OTHER CREDITORS OF SAN JOSE TIMBER CORPORATION AND CASILAYAN SOFTWOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 192565 : February 28, 2012] UNION BANK OF THE, PHILIPPINES AND DESI TOMAS, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 196271 : February 28, 2012] DATU MICHAEL ABAS KIDA, IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY, AND IN REPRESENTATION OF MAGUINDANAO FEDERATION OF AUTONOMOUS IRRIGATORS ASSOCIATION, INC., HADJI MUHMINA J. USMAN, JOHN ANTHONY L. LIM, JAMILON T. ODIN, ASRIN TIMBOL JAIYARI, MUJIB M. KALANG, ALIH AL-SAIDI J. SAPI-E, KESSAR DAMSIE ABDIL, AND BASSAM ALUH SAUPI, PETITIONERS, VS. SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT JUAN PONCE ENRILE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THRU SPEAKER FELICIANO BELMONTE, COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THRU ITS CHAIRMAN, SIXTO BRILLANTES, JR., PAQUITO OCHOA, JR., OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, FLORENCIO ABAD, JR., SECRETARY OF BUDGET, AND ROBERTO TAN, TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 196305] BASARI D. MAPUPUNO, PETITIONER, VS. SIXTO BRILLANTES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, FLORENCIO ABAD, JR. IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, PAQUITO OCHOA, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SENATE PRESIDENT, AND FELICIANO BELMONTE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 197221] REP. EDCEL C. LAGMAN, PETITIONER, VS. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, AND THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 197280] ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH, DATU CASAN CONDING CANA, AND PARTIDO DEMOKRATIKO PILIPINO LAKAS NG BAYAN (PDP-LABAN), PETITIONERS, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, SIXTO BRILLANTES, JR., HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, AND HON. ROBERTO B. TAN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 197282] ATTY. ROMULO B. MACALINTAL, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, THROUGH EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 197392] LOUIS “BAROK” C. BIRAOGO, PETITIONER, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 197454] JACINTO V. PARAS, PETITIONER, VS. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., AND THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS. MINORITY RIGHTS FORUM, PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENTS-INTERVENOR.

  • [G.R. No. 193978 : February 28, 2012] JELBERT B. GALICTO, PETITIONER, VS. H.E. PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES; ATTY. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; AND FLORENCIO B. ABAD, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 192984 : February 28, 2012] ROLANDO D. LAYUG, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, MARIANO VELARDE (ALIAS “BROTHER MIKE”) AND BUHAY PARTY-LIST, RESPONDENTS.

  • [G.R. No. 169903 : February 29, 2012] LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. HONEYCOMB FARMS CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 158379 : February 29, 2012] SPOUSES PONCIANO & PACITA DELA CRUZ, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF PABLO SUNIA, ETC.,[1] RESPONDENTS.

  • [G. R. No. 197788 : February 29, 2012] RODEL LUZ Y ONG, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,[1] RESPONDENT.

  • [G.R. No. 189327 : February 29, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EMILY MENDOZA Y SARTIN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • [G.R. No. 188132 : February 29, 2012] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROSEMARIE MAGUNDAYAO Y ALEJANDRO ALIAS “ROSE,” ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

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