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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2016 > February 2016 Decisions > G.R. No. 193176, February 24, 2016 - PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RENATO D. TAYAG, ISMAEL M. REINOSO, GENEROSO TANSECO, MANUEL MORALES, RUBEN B. ANCHETA, GERONIMO Z. VELASCO, TROADIO T. QUIAZON, JR., FERNANDO MARAMAG, EDGARDO TORDESILLAS, ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., GERARDO SICAT, PANFILO O. DOMINGO, POTENCIANO ILUSORIO, MANUEL B. SYQUIO, RAFAEL M. ATAYDE, HONORIO POBLADOR, JR., GEORGE T. SCHOLEY,1 TIRSO ANTIPORDA, JR., CARLOS L. INDUCTIVO, AND TEODORO VALENCIA, Respondents.:




G.R. No. 193176, February 24, 2016 - PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RENATO D. TAYAG, ISMAEL M. REINOSO, GENEROSO TANSECO, MANUEL MORALES, RUBEN B. ANCHETA, GERONIMO Z. VELASCO, TROADIO T. QUIAZON, JR., FERNANDO MARAMAG, EDGARDO TORDESILLAS, ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., GERARDO SICAT, PANFILO O. DOMINGO, POTENCIANO ILUSORIO, MANUEL B. SYQUIO, RAFAEL M. ATAYDE, HONORIO POBLADOR, JR., GEORGE T. SCHOLEY,1 TIRSO ANTIPORDA, JR., CARLOS L. INDUCTIVO, AND TEODORO VALENCIA, Respondents.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

FIRST DIVISION

G.R. No. 193176, February 24, 2016

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RENATO D. TAYAG, ISMAEL M. REINOSO, GENEROSO TANSECO, MANUEL MORALES, RUBEN B. ANCHETA, GERONIMO Z. VELASCO, TROADIO T. QUIAZON, JR., FERNANDO MARAMAG, EDGARDO TORDESILLAS, ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., GERARDO SICAT, PANFILO O. DOMINGO, POTENCIANO ILUSORIO, MANUEL B. SYQUIO, RAFAEL M. ATAYDE, HONORIO POBLADOR, JR., GEORGE T. SCHOLEY,1 TIRSO ANTIPORDA, JR., CARLOS L. INDUCTIVO, AND TEODORO VALENCIA, Respondents.

D E C I S I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

Assailed in this petition for certiorari2 are the Resolution3 dated July 28, 2006 and Order4 dated June 9, 2010 rendered by the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) in OMB-C-C-05-0110-C, which dismissed the complaint for violation of Sections 3 (e)5 and (g)6 of Republic Act No. (RA) 3019, also known as the "Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act," for failure to establish probable cause against respondents.

The Facts

On October 8, 1992, former President Fidel V. Ramos issued Administrative Order No. 137 creating the Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans (Committee) which was tasked to investigate alleged behest loans granted by the Philippine National Bank (PNB), among others, during the Marcos years.8 The Committee was composed of the Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) as Chairman, the Solicitor General as Vice Chairman, and representatives from the Office of the Executive Secretary, Department of Finance, Department of Justice (DOJ), the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), PNB, the Asset Privatization Trust (APT), Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation, and the Government Corporate Counsel, as members.9

Subsequently, through the issuance of Memorandum Order No. 61,10 the Committee's functions were broadened in scope. To aid in its investigation of behest loans, the following criteria were established as a frame of reference:
  1. It is undercollateralized.
  2. The borrower corporation is undercapitalized.
  3. Direct or indirect endorsement by high government officials like presence of marginal notes.
  4. Stockholders, officers or agents of the borrower corporation are identified as cronies.
  5. Deviation of use of loan proceeds from the purpose intended.
  6. Use of corporate layering.
  7. Non-feasibility of the project for which financing is being sought.
  8. Extra-ordinary speed in which the loan release was made.11
Assisted by a Technical Working Group (TWG),12 the Committee investigated the loans granted by PNB to Hercules Minerals and Oils, Inc. (HMOI), a domestic corporation engaged in mining copper ores to produce copper concentrates. It was incorporated on May 9, 1969 with an initial authorized capital stock of P20,000,000.00, of which P4,000,000.00 was subscribed and P1,000,000.00 was paid-up. On November 17, 1978, it increased its authorized capital stock to P50,000,000.00, and then to P200,000,000.00 on May 15, 1981.13

The Committee's investigation revealed that on June 27, 1978, the HMOI, through its Chairman of the Board, respondent Potenciano Ilusorio (Ilusorio), filed with the PNB an application for a guarantee loan in the amount of US$17,000,000.00 (US$17M), which the latter approved via PNB Resolution No. 548 dated July 16, 1979 where it stated that the proceeds of the loan will finance HMOI in developing, extracting, and milling its copper reserves in Ilocos Norte, dubbed as "The Bully Bueno Copper Project." Thus, HMOI and PNB executed a Loan Agreement on February 1, 1980 for the US$17M loan, then equivalent to P125,290,000.00.14

The US$17M loan was purportedly secured by several collaterals amounting to PI38,783,000.00, which exceeded the maximum amount of loan in proportion to the value of the mortgaged assets fixed by Section 78 of RA 337,15 otherwise known as the "General Banking Act,"16 which provides:
SEC. 78. Loans against real estate security shall not exceed seventy percent (70%) of the appraised value of the respective real estate security, plus seventy percent (70%) of the appraised value of insured improvements, and such loans shall not be made unless title to the real estate, free from all encumbrances, shall be in the mortgagor. x x x.

Similarly, loans on the security of chattels shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the appraised value of the security, and such loans shall not be made unless title to the chattels, free from all encumbrances, shall be in the mortgagor.

x x x x
However, the collaterals were apparently over-valued, as the true amount thereof, i.e., P94,656,000.00, was discovered when HMOI subsequently applied for additional loans, which PNB likewise, approved.17 Moreover, the assets used as collateral were inexistent, as these were yet "to be acquired," "to be constructed," and "to be produced," in violation of the said Section 78 of RA 337.18

Thereafter, PNB extended additional loans to'HMOI, amounting to US$2,500,000.00 and P11,325,000,00. However, the Central Bank reduced the US$2,500,000.00 loan to US$1,970,000.00. At this time, the Total PNB Exposure was already P149,000,000.00 but the total value of the collateral was only P94,656,000.00. Moreover, the additional loans were secured by the same collaterals used in the initial US$17M loan, whose value was now ascertained to be only P94,656,000.00 instead of P138,783,000.00. Apparently, the value of the collaterals was exaggerated when HMOI applied for the US$17M loan.19

Subsequently, in a letter20 dated March 10, 1981, respondent Rafael M. Atayde (Atayde), in his capacity as President of Hercules' Solid State Systems (HSSS), a new division of HMOI, wrote to then. President Ferdinand Marcos (President Marcos) to seek the latter's intervention in the approval of HMOI's additional US$5,000,000.00 loan with PNB. President Marcos then endorsed21 the letter to then PNB President, respondent Panfilo Domingo (Domingo), by personally noting thereon, "Let us help Ilocos Norte by setting up this factory." As a result of the President's endorsement, HMOI was able to obtain an additional unsecured loan of P4,400,000.00. Likewise, PNB granted a P20,000,000.00 Export Advance against the US$3,800,000,00 letter of credit that was opened in favor of HMOI by Dai-ichi Kangyo Finance (HK) Ltd. Subsequently, PNB approved the refinancing of interest on HMOI loans in the aggregate amount of US$4,200,284.41 and the conversion of the P20,000,000.00 Export Advance to an Export Advance Line against existing collaterals. At this time, the Total PNB Exposure was P167,770,000.00 but the total value of collaterals was only P119,193,000.00.22

Sometime in 1982, HMOI ceased operations. Consequently, it was unable to meet its overdue and maturing obligations with PNB. Nonetheless, despite stoppage of its operations, PNB granted another loan to HMOI amounting to P650,000.00. By this time, the Total PNB Exposure had already ballooned to P203,610,000.00, while its collateral was only P94,656,000.00.23

Upon PNB's foreclosure of HMOI's chattel and real estate mortgages, a deficiency claim amounting to P252,388,000.00 was left, as a substantial portion of the loans obtained by HMOI from PNB was utilized in assets with no collateral value.24

With the foregoing findings, petitioner PCGG, through its Legal Consultant, Atty. Liezel G. Chico (Atty. Chico), filed on December 15, 2004 an affidavit-complaint25 before the Ombudsman accusing respondents of violating Sections 3 (e) and (g) of RA 3019 for their participation in the alleged behest loans extended by PNB to HMOI.26 At the time of the application and approval of said loans, respondents Domingo, Renato D. Tayag (Tayag), Ismael M. Reinoso (Reinoso), Generoso Tanseco (Tanseco), Manuel Morales (Morales), Ruben B. Ancheta (Ancheta), Geronimo Z. Velasco (Velasco), Troadio T. Quiazon, Jr. (Quiazon), Fernando Maramag (Maramag), Edgardo Tordesillas (Tordesillas), Arturo R. Tanco, Jr. (Tanco), and Gerardo Sicat (Sicat)27 were members of the PNB Board of Directors, while respondents Ilusorio, Atayde, Manuel B. Syquio (Syquio), Honorio Poblador, Jr. (Poblador), George T. Scholey (Scholey), Tirso Antiporda, Jr. (Antiporda), and Carlos L. Inductivo (Inductivo) were members of the HMOI Board of Directors.28 Respondent Teodoro Valencia (Valencia) was likewise impleaded as part of HMOI,29 although in what capacity, the affidavit-complaint does not clearly state.

PCGG contended that the loans extended by PNB to HMOI were in the nature of behest loans, being characterized by the following: (a) the loans were undercollateralized; (b) the borrower corporation was undercapitalized; (c) the stockholders, officers, or agents of the borrower corporation are identified as cronies; and (d) the extra-ordinary speed in which the loan release was made.30 It asseverated that because PNB unduly accommodated HMOI, as evidenced by said loans which were grossly disadvantageous to the government, as well as the public, respondents must be prosecuted under Sections 3 (e) and (g) of RA 3019.31

Only respondent Domingo submitted his counter-affidavit,32 raising as defenses lack of personality of Atty. Chico, prescription, and insufficiency of evidence. He claimed that Atty. Chico had no personal knowledge of the questioned loan transactions between PNB and HMOI and was without any legal authority to prosecute or initiate the cases falling under RA 3019, as amended.33 He also claimed that the action under RA 3019 had already prescribed, applying the original 10-year prescriptive period fixed by Section 11 thereof before it was amended on March 16, 1982 to 15 years. He maintained that the reckoning point to count the prescriptive period was from the time of commission of the act complained of, which should have been on February 1, 1980, the date of the execution of the first Loan Agreement. Even if the reckoning point was to be counted from the discovery of the offense, he contended that the date thereof would have been February 1986 after the EDSA Revolution. Thus, the complaint filed on December 15, 2004 was already barred by prescription.34

Likewise, he claimed that the collaterals used in obtaining the loans were valid and acceptable in the banking industry, and that other properties posted as security were overlooked by the PCGG. He also maintained that the PCGG made no independent appraisal of the said properties and, thus, had no credible knowledge on the true value of the collaterals.35 Finally, he denied that he was an identified "crony" of President Marcos.36

The Ombudsman Ruling

In a Resolution37 dated July 28, 2006, the Ombudsman dismissed the complaint.38 On the issue of prescription, it found that the complaint has not yet prescribed, having been filed within the 15-year prescriptive period reckoned from the date of the discovery of the commission of the offense, which is February 1, 1994, the date of the PCGG's Terminal Report from which it ascertained that the loan accounts of HMOI with PNB were behest.39

With respect, however, to the existence of probable cause to hold respondents liable as charged, the Ombudsman ruled in the negative. It held that the PCGG's argument that the loans were undercollateralized was specious, as the Committee did not make any independent valuation of the said collaterals. Neither did it secure any documentation which could show that HMOI exaggerated the value thereof. It also had no inventory of the properties acquired for the copper project and from the loan proceeds to show that HMOI merely used the same assets for the subsequent loans and exaggerated its value. Moreover, it held that future assets or after-acquired properties are acceptable securities and thus, not inimical to sound banking practice.40

Likewise, the Ombudsman found that there was nothing on the loan agreements to indicate that HMOI unduly influenced PNB into granting it loans or that unwarranted favors had been extended to it. Thus, the presumption that regular duty was observed and exercised stands.41 As regards the marginal note endorsement by President Marcos that purportedly paved the way for the approval of an additional loan, the Ombudsman held that there were no indications that the loan rested solely on said endorsement for its approval.42

Dissatisfied, PCGG moved for reconsideration,43 which was, however, denied in an Order44 dated June 9, 2010; hence, this petition.

The Issue Before the Court

The sole issue for the Court's resolution is whether or not the Ombudsman committed grave abuse of discretion when it found no probable cause to hold respondents liable for violation of Sections 3 (e) and (g) of RA 3019 and consequently, dismissed the complaint for insufficiency of evidence.

The Court's Ruling

At the outset, it must be stressed that the Court does not ordinarily interfere with the Ombudsman's determination as to the existence or non-existence of probable cause. The rule, however, does not apply if there is grave abuse of discretion.45

Grave abuse of discretion means such capricious or whimsical exercise of judgment which is equivalent to lack of jurisdiction. To justify judicial intervention, the abuse of discretion must be so patent and gross as to amount to an evasion of a positive duty or to a virtual refusal to perform a duty enjoined by law or to act at all in contemplation of law, as where the power is exercised in an arbitrary and despotic manner by reason of passion or hostility.46

After a punctilious review of the records, the Court finds that such judicial intervention is justified and proper in this case.

Violation of Section 3 (e) of RA 3019 requires that there be injury caused by giving unwarranted benefits, advantages or preferences to private parties who conspire with public officers.47 Its elements are: (1) that the accused are public officers or private persons charged in conspiracy with them; (2) that said public officers commit the prohibited acts during the performance of their official duties or in relation to their public positions; (3) that they caused undue injury to any party, whether the Government or a private party; (4) that such injury is caused by giving unwarranted benefits, advantage or preference to such parties; and (5) that the public officers have acted with manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence.48

On the other hand, Section 3 (g) of RA 3019 does not require the giving of unwarranted benefits, advantages or preferences to private parties who conspire with public officers, its core element being the engagement in a transaction or contract that is grossly and manifestly disadvantageous to the government.49 The elements of the offense are: (1) that the accused is a public officer; (2) that he entered into a contract or transaction on behalf of the government; and (3) that such contract or transaction is grossly and manifestly disadvantageous to the government.50

Taking into consideration the foregoing elements, the Court finds that there may be liability arising from violation of Sections 3 (e) and (g) of RA 3019.

The fact that PNB appeared to be unduly exposing its finances by extending iniquitous loans to HMOI, despite the latter being undercapitalized and, notwithstanding the inadequacy of the collaterals being offered to secure the loans, should have been sufficient basis for the Ombudsman to find probable cause. The HMOI loans appear to bear the badges of a behest loan, as indicated by the following circumstances: HMOI was undercapitalized, the loans extended to it by PNB were undercollateralized, its officers were identified as "cronies," President Marcos had a marginal note/endorsement on Atayde's March 10, 1981 letter which facilitated the approval of another loan in favor of HMOI, and the loans were approved with extraordinary speed.

It bears stressing that the duty of the Ombudsman in the conduct of a preliminary investigation is to establish whether there exists probable cause to file an information in court against the accused. A finding of probable cause needs only to rest on evidence showing that more likely than not, the accused committed the crime.51 Taking into account, the quantum of evidence needed to support a finding of probable cause, the Court finds that the Ombudsman committed grave abuse of discretion when it dismissed the complaint for lack of probable cause.

That the PCGG failed to make or submit an independent valuation of the properties in order to support its stance that the loans were undercollateralized is of no moment. Included in the records of this case is the Executive Summary52 of the TWO, citing as evidence numerous documents from PNB53 showing, on its face, that the loans granted to HMOI by PNB were undercollateralized. Hence, the lack of independent valuation alone is not sufficient to dismiss the case for insufficiency of evidence to establish mere probable cause. To be sure, preliminary investigation is not the occasion for the full and exhaustive display of the parties' evidence. It is for the presentation of such evidence only as may engender a well-founded belief that an offense has been committed and that the accused is probably guilty thereof. The validity and merits of a party's accusation or defense, as well as admissibility of testimonies and evidence, are better ventilated during the trial proper.54

It is incumbent upon the Ombudsman, while it asks the Court to respect its findings, to also accord a proper modicum of respect towards the expertise of the Committee, which was formed precisely to determine the existence of behest loans.55 On account of their special knowledge and expertise, they are in a better position to determine whether standard banking practices are followed in the approval of a loan or what would generally constitute as adequate security for a given loan. Absent a substantial showing that their findings were made from an erroneous estimation of the evidence presented, they are conclusive and, in the interest of stability of the governmental structure, should not be disturbed.56

In the light of the foregoing, the Court finds probable cause to hold respondents for trial on the offenses charged, except for Domingo, whose criminal liability is extinguished in accordance with Article 89 (1)57 of the Revised Penal Code on account of his death on June 26, 2008.58 With respect to respondents Tanseco, Morales,59 and Syquio,60 the facts of their deaths must be confirmed with sufficient evidence before the same provision may apply to them.

WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The Office of the Ombudsman is hereby ORDERED to:
  1. DISMISS the complaint against deceased respondent Panfilo O. Domingo;

  2. REQUIRE the counsels of respondents Generoso Tanseco, Manuel Morales, and Manuel B. Syquio to submit proofs of their deaths; and

  3. FILE with the Sandiganbayan the necessary information against respondents Renato D. Tayag, Ismael M. Reinoso, Ruben B. Ancheta, Geronimo Z. Velasco, Troadio Quiazon, Jr., Fernando Maramag, Edgardo Tordesillas, Arturo R. Tanco, Jr., Gerardo Sicat, Potenciano Ilusorio, Rafael M. Atayde, Honorio Poblador, Jr., George T. Sholey, Tirso Antiporda, Jr., Carlos L. Inductivo, and Teodoro Valencia.
SO ORDERED.

Sereno, C.J., (Chairperson), Leonardo-De Castro, Bersamin, and Caguioa, JJ., concur.

Endnotes:


1 "Sholey" in some parts of the records.

2Rollo, pp. 10-52.

3 Id. at 56-102. Issued by Graft Investigation & Prosecution Officer I Richard E. Buban, reviewed by Director Aleu A. Amante, recommended for approval by Assistant Ombudsman Pelagio S. Apostol, and approved by Acting Ombudsman Orlando C. Casimiro.

4 Id. at 103-107. Issued by Graft Investigation & Prosecution Officer I Richard E. Buban, reviewed by Director Aleu A. Amante, recommended for approval by Acting Assistant Ombudsman Mary Susan S. Guillermo, and approved by Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez.

5Section 3. Corrupt practices of public officers. - x x x:

x x x x

(e) Causing any undue injury to any party, including the Government, or giving any private party any unwarranted benefits, advantage or preference in the discharge of his official administrative or judicial functions through manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence. This provision shall apply to officers and employees of offices or government corporations charged with the grant of licenses or permits or other concessions.

x x x x

6 Section 3. Corrupt practices of public officers. - x x x:

x x x x

(g) Entering, on behalf of the Government, into any contract or transaction manifestly and grossly disadvantageous to the same, whether or not the public officer profited or will profit thereby.

x x x x

7Rollo, pp. 126-127. Entitled "CREATING A PRESIDENTIAL AD-HOC FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS."

8 See id. at 58.

9 See id. at 126-127.

10 Id. at 128-129. Entitled "BROADENING THE SCOPE OF THE AD-HOC FACT FINDING COMMITTEE ON BEHEST LOANS CREATED PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 13, DATED 8 OCTOBER 1992" (November 9, 1992).

11 Id.

12 Composed of officers and employees of government financing institutions such as the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), PNB, National Investment Development Corporation (NIDC), the Philippine Export and Loan Guarantee Corporation (PHILGUARANTEE), as well as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Commission on Audit (COA), the Asset Privatization Trust (APT; now Privatization Management Office), and the PCGG. (See id. at 18.)

13 Id. at 60.

14 See id. at 60-62.

15 Entitled "AN ACT REGULATING BANKS AND BANKING INSTITUTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" (approved on July 24, 1948).

16 RA 337 was erroneously mentioned as RA "773" in the Ombudsman Resolution. See id. at 62-63.

17 See id. at 63-64.

18 See id. at 68.

19 See id. at 69-70.

20 Id. at 285-286.

21 See Memorandum 16-81 dated March 12, 1981; id. at 287-288.

22 See id. at 70-73 and 117-118.

23 See id. at 73-74.

24 See id. at 74.

25 Id. at 108-124.

26 See id. at 57-58.

27 See Certification executed by PNB Corporate Secretary Renato J. Fernandez, on the list of PNB Directors for the Period 1964 to February 24, 1986, id. at 253-254.

28 See id. at 61-62.

29 See id. at 123.

30 Id. at 120.

31 See id. 120-121.

32 Dated May 3, 2005. Id. at 289-312.

33 See id. at 289-290.

34 See id. at 290-296.

35 See id. at 297-299.

36 See id. at 299-300.

37 Id. at 56-102.

38 Id. at 100.

39 See id. at 83-85.

40 See id. at 85-90.

41 See id. at 95.

42 See id. at 97-98.

43 Dated July 3, 2009. Id. at 346-358.

44 Id. at 103-107.

45Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, 603 Phil. 18, 33 (2009).

46Unilever Philippines, Inc. v. Tan, G.R. No. 179367, January 29, 2014, 715 SCRA 36, 45.

47Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, 664 Phil. 16, 33 (2011).

48Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, supra note 45, at 33-34.

49Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, supra note 47.

50Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, supra note 45, at 34.

51Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, supra note 47, at 34.

52Rollo, pp. 159-171.

53 By virtue of a Deed of Transfer dated February 27, 1987, PNB transferred to the Republic of the Philippines its rights, titles, and interests in certain loans and assets, which included the account of HMOI. See id. at 130-157.

54Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, supra note 47, at 34-35.

55Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans v. Desierto, supra note 45, at 36.

56 Id.

57 Article 89. How criminal liability is totally extinguished. Criminal liability is totally extinguished:

1. By the death of the convict, as to the personal penalties; and as to the pecuniary penalties, liability therefore is extinguished only when the death of the offender occurs before final judgment;

x x x x

58 See Certificate of Death; rollo. p. 364.

59 See Resolution dated July 28, 2014 which reported the results of the PCGG's investigation of some of the respondents, id. at 630-631.

60 See Letter dated October 14, 2014; id. at 648.



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  • G.R. No. 190846, February 03, 2016 - TOMAS P. TAN, JR., Petitioner, v. JOSE G. HOSANA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 204970, February 01, 2016 - SPOUSES CLAUDIO AND CARMENCITA TRAYVILLA, Petitioners, v. BERNARDO SEJAS AND JUVY PAGLINAWAN, REPRESENTED BY JESSIE PAGLINAWAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 205764, February 03, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEE QUIJANO ENAD, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 196651, February 03, 2016 - UWE MATHAEUS, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES ERIC AND GENEVIEVE MEDEQUISO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 207355, February 03, 2016 - JENNIFER A. AGUSTIN-SE AND ROHERMIA J. JAMSANI-RODRIGUEZ, Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, REPRESENTED BY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., ORLANDO C. CASIMIRO, OVERALL DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, AND JOHN I.C. TURALBA, ACTING DEPUTY SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 209212, February 10, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plintiff and Appellee, v. ROMEL SAPITULA Y PACULAN, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 191185, February 01, 2016 - GUILBEMER FRANCO, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • A.M. OCA IPI No. 09-3210-RTJ, February 03, 2016 - JUVY P. CIOCON-REER, ANGELINA P. CIOCON, MARIVIT P. CIOCON-HERNANDEZ, AND REMBERTO C. KARAAN, SR., Complainants, v. JUDGE ANTONIO C. LUBAO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 22, GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 7594, February 09, 2016 - ADELPHA E. MALABED, Complainant, v. ATTY. MELJOHN B. DE LA PE�A, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 207535, February 10, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICARDO LAGBO A.K.A RICARDO LABONG Y MENDOZA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 201073, February 10, 2016 - PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC. Petitioner, v. PAL EMPLOYEES SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 180402, February 10, 2016 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208021, February 03, 2016 - OSCAR S. VILLARTA, Petitioner, v. GAUDIOSO TALAVERA, JR., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 193748, February 03, 2016 - MERVIC REALTY, INC. AND VICCY REALTY, INC., Petitioners, v. CHINA BANKING CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 181789, February 03, 2016 - GMA NETWORK, INC., Petitioner, v. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, CENTRAL CATV, INC., PHILIPPINE HOME CABLE HOLDINGS, INC., AND PILIPINO CABLE CORPORATION, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 202978, February 01, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VICTOR P. PADIT, Accused-Appellant.

  • A.C. No. 9807, February 02, 2016 - ERLINDA SISTUAL, FLORDELISA S. LEYSA, LEONISA S. ESPABO AND ARLAN C. SISTUAL, Complainants, v. ATTY. ELIORDO OGENA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 180642, February 03, 2016 - NUEVA ECIJA I ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED (NEECO I), Petitioner, v. ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 194134, February 01, 2016 - JOSE ROMULO L. FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. LOYOLA PLANS CONSOLIDATED INC., JESUSA CONCEPCION AND GERARDO B. MONZON, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 187417, February 24, 2016 - CHRISTINE JOY CAPIN-CADIZ, Petitioner, v. BRENT HOSPITAL AND COLLEGES, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 170192, February 10, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MARISSA BAYKER, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 202187, February 10, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, v. ELISEO D. VILLAMOR, Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 210542, February 24, 2016 - ROSALINA CARODAN, Petitioner, v. CHINA BANKING CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 215014, February 29, 2016 - REBECCA FULLIDO, Petitioner, v. GINO GRILLI, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 215107, February 24, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE TOLL REGULATORY BOARD, Petitioner, v. C.C. UNSON COMPANY, INC., Respondent.

  • A.M. No. P-15-3300 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No.12-4011-P), February 10, 2016 - JOSEPHINE E. LAM, Complainant, v. NILA M. GARCIA, JUNIOR PROCESS SERVER, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, SIATON, NEGROS ORIENTAL, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. P-16-3423 [Formerly A.M. No. 13-9-89-MTCC], February 16, 2016 - RE: CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION IRREGULARITY (IMPERSONATION) OF MS. ELENA T. VALDEROSO, CASH CLERK II, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, ANTIPOLO CITY.

  • G.R. No. 210233, February 15, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. THE COURT OF APPEALS, SPOUSES RODOLFO SY AND BELEN SY, LOLITA SY, AND SPOUSES TEODORICO AND LEAH ADARNA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 206256, February 24, 2016 - ALBERT C. AUSTRIA, Petitioner, v. CRYSTAL SHIPPING, INC., AND/OR LARVIK SHIPPING A/S, AND EMILY MYLA A. CRISOSTOMO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 202695, February 29, 2016 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. GJM PHILIPPINES MANUFACTURING, INC., Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 5325, February 09, 2016 - NEMESIO FLORAN AND CARIDAD FLORAN, Complainants, v. ATTY. ROY PRULE EDIZA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 201927, February 17, 2016 - VICENTE D. CABANTING AND LALAINE V. CABANTING, Petitioners, v. BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 184332, February 17, 2016 - ANNA TENG, Petitioner, v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) AND TING PING LAY, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 198434, February 29, 2016 - HEIRS OF LEANDRO NATIVIDAD AND JULIANA V. NATIVIDAD, Petitioners, v. JUANA MAURICIO-NATIVIDAD, AND SPOUSES JEAN NATIVIDAD CRUZ AND JERRY CRUZ, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 182629, February 24, 2016 - MERCEDES N. ABELLA, MA. THERESA A. BALLESTEROS AND MARIANITO N. ABELLA, Petitioners, v. HEIRS OF FRANCISCA C. SAN JUAN namely: GLICERIA SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, BENIGNA SAN JUAN VASQUEZ, EVARISTO SAN JUAN, NIEVES SAN JUAN LUSTRE AND MATILDE SAN JUAN QUILONIO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 207389, February 17, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERICO DE LA CRUZ Y SANTOS, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 216566, February 17, 2016 - MAGELLAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 175760, February 17, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. SOGOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 199537, February 10, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. ANDREA TAN, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 179287, February 01, 2016 - PCI JIMMY M. FORTALEZA AND SPO2 FREDDIE A. NATIVIDAD, Petitioners, v. HON. RAUL M. GONZALEZ IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE AND ELIZABETH N. OROLA VDA. DE SALABAS, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 182090 - ELIZABETH N. OROLA VDA. DE SALABAS, Petitioner, v. HON. EDUARDO R. ERMITA, HON. MANUEL B. GAITE, P/INSP. CLARENCE DONGAIL, P/INSP. JONATHAN LORILLA,1 PO3 ALLEN WINSTON HULLEZA AND PO2 BERNARDO CIMATU, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 206758, February 17, 2016 - MARICEL S. NONAY, Petitioner, v. BAHIA SHIPPING SERVICES, INC., FRED OLSEN LINES AND CYNTHIA MENDOZA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 195026, February 22, 2016 - CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DR. MARIA LUISA R. SOLIVEN, Petitioner, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 174462, February 10, 2016 - PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (POTC), PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION (PHILCOMSAT), Petitioners, v. SANDIGANBAYAN (3rd DIVISION), REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT (PCGG), Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 199683, February 10, 2016 - ARLENE T. SAMONTE, VLADIMIR P. SAMONTE, MA. AUREA S. ELEPANO, Petitioners, v. LA SALLE GREENHILLS, INC., BRO. BERNARD S. OCA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 183486, February 24, 2016 - THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, LIMITED, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION AND CITYTRUST BANKING CORPORATION (NOW BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS), Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 194960, February 03, 2016 - PRO BUILDERS, INC., Petitioner, v. TG UNIVERSAL BUSINESS VENTURES, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 203678, February 17, 2016 - CONCORDE CONDOMINIUM, INC., BY ITSELF AND COMPRISING THE UNIT OWNERS OF CONCORDE CONDOMINIUM BUILDING, Petitioner, v. AUGUSTO H. BACULIO; NEW PPI CORPORATION; ASIAN SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION AGENCY AND ITS SECURITY GUARDS; ENGR. NELSON B. MORALES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS BUILDING OFFICIAL OF THE MAKATI CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; SUPT. RICARDO C. PERDIGON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CITY FIRE MARSHAL OF THE MAKATI CITY FIRE STATION; F/C SUPT. SANTIAGO E. LAGUNA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION-NCR, AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS ACTING WITH OR UNDER THEM, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 174481, February 10, 2016 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CRISTY DIMAANO Y TIPDAS, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 218867, February 17, 2016 - SPOUSES EDMOND LEE AND HELEN HUANG, Petitioners, v. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 190534, February 10, 2016 - C.F. SHARP CREW MANAGEMENT, INC., RONALD AUSTRIA, AND ABU DHABI NATIONAL TANKER CO., Petitioners, v. LEGAL HEIRS OF THE LATE GODOFREDO REPISO, REPRESENTED BY HIS WIFE LUZVIMINDA REPISO, Respondents.

  • A.C. No. 10945 (Formerly CBD 09-2507), February 23, 2016 - ANGELITO RAMISCAL AND MERCEDES ORZAME, Complainants, v. ATTY. EDGAR S. ORRO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208406, February 29, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, v. ALLAN RODRIGUEZ Y GRAJO, Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 177382, February 17, 2016 - VIVA SHIPPING LINES, INC., Petitioner, v. KEPPEL PHILIPPINES MINING, INC., METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY, PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, CITY OF BATANGAS, CITY OF LUCENA, PROVINCE OF QUEZON, ALEJANDRO OLIT, NIDA MONTILLA, PIO HERNANDEZ, EUGENIO BACULO, AND HARLAN BACALTOS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 203322, February 24, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, v. REMAN SARIEGO, Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 186102, February 24, 2016 - NATIONAL TRANSMISSION CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. HEIRS OF TEODULO EBESA, NAMELY: PORFERIA L. EBESA, EFREN EBESA, DANTE EBESA AND CYNTHIA EBESA, AND ATTY. FORTUNATO VELOSO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 192233, February 17, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. SPO1 CATALINO GONZALES, JR., Accused-Appellant.

  • A.M. No. P-15-3393 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 13-4055-P], February 23, 2016 - SEGUNDINA P. NOCES-DE LEON AND LEONOR P. ALAVE, Petitioners, v. TERENCIO G. FLORENDO, SHERIFF IV, BRANCH 21, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, VIGAN CITY, ILOCOS SUR, Respondent.

  • IPI No. 15-35-SB-J, February 23, 2016 - RE: VERIFIED COMPLAINT DATED JULY 13, 2015 OF ALFONSO V. UMALI, JR., Complainant, v. HON. JOSE R. HERNANDEZ, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. P-15-3361 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 10-3381-P], February 23, 2016 - ATTY. JOHN V. AQUINO, Petitioner, v. ELENA S. ALCASID, CLERK III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, OLONGAPO CITY, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 185603, February 10, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. LOCAL SUPERIOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS OF RAGUSA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208404, February 24, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VICENTE LUGNASIN AND DEVINCIO GUERRERO, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 183529, February 24, 2016 - OFELIA C. CAUNAN, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 207816, February 24, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAUL YAMON TUANDO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 171041, February 10, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. MOLDEX REALTY, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 188720, February 23, 2016 - QUEZON CITY PTCA FEDERATION, INC., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY JESLI A. LAPUS, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 8037, February 17, 2016 - RE: DECISION DATED AUGUST 19, 2008, 3RD DIVISION, COURT OF APPEALS IN CA-G.R. SP NO. 79904 [HON. DIONISIO DONATO T. GARCIANO, ET AL. V. HON. PATERNO G. TIAMSON, ETC., ET AL.], Petitioner, v. ATTY. JOSE DE G. FERRER, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 220481, February 17, 2016 - VICTOR S. LIMLINGAN AND EMMANUEL A. LEYCO, Petitioners, v. ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, INC., Respondent.; G.R. No. 220503 - ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, INC., Petitioner, v. VICTOR S. LIMLINGAN AND EMMANUEL A. LEYCO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 208976, February 22, 2016 - THE HONORABLE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, v. LEOVIGILDO DELOS REYES, JR., Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 10605, February 17, 2016 - BIENVENIDO T. CANLAPAN, Complainant, v. ATTY. WILLIAM B. BALAYO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 209180, February 24, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. REGHIS M. ROMERO II AND OLIVIA LAGMAN ROMERO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 209253 - OLIVIA LAGMAN ROMERO, Petitioner, v. REGHIS M. ROMERO II, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208948, February 24, 2016 - JOSE B. LURIZ, Petitioner, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 173921, February 24, 2016 - PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., Petitioner, v. ISAGANI DAWAL, LORNA CONCEPCION, AND BONIFACIO SINOBAGO, Respondents.; G.R. No. 173952 - ISAGANI DAWAL, LORNA CONCEPCION, AND BONIFACIO SINOBAGO, Petitioners, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., AVELINO L. ZAPANTA, AND CESAR B. LAMBERTE, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. P-16-3419 [Formerly OCAIPI No. 11-3648-P], February 23, 2016 - AUGUSTO V. SANTOS, Complainant, v. SHERIFF IV ANTONIO V. LEA�O, JR., SHERIFF III BENJIE E. LACSINA, SHERIFF III ALVIN S. PINEDA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 184288, February 16, 2016 - ERIC N. ESTRELLADO AND JOSSIE M. BORJA, Petitioners, v. KARINA CONSTANTINO DAVID, THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, HIPOLITO R. GABORNI AND ROBERTO S. SE, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 175210, February 01, 2016 - MARIO JOSE E. SERENO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (APMP), Petitioner, v. COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND RELATED MATTERS (CTRM) OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NEDA), COMPOSED OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE NEDA SECRETARIAT, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SECRETARIES OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, FINANCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, AGRARIAN REFORM, THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TARIFF COMMISSION, AND BRENDA R. MENDOZA IN HER CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY & UTILITIES STAFF, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 170631, February 10, 2016 - CARAVAN TRAVEL AND TOURS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Petitioner, v. ERMILINDA R. ABEJAR, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 8667, February 03, 2016 - INOCENCIO I. BALISTOY, Petitioner, v. ATTY. FLORENCIO A. BRON, Respondent.

  • IPI No. 14-222-CA-J, February 23, 2016 - RE: COMPLAINT OF ATTY. MARIANO R. PEFIANCO AGAINST JUSTICES MARIA ELISA SEMPIO DIY, RAMON PAUL L. HERNANDO, AND CARMELITA SALANDANAN-MANAHAN, OF THE COURT OF APPEALS CEBU.

  • G.R. No. 193176, February 24, 2016 - PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RENATO D. TAYAG, ISMAEL M. REINOSO, GENEROSO TANSECO, MANUEL MORALES, RUBEN B. ANCHETA, GERONIMO Z. VELASCO, TROADIO T. QUIAZON, JR., FERNANDO MARAMAG, EDGARDO TORDESILLAS, ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., GERARDO SICAT, PANFILO O. DOMINGO, POTENCIANO ILUSORIO, MANUEL B. SYQUIO, RAFAEL M. ATAYDE, HONORIO POBLADOR, JR., GEORGE T. SCHOLEY,1 TIRSO ANTIPORDA, JR., CARLOS L. INDUCTIVO, AND TEODORO VALENCIA, Respondents.