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G.R. No. 219309, November 22, 2017 - ANGELINA CHUA AND HEIRS OF JOSE MA. CHENG SING PHUAN, Petitioners, v. SPOUSES SANTIAGO CHENG AND AVELINA SIHIYON, Respondents.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

G.R. No. 219309, November 22, 2017

ANGELINA CHUA AND HEIRS OF JOSE MA. CHENG SING PHUAN, Petitioners, v. SPOUSES SANTIAGO CHENG AND AVELINA SIHIYON, Respondents.

D E C I S I O N

CAGUIOA, J.:

The Case


This is a petition for review on certiorari1 (Petition) filed under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision2 (Assailed Decision) dated November 27, 2014 and Resolution3 (Assailed Resolution) dated May 25, 2015 issued by the Court of Appeals Eighteenth Division (CA) in CA-G.R. SP. No. 07194.

The Assailed Decision and Resolution dismissed the petition for certiorari (CA Petition) filed by Angelina Chua (Angelina) and the heirs of Jose Ma. Cheng Sing Phuan4 (Heirs of Jose) (collectively, Petitioners) which imputed grave abuse of discretion to Judge Victorino O. Maniba, Jr. (Judge Maniba), in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 39 (RTC), for issuing the following in Civil Case No. 03-27527:

(i)
Resolution (RTC Resolution) dated January 27, 2012 denying the oral motion of Petitioners to present additional witnesses other than those listed in the Pre-Trial Order; and



(ii)
Order (RTC Order) dated June 13, 2012 denying Petitioners' motion for reconsideration (MR) of the RTC Resolution.5


The Facts


Jose Ma. Cheng Sing Phuan (Jose), Santiago Cheng (Santiago), and Petra Cheng Sing (Petra) are siblings.6

The records show that Jose, Santiago, and Petra are the registered owners of two (2) parcels of land situated in Iloilo City, covered by Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. T-53608 and T-53609 (Iloilo Lands).7 On these lands stands a rice mill housing several pieces of milling equipment, also in the name of the Cheng siblings.8

RTC Proceedings

Santiago, together with his wife, Avelina Sihiyon (Avelina) (collectively, Respondents) sent Jose and his wife Angelina several written and verbal demands for the physical partition of the Iloilo Lands, the rice mill and the equipment therein (collectively, Disputed Properties).9

As their repeated demands were left unheeded, Respondents filed a complaint against Jose and Angelina for partition and damages (Complaint) before the RTC.10

In their Answer, Jose and Angelina averred that they advanced the funds necessary for the acquisition of the Disputed Properties, and that Santiago and Petra failed to reimburse them for the cost of their respective shares.11 On such basis, Jose and Angelina argued that Santiago, Petra, and their respective spouses do not possess any right to demand the partition of the Disputed Properties.12

After submission of the parties' pre-trial briefs and the conduct of a pre-trial conference, Judge Cedrick O. Ruiz (Judge Ruiz), then Presiding Judge of the RTC, issued a Pre-Trial Order13 dated January 12, 2006.14 Items VI and VIII of the Pre-Trial Order state, in part:

VI. EVIDENCE FOR THE PARTIES

All evidence to be adduced and presented by both parties shall be limited to those identified below. All photocopies of documentary evidence have already been pre-marked, the original copies of which will be presented in due time.


A.
Evidence of [Respondents]




x x x x




B.
Evidence of [Jose and Angelina]




1.
Documentary Evidence




x x x x




2.
Testimonial Evidence




a.)
[Jose]; and
b.)
[Petra]




x x x x


VIII. COLATILLA

The parties are hereby directed to go over this Pre-[T]rial Order for any error that may have been committed and to take the necessary steps to correct the same within a non-extendible period of five (5) days from receipt of a copy thereof. Thereafter, no corrections will be allowed.15 (Emphasis and underscoring supplied)


None of the parties manifested any intent to revise the Pre-Trial Order. Thus, trial ensued.

Subsequently, Jose passed away after having given his direct testimony in open court. Accordingly, Jose's counsel Atty. Roberto Leong (Atty. Leong) filed a Notice of Death with Motion to Suspend Proceeding dated February 24, 2007, followed by a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel dated May 9, 2007.16 These motions were granted.17

On June 15, 2007, Petitioners, through their new counsel Atty. Nelson C. Oberas (Atty. Oberas), filed a Formal Appearance of New Counsel and Notice of Substitution of Party Defendant,18 which were duly noted by Judge Ruiz in his Order dated June 25, 2007.19

Later, Respondents filed an Urgent Motion dated July 13, 2007 praying that Jose's testimony be stricken from the records since he passed away before cross-examination.20 Judge Ruiz denied the Urgent Motion and Respondents' subsequent MR.21 Thereafter, trial continued.

During the hearing held on January 16, 2008, Petitioners orally manifested in open court that they would be presenting six (6) additional witnesses in place of Petra, and sought leave for this purpose.22 These additional witnesses were not among those listed in the Pre-Trial Order, nor were they identified in Jose's Pre-Trial Brief.23 Respondents opposed, and later filed their written objection on March 24, 2008.24

In the interim, Judge Maniba assumed the position of Presiding Judge of the RTC.25

On January 27, 2012, Judge Maniba issued the RTC Resolution denying Petitioners' oral motion. Petitioners subsequently filed an MR, which Judge Maniba also denied in the RTC Order dated June 13, 2012.26

CA Proceedings

Aggrieved, Petitioners filed the CA Petition.27 Petitioners asserted that Jose, through counsel, reserved the right to present additional witnesses in his Pre-Trial Brief. By completely ignoring such reservation made by Jose prior to his death, Petitioners averred that Judge Maniba committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction.28

On November 27, 2014, the CA issued the Assailed Decision dismissing the CA Petition for lack of merit. The dispositive portion of said Decision reads:

WHEREFORE, the instant petition is hereby DISMISSED. The [RTC Resolution] and the [RTC Order] x x x in Civil Case No. 03-27527 are AFFIRMED.

SO ORDERED.29


Notwithstanding the reservation in Jose's Pre-Trial Brief, the CA held that the Pre-Trial Order categorically stated that only Jose's testimony, and that of Petra's, would be presented on Jose's behalf. Considering that Atty. Leong did not take any steps to amend the Pre-Trial Order to reflect the general reservation appearing in Jose's Pre-Trial Brief, Judge Maniba could not be faulted for exercising his discretion to exclude Petitioners' additional witnesses from trial.30

Petitioners filed an MR, which the CA denied in the Assailed Resolution dated May 25, 2015. Petitioners received the Assailed Resolution on June 26, 2015.31

Hence, Petitioners filed the present Petition on July 13, 2015.32

Respondents filed their Comment33 on November 5, 2015, to which Petitioners filed their Reply34 on November 13, 2015.

The Issue


The sole issue for this Court's resolution is whether the CA erred when it affirmed the RTC Resolution and Order denying Petitioners' oral motion to present witnesses not listed in the Pre-Trial Order.

The Court's Ruling


The Petition should be denied for lack of merit. The Court finds no ascribable error on the part of the CA in affirming the RTC Resolution and Order, as these issuances merely enforce the rules governing pre-trial.

Paragraph (A)(2)(d) of A.M. No. 03-
1-09-SC does not apply.


Petitioners assert that the rigid application of the rules governing pre-trial will curtail the truth and frustrate the ends of justice at their expense.35 To support this assertion, Petitioners quote36 A.M. No. 03-1-09-SC, otherwise known as the Proposed Rule on Guidelines to be Observed by Trial Court Judges and Clerks of Court in the Conduct of Pre-Trial and Use of Deposition-Discovery Measures37 (Pre-Trial Guidelines), particularly paragraph A(2)(d) thereof, which states:

PRE-TRIAL

A.
Civil Cases



x x x x



2.
The parties shall submit, at least three (3) days before the pre-trial, pre-trial briefs containing the following:



x x x x



d.
The documents or exhibits to be presented, stating the purpose thereof. (No evidence shall be allowed to be presented and offered during the trial in support of a party's evidence-in-chief other than those that had been earlier identified and pre-marked during the pre-trial, except if allowed by the court for good cause shown)[.] (Emphasis and underscoring supplied)


Petitioners' reliance on the purported exception under paragraph A(2)(d) is misplaced. As its introductory phrase clearly indicates, paragraph A(2) enumerates the matters which parties are required to state in the pre-trial brief. Since paragraph A(2) does not prescribe rules on admissibility and presentation of evidence, it should not be interpreted in this manner.

In addition, paragraph (A)(2)(d) refers to documentary and object evidence, and not testimonial evidence, which, in turn, are treated separately under paragraph (A)(2)(f).38 Accordingly, the scope of the specific exception under paragraph A(2)(d) should not be unduly extended to cover testimonial evidence.

Even assuming, arguendo, that the exception under paragraph A(2)(d) may be invoked as basis to allow the presentation of witnesses not listed in the pre-trial order, its application remains contingent upon a showing of good cause sufficient to justify the same. Petitioners attempted to satisfy this condition by citing "special and extraordinary circumstances" which they claim should have impelled the RTC to allow the presentation of their additional witnesses. The Petition summarizes these circumstances, as follows:

  1. The presence of a written reservation39 by then counsel of x x x [Jose and Angelina] to present additional witnesses x x x as shown in [their] [P]re-[T]rial [B]rief x x x[;]

  2. The oral manifestation40 of then counsel of x x x [Jose and Angelina], Atty. Leong, that he is reserving five (5) more witnesses depending on the outcome of the cross-examination of x x x [Jose], without objection interposed by [Respondents] at that time as recorded x x x in [the Transcript of Stenographic Notes (TSN)] x x x.

  3. The fact that on July 17, 2006, [Judge Ruiz, then Presiding Judge of the RTC] x x x allowed the presentation of additional witnesses for the [Petitioners] by setting six (6) additional calendar dates for the presentation of evidence of the [Petitioners] even after the Pre-Trial Order had already been issued x x x[.]41 (Emphasis and underscoring omitted)


The Court finds these circumstances grossly insufficient to support Petitioners' cause.

As correctly pointed out by the CA in the Assailed Decision, neither Jose nor his counsel Atty. Leong took the necessary steps to cause the revision of the Pre-Trial Order to reflect the general reservation in Jose's Pre-Trial Brief, notwithstanding the explicit directive to make such necessary corrections in the Colatilla portion of the Pre-Trial Order. This failure binds the Petitioners as substitute parties, being mere representatives of the latter's interests in the present case.42

Moreover, the setting of additional hearing dates following the direct examination of Jose should not be impliedly taken as a grant of leave to present Petitioners' additional witnesses. To be sure, the hearing dates in question were set on July 17, 2006. Petitioners do not deny that they sought leave to present their six (6) additional witnesses only on January 16, 2008,43 one (1) year and five (5) months after the additional hearing dates were set. If Judge Ruiz did in fact grant Jose leave to present witnesses excluded in the Pre-Trial Order, Petitioners would not have sought such leave anew. Evidently, Petitioners' argument that Judge Ruiz already allowed such presentation, and that Judge Maniba was bound to honor such previous directive, is a mere afterthought.

Finally, it bears stressing that Petitioners neither furnished the Court with copies of the judicial affidavits of their additional witnesses, nor make any allegations detailing the substance of their respective testimonies. Hence, the Court is left without any opportunity to determine if the presentation of said witnesses is indeed necessary to "ferret out the whole truth,"44 as Petitioners claim.

The rules governing pre-trial remain
controlling in this case.


The importance of pre-trial in civil cases cannot be overemphasized.45 Time and again, this Court has recognized "the importance of pre-trial procedure as a means of facilitating the disposal of cases by simplifying or limiting the issues and avoiding unnecessary proof of facts at the trial, and x x x to do whatever may reasonably be necessary to facilitate and shorten the formal trial."46 The need for strict adherence to the rules on pre-trial thus proceeds from its significant role in the litigation process.47

This is not to say, however, that the rules governing pre-trial should be, at all times, applied in absolute terms. While faithful compliance with these rules is undoubtedly desirable, they may be relaxed in cases where their application would frustrate, rather than facilitate, the ends of justice.48 The relaxation of these rules, however, is contingent upon a showing of compelling and persuasive reasons to justify the same.49

It is the Court's considered view that Petitioners have failed to sufficiently show that such compelling and persuasive reasons exist in this case. Consequently, the Petition must be denied.

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the petition for review on certiorari is DENIED. The Assailed Decision dated November 27, 2014 and Resolution dated May 25, 2015 issued by the Court of Appeals Eighteenth Division in CA-G.R. SP. No. 07194 are hereby AFFIRMED.

SO ORDERED.

Carpio, (Chairperson), Peralta, and Perlas-Bernabe, JJ., concur.
Reyes, Jr., J., on leave.

Endnotes:


1Rollo, pp. 5-40.

2 Id. at 41-51. Penned by Associate Justice Gabriel T. Ingles, with Associate Justices Pamela Ann Abella Maxino and Renato C. Francisco concurring.

3 Id. at 52-53.

4 Cesar C. Cheng, Edward S. Chua, Mary Cheng Toliongco, Caroline Cheng Kiok, Helen Cheng Suyo, Hilton S. Cheng and Margaret Cheng Go; id. at 6.

5Rollo, p. 42.

6 See id. at 42, 70-71, 83.

7 Id. at 83.

8 See id. at 42, 84.

9 Id.

10 Id. at 42, 82 and 84.

11 See id. at 42-43.

12 See id.

13 Id. at 82-94.

14 Id. at 43.

15 Id. at 86-87, 94.

16 Id. at 8-9, 43.

17 Id. at 43.

18 Id.

19 Id. at 9, 43.

20 Id.

21 Id. at 9-10, 43.

22 Id. at 10, 44.

23 See id. at 44, 80.

24 Id. at 44.

25 The exact date of Judge Maniba's assumption of office cannot be ascertained from the records.

26Rollo, p. 42.

27 Id. at 44.

28 See id.

29 Id. at 50-51.

30 Id. at 44-45.

31 Id. at 7.

32 Id. at 5, 7. Under Section 2 of Rule 45, Petitioners were given fifteen (15) days from receipt of the Assailed Resolution to file a petition for review on certiorari. However, since the expiration of said fifteen (15)-day period fell on July 11, 2015, a Saturday, Petitioners had until July 13, 2015, the next working day, to do so. Accordingly, the Petition was timely filed.

33 Id. at 115-124.

34 Id. at 134-139.

35 See id. at 16.

36 Id. at 30.

37 Approved on July 13, 2004.

38 Paragraph (A)(2)(f) of the Pre-Trial Guidelines states:
A.
Civil Cases
x x x x
2.
The parties shall submit, at least three (3) days before the pre-trial, pre-trial briefs containing the following:
x x x x
f.
The number and names of the witnesses, the substance of their testimonies, and the approximate number of hours that will be required by the parties for the presentation of their respective witnesses.

39 See rollo, pp. 19-20. The written reservation in Jose's Pre-Trial Brief� reads:
NUMBER AND NAMES OF WITNESSES

[Jose and Angelina] will testify on the special and affirmative defenses and the denials in their answer and will identify the documents that will be presented. If necessary, [Angelina] will corroborate the testimony of [Jose]. Depending on the development of the trial, [Jose and Angelina] reserve their right to present additional witnesses. (Emphasis and underscoring omitted)

40 See id. at 13-14. The relevant portions of the TSN for the hearing dated July 17, 2006 states:
ATTY. LEONG:
That's all with the witness.

COURT: Cross-examination please x x x.

[RESPONDENTS' COUNSEL]:
If we will be allowed, we will consolidate our notes, we will cross-examine the witness next hearing.

COURT:
Any objection on the part of the counsel for [Petitioners]? The counsel for the [Respondents] has to consolidate his notes in order to prepare his intelligent cross-examination to x x x [Jose].


August 14 and 16?


x x x x

There being no objection on the part of the counsel for [Petitioners], the motion for a continuance filed by the counsel for [Respondents] to allow him to prepare an intelligent cross-examination of the first witness for the [Petitioners], x x x [Jose], let the said cross-examination be conducted on [August 14, 2006] at 10:00 o'clock in the morning x x x.

x x x x

Would he be your sole witness, [counsel for Petitioners]?

ATTY. LEONG:
It would depend on the cross-examination. We will be presenting five [5] more x x x.

COURT:
Aside from the [August 16, 2006] setting, let this case be also heard on [September] 13, 18, 25 and 27 and [October 2,] 2006, all at 10:00 o'clock in the morning.

41 Id. at 19-20.

42 See generally Regalado v. Regalado, 665 Phil. 837 (2011).

43Rollo, p. 44.

44 Id. at 23.

45 Spouses Salvador v. Spouses Rabaja, 753 Phil. 175, 192 (2015).

46Lim v. Animas, 159 Phil. 1010, 1012 (1975).

47Spouses Salvador v. Spouses Rabaja, supra note 45, at 191-192.

48Vette Industrial Sales Co., Inc. v. Cheng, 539 Phil. 37, 48, 49 and 52 (2006).

49See Domingo v. Spouses Singson, G.R. Nos. 203287 & 207936, April 5, 2017, p. 9.



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  • G.R. No. 229701, November 29, 2017 - EDWINA RIMANDO Y FERNANDO, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 207772, November 08, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GAVINO PAGAMUCAN Y MATIGA @ "SABINO/ABE", Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 195726, November 20, 2017 - MARCELINO DELA PAZ, Petitioner, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 8887 (Formerly CBD Case No. 12-3638), November 07, 2017 - ROMAN DELA ROSA VERANO,* Complainant, v. ATTY. LUIS FERNAN DIORES, JR., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 203121, November 29, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GOLEM SOTA AND AMIDAL GADJADLI, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 195248, November 22, 2017 - JOHN DENNIS G. CHUA, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND CRISTINA YAO, Respondents.

  • G.R. Nos. 193993, November 08, 2017 - VIVENNE K. TAN, Petitioner, v. VINCENT "BINGBONG" CRISOLOGO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 193085, November 29, 2017 - PETRONILO NAPONE, JR. AND EDGAR NAPONE, Petitioners, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 205787, November 22, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PABLO ARPOSEPLE Y SANCHEZ AND JHUNREL SULOGAOL Y DATU, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 218574, November 22, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAUL MACAPAGAL Y MANALO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. Nos. 210689-90, November 22, 2017 PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR), Petitioner, v. THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND THE HEAD REVENUE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, LARGE TAXPAYER SERVICE, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS OFFICERS OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondents. G.R. Nos. 210704 & 210725, November 22, 2017 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR), Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 180845, November 22, 2017 - GOV. AURORA E. CERILLES, Petitioner, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, ANITA JANGAD-CHUA, MA. EDEN S. TAGAYUNA, MERIAM CAMPOMANES,* BERNADETTE P. QUIRANTE, MA. DELORA P. FLORES AND EDGAR PARAN, Respondents.

  • A.C. No. 10333, November 06, 2017 - CORNELIO V. YAGONG, Complainant, v. CITY PROSECUTOR NEOPITO ED G. MAGNO AND ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR DON S. GARCIA, Respondents.

  • A.C. No. 10547, November 08, 2017 - FREDDIE A. GUILLEN, Complainant, v. ATTY. AUDIE ARNADO, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. 14-10-314-RTC, November 28, 2017 - ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT DATED MAY 3, 2013, RE: FAKE CERTIFICATES OF CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY OF MARIVIC B. RAGEL, EVELYN C. RAGEL, EMELYN B. CAMPOS, AND JOVILYN B. DAWANG

  • G.R. No. 226158, November 08, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIBERATO PENTECOSTES Y CRONICO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 229856, November 20, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RUBEN CALOMIA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 213748, November 27, 2017 - RICARDO G. SY AND HENRY B. ALIX, Petitioners, v. NEAT, INC., BANANA PEEL AND PAUL VINCENT NG, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 229100, November 20, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROMEO AGONCILLO Y VISTO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 209544, November 22, 2017 - SPOUSES ELLIS R. MILES AND CAROLINA RONQUILLO-MILES, Petitioners, v. BONNIE BAUTISTA LAO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 212904, November 22, 2017 - YOLANDA VILLANUEVA-ONG, Petitioner, v. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 216139, November 29, 2017 - BERNARDO S. ZAMORA, Petitioner, v. EMMANUEL Z. QUINAN, JR., EMMANUEL J. QUINAN, SR., EFREM Z. QUINAN AND EMMA ROSE Q. QUIMBO, Respondents.

  • A.C. No. 11828, November 22, 2017 - SPOUSES VICENTE AND PRECYWINDA GIMENA, Complainants, v. ATTY. JOJO S. VIJIGA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 213525, November 21, 2017 - FORTUNE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) PROPER; COA REGIONAL OFFICE NO. VI-�WESTERN VISAYAS; AUDIT GROUP LGS-B, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE; AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ANTIQUE, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 219408, November 08, 2017 - DONALD FRANCIS GAFFNEY, Petitioner, v. GINA V. BUTLER, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 224319, November 20, 2017 - DE LA SALLE ARANETA UNIVERSITY, INC., Petitioner, v. DR. ELOISA G. MAGDURULANG, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 11822, November 22, 2017 - VICKA MARIE D. ISALOS, Complainant, v. ATTY. ANA LUZ B. CRISTAL, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. P-17-3731 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 12-3871-P), November 08, 2017 - FERDINAND E. TAURO, COURT INTERPRETER, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 122, CALOOCAN CITY, Complainant, v. RACQUEL O. ARCE, CLERK III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 122, CALOOCAN CITY, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 204289, November 22, 2017 - FERNANDO MANCOL, JR., Petitioner, v. DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 220440, November 08, 2017 - KATHERINE ROSE SALVA, Petitioner, v. ILDEFONSO P. MAGPILE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 218570, November 22, 2017 - BEN MANANGAN, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 219260, November 06, 2017 - BERNICE JOAN TI, Petitioner, v. MANUEL S. DI�O, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 230230, November 20, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NI�O CALIBOD Y HENOBESO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 194001, November 22, 2017 - MARIA VILMA G. DOCTOR AND JAIME LAO, JR., Petitioners, v. NII ENTERPRISES AND/OR MRS. NILDA C. IGNACIO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 229781, October 10, 2017 - SENATOR LEILA M. DE LIMA, Petitioner, v. HON. JUANITA GUERRERO, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MUNTINLUPA CITY, BRANCH 204, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, P/DIR. GEN. RONALD M. DELA ROSA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, PSUPT. PHILIP GIL M. PHILIPPS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR, HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT SERVICE, SUPT. ARNEL JAMANDRON APUD, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF, PNP CUSTODIAL SERVICE UNIT, AND ALL PERSONS ACTING UNDER THEIR CONTROL, SUPERVISION, INSTRUCTION OR DIRECTION IN RELATION TO THE ORDERS THAT MAY BE ISSUED BY THE COURT, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 11836, November 21, 2017 - CARLINA P. ROBI�OL, Complainant, v. ATTY. EDILBERTO P. BASSIG, Respondent.

  • G.R. Nos. 193020, & 193040-193042, November 08, 2017 - NAPOLEON O. CEDENO, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SANDIGANBAYAN, FIFTH DIVISION, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 193349-54 - MAKIL PUNDAODAYA, DAUD M. ADIONG, JOSE T. NAVERA AND ROGELIO DELOS REYES, Petitioners, v. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 214673, November 20, 2017 - RIZALDO L. ORSOS, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 218418, November 08, 2017 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DENR, REGION IV, MANILA, Petitioner, v. THE HEIRS OF MEYNARDO CABRERA, AS HEREIN REPRESENTED BY MEYNARDO CABRERA, JR. AND ALMA RODRIGUEZ CABRERA, THE HEIRS OF CONSOLACION DIMACULANGAN CABRERA, AS HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ALEXANDER CABRERA, MANIBI CABRERA, MILAGROS CABRERA GARA, AND RAUL CABRERA, JACKSON CINCO DY, LORETA AGBAYANI, GLORIA SORIANO, CRIS CALMA, NORA LIWANAG AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF ORIENTAL MINDORO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 202613, November 08, 2017 - SYMEX SECURITY SERVICES, INC. AND RAFAEL Y. ARCEGA, Petitioners, v. MAGDALINO O. RIVERA, JR. AND ROBERTO B. YAGO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 205576, November 20, 2017 - MIGUEL D. ESCOBAR, EUGENE L. ALZATE, PERLA C. MAGLINTE, CESAR M. CAGANG, AND VIVENCIA S. TELESFORO, Petitioners, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 221815, November 29, 2017 - GLYNNA FORONDA-CRYSTAL, Petitioner, v. ANIANA LAWAS SON, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 230682, November 29, 2017 - JOLO'S KIDDIE CARTS/ FUN4KIDS/ MARLO U. CABILI, Petitioners, v. EVELYN A. CABALLA AND ANTHONY M. BAUTISTA, Respondents.

  • A.C. No. 11750, November 22, 2017 - REMEDIOS C. BALBIN, Complainant, v. ATTY. WILFREDO R. CORTEZ, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 210080, November 22, 2017 - MACARIO S. PADILLA, Petitioner, v. AIRBORNE SECURITY SERVICE, INC. AND/OR CATALINA SOLIS, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 225995, November 20, 2017 - TEODORO V. VENTURA, JR., Petitioner, v. CREWTECH SHIPMANAGEMENT PHILIPPINES, INC.,* RIZZO-BOTTIGLIERI-DE CARLINI ARMATORI S.P.A., AND/OR ANGELITA ANCHETA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 184819, November 29, 2017 - VETERANS FEDERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. EDUARDO L. MONTENEJO, MYLENE M. BONIFACIO, EVANGELINE E. VALVERDE, DEANA N. PAGAL, AND VFP MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 207805, November 22, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CESAR BALAO Y LOPEZ, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 229335, November 29, 2017 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH), Petitioner, v. BELLY H. NG, REPRESENTED BY ANNABELLE G. WONG, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208224, November 22, 2017 - DR. JOSEPH L. MALIXI, DR. EMELITA Q. FIRMACION, MARIETTA MENDOZA, AURORA AGUSTIN, NORA AGUILAR, MA. THERESA M. BEFETEL, AND MYRNA NISAY, Petitioners, v. DR. GLORY V. BALTAZAR, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 206958, November 08, 2017 - PERSONAL COLLECTION DIRECT SELLING, INC., Petitioner, v. TERESITA L. CARANDANG, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 227544, November 22, 2017 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. TRANSITIONS PHILIPPINES, OPTICAL INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 207666, November 22, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FLORIANO TAYABAN, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 198647, November 20, 2017 - SN ABOITIZ POWER-MAGAT, INC., Petitioner, v. THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALFONSO LISTA, IFUGAO, REPRESENTED BY THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 197519, November 08, 2017 - MINDANAO I GEOTHERMAL PARTNERSHIP, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 222031, November 22, 2017 - EMILIO CALMA, Petitioner, v. ATTY. JOSE M. LACHICA, JR.*, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. RTJ-16-2478 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 11-3637-RTJ), November 08, 2017 - DOMINADOR I. FERRER, JR., Complainant, v. JUDGE ARNIEL A. DATING, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 41, DAET, CAMARINES NORTE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 220685, November 29, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. ERNESTO L. DELOS SANTOS, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 215042, November 20, 2017 - FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, Petitioner, v. P/DIRECTOR GEORGE QUINTO PIANO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 209906, November 22, 2017 - COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHILS., INC., Petitioner, v. ERNANI GUINGONA ME�EZ, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 219309, November 22, 2017 - ANGELINA CHUA AND HEIRS OF JOSE MA. CHENG SING PHUAN, Petitioners, v. SPOUSES SANTIAGO CHENG AND AVELINA SIHIYON, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. RTJ-15-2407 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 12-3834-RTJ), November 22, 2017 - EDGAR R. ERICE, Complainant, v. PRESIDING JUDGE DIONISIO C. SISON, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 125, CALOOCAN CITY, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 210568, November 08, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENJAMIN AUSTRIA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 227069, November 22, 2017 - HILARIO LAMSEN, Petitioner, v. THE PEOPLE OF PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. P-15-3379 (Formerly A.M. No. 15-07-77-MeTC), November 22, 2017 - OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. MR. ALDEN P. COBARRUBIAS,* CLERK III; AND MR. VLADIMIR** A. BRAVO, COURT INTERPRETER II, BOTH OF METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT [METC], BRANCH 24, MANILA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 216788, November 20, 2017 - UNITED INTERIOR MANGGAHAN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DANIEL CALILUNG, Petitioner, v. HON. AMBROSIO B. DE LUNA, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF PALAWAN AND PUERTO PRINCESA CITY - BRANCH 51, SPOUSES EDILBERTO VILLON AND HELEN PE-VILLON, REPRESENTED BY THEIR HEIRS NAMELY: EMEE PE-VILLON, EMMANUEL PE-VILLON, ELSIE VILLON-CABRERA, ELMA VILLON-AUSTRIA, AND ELLEN FERRERO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 197613, November 22, 2017 - PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN AND ATTY. TERENCIA S. ERNI-RIVERA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 213039, November 27, 2017 - POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL COMPANY DEVELOPMENT, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 226454, November 20, 2017 - DIGNA RAMOS, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 229502, November 08, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAFAEL DAROYA @ RAFFY, Defendant-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 222180, November 22, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELEUTERIO BRAGAT, Accused-Appellant; JUNDIE BALVEZ AND TWO (2) JOHN DOES, Accused.

  • G.R. No. 211053, November 29, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEGFRED L. OROZCO, MANUEL D. OSIR, AND ALBERTO B. MATURAN, ACCUSED, ERNIE N. CASTRO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 206965, November 29, 2017 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EMMA BOFILL PANGAN, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 205838, November 29, 2017 - JOSEPH HARRY WALTER POOLE-BLUNDEN, Petitioner, v. UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. P-15-3329 [Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 13-4165-P], November 06, 2017 - PROSECUTOR FILIPINA C. CABAUATAN, Complainant, v. DOMINGO B. UVERO, SHERIFF IV, BRANCH 12, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, LIGAO CITY, ALBAY, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 225146, November 20, 2017 - ROGELIO B. ANTONE, Petitioner, v. THE PEOPLE OF PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208614, November 27, 2017 - SIMEON TRINIDAD PIEDAD (DECEASED) SURVIVED AND ASSUMED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY: ELISEO PIEDAD (DECEASED)*, JOEL PIEDAD, PUBLIO PIEDAD, JR., GLORIA PIEDAD, LOT PIEDAD, ABEL PIEDAD, ALI PIEDAD, AND LEE PIEDAD, Petitioners, v. CANDELARIA LINEHAN BOBILLES AND MARIANO BOBILLES, Respondents.