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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2018 > April 2018 Decisions > G.R. No. 203435, April 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARDY AQUINO, MARIO AQUINO, RECTO AQUINO, INYONG NARVANTE, ROMY FERNANDEZ, FELIX SAPLAN, BONIFACIO CAGUIOA AND JUANITO AQUINO, Accused.; MARDY MARIO AQUINO, Accused-Appellants.:




G.R. No. 203435, April 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARDY AQUINO, MARIO AQUINO, RECTO AQUINO, INYONG NARVANTE, ROMY FERNANDEZ, FELIX SAPLAN, BONIFACIO CAGUIOA AND JUANITO AQUINO, Accused.; MARDY MARIO AQUINO, Accused-Appellants.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

THIRD DIVISION

G.R. No. 203435, April 11, 2018

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARDY AQUINO, MARIO AQUINO, RECTO AQUINO, INYONG NARVANTE, ROMY FERNANDEZ, FELIX SAPLAN, BONIFACIO CAGUIOA AND JUANITO AQUINO, Accused,

MARDY MARIO AQUINO
, Accused-Appellants.

D E C I S I O N

MARTIRES, J.:

This is an appeal from the 30 March 2012 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 03659 which affirmed with modification the 23 July 2008 Joint Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 39, Lingayen, Pangasinan (RTC), in Criminal Case Nos. L-6575 and L-6576 finding Mardy Aquino, Mario Aquino, and Juanito Aquino guilty of murder and frustrated murder.3

THE FACTS

In two Informations, both dated 15 August 2001, the accused were charged with murder and frustrated murder. The information for murder reads:
That on or about the 15th day of May 2001 at around 10:30 o'clock in the morning at Barangay Balogo-Pandel, in the municipality of Binmaley, province of Pangasinan, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,' the above-named accused, armed with a knife, conspiring, confederating and helping one another, with intent to kill, with evident premeditation and abuse of superior strength, did then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack, assault and stab Jackie N. Caguioa, inflicting upon the latter fatal wounds which caused his death as a consequence, to the damage and prejudice of his heirs.

Contrary to Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code.4
On the other hand, the information for frustrated murder states:
That on or about the 15th day of May 2001 at around 10:30 o'clock in the morning at Barangay Balogo-Pandel, in the municipality of Binmaley, province of Pangasinan, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with a knife, conspiring, confederating and helping one another, with intent to kill and with evident premeditation did then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack, assault and stab Ernesto Caguioa, inflicting upon the latter the following injuries:
- Stab wound lumbar area (L)

- Zci stab wound lumbar area (L) penetration perforation jejunum prox tst.

- Laceration thinner upper pale (L)
�Operation: Expeoratory Laparatomy Procedure Interroraphy Neophorraphy
the accused having thus performed all the acts of execution which would have produced the crime of Murder as a consequence but which nevertheless did not produce the felony by reason of causes independent of the will of the accused and that is due to timely and adequate medical assistance rendered to said Ernesto Caguioa, which prevented his death, to his damage and prejudice.

Contrary to Article 248 in relation to Article 6 of the RPC.5
Upon arraignment, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Version of the Prosecution

At around 10:30 in the morning of 15 May 2001, Inyong Narvante (Inyong) approached Ernesto Caguioa (Ernesto) and asked the latter for some fish as he was in a drinking spree with his friends. Ernesto, however, refused and teased Inyong for voting for a certain Domalante. An infuriated Inyong shouted, "vulva of your mother," and threatened that something would happen to Ernesto. Afterwards, Inyong returned to his friends.6

Later in the morning, Ernesto was having a conversation with his son Jackie, Rick De Guzman, and Orlando Ferrer while they were waiting for a boat to transport their catch to Dagupan. A hundred meters away from them were Ernesto's twin sons, Edwin and Edward, together with Dicto de Guzman and Bonifacio Doria, who were washing their fishing nets. Suddenly, Mardy, Mario, Juanito, Inyong, Recto Aquino (Recto), Romy Fernandez (Romy), Felix Saplan (Felix), and Bonifacio Caguioa (Bonifacio) arrived and threw stones at Edwin's group. Aggrieved, Edwin reported the incident to his elder brother Jackie and to his father Ernesto.7

Thereafter, Jackie went to where the accused were having a drinking session to ask them why they attacked his brothers. Ernesto followed him. Instead of answering, the accused laughed at him. All of a sudden, Raul Bautista, Aquilino Melendez, and Juanito grabbed and restrained Jackie who was then stabbed by Mardy and Recto.8

Ernesto attempted to help his son, but Mario held him by the neck while Felix, Inyong, Romy, and Bonifacio grabbed his left leg. In that position, Ernesto was stabbed by Mardy and Recto, hitting him in the left arm, left stomach, and left thigh.9

After the incident, the accused ran away leaving behind injured Ernesto and Jackie. The victims were brought to the hospital, but Jackie died on the way.10

Version of the Defense

Julius Caguioa, son of Bonifacio, testified that on 15 May 2001, at around one o'clock in the afternoon, he was at the house of Romy where he saw Mario, Felix, and Bonifacio drinking. Ernesto and Jackie then arrived and approached the group. Ernesto then hit Bonifacio with a water pipe while Jackie stabbed Bonifacio in the upper right side of his body.11

Miriam Puroganan, daughter of Mario, narrated that on the same date and time, she was at the house of her mother-in-law, two meters away from Romy's house. While having lunch, she heard Romy's wife shout, "Don't make trouble." When Miriam went out of the house, she saw Ernesto hitting her father Mario with an iron pipe; Mardy then arrived and stabbed Ernesto in order to protect Mario.12

On his part, Mario recounted that on 15 May 2001, he was having a drinking spree with Recto, Felix, and Romy at the latter's place. At about one o'clock in the afternoon, Bonifacio and Inyong arrived and asked Romy if they could borrow money from him. Romy went to the balcony of his house. While Bonifacio and Inyong were waiting for Romy, Ernesto and his sons Jackie, Edwin, and Edward arrived. Jackie then stabbed Bonifacio and also attempted to stab Mardy but failed because Recto stabbed him first. Ernesto struck Inyong with an iron pipe. Mario was also hit by Ernesto on the right lower leg and head, which caused him to lose consciousness.13

Juanito vehemently denied any participation in the incident. On 15 May 2001, at around 10:00 o'clock in the morning, he was asleep in his house. He was named in the complaint because the family of deceased Jackie had a grudge against him because he once testified against them.14

In his defense, Mardy averred that on the day of the incident, he was asleep in his house, about 50 meters away from Romy's house, when his cousin Recto woke him up and informed him that his father, Mario, was being attacked. He immediately proceeded to Romy's place and saw Jackie stab Bonifacio. He then saw Ernesto hitting his father with a water pipe; thus, to protect his father, he stabbed Ernesto. Thereafter, he and his father went home.15

The Regional Trial Court's Ruling

In its decision, the RTC found Mardy, Mario, and Juanito guilty of murder and frustrated murder.16 It reasoned that the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses clearly showed that they took advantage of their superior strength and they conspired with one another when they assaulted Jackie and Ernesto. The fallo reads:
WHEREFORE, the prosecution having established beyond iota of doubt the guilt of the accused of the crimes of Murder in Criminal Case No. 6575 and Frustrated Murder in Criminal Case No. 6576, this Court in the absence of any modifying circumstance hereby sentences all the accused in the crime of Murder to suffer each the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to indemnify the legal heirs of the victim the amount of Php50,000.00 and to pay actual damages in the amount of Php70,000.00 for the wake and funeral expenses; Php40,000.00 as attorney's fees and Php100,000.00 as moral damages for the wounded feelings and moral shock suffered by the mother of victim Jackie Caguioa plus costs of suit; and in the crime of Frustrated Murder all the accused to suffer each the indeterminate prison term of five (5) years and one (1) day of Prision Correccional as minimum to twelve (12) years of Prision Mayor as maximum and to pay the victim actual damages in the amount of Php15,000.00; and attorney's fees in the amount of Php15,000.00 plus costs of suit.

The period of preventive imprisonment suffered by the accused shall be credited in full in the service of their sentence in accordance with Article 29 of the Revised Penal Code.

As far as accused Recto Aquino, Inyong Narvante, Romy Fernandez, Felix Saplan and Bonifacio Caguioa who are still at large are concerned, let this case be ARCHIVED.17
Aggrieved, Mario and Mardy (accused-appellants) appealed before the CA.

The Court of Appeals Ruling

In its decision, the CA affirmed the conviction of accused-appellants but modified the penalty for frustrated murder and the amount of damages awarded. As regards the contention that the prosecution failed to prove intent to kill, the CA opined that the use of a deadly weapon and the number of wounds inflicted demonstrated a deliberate and determined assault with intent to kill. It farther held that a finding of abuse of superior strength was not negated by the fact that some of the accused suffered injuries. The appellate court declared that the prosecution sufficiently proved the presence of conspiracy considering that the victims were simultaneously restrained and stabbed by the accused. It, however, ruled that actual damages should be reduced to P20,000.00 because the receipts submitted by the prosecution showed that the heirs of Jackie incurred only P20,000.00 as funeral expenses and not P70,000.00 as awarded by the trial court. The CA disposed the case in this wise:
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant appeal is DENIED for lack of merit. But while the assailed July 23, 2008 Joint Decision is AFFIRMED, the same is however MODIFIED as follows:

(1)
In the case of Frustrated Murder, accused-appellants are hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate sentence of 6 years and 1 day of prision mayor as minimum to 14 years, 8 months and 1 day of reclusion temporal as maximum;


(2)
In the case of Murder:

a. The award of civil indemnity in increased to P75,000.00;

b. The award of actual damages is reduced to P20,000.00;

c. The award of moral damages is reduced to P50,000.00.18
Hence, this appeal.

ISSUE
WHETHER THE GUILT OF ACCUSED-APPELLANTS FOR MURDER AND FRUSTRATED MURDER HAS BEEN PROVEN BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.
THE COURT'S RULING

Accused-appellants may be held liable only for homicide.

Murder is defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended, which provides:
ART. 248. Murder. Any person who, not falling within the provisions of Article 246, shall kill another, shall be guilty of murder and shall be punished by reclusion perpetua, to death if committed with any of the following attendant circumstances:
  1. With treachery, taking advantage of superior strength, with the aid of armed men, or employing means to weaken the defense, or of means or persons to insure or afford impunity;

  2. In consideration of a price, reward, or promise;

  3. By means of inundation, fire, poison, explosion, shipwreck, stranding of a vessel, derailment or assault upon a railroad, fall of an airship, by means of motor vehicles, or with the use of any other means involving great waste and ruin;

  4. On occasion of any calamities enumerated in the preceding paragraph, or of an earthquake, eruption of a volcano, destructive cyclone, epidemic, or any other public calamity;

  5. With evident premeditation;

  6. With cruelty, by deliberately and inhumanly augmenting the suffering of the victim, or outraging or scoffing at his person or corpse.
Generally, the elements of murder are: 1) That a person was killed; 2) That the accused killed him; 3) That the killing was attended by any of the qualifying circumstances mentioned in Art. 248; and 4) That the killing is not parricide or infanticide.19

That Jackie Caguioa died, that accused-appellants killed him, and that the killing is neither parricide nor infanticide remain undisputed. These circumstances are already established by the trial and appellate courts. Accused-appellants did not offer any substantial reason to deviate from the well-known rule that findings of fact and assessment of credibility of witnesses are matters best left to the trial court.20 No facts of substance and value were overlooked by the trial court which, if considered, might affect the result of the case.21 The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses are clear and straightforward. Moreover, they are supported by the medical findings and they stand the test of reason. Thus, what remains to be resolved is the appreciation of abuse of superior strength as a qualifying circumstance.

Abuse of superior strength is present whenever there is a notorious inequality of forces between the victim and the aggressor/s that is plainly and obviously advantageous to the aggressor/s and purposely selected or taken advantage of to facilitate the commission of the crime.22 Evidence must show that the assailants consciously sought the advantage,23 or that they had the deliberate intent to use this advantage.24 To take advantage of superior strength means to purposely use force excessively out of proportion to the means of defense available to the person attacked.25 The appreciation of this aggravating circumstance depends on the age, size, and strength of the parties.26

The prosecution in this case failed to adduce evidence of a relative disparity in age, size, and strength, or force, except for the showing that two assailants stabbed the victim while three others restrained him. However, the presence of several assailants does not ipso facto indicate an abuse of superior strength. Mere superiority in numbers is not indicative of the presence of this circumstance.27

Further, the totality of the evidence shows that the encounter between the victim and his assailants was unplanned and unpremeditated. It must be noted that it was Jackie and Ernesto who went to the place where the accused were having a drinking session. Thus, there was no conscious effort on the part of the accused to use or take advantage of any superior strength that they then enjoyed. It has not been clearly established that the accused, taking advantage of their number, purposely resorted to holding Jackie by the arms so that two of them would be free to stab him. In view of the foregoing, the Court is compelled to rule out the presence of abuse of superior strength as a qualifying circumstance. Hence, accused-appellants' guilt must be limited to the crime of homicide.

Abuse of superior strength was not alleged in the information for frustrated murder.

An information to be sufficient must contain all the elements required by the Rules on Criminal Procedure. In the crime of murder, the qualifying circumstance raising the killing to the category of murder must be specifically alleged in the information.28 Further, Sections 8 and 9, Rule 110 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure require that both the qualifying and aggravating circumstances must be specifically alleged in the information to be appreciated as such. In this case, the information for frustrated murder merely alleged the qualifying circumstance of evident premeditation. However, a perusal of the records shows that there was not even an attempt on the part of the prosecution to prove evident premeditation. The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses merely proved abuse of superior strength which, however, was not alleged in the information. As such, in the absence of any other qualifying circumstance in the information for Criminal Case No. L-6576, the charge against accused-appellants must be downgraded to homicide.

Accused-appellants are guilty of attempted homicide.

The elements of frustrated homicide are: (1) the accused intended to kill his victim, as manifested by his use of a deadly weapon in the assault; (2) the victim sustained fatal or mortal wound/s but did not die because of timely medical assistance; and (3) none of the qualifying circumstance for murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, is present.29 If the victim's wounds are not fatal, the crime is only attempted homicide.30 Thus, the prosecution must establish with certainty the nature, extent, depth, and severity of the victim's wounds.31

In the case at bar, the prosecution failed to prove that Ernesto's wounds would have certainly resulted in his death were it not for the medical treatment he received. On the contrary, Dr. Carlito V. Arenas, who attended to Ernesto, testified that the possibility of death from such wounds is remote:
[Prosecutor Espinoza]: Based on your medical record, how many stab wounds suffered by Ernesto Caguioa?


[Dr. Arenas]: There were four.


Q
Will you please tell us those stab wounds based on your medical records?
A
The first stab wound is on the left thoraco abdominal area chest, and the wound was as the boundary between the abdomen and the chest. And there was another on the thennar of the left hand, and the third stab wound is on the left thigh or the left leg.


Q
That first injury doctor, will you consider that fatal injury or serious injury?
A
The first wound, which was found at the thoraco abdominal area, on exploration during the operation, we found out that the wound was only up to the intercostals muscle. Meaning to say, it did not penetrate any of the internal organ.


Q
Will the victim survive even in the absence of medical treatment?
A
Yes, sir.


Q
How about the second injury that was found?

The second injury which was found on the left thennar which is 4 cm. in length and penetrating the tendons of the hand. Tendons are the structures which made the fingers move, and there were no vital organs affected.


Q
The third and fourth injury, will you consider that serious?
A
The third injury was about 2.5 cm. in length and affected the quadriceps muscle or the muscles of the thigh and there was a hematoma but there was no neurovascular involved. When I say neurovascular, blood vessels or nerves.


Q
And the fourth injury on the leg?
A
The fourth injury on the leg only penetrated the skins and the fat tissues.


Q
Let us go back to the first injury. You said it did not penetrate or affect any internal organ, does that require medical treatment?
A
Of course it requires medical treatment.


Q
In the absence of medical treatment, will that cause to (sic) the death of the victim?
A
In this particular case, infection may follow later on which may cause some sort of blood poisoning but this is a remote possibility.


Q
How about the possibility of death due to loss of blood for lack of timely medical treatment?
A
No, I don't think so because there was no neurovascular injuries in this particular case.32 x x x (emphases supplied)
Hence, considering that Ernesto's wounds were not fatal and absent a showing that such wounds would have certainly caused his death were it not for timely medical assistance, the Court declares that in Criminal Case No. L-6576, accused-appellants' guilt is limited to the crime of attempted homicide.

Penalty and award of damages

Under Article 249 of the Revised Penal Code, the penalty imposed for the crime of homicide is reclusion temporal. Considering that no aggravating circumstances attended the commission of the crime, the penalty shall be imposed in its medium period. Applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, the maximum penalty shall be selected from the range of the medium period of reclusion temporal, with the minimum penalty selected from the range of prision mayor. Thus, we impose the penalty of imprisonment for a period of 8 years and 1 day of prision mayor as minimum to 14 years, 8 months and 1 day of reclusion temporal as maximum.

On the other hand, Article 51 of the Revised Penal Code provides that the imposable penalty for an attempted crime shall be lower by two degrees than that prescribed by law for the consummated felony. Two (2) degrees lower of reclusion temporal is prision correccional which has a duration of six (6) months and one (1) day to six (6) years.33

Under the Indeterminate Sentence Law, the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence shall be taken in view of the attending circumstances that could be properly imposed under the rules of the Revised Penal Code, and the minimum term shall, be within the range of the penalty next lower to that prescribed by the Revised Penal Code. Thus, the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence shall be taken within the range of prision correccional, depending on the modifying circumstances. In turn, the minimum term of the indeterminate penalty to be imposed shall be taken from the penalty one degree lower of prision correccional, that is arresto mayor with a duration of one (1) month and one (1) day to six (6) months.34

In the absence of any modifying circumstance, the maximum term of the indeterminate penalty shall be taken from the medium period of prision correccional or two (2) years and four (4) months and one (1) day to four (4) years and two (2) months. The minimum term shall be taken within the range of arresto mayor. Hence, the penalty for attempted homicide is six (6) months of arresto mayor, as minimum term of the indeterminate penalty, to four (4) years and two (2) months of prision correccional, as maximum term of the indeterminate penalty.35

As regards the amount of damages in the crime of homicide, accused-appellants are ordered to pay the heirs of Jackie Caguioa P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral damages, and P50,000.00 as exemplary damages.36 Further, as declared by the Court in People v. Villanueva,37 when actual damages proven by receipts during the trial amount to less than P25,000.00, as in this case, the award of temperate damages for P25,000.00 is justified in lieu of actual damages of a lesser amount.38

For the crime of attempted homicide, accused-appellants are ordered to pay Ernesto Caguioa P20,000.00 as civil indemnity and P20,000.00 as moral damages. Considering that abuse of superior strength was duly proved even though not alleged in the information, accused-appellants are further ordered to pay Ernesto Caguioa P20,000.00 as exemplary damages.39

WHEREFORE, the appeal is PARTIALLY GRANTED. The 30 March 2012 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 03659 is AFFIRMED with MODIFICATIONS. Accused-appellants Mardy Aquino and Mario Aquino are found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of HOMICIDE (Criminal Case No. L-6575) for the killing of Jackie Caguioa and are hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of 8 years and 1 day of prision mayor as minimum to 14 years, 8 months and 1 day of reclusion temporal as maximum. They are ordered to pay the heirs of Jackie Caguioa the amount of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral damages, P50,000.00 as exemplary damages, and P25,000.00 as temperate damages in lieu of actual damages.

Accused-appellants Mardy Aquino and Mario Aquino are also found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE (Criminal Case No. L-6576) and are hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of six (6) months of arresto mayor, as minimum, to four (4) years and two (2) months of prision correccional, as maximum. They are ordered to pay Ernesto Caguioa the amount of P20,000.00 as civil indemnity, P20,000.00 as moral damages, and P20,000.00 as exemplary damages.

All monetary awards shall earn interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this decision until fully paid.

SO ORDERED.

Velasco, Jr., (Chairperson), Bersamin, Leonen, and Gesmundo, JJ., concur.



April 18, 2018

NOTICE OF JUDGMENT

Sirs / Mesdames:

Please take notice that on April 11, 2018 a Decision, copy attached hereto, was rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was received by this Office on April 18, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.


Very truly yours,



(SGD)

WILFREDO V. LAPITAN
Division Clerk of Court

Endnotes:


1Rollo, pp. 2-23; penned by Associate Justice Vicente S.E. Veloso with Associate Justices Stephen C. Cruz and Myra V. Garcia-Fernandez, concurring.

2 CA rollo, pp. 86-98; penned by Judge Dionisio C. Sison.

3 Recto Aquino, Inyong Narvante, Romy Fernandez, Felix Saplan and Bonifacio Caguioa were also charged with murder and frustrated murder but they remain at large.

4 Records, Vol. I, pp. 1-2.

5 Records, Vol. II, pp. 1-2.

6 Records, Vol. I, p. 7.

7 TSN, 17 January 2002, pp. 6-8; TSN 11 June 2002, pp. 4-6.

8 TSN, June 11, 2002, pp. 6-7.

9 Id. at 8-9.

10 Id. at 9-10.

11 TSN, 15 May 2003, pp. 7-13.

12 TSN, 18 December 2007, pp. 4-12.

13 TSN, 18 May 2005, pp. 3-8; TSN, 1 June 2005, pp. 4-9

14 TSN, 17 April 2007; pp. 3-5.

15 TSN, 6 November 2007; pp. 3-11.

16 The case was archived as regards Recto Aquino, Inyong Narvante, Romy Fernandez, Felix Saplan and Bonifacio Caguio since they are still at large.

17 CA rollo, pp. 97-98.

18Rollo, pp. 22-23.

19 Lais B. Reyes, The Revised Penal Code Criminal Code, Book Two, 17th Ed., p. 496 (2008).

20People v. Mamaruncas, 680 Phil. 192, 198 (2012).

21 Id.

22People v. Daquipil, 310 Phil. 327, 348 (1995).

23People v. Casingal, 312 Phil. 945, 956 (1995).

24People v. Escoto, 313 Phil. 785, 799 (1995).

25People v. Ventura, 477 Phil. 458, 484 (2004).

26People v. Beduya, 641 Phil. 399, 410-411 (2010).

27People v. Escoto, supra note 24 at 800-801 (1995).

28People v. Lab-Eo, 424 Phil. 482, 488 (2002).

29Serrano v. People, 637 Phil. 319, 337 (2010).

30Colinares v. People, 678 Phil. 482, 494 (2011).

31 Id.

32 TSN, 3 October 2002, pp. 4-5.

33Serrano v. People, supra note 29.

34 Id. at 337-338.

35 Id. at 338.

36People v. Jugueta, 783 Phil. 806, 840 (2016).

37 456 Phil. 14 (2003).

38 Id. at 29.

39People v. Jugueta,supra note 36 at 852-853.



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  • G.R. Nos. 192595-96, April 11, 2018 - NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (NEA), Petitioner, v. MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., REPRESENTED BY MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE-PALMA AREA (MAGELCO-PALMA), REPRESENTED BY ATTY. LITTIE SARAH A. AGDEPPA, ANTONIO U. ACUB, EDGAR L. LA VEGA, RET. JUDGE TERESITA CARREON LLABAN, EMILY LLABAN, ARMANDO C. LLABAN, AUDIE D. MACASARTE, WILFREDO Q. LLABAN, EVANGELINE A. VARILLA, CORAZON TUMANG, AND PRESCILLA LANO, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 192676-77, April 11, 2018 - COTABATO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (COTELCO), REPRESENTED BY ALEJANDRO Q. COLLADOS AS GENERAL MANAGER, Petitioner, v. MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE-PALMA AREA (MAGELCO-PALMA), REPRESENTED BY ATTY. LITTIE SARAH A. AGDEPPA, ANTONIO U. ACUB, EDGAR L. LA VEGA, RET. JUDGE TERESITA CARREON LLABAN EVANGELINE A. VARILLA, AND CORAZON TUMANG; AND MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DATU TUMAGANTANG ZAINAL, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 232892, April 04, 2018 - ALFREDO MALLARI MAGAT, Petitioner, v. INTERORIENT MARITIME ENTERPRISES, INC., INTERORIENT MARITIME ENTERPRISE LIBERIA FOR DROMON E.N.E. AND JASMIN P. ARBOLEDA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 208284, April 23, 2018 - THE IGLESIA DE JESUCRISTO JERUSALEM NUEVA OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, FRANCISCO GALVEZ, Petitioner, v. LOIDA DELA CRUZ USING THE NAME CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, "NEW JERUSALEM" AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING RIGHTS UNDER HER, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 223321, April 02, 2018 - ROGELIO M. FLORETE, SR., THE ESTATE OF THE LATE TERESITA F. MENCHAVEZ, REPRESENTED BY MARY ANN THERESE F. MENCHAVEZ, ROSIE JILL F. MENCHAVEZ, MA. ROSARIO F. MENCHAVEZ, CRISTINE JOY F. MENCHAVEZ, AND EPHRAIM MENCHAVEZ, AND DIANE GRACE F. MENCHAVEZ, Petitioners, v. MARCELINO M. FLORETE, JR. AND MA. ELENA F. MUYCO, Respondents

  • G.R. No. 233325, April 16, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PASTORLITO V. DELA VICTORIA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 218584, April 25, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DENNIS MANALIGOD Y SANTOS, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 234048, April 23, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MALOU ALVARADO Y FLORES, ALVIN ALVAREZ Y LONQUIAS AND RAMIL DAL Y MOLIANEDA, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 219113, April 25, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROLAND MIRA�A Y ALCARAZ, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 202217, April 25, 2018 - PABLO C. HIDALGO, Petitioner, v. SONIA VELASCO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 199161, April 18, 2018 - PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, Petitioner, v. JAMES T. CUA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 197645, April 18, 2018 - CARLOS JAY ADLAWAN, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 231053, April 04, 2018 - DESIDERIO DALISAY INVESTMENTS, INC., Petitioner, v. SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 192797, April 18, 2018 - EXCELLENT ESSENTIALS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. EXTRA EXCEL INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 218108, April 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RODOLFO ADVINCULA Y MONDANO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 195814, April 04, 2018 - EVERSLEY CHILDS SANITARIUM, REPRESENTED BY DR. GERARDO M. AQUINO, JR. (NOW DR. PRIMO JOEL S. ALVEZ) CHIEF OF SANITARIUM, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES ANASTACIO AND PERLA BARBARONA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 212785, April 04, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. GO PEI HUNG, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 199513, April 18, 2018 - TERESA GUTIERREZ YAMAUCHI, Petitioner, v. ROMEO F. SU�IGA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 226727, April 25, 2018 - UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST AND DR. ESTER GARCIA, Petitioners, v. VERONICA M. MASANGKAY AND GERTRUDO R. REGONDOLA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 209031, April 16, 2018 - ABIGAEL AN ESPINA-DAN, Petitioner, v. MARCO DAN, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 214367, April 04, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. LAUREANA MALIJAN-JAVIER AND IDEN MALIJAN-JAVIER, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 220146, April 18, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GLEN ABINA Y LATORRE AND JESUS LATORRE Y DERAYA, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 202784, April 18, 2018 - JONNEL D. ESPALDON, Petitioner, v. RICHARD E. BUBAN IN HIS CAPACITY AS GRAFT INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OFFICER II, MEDWIN S. DIZON IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR, PIAB-A, ALEU A. AMANTE IN HIS CAPACITY AS ASSISTANT OMBUDSMAN, PAMO I, AND CONCHITA CARPIO� MORALES IN HER CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETER L. CALIMAG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, REVENUE AFFAIRS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS GROUP, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, RENATO M. GARBO III, MA. LETICIA MALMALATEO, MARLON K. TAULI, FRAYN M. BANAWA, AND JOHNNY CAGUIAT, ALL NBI AGENTS, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ROGELIO M. SABADO, AND PRUDENCIO S. DAR, JR., RAILWAY POLICE, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS, ANTONIO MARIANO ALMEDA, IRENEO C. QUIZON, ARIEL SARMIENTO, DOMINGO BEGUERAS, JOHN DOES/JANE DOES, NBI AND/OR PNR, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 216065, April 18, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REYNANTE MANZANERO Y HABANA A.K.A. "NANTE," MARIO TANYAG Y MARASIGAN A.K.A. "TAGA," ANGELITO EVANGELISTA Y AVELINO A.K.A. "LITO," ARTHUR FAJARDO Y MAMALAYAN, MARIO EVANGELISTA A.K.A. "TIKYO," PATRICK ALEMANIA A.K.A. "BOBBY PATRICK," TOYING PENALES A.K.A. "TOYING," A.K.A. "REY," AND A.K.A. "MARLON," ACCUSED, ARTHUR FAJARDO Y MAMALAYAN, Accused-Appellant.

  • A.C. No. 11821 (formerly CBD Case No. 15-4477), April 02, 2018 - DARIO TANGCAY, Complainant, v. HONESTO ANCHETA CABARROGUIS, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 193572, April 04, 2018 - TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (CEBU), INC., Petitioner, v. MIS MARITIME CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 199353, April 04, 2018 - LEVISTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INC., Petitioner, v. LEGASPI TOWERS 200, INC., AND VIVIAN Y. LOCSIN AND PITONG MARCORDE, RESPONDENTS. ENGR. NELSON Q. IRASGA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MUNICIPAL BUILDING OFFICIAL OF MAKATI, METRO MANILA AND HON. JOSE P. DE JESUS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, THIRD PARTY, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 199389, April 04, 2018 - LEGASPI TOWERS 200, INC., Petitioner, v. LEVISTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INC., ENGR. NELSON Q. IRASGA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MUNICIPAL BLDG. OFFICIAL OF MAKATI, METRO MANILA, AND HON. JOSE P. DE JESUS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 185530, April 18, 2018 - MAKATI TUSCANY CONDOMINIUM CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. MULTI-REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 223399, April 23, 2018 - FATIMA O. DE GUZMAN-FUERTE, MARRIED TO MAURICE GEORGE FUERTE, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES SILVINO S.ESTOMO AND CONCEPCION C. ESTOMO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 213617, April 18, 2018 - ARCH. EUSEBIO B. BERNAL, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE CONTEMPORARY BUILDERS, Petitioner, v. DR. VIVENCIO VILLAFLOR AND DRA. GREGORIA VILLAFLOR, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 214803, April 23, 2018 - ALONA G. ROLDAN, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES CLARENCE I. BARRIOS AND ANNA LEE T. BARRIOS, ROMMEL MATORRES, AND HON. JEMENA ABELLAR ARBIS, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 6, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, AKLAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 228470, April 23, 2018 - LOADSTAR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, INC., Petitioner, v. ERNESTO AWITEN YAMSON, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS GEORGIA M. YAMSON AND THEIR CHILDREN, NAMELY: JENNIE ANN MEDINA YAMSON, KIMBERLY SHEEN MEDINA YAMSON, JOSHUA MEDINA YAMSON AND ANGEL LOUISE MEDINA YAMSON, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 201414, April 18, 2018 - PEDRO PEREZ, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 198393, April 04, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. RODOLFO M. CUENCA, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, IMELDA R. MARCOS, ROBERTO S. CUENCA, MANUEL I. TINIO, VICTOR AFRICA, MARIO K. ALFELOR, DON M. FERRY AND OSCAR BELTRAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 208091, April 23, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENITO MOLEJON, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 211232, April 11, 2018 - COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHILS., INC., Petitioner, v. SPOUSES EFREN AND LOLITA SORIANO, Respondents.

  • A.C. No. 9186, April 11, 2018 - ATTY. JUAN PAULO VILLONCO, Complainant, v. ATTY. ROMEO G. ROXAS, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 226590, April 23, 2018 - SHIRLEY T. LIM, MARY T. LIM�LEON AND JIMMY T. LIM, Petitioners, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 206529, April 23, 2018 - RENANTE B. REMOTICADO, Petitioner, v. TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION TRADING CORP. AND ROMMEL M. ALIGNAY, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 229047, April 16, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAMONCITO CORNEL Y ASUNCION, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 211187, April 16, 2018 - SCANMAR MARITIME SERVICES, INC. AND CROWN SHIPMANAGEMENT, INC., Petitioners, v. CELESTINO M. HERNANDEZ, JR., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 216922, April 18, 2018 - JAYLORD DIMAL AND ALLAN CASTILLO, Petitioners, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 230249, April 24, 2018 - ATTY. PABLO B. FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND ATTY. JOHNIELLE KEITH P. NIETO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 196020, April 18, 2018 - MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, VICENTE MONTERO, MR. BONDOC, AND MR. BAYONA, Petitioners, v. NORDEC PHILIPPINES AND/OR MARVEX INDUSTRIAL CORP. REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DR. POTENCIANO R. MALVAR, Respondents.; G.R. No. 196116, April 18, 2018 - NORDEC PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DR. POTENCIANO R. MALVAR, Petitioner, v. MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, VICENTE MONTERO, MR. BONDOC, AND MR. BAYONA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 191310, April 11, 2018 - PRINCESS TALENT CENTER PRODUCTION, INC., AND/OR LUCHI SINGH MOLDES, Petitioners, v. DESIREE T. MASAGCA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 232131, April 24, 2018 - REY NATHANIEL C. IFURUNG, Petitioner, v. HON. CONCHITA C. CARPIO MORALES IN HER CAPACITY AS THE OMBUDSMAN, HON. MELCHOR ARTHUR H. CARANDANG, HON. GERARD ABETO MOSQUERA, HON. PAUL ELMER M. CLEMENTE, HON. RODOLFO M. ELMAN, HON. CYRIL ENGUERRA RAMOS IN THEIR CAPACITIES AS DEPUTIES OMBUDSMAN, AND THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 223660, April 02, 2018 - LOURDES VALDERAMA, Petitioner, v. SONIA ARGUELLES AND LORNA ARGUELLES, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 219953, April 23, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANGELITA REYES Y GINOVE AND JOSEPHINE SANTA MARIA Y SANCHEZ, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. Nos. 232197-98, April 16, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN (FOURTH DIVISION), ALEJANDRO E. GAMOS, AND ROSALYN G. GILE, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 214759, April 04, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DINA CALATES Y DELA CRUZ, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 194765, April 23, 2018 - MARSMAN & COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. RODIL C. STA. RITA, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. MTJ-15-1860 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 09-2224-MTJ), April 03, 2018 - ROSILANDA M. KEUPPERS, Complainant, v. JUDGE VIRGILIO G. MURCIA, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, BRANCH 2, ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Respondent.

  • IPI No. 17-267-CA-J, April 24, 2018 - RE: VERIFIED COMPLAINT OF FERNANDO CASTILLO AGAINST ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MARIFLOR PUNZALAN-CASTILLO, COURT OF APPEALS, MANILA.

  • G.R. No. 210518, April 18, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. MARTIN NIKOLAI Z. JAVIER AND MICHELLE K. MERCADO-JAVIER, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 210580, April 18, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. LUDYSON C. CATUBAG, Respondent.

  • G.R. Nos. 201225-26 (From CTA-EB Nos. 649 & 651), April 18, 2018 - TEAM SUAL CORPORATION (FORMERLY MIRANT SUAL CORPORATION), Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.; G.R. No. 201132 (From CTA-EB No. 651), April 18, 2018; COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. TEAM SUAL CORPORATION (FORMERLY MIRANT SUAL CORPORATION), Respondent.; G.R. No. 201133 (From CTA-EB No. 649), April 18, 2018; COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. TEAM SUAL CORPORATION (FORMERLY MIRANT SUAL CORPORATION), Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 197930, April 17, 2018 - EFRAIM C. GENUINO, ERWIN F. GENUINO AND SHERYL G. SEE, Petitioners, v. HON. LEILA M. DE LIMA, IN HER CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, AND RICARDO V. PARAS III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF STATE COUNSEL, CRISTINO L. NAGUIAT, JR. AND THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, Respondents.; G.R. No. 199034, April 17, 2018 - MA. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, Petitioner, v. HON. LEILA M. DE LIMA, AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND RICARDO A. DAVID, JR., AS COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, Respondents.; G.R. No. 199046, April 17, 2018 - JOSE MIGUEL T. ARROYO, Petitioner, v. HON. LEILA M. DE LIMA, AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND RICARDO V. PARAS III, AS CHIEF STATE COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND RICARDO A. DAVID, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 210475, April 11, 2018 - RAMON K. ILUSORIO, MA. LOURDES C. CRISTOBAL, ROMEO G. RODRIGUEZ, EDUARDO C. ROJAS, CESAR B. CRISOL, VIOLETA J. JOSEF, ERLINDA K. ILUSORIO, SHEREEN K. ILUSORIO, AND CECILIA A. BISU�A, Petitioners, v. SYLVIA K. ILUSORIO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 232247, April 23, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONILLO LOPEZ, JR. Y MANTALABA @ "DODONG", Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 226481, April 18, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAYCENT MOLA Y SELBOSA A.K.A. "OTOK", Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 222861, April 23, 2018 - PO2 JESSIE FLORES Y DE LEON, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 214886, April 04, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BERNIE CONCEPCION, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 195320, April 23, 2018 - BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. HON. ERNESTO D. ACOSTA, ET AL. OF THE SPECIAL FIRST DIVISION OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND CHEVRON PHILIPPINES, INC. (FORMERLY CALTEX PHILIPPINES, INC.), Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 195962, April 18, 2018 - PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PLACIDO L. MAPA, JR., RECIO M. GARCIA, LEON O. TY, JOSE R. TENGCO, JR., ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, VICENTE PATERNO, RUBEN ANCHETA, RAFAEL SISON, HILARION M. HENARES, JR., CARMELINO G. ALVENDIA AND GENEROSO F. TENSECO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 230473, April 23, 2018 - SEACREST MARITIME MANAGEMENT, INC. AND/OR HERNING SHIPPING ASIA PTE. LTD., Petitioners, v. ALMA Q. RODEROS, AS WIDOW AND LEGAL HEIR OF FRANCISCO RODEROS, Respondent.

  • A.M. No. P-18-3833 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 14-4370-P), April 16, 2018 - JULIUS E. PADUGA, Complainant, v. ROBERTO "BOBBY" R. DIMSON, SHERIFF IV, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF VALENZUELA CITY, BRANCH 171, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 226656, April 23, 2018 - ARNEL T. GERE, Petitioner, v. ANGLO-EASTERN CREW MANAGEMENT PHILS., INC. AND/OR ANGLO-EASTERN CREW MANAGEMENT (ASIA), LTD., Respondents.; G.R. No. 226713, April 23, 2018 - ANGLO-EASTERN CREW MANAGEMENT PHILS., INC. AND/OR ANGLO-EASTERN CREW MANAGEMENT (ASIA), LTD., Petitioners, v. ARNEL T. GERE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 213994, April 18, 2018 - MARGIE SANTOS MITRA, Petitioner, v. PERPETUA L. SABLAN-�GUEVARRA, REMEGIO L. SABLAN, ET AL., Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 200256, April 11, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. NORTHERN CEMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 193499, April 23, 2018 - BANCO DE ORO UNIBANK, INC., Petitioner, v. VTL REALTY, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 222070, April 16, 2018 - EMMANUEL M. LU, ROMMEL M. LU, CARMELA M. LU, KAREN GRACE P. LU AND JAMES MICHAEL LU, Petitioners, v. MARISSA LU CHIONG AND CRISTINA LU NG, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. 17-12-135-MeTC, April 16, 2018 - RE: DROPPING FROM THE ROLLS OF MR. ARNO D. DEL ROSARIO, COURT STENOGRAPHER II, BRANCH 41, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT (METC), QUEZON CITY.

  • G.R. No. 228890, April 18, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BASHER TOMAWIS Y ALI, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 227982, April 23, 2018 - MARIO DIESTA BAJARO, Petitioner, v. METRO STONERICH CORP., AND/OR IBRAHIM M. NU�O, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 171101, April 24, 2018 - HACIENDA LUISITA INCORPORATED, PETITIONER, LUISITA INDUSTRIAL PARK CORPORATION AND RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION, Petitioners-in-Intervention, v. PRESIDENTIAL AGRARIAN REFORM COUNCIL; SECRETARY NASSER PANGANDAMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM; ALYANSA NG MGA MANGGAGAWANG BUKID NG HACIENDA LUISITA, RENE GALANG, NOEL MALLARI, AND JULIO SUNIGA AND HIS SUPERVISORY GROUP OF THE HACIENDA LUISITA, INC. AND WINDSOR ANDAYA, Respondents.