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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2018 > August 2018 Decisions > G.R. No. 185303, August 01, 2018 - EDITHA S. MEDINA, RAYMOND A. DALANDAN, AND CLEMENTE A. DALANDAN, AS THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, Petitioners, v. SPS. NICOMEDES AND BRIGIDA LOZADA, Respondents.:




G.R. No. 185303, August 01, 2018 - EDITHA S. MEDINA, RAYMOND A. DALANDAN, AND CLEMENTE A. DALANDAN, AS THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, Petitioners, v. SPS. NICOMEDES AND BRIGIDA LOZADA, Respondents.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

G.R. No. 185303, August 01, 2018

EDITHA S. MEDINA, RAYMOND A. DALANDAN, AND CLEMENTE A. DALANDAN, AS THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, Petitioners, v. SPS. NICOMEDES AND BRIGIDA LOZADA, Respondents.

R E S O L U T I O N

CAGUIOA, J.:

Before the Court is a petition1 for review on certiorari (Petition) under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision2 dated August 26, 2008 (Decision) of the Court of Appeals3 (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 102990, dismissing the petition for certiorari filed by the petitioners and the Resolution4 dated November 10, 2008 of the CA denying the motion for reconsideration filed by the petitioners.

The Facts and Antecedent Proceedings

The CA Decision narrates the factual antecedents as follows:

It appears that a Complaint was filed by the plaintiffs (herein petitioners) against the defendants (herein private respondents), docketed as Civil Case No. 07-00415. Petitioners failed to append a copy thereof to their instant Petition.

A Motion to Dismiss with Motion to Punish for Contempt dated 10 May 2007 was filed by the defendants on the grounds that the cause of action is barred by prior judgment; plaintiffs have absolutely no cause of action; the court has no more jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action; plaintiffs and their counsel are guilty of blatant forum shopping; and the action has prescribed. Plaintiffs filed their Vehement Opposition dated 11 June 2007.

Respondent Judge [Lorna Navarro Domingo, as presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court of Las Pi�as City, Branch 201 (RTC)] issued the first assailed Order dated 27 July 2007 dismissing the case on the ground of res judicata, which reads:

"Under consideration is the Motion to Dismiss with Motion to Punish for Contempt filed by defendants through counsel on the ground that the cause of action is barred by prior judgment and this court has no more jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action.

"Opposition was filed by plaintiffs through counsel and alleged therein that res judicata does not apply since the Order dated January 29, 2004, the dismissal for failure of plaintiffs and counsel to attend the hearing is not a judgment on the merits.

"As pointed out by the plaintiffs through counsel, res judicata or bar by prior judgment is a doctrine which holds a matter adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction must be deemed to have been finally and conclusively settled if it arises in any subsequent litigation between the same parties and for the same cause.

"For the doctrine to apply four (4) requirements must be met:

(1.) the former judgment or order must be final;

'(2.) it must be a judgment, or an order on the merits;

'(3.) it must have been rendered by a court having jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties; and

'(4.) there must be between the first and second actions identity of parties, of subject matter and of cause of action.

"The Court finds that when the defendants alleged as one of the grounds barred by a prior judgment, they were referring to decision of LRC No. M-24 rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 134 of Makati Metro Manila on February 23, 1989 confirming the title of applicant Nicomedes J. Lozada, the defendants [sic] in this case.

"The Court can safely conclude that the four (4) requisites of res judicata have been complied with in this case.

"WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court hereby order (sic) for the Dismissal of this case on the ground of res judicata.

"As to the Motion for Contempt, the Court hereby DENIES the said Motion for lack of merit.

"SO ORDERED. "

Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Reconsideration dated 26 September 2007. The same was denied, for lack of merit, by the respondent Judge in the second assailed Order dated 28 December 2007.6

The petitioners filed a petition for certiorari before the CA.

Ruling of the CA.

The CA in its Decision dismissed the petition. The CA reasoned out:

In the case at bar, the assailed Orders dismissing the Complaint in Civil Case No. 07-0041 on the ground of res judicata and denying the Motion for Reconsideration are final orders and completely dispose of the case. Appeal, and not a special civil action for certiorari, is the correct remedy to elevate said final orders. The manner of appealing said final orders is provided under Rule 41 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended. The instant Petition for Certiorari cannot be used by petitioners as a substitute for a lost appeal. Accordingly, when a party adopts an improper remedy, the petition may be dismissed outright.7

The dispositive portion of the CA Decision states:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Petition is DISMISSED. Costs against petitioners.

SO ORDERED.8

The petitioners filed a Motion for Reconsideration dated September 12, 2008, which was denied by the CA in its Resolution9 dated November 10, 2008.

Hence, the instant Petition. The respondents filed their "Comments"10 dated February 19, 2009. The petitioners filed a Reply11 dated March 23, 2009. The parties filed their respective Memorandum dated October 10, 200912 for the respondents and dated October 17, 200913 for the petitioners.

The Issue

The Petition raises the sole issue of whether the CA erred in dismissing the petition for review by certiorari under Rule 65.

The Court's Ruling

The Petition lacks merit.

The petitioners argue that the Order14 dated July 27, 2007 of the RTC, dismissing their action for Quieting of Title and Reconveyance docketed as Civil Case No. 07-0041 on the ground of res judicata, and the Order15 dated December 28, 2007, denying the motion for reconsideration of the earlier Order, are mere interlocutory Orders and are not final Orders because their action was not adjudged on its merits and an Order denying a motion for reconsideration is not appealable.16

On the other hand, the respondents argue that an Order granting a motion to dismiss is final, being an adjudication on the merits, so that the proper remedy is appeal; and the Order granting a motion to dismiss becomes final 15 days from receipt thereof with prejudice to the re-filing of the same case once such Order achieves finality.17 They further argue that certiorari proceedings cannot be used as substitute for a lost appeal.18

The CA ruled:

An order or a judgment is deemed final when it finally disposes of a pending action, so that nothing more can be done with it in the trial court. In other words, the order or judgment ends the litigation in the lower court.19 An order of dismissal, whether correct or not, is a final order. It is not interlocutory because the proceedings are terminated; it leaves nothing more to be done by the lower court. Therefore, the remedy of the plaintiff is to appeal the order.20

Where appeal is available to the aggrieved party, the action for certiorari will not be entertained. Remedies of appeal (including petitions for review) and certiorari are mutually exclusive, not alternative or successive. Hence, certiorari is not and cannot be a substitute for an appeal, especially if one's own negligence or error in one's choice of remedy occasioned such loss or lapse. One of the requisites of certiorari is that there be no available appeal or any plain, speedy and adequate remedy.21 The special civil action for certiorari is a limited form of review and is a remedy of last recourse. Where an appeal is available, certiorari will not prosper, even if the ground therefor is grave abuse of discretion.22

It bears emphasis that the general rule is that a writ of certiorari will not issue where the remedy of appeal is available to the aggrieved party. The remedies of appeal in the ordinary course of law and that of certiorari under Rule 65 are mutually exclusive and not alternative or cumulative.23 Time and again, the High Court has reminded members of the bench and bar that the special civil action of Certiorari cannot be used as a substitute for a lost appeal.24

In the case at bar, the assailed Orders dismissing the Complaint in Civil Case No. 07-0041 on the ground of res judicata and denying the Motion for Reconsideration are final orders and completely dispose of the case. Appeal, and not a special civil action for certiorari, is the correct remedy to elevate said final orders. The manner of appealing said final orders is provided under Rule 41 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended. The instant Petition for Certiorari cannot be used by petitioners as a substitute for a lost appeal. Accordingly, when a party adopts an improper remedy, the petition may be dismissed outright.25

The Court totally agrees with the CA. Indeed, Section 1, Rule 41 of the Rules of Court (Rules) mandates that appeal is the remedy with respect to a judgment or final order that completely disposes of the case; and a petition for certiorari is unavailable if there is appeal, or any plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law pursuant to Section 1, Rule 65 of the Rules. The petitioners filed their Rule 65 certiorari petition before the CA on April 8, 200826 after they received a copy of the RTC Order dated December 28, 2007 denying their Motion for Reconsideration thereof on February 7, 2008.27 By the time they filed their CA petition for certiorari, the reglementary period to appeal the RTC Order of dismissal of the petitioners' Complaint to the CA had already lapsed. In fact, their CA petition for certiorari was even filed a day late, bearing in mind that 2008 was a leap year and the period to file a Rule 65 certiorari petition is not later than 60 days from notice of the judgment, order or resolution pursuant to Section 4, Rule 65 of the Rules.

Also, it is basic in remedial law that an order of dismissal of the complaint is a final order which is subject to appeal.

Consequently, the CA committed no reversible error.

WHEREFORE, the Petition is hereby DENIED. The Decision dated August 26, 2008 and Resolution dated November 10, 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 102990 are AFFIRMED.

SO ORDERED.

Carpio (Chairperson),*Peralta, Perlas-Bernabe and A. Reyes, Jr., JJ., concur.



October 1, 2018

NOTICE OF JUDGMENT

Sir/Madam:

Please take notice that on August 01, 2018 a Resolution, copy attached herewith, was rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was received by this Office on October 1, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

Very truly yours,


(SGD.) MA. LOURDES C. PERFECTO
Division Clerk of Court

Endnotes:


* Senior Associate Justice (Per Section 12, R.A. 296, The Judiciary Act of 1948, as amended)

1Rollo, pp. 3-23, excluding Annexes.

2 Id. at 25-32. Penned by Associate Justice Celia C. Librea-Leagogo, with Associate Justices Mario L Guari�a III and Teresita Dy-Liacco Flores concurring.

3 Fourteenth Division.

4Rollo, pp. 34-36.

5 Civil Case No. 07-0041 is a complaint for "Quieting of Title, Reconveyance with Damages with Lis Pendens". The Complaint alleges that the petitioners are heirs and successors-in-interest of the late Clemente Dalandan (Clemente), who during his lifetime owned several parcels of land, including several plots of salt beds (called "banigan" or "irasan") located at Balite, Ilaya, Las Pi�as City. Those salt beds (property) are being claimed by the petitioners as having been inherited by Clemente's two children (Emiliano Dalandan and Maria Dalandan) and after the latter's death, the property passed to Carmencita Dalandan and petitioners Raymond Dalandan and Clemente Dalandan as the children of Emiliano Dalandan and Clara A. Dalandan as well as to petitioner Editha Medina being the heir of Maria Dalandan Silverio and Julian Silverio. On July 10, 1997, the respondents were able to obtain an Original Certificate of Title No. (OCT) 0-78 covering an area of 31,535 square meters of land located at Balite, Ilaya, Las Pi�as City which was covered by a Tax Declaration in the name of respondent Nicomedes Lozada after the cancellation of Clemente's Tax Declaration. The OCT of the respondents was obtained pursuant to a Decision dated February 23, 1989 of the Regional Trial Court of Makati, Metro Manila, Branch 134. The petitioners also alleged that notwithstanding the said Decision and OCT, they were "bequeathed with a parcel of land x x x measuring 10,929 square meters covered by Tax Declaration No. 005-37120." On January 11, 2001, the heirs of Clemente Dalandan filed a Complaint against Spouses Lozada entitled "Heirs of the Late Clemente Dalandan vs. Nicomedes and Brigida Lozada" for quieting of title and reconveyance and docketed as Civil Case No. LP-0010. However, because of plaintiffs' non-appearance during the pre-trial conference on January 29, 2004, the said case was dismissed. The said dismissal was appealed to the CA and the Supreme Court, which affirmed the dismissal by the lower court. In Civil Case No. 07-0041, the petitioners prayed that a judgment be rendered in their favor, decreeing that they are the only ones entitled to the ownership and possession of the 10,929 squares meters lot covered by Tax Declaration No. 005-37120 in the name of Clemente, and for reconveyance to them of the excess of the two hectares covered by OCT 0-78 as corresponding to the 10,929 square meters property or so much thereof that the respondents had fraudulently encroached belonging to the petitioners. See Complaint, id. at 49-54.

6Rollo, pp. 26-28.

7 Id. at 30. Citations omitted.

8 Id.

9 Id. at 34-36.

10 Id. at 92-104.

11 Id. at 114-124.

12 Id. at 128-145.

13 Id. at 146-164.

14 Id. at 88-89. Penned by Judge Lorna Navarro Domingo.

15 Id. at 90.

16 Petition, id. at 15-17.

17 Comments, id. at 101; citations omitted.

18 Id., citing Congressional Commercial Corporation v. CA, 230 Phil. 188, 201 (1986) and Dela Cruz v. IAC, 219 Phil. 382, 385 (1985).

19Rollo, p. 29, citing Madrigal Transport, Inc. v. Lapanday Holdings Corporation, 479 Phil. 768, 778 (2004).

20 Id., citing Madrigal Transport, Inc. v. Lapanday Holdings Corporation, id. at 784.

21 Id., citing Madrigal Transport, Inc. v. Lapanday Holdings Corporation, id. at 782-783.

22 Id, citing Balayan v. Acorda, 523 Phil. 305, 309 (2006).

23 Id. at 29-30, citing Young v. Spouses Sy, 534 Phil. 246, 266 (2006).

24 Id. at 30, citing Cathay Pacific Steel Corporation v. Court of Appeals, 531 Phil. 620, 631 (2006).

25 Id., citing Mercado v. Court of Appeals, 484 Phil. 438, 444 (2004) and Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Picop Resources, Inc. - Southern Phils. Federation of Labor (NAMAPRI-SPFL) v. CA (5th Division), 537 Phil. 35, 44 (2006).

26 Petition, rollo, p. 11.

27 CA Petition for Review, id. at 72.




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  • G.R. No. 232381, August 01, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RYAN MARALIT Y CASILANG, Accused-Appellant.

  • A.C. No. 9850, August 06, 2018 - ATTY. MA. ROWENA AMELIA V. GUANZON, Complainant, v. ATTY. JOEL G. DOJILLO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 224307, August 06, 2018 - THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA (PEACH SISTERS OF LAGUNA), REPRESENTED BY REV. MOTHER MA. CONCEPCION R. REALON, ET AL., Petitioners, v. AMANDO V. ALZONA, ET AL., Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 232154, August 20, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENJAMIN FERIOL Y PEREZ, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 212987, August 06, 2018 - ELIZABETH M. LANSANGAN, Petitioner, v. ANTONIO S. CAISIP, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 225783, August 20, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER BAPTISTA Y VILLA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 229507, August 06, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOMINGO ASPA, JR. Y RASIMO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 232905, August 20, 2018 - OSCAR D. GAMBOA, Petitioner, v. MAUNLAD TRANS, INC. AND/OR RAINBOW MARITIME CO., LTD. AND CAPT. SILVINO FAJARDO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 215504, August 20, 2018 - SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AERONAUTIQUES (SITA), SITA INFORMATION NETWORKING COMPUTING B.V. (SITA, INC.), EQUANT SERVICES, INC. (EQUANT) AND LEE CHEE WEE, Petitioners, v. THEODORE L. HULIGANGA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 217036, August 20, 2018 - SKIPPERS UNITED PACIFIC, INC., AND/OR IKARIAN MOON SHIPPING, CO., LTD., Petitioners, v. ESTELITO S. LAGNE, Respondent.

  • A.C. No. 12174, August 28, 2018 - ALFRED LEHNERT, Complainant, v. ATTY. DENNIS L. DI�O, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 228877, August 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOMINADOR ESPINOSA Y PANSOY, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 197733, August 29, 2018 - SAMUEL AND EDGAR BUYCO, Petitioners, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 195908, August 15, 2018 - JOSE A. BERNAS AND THE WHARTON RESOURCES GROUP (PHILIPPINES), INC., Petitioners, v. THE ESTATE OF FELIPE YU HAN YAT, REPRESENTED BY HERO T. YU, Respondent.; G.R. No. 195910, August 15, 2018 - FELOMENA S. MEJIA (DULY SUBSTITUTED BY HEIRS CARMELITA S. PONGOL AND MAGDALENA S. TUMAMBING), Petitioners, v. FELIPE YU HAN YAT, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 185303, August 01, 2018 - EDITHA S. MEDINA, RAYMOND A. DALANDAN, AND CLEMENTE A. DALANDAN, AS THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, Petitioners, v. SPS. NICOMEDES AND BRIGIDA LOZADA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 230030, August 29, 2018 - PHILIPPINE PIZZA, INC., Petitioner, v. JENNY PORRAS[*] CAYETANO, RIZALDO G. AVENIDO, PEE JAY T. GURION, RUMEL A. RECTO, ROGELIO T. SUMBANG, JR., AND JIMMY J. DELOSO, RESPONDENTS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 232337, August 01, 2018 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BONG BARRERA Y NECHALDAS, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 224127, August 15, 2018 - BENEDICTO O. BUENAVENTURA, JR., Petitioner, v. CAREER PHILIPPINES SHIPMANAGEMENT, INC., COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD., AND SAMPAGUITA D. MARAVE, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 219835, August 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HASHIM ASDALI Y NASA, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 230084, August 20, 2018 - PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR), Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS AND ANGELINE V. PAEZ, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 235467, August 20, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CELSO PLAZA Y CAENGLISH ALIAS JOBOY PLAZA, JOSEPH GUIBAO BALINTON ALIAS JOABS, Accused-Appellants.

  • G.R. No. 205888, August 22, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. XXX, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 199451, August 15, 2018 - IRIS RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. YOUR OWN HOME DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (YOHDC), Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 211077, August 15, 2018 - CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. GABRIEL MORALDE, Respondent; G.R. No. 211318, August 15, 2018 - PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Petitioner, v. GABRIEL MORALDE, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 230553, August 13, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RANDY TALATALA GIDOC, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 203587, August 13, 2018 - DIWA ASIA PUBLISHING, INC. AND SATURNINO BELEN, Petitioners, v. MARY GRACE U. DE LEON Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 163959, August 01, 2018 - MARCELINO E. LOPEZ, FELIZA LOPEZ, ZOILO LOPEZ, LEONARDO LOPEZ, AND SERGIO F. ANGELES, Petitioners, v. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND PRIMEX CORPORATION, Respondents; G.R. No. 177855, August 1, 2018 - MARCELINO E. LOPEZ, FELIZA LOPEZ, HEIRS OF ZOILO LOPEZ, LEONARDO LOPEZ, AND SERGIO F. ANGELES, Petitioners, v. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND PRIMEX CORPORATION, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. 12-6-18-SC, August 07, 2018 - RE: CONTRACTS WITH ARTES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

  • G.R. No. 200444, August 15, 2018 - SUPREME TRANSPORTATION LINER, INC. AND FELIX Q. RUZ, Petitioners, v. ANTONIO SAN ANDRES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 240563, August 14, 2018 - IN RE: CORRECTION/ ADJUSTMENT OF PENALTY PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10951, IN RELATION TO HERNAN V. SANDIGANBAYAN, - EMALYN MONTILLANO y BASIG, Petitioner.

  • A.C. No. 12160, August 14, 2018 - BUENAVISTA PROPERTIES, INC., Complainant, v. ATTY. AMADO B. DELORIA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 188492, August 28, 2018 - GUAGUA NATIONAL COLLEGES, Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS, GNC FACULTY AND LABOR UNION AND GNC NON-TEACHING MAINTENANCE LABOR UNION, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 240347, August 14, 2018 - IN RE: CORRECTION/ ADJUSTMENT OF PENALTY PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10951, IN RELATION TO HERNAN v. SANDIGANBAYAN. - SAMUEL SAGANIB Y LUTONG, Petitioner.

  • G.R. No. 231096, August 15, 2018 - LORNA B. DIONIO, Petitioner, v. ND SHIPPING AGENCY AND ALLIED SERVICES, INC., CARIBBEAN TOW AND BARGE (PANAMA) LTD., Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 233207, August 20, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANTHONY MADRIA Y HIGAYON, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 220220, August 15, 2018 - PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT CHURCH, Petitioner, v. BISHOP MARTIN BASA�ES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 197514, August 06, 2018 - RAMON R. VILLARAMA, Petitioner, v. CRISANTOMAS D. GUNO, HON. JUDGE RAMON A. CRUZ, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF QUEZON CITY, BRANCH 223, CARMELITA YADAO GUNO AND PRUDENTIAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 232354, August 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DANNY LUMUMBA Y MADE, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 189626, August 20, 2018 - GREGORIO AMOGUIS TITO AMOGUIS, Petitioners, v. CONCEPCION BALLADO AND MARY GRACE BALLADO LEDESMA, AND ST. JOSEPH REALTY, LTD. Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 219525, August 06, 2018 - MARIA THERESA B. BONOT, Petitioner, v. EUNICE G. PRILA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 227523, August 29, 2018 - AMALIA S. MENEZ* (IN BEHALF OF THE LATE JONATHAN E. MENEZ), Petitioner, v. STATUS MARITIME CORPORATION, NAFTOTRADE SHIPPING AND COMMERCIAL S.A., AND MOILEN ALOYSIUS VILLEGAS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 181154, August 22, 2018 - RAMCHRISEN H. HAVERIA, Petitioner, v. SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, CORAZON DE LA PAZ, AND LEONORA S. NUQUE, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 225033, August 15, 2018 - SPOUSES ANTONIO BELTRAN AND FELISA BELTRAN, Petitioners, v. SPOUSES APOLONIO CANGAYDA, JR. AND LORETA E. CANGAYDA, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. RTJ-16-2482 (Formerly OCA EPI No. 15-4441- RTJ), August 15, 2018 - ATTY. CARLOS D. CINCO, Complainant, v. PRESIDING JUDGE ALFONSO C. RUIZ II, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 216, QUEZON CITY, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 227523, August 29, 2018 - AMALIA S. MENEZ* (IN BEHALF OF THE LATE JONATHAN E. MENEZ), Petitioner, v. STATUS MARITIME CORPORATION, NAFTOTRADE SHIPPING AND COMMERCIAL S.A., AND MOILEN ALOYSIUS VILLEGAS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 181154, August 22, 2018 - RAMCHRISEN H. HAVERIA, Petitioner, v. SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, CORAZON DE LA PAZ, AND LEONORA S. NUQUE, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 225033, August 15, 2018 - SPOUSES ANTONIO BELTRAN AND FELISA BELTRAN, Petitioners, v. SPOUSES APOLONIO CANGAYDA, JR. AND LORETA E. CANGAYDA, Respondents.

  • A.M. No. RTJ-16-2482 (Formerly OCA EPI No. 15-4441- RTJ), August 15, 2018 - ATTY. CARLOS D. CINCO, Complainant, v. PRESIDING JUDGE ALFONSO C. RUIZ II, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 216, QUEZON CITY, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 232619 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. JOMAR QUILANG Y BANGAYAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 221199, August 15, 2018 - GEMINIANO S. MURILLO, Petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE TRANSMARINE CARRIERS, INC., NORWEGIAN CREW MANAGEMENT A/S, AND CARLOS C. SALINAS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 189626 - GREGORIO AMOGUIS TITO AMOGUIS, PETITIONERS, v. CONCEPCION BALLADO AND MARY GRACE BALLADO LEDESMA, AND ST. JOSEPH REALTY, LTD. RESPONDENTS.