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G.R. No. 192659, December 02, 2015 - PHILIPPINE RACE HORSE TRAINER'S ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner, v. PIEDRAS NEGRAS CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

THIRD DIVISION

G.R. No. 192659, December 02, 2015

PHILIPPINE RACE HORSE TRAINER'S ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner, v. PIEDRAS NEGRAS CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

D E C I S I O N

PERALTA, J.:

The instant petition seeks the review of the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision1 dated March 18, 2010 and its June 22, 2010 Resolution2 in CA-G.R. SP No. 110337. The CA set aside the July 30, 2009 Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) Arbitral Tribunal Decision3 ruling in favor of petitioner Philippine Race Horse Trainer's Association, Inc. (PRHTAI). The CIAC held that the third and final contract between PRHTAI and respondent Piedras Negras Construction & Development Corporation (PNCDC) is unenforceable and that there was overpayment in the amount of P14,351,484.41 on the part of PRHTAI.

The factual antecedents of the case are as follows:chanRoblesvirtualLawlibrary

The instant controversy stems from a series of contracts which PRHTAI entered into pursuant to its housing project. On October 3, 2000, PRHTAI, through its president, Rogelio J. Catajan, entered into a contract (first contract) with Fil-Estate Properties, Inc. (Fil-Estate) for the development of the Royal Homes Subdivision Project. It involved the construction of 170 housing units in Fil-Estate's property located in Bulacnin, Lipa City, Batangas, for P67,453,000.00. Fil-Estate then later assigned its rights and obligations under the project to PNCDC, its sub�contractor. On October 13, 2004, a contract (second contract) was forged between PRHTAI and PNCDC for P80,324,788.00. On August 23, 2005, PRHTAI and PNCDC signed another contract (third contract) for the construction of the same 170 housing units, but this time for the revised amount of P101,150,000.00. Deducting the advances in the amount of P42,868,048.21, the remaining balance due to PNCDC became P58,281,951.80.

On April 25, 2007, PNCDC issued a Certificate of Completion and Acceptance in favor of PRHTAI. Come January 18, 2008, PNCDC demanded for the payment of the remaining balance. PRHTAI acknowledged its obligation but explained that it was experiencing financial difficulties.

Meanwhile, on April 28, 2008, a new set of directors and officers was elected at PRHTAI. Said new officers requested for copies of the documents relative to the project. Subsequently, they initiated inquiries on the subject housing project with the former officers and employees as well as the lending institutions involved in said project.

Unable to collect the remaining balance, PNCDC filed on March 4, 2009 a request for arbitration/complaint with the CIAC against PRHTAI for the payment of P14,571,618.24.

On August 19, 2009, a Notice of Award was issued, informing the parties that the CIAC Arbitral Tribunal has rendered its Decision dated July 30, 2009. It held that the third contract between PRHTAI and PNCDC is unenforceable and that there was even overpayment on the part of PRHTAI in the amount of P14,351,484.61. The decretal portion of the Award provides:

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered and AWARD is made on the monetary claims of THE RESPONDENT, PHILIPPINE RACE HORSE TRAINER'S ASSOCIATION, INC. directing the Claimant, PIEDRAS NEGRAS CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, to pay the Respondent the amount of P14,951,484.61 representing the following:
Overpayment in the amount
P14,351,484.61
Attorney's fees other legal expenses
128,059.93
TOTAL
P14,479,544.54
In addition, Claimant is also directed to reimburse to the Respondent P371,940.07 the amount PRHTAI had already paid to CIAC.

Interest on the foregoing amount of P14,351,484.61 at the legal rate of 6% per annum computed from the date this Award is promulgated. After finality thereof, interest at the rate of 12% per annum shall be paid thereon until full payment of the awarded amount shall have been made, "this interim period being deemed to be at that time already a forbearance of credit." (Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, et al. (243 SCRA 78 [1994])

SO ORDERED.4ChanRoblesVirtualawlibrary
On March 18, 2010, however, the CA overturned the CIAC ruling, thus:
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant petition is hereby GRANTED, the decision of [the] CIAC is hereby SET ASIDE and a new one is entered as follows:
1) Philippine Race Horse Trainer's Association, Inc. is directed to pay Piedras Negras Construction and Development Corporation the balance of the final contract in the amount of P6,473,727.59 with legal interest of 6% per annum from finality of this decision.

2) PRHTAI is liable for the payment of arbitration expenses.
SO ORDERED.5ChanRoblesVirtualawlibrary
Aggrieved, PRHTAI filed a motion for reconsideration, but the same was denied. Hence, this petition.

The issues to be decided on by the Court are the following:
I

WHETHER OR NOT THE CIAC HAS JURISDICTION TO PASS UPON THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN PRHTAI AND PNCDC.

II.

WHETHER OR NOT THE THIRD AND FINAL CONTRACT BETWEEN PRHTAI AND PNCDC IS UNENFORCEABLE.

III.

WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS OVERPAYMENT ON PRHTAI'S PART.
The petition is meritorious.

The jurisdiction of the CIAC is derived from law. It is broad enough to cover any dispute arising from, or connected with construction contracts, whether these involve mere contractual money claims or execution of the works.6 As Section 4 of Executive Order (E.O.) No. 1008, otherwise known as the Construction Industry Arbitration Law, provides:
SEC. 4. Jurisdiction. - The CIAC shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from, or connected with, contracts entered into by parties involved in construction in the Philippines, whether the dispute arises before or after the completion of the contract, or after the abandonment or breach thereof. These disputes may involve government or private contracts. For the Board to acquire jurisdiction, the parties to a dispute must agree to submit the same to voluntary arbitration.

The jurisdiction of the CIAC may include but is not limited to violation of specifications for materials and workmanship, violation of the terms of agreement, interpretation and/or application of contractual time and delays, maintenance and defects, payment, default of employer or contractor, and changes in contract cost.

Excluded from the coverage of this law arc disputes arising from employer-employee relationships which shall continue to be covered by the Labor Code of the Philippines.
The CA sustained the CIAC's computation and determination with respect to the issue of overpayment. The appellate court agreed that there was an extensive discussion of all the claims and counterclaims presented by both PRHTAI and PNCDC. The CIAC's findings were adequately supported by evidence that the CA found no cogent reason to disturb the same. After all, the CIAC possesses the required expertise in the field of construction arbitration. It is settled that findings of fact of quasi-judicial bodies, like the CIAC, which have acquired expertise because their jurisdiction is confined to specific matters, are generally accorded, not only respect, but also finality. In particular, factual findings of construction arbitrators are final and conclusive and not reviewable by the Court on appeal. Factual findings of construction arbitrators, however, may be reviewed by the Court when the petitioner proves that: (1) the award was procured by corruption, fraud or other undue means; (2) there was evident partiality or corruption of the arbitrators or any of them; (3) the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy; (4) one or more of the arbitrators were disqualified to act as such under Section 9 of Republic Act No. 876 and willfully refrained from disclosing such disqualifications or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been materially prejudiced; or (5) the arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly executed them, that a mutual, final and definite award upon the subject matter submitted to them was not made. Also considered as an exception is when there is a very clear showing of grave abuse of discretion, when an award is obtained through fraud or the corruption of arbitrators, when a party is deprived of administrative due process, or when the findings of the CA are contrary to those of the CIAC.7

Unfortunately, the CA did not entirely assent to the CIAC's findings. Because while it upheld the CIAC's ruling on the computation of payments, it disregarded the rest of the tribunal's award. Hence, the Court, although not a trier of facts, is now constrained to examine and analyze anew the evidence which the parties presented before the arbitration body.

In Metro Construction, Inc. v. Chatham Properties, Inc.,8 the Court likewise reviewed the findings of fact of the CA because the latter's ruling on the issue of whether petitioner therein was in delay was contrary to the findings of the CIAC. In Megaworld Globus Asia, Inc. v. DSM Construction and Development Corporation,9 the Court sustained the findings of the Arbitral Tribunal considering that the issues involved, which were unquestionably factual in nature, have been thoroughly discussed by the Arbitral Tribunal and subsequently affirmed by the CA.10

In the present case, upon careful examination, the Court finds that the matters sought to be resolved essentially require a factual determination, one that must rightly be left to the CIAC's sound expertise.

The CA found that PRHTAI gave its consent to the third contract, anchoring on the following documents:
a)
September 26, 2000 Board Resolution allegedly authorizing Catajan to sign the Memorandum of Agreement;
b)
Secretary's Certificate dated March 1, 2005 on the September 26, 2000 meeting;
c)
April 24, 2006 Board Resolution supposedly authorizing Catajan to avail and apply for a loan with the Development Bank of the Philippines amounting to P30 Million to finance the construction of the remaining housing units and other expenses related to the housing project; and
d)
Minutes of the Meeting of PRHTAI's new board of directors held on May 5, 2008.
However, the appellate court failed to sufficiently establish as to exactly how said aforementioned documents prove PRHTAI's supposed consent to the third contract. Catajan was never authorized by any PRHTAI Board Resolution to enter into and execute the Construction Contract dated August 23, 2005. The operative clause of the Board Resolution dated September 26, 2000 reads:
Therefore, the Board[,] on its meeting held on September 26, 2000[,] after a series of meetings with the Fil-Estate Properties Corp. and the PAG-IBIG representatives regarding the Housing Benefit of its members, hereby [authorize] Mr. Rogelio J. Catajan, President of the Association, to enter, to act and sign the Memorandum of Agreement in behalf of the Association.11ChanRoblesVirtualawlibrary
Said Board Resolution is indeed an express authorization for Catajan to enter into a contract but only with Fil-Estate, not with PNCDC. Thus, after a week or on October 3, 2000, Catajan indeed signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Fil-Estate. The Resolution cannot possibly be construed as to likewise authorize Catajan to sign a contract with PNCDC. Although it may be argued that the third contract, which was forged more than four (4) years from the date of the Board Resolution supposedly authorizing the same, merely incorporated the first and second contracts involving the same housing project, Catajan still exceeded his authority when it agreed to pay PNCDC an increased contract price in the amount of P101,150,000.00. It must be noted that the first contract dated October 3, 2000 was for P67,453,000.00. Four (4) years later, on October 13, 2004, the second contract was entered into for P80,324,788.00. No justification, however, was shown why on August 23, 2005, or after a span of only less than a year, the costs suddenly ballooned to P101,150,000.00.

PNCDC acted with gross negligence when it relied on the Secretary's Certificate dated March 1, 2005 which, on its face, invites suspicion, instead of requiring a copy of the Board Resolution itself. As the CFAC aptly ruled, given the nature of its business and the fact that PNCDC had successfully completed over eighty (80) contracts in the past, ordinary prudence should have prompted it to look into the terms of the Board Resolution and evaluate if Catajan indeed possessed the necessary authority to negotiate for and sign the third contract.12 Worse, the CIAC found that said Secretary's Certificate is falsified and referred to statements that are not found in the Board Resolution dated September 26, 2000. On cross-examination, the Board Secretary, Felipe Falcon, admitted that he did not actually inspect said Board Resolution. In fact, when confronted, he could not explain why parts of the Resolution, as cited in his Certification, differ from that contained in the actual Board Resolution.13 As to the Board Resolution dated April 24, 2006, its existence and due execution were never proved as a fact before the CIAC. It was likewise never identified nor authenticated by any competent witness. And with regard to the Minutes of PRHTAI's new board of directors meeting on May 5, 2008, the excerpts read:
It was also approved by the board, to reconstruct the contract of loan with Pag-ibig and Development Bank of the Philippines. Dir. Rogelio J. Catajan reported that the 170 houses turned-over were made by the contractor Piedras Negras Construction, owned by Mr. Francis Maristela.14ChanRoblesVirtualawlibrary
It must be noted that the May 5, 2008 meeting was the very first organizational meeting of PRHTAI's new board of directors after its election on April 28, 2008, or barely seven (7) days later. At the time of said meeting, the new board still had no knowledge of Catajan's unauthorized execution of the third contract.

The CA likewise ruled that, in any case, PRHTAI's new board of directors already ratified the questioned indebtedness to PNCDC through a letter dated May 27, 2008 acknowledging the existence of said debt. The letter15 reads:
May 27, 2008

Mr. Francisco Maristela
Piedras Negras Construction & Development Corporation
55 Malumanay St., Teachers Village, [West] Diliman,
Quezon City

Sir:chanRoblesvirtualLawlibrary

The Philippine Race Horse Trainers' Association Incorporated elected a new set of [officers] and [directors]. In its promise to the general membership to institute transparency in operating the association activities, as we go along, we encountered [problems] and found out that some vital information pertain to the records of housing project of member had been lost, in which case, the undersigned respectfully request a copy of the following:chanRoblesvirtualLawlibrary

- Loan and contract agreement, deed of absolute sale of purchased land.
- All check encashment and cash receipt made for payment.
- Transfer Certificate of Titles, (original)
- Development Bank of the Philippines contract and agreement.
- Any other documents that could help and to understand our undertakings and obligations.

The body will take up important (sic) that would pertain to the Financial Status of the association and need those documents to begin with.

Thank you very much.

Respectfully yours,

Pablito L. Guce
President
However, as can be clearly gleaned from the text of said letter, it contains nothing that would tend to imply that PRHTAI's new board of directors actually acknowledged its indebtedness to PNCDC. At the most, it is a mere request for copies of certain documents and it cannot reasonably be interpreted as a recognition or ratification of said debt. They were merely constrained to make such request because they still had no copies of their own, and said documents were missing from the office files. Moreover, although PRHTAI seemed to have acknowledged its obligation, it was Catajan, the very same person whose authority to represent PRHTAI is being assailed, who accepted the Certificate of Completion and Acceptance which PNCDC issued. To consider Catajan's acceptance of what PNCDC turned over as a valid ratification of his own wrongdoing would certainly be the height of absurdity.

Lastly, the CA held that contracts entered into by a corporate officer or obligations assumed by such officer for and in behalf of the corporation are binding on said corporation, if such officer has acted within the scope of his authority, or even if such officer has exceeded the limits of his authority, the corporation still ratifies such contracts or obligations. The doctrine of apparent authority provides that a corporation will be estopped from denying the agent's authority if it knowingly permits one of its officers or any other agent to act within the scope of an apparent authority, and it holds him out to the public as possessing the power to do those acts.16 Apparent authority is derived not merely from practice. Its existence may be ascertained through (1) the general manner in which the corporation holds out an officer or agent as having the power to act or, in other words, the apparent authority to act in general, with which it clothes him; or (2) the acquiescence in his acts of a particular nature, with actual or constructive knowledge thereof, whether within or beyond the scope of his ordinary powers. It requires presentation of evidence of similar acts executed either in its favor or in favor of other parties. It is not the quantity of similar acts which establishes apparent authority, but the vesting of a corporate officer with the power to bind the corporation.17 The doctrine does not apply, however, if the principal did not commit any act or conduct which a third party knew and relied upon in good faith as a result of the exercise of reasonable prudence.18 In the present case, the aforementioned circumstances are lacking and, indubitably, neither did PNCDC act in good faith. Also, it must be stressed that the board of directors, not the president, exercises corporate power.19 While in the absence of a charter or bylaw provision to the contrary the president is presumed to have authority, the questioned act should still be within the domain of the general objectives of the company's business and within the scope of his or her usual duties.20 Here, PRHTAI is an association of professional horse trainers in the Philippine horse racing industry organized as a non-stock corporation and it is committed to the uplifting of the economic condition of the working sector of the racing industry. It is not in its ordinary course of business to enter into housing projects, especially not in such scale and magnitude so massive as to amount to P101,150,000.00.

The rate of interest on the amount due, however, should be changed from twelve percent (12%) to six percent (6%) per annum, pursuant to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Circular No. 799, Series of 2013.21

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the petition is GRANTED. The Court of Appeals Decision dated March 18, 2010 and its June 22, 2010 Resolution in CA-G.R. SP No. 110337 are hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The Construction Industry Arbitration Commission Arbitral Tribunal Award dated July 30, 2009 is hereby AFFIRMED, with MODIFICATION as to the legal rate due, which must be six percent (6%) per annum of the amount awarded from the time of the finality of this Decision until its full satisfaction.

SO ORDERED.

Velasco, Jr., (Chairperson), Bersamin,*Villarama, Jr., and Perlas-Bernabe,**JJ., concur.

Endnotes:


* Designated Acting Member in lieu of Associate Justice Francis H. Jardeleza, per Special Order No. 2289 dated November 16, 2015.

** Designated Additional Member in lieu of Associate Justice Bienvenido L. Reyes, per Raffle dated November 11, 2015.

1 Penned by Associate Justice Stephen C. Cruz, with Associate Justices Bienvenido L. Reyes (now a member of this Court), and Celia C. Librea-Leagogo, concurring; rollo, pp. 38-53.

2Id. at 55-57.

3 Penned by Joven R. Joaquin, Alfredo F. Tadiar, and Eliseo I. Evangelista; id. at 227-264.

4Rollo, pp. 261-262. (Emphasis in the original)

5Id. at 52.

6Shinryo (Phils.) Company, Inc. v. RRN Incorporated, 648 Phil. 342 (2010).

7Id. at 350.

8 418 Phil. 176 (2001).

9 468 Phil. 305 (2004).

10Uniwide Sales Realty and Resources Corp. v. Titan-Ikeda Construction & Dev't Corp., 540 Phil. 350 (2006).

11Rollo, p. 237.

12Id. at 243.

13Id. at 238.

14Id. at 22.

15Id. at 24.

16Advance Paper Corporation v. Arma Traders Corporation, G.R. No. 176897, December 11, 2013, 712 SCRA 313, 330.

17People's Aircargo and Warehousing Co., Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 357 Phil. 850, 864 (1998).

18Advance Paper Corporation v. Arma Traders Corporation, supra note 16.

19Safic Alcan & Cie v. Imperial Vegetable Oil Co., Inc., 407 Phil. 884, 899 (2001).

20Advance Paper Corporation v. Arma Traders Corporation, supra note 16, at 332.

21Nacar v. Gallery Frames, G.R. No. 189871, August 13, 2013, 703 SCRA 439, 459.



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  • G.R. No. 211543, December 09, 2015 - DOMINGO G. PANGANIBAN, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 209039, December 09, 2015 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIRAFLOR UGANIEL LERIO, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 209559, December 09, 2015 - ENCHANTED KINGDOM, INC., Petitioner, v. MIGUEL J. VERZO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 160399, December 09, 2015 - THE CITY OF ILOILO, REPRESENTED BY HON. MAYOR JERRY P. TRE�AS, Petitioner, v. HON. JUDGE RENE B. HONRADO, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 29, ILOILO CITY, AND JPV MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION TESTING & CAR CARE CENTER, CO., REPRESENTED BY JIM P. VELEZ, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 159979, December 09, 2015 - CAPITAL INSURANCE AND SURETY CO., INC., Petitioner, v. DEL MONTE MOTOR WORKS, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 213696, December 09, 2015 - QUANTUM FOODS, INC., Petitioner, v. MARCELINO ESLOYO AND GLEN MAGSILA, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 209040, December 09, 2015 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RODOLFO PATE�O DAYAPDAPAN, Accused-Appellant.

  • G.R. No. 166581, December 07, 2015 - SOLIDBANK CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, AND DANILO H. LAZARO, Respondents.; G.R. No. 167187 - DANILO H. LAZARO, Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND SOLIDBANK CORPORATION, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 200901, December 07, 2015 - SM INVESTMENTS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ESTELA MARFORI POSADAS, MARIA ELENA POSADAS AND AIDA MACARAIG POSADAS. Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 208113, December 02, 2015 - DOLORES DIAZ, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND LETICIA S. ARCILLA, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 182375, December 02, 2015 - HADJA RAWIYA SUIB, Petitioner, v. EMONG EBBAH AND THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, 22ND�DIVISION, MINDANAO STATION, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 211210, December 02, 2015 - RADAR SECURITY & WATCHMAN AGENCY, INC., Petitioner, v. JOSE D. CASTRO, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 213814, December 02, 2015 - RAFAEL B. QUILLOPA, Petitioner, v. QUALITY GUARDS SERVICES AND INVESTIGATION AGENCY AND ISMAEL BASABICA, JR., Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 193964, December 02, 2015 - ENGINEER BEN Y. LIM, RBL FISHING CORPORATION, PALAWAN AQUACULTURE CORPORATION, AND PENINSULA SHIPYARD CORPORATION, Petitioners, v. HON. SULPICIO G. GAMOSA, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, NCIP REGIONAL HEARING OFFICE, REGION IV AND TAGBANUA INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITY OF BARANGAY BUENAVISTA, CORON, PALAWAN, AS REPRESENTED BY FERNANDO P. AGUIDO, ERNESTO CINCO, BOBENCIO MOSQUERA, JURRY CARPIANO, VICTOR BALBUTAN, NORDITO ALBERTO, EDENG PESRO, CLAUDINA BAQUID, NONITA SALVA, AND NANCHITA ALBERTO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 197792, December 09, 2015 - CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. MADLAWI B. MAGOYAG, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 192947, December 09, 2015 - MELANIE E. DE OCAMPO, Petitioner, v. RPN-9/RADIO PHILIPPINES NETWORK, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 204172, December 09, 2015 - HON. HERMOGENES E. EBDANE, JR., IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ACTING SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH), ATTY. JOEL L. JACOB, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, LEGAL SERVICE (DPWH), ATTY. OLIVER T. RODULFO, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS HEAD, INTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICE, (DPWH), AND HON. JAIME A. PACANAN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS REGIONAL DIRECTOR, (DPWH), REGIONAL OFFICE NO. VIII, Petitioners, v. ALVARO Y. APURILLO, ERDA P. GABRIANA, JOCELYN S. JO, IRAIDA R. LASTIMADO, AND FRANCISCO B. VINEGAS, JR., Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 215424, December 09, 2015 - ADINA B. MANANSALA, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 179741, December 09, 2015 - HEIRS OF SPOUSES HILARIO MARINAS AND BERNARDINA N. MARINAS, Petitioners, v. BERNARDO FRIANEZA, RODRIGO FRIANEZA, ALEJANDRA FRIANEZA, HILARIO VILLENA, SATURNINO VILLENA, FEDERICO FLORES, PEDRO FLORES AND MARCELINA RAMOS, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 190482, December 09, 2015 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, REPRESENTED BY MS. FRITZI C. PANTOJA IN HER CAPACITY AS PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF LAGUNA, Petitioner, v. IGMIDIO D. ROBLES, RANDY V. ROBLES, MARY KRIST B. MALIMBAN, ANNE JAMAICA G. ROBLES, JOHN CARLO S. ROBLES AND CHRISTINE ANN V. ROBLES, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 212825, December 07, 2015 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. NEXT MOBILE, INC. (FORMERLY NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS PHILS., INC.), Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 174387, December 09, 2015 - BF CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. WERDENBERG INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 209689, December 02, 2015 - MARISSA B. QUIRANTE, Petitioner, v. OROPORT CARGO HANDLING SERVICES, INC., ET AL. Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 202877, December 09, 2015 - NARRA NICKEL MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TESORO MINING AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND MCARTHUR MINING, INC., Petitioners, v. REDMONT CONSOLIDATED MINES CORPORATION, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 202947, December 09, 2015 - ASB REALTY CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ORTIGAS & COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 213229, December 09, 2015 - FILINVEST ALABANG, INC., Petitioner, v. CENTURY IRON WORKS, INC., Respondent.

  • G.R. No. 210215, December 09, 2015 - ROGELIO S. NOLASCO, NICANORA N. GUEVARA, LEONARDA N. ELPEDES, HEIRS OF ARNULFO S. NOLASCO, AND REMEDIOS M. NOLASCO, REPRESENTED BY ELENITA M. NOLASCO Petitioners, v. CELERINO S. CUERPO, JOSELITO ENCABO, JOSEPH ASCUTIA, AND DOMILO LUCENARIO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 206942, December 09, 2015 - VICENTE C. TATEL, Petitioner, v. JLFP INVESTIGATION AND SECURITY AGENCY, INC., JOSE LUIS F. PAMINTUAN, AND/OR PAOLO C. TURNO, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 209271, December 08, 2015 - INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AGRI-BIOTECH APPLICATIONS, INC., Petitioner, v. GREENPEACE SOUTHEAST ASIA (PHILIPPINES), MAGSASAKA AT SIYENTIPIKO SA PAGPAPAUNLAD NG AGRIKULTURA (MASIPAG), REP. TEODORO CASI�O, DR. BEN MALAYANG III, DR. ANGELINA GALANG, LEONARDO AVILA III, CATHERINE UNTALAN, ATTY. MARIA PAZ LUNA, JUANITO MODINA, DAGOHOY MAGAWAY, DR. ROMEO QUIJANO, DR. WENCESLAO KIAT, JR., ATTY. H. HARRY ROQUE, JR., FORMER SEN. ORLANDO MERCADO, NOEL CABANGON, MAYOR EDWARD S. HAGEDORN AND EDWIN MARTHINE LOPEZ, Respondents.; CROP LIFE PHILIPPINES, INC., Petitioner-in-Intervention.; G.R. No. 209276 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY AND FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Petitioners, v. COURT OF APPEALS, GREENPEACE SOUTHEAST ASIA (PHILIPPINES), MAGSASAKAAT SIYENTIPIKO SA PAGPAPAUNLAD NG AGRIKULTURA (MASIPAG), REP. TEODORO CASINO, DR. BEN MALAYANG III, DR. ANGELINA GALANG, LEONARDO AVILA III, CATHERINE UNTALAN, ATTY. MARIA PAZ LUNA, JUANITO MODINA, DAGOHOY MAGAWAY, DR. ROMEO QUIJANO, DR. WENCESLAO KIAT, JR., ATTY. H. HARRY ROQUE, JR., FORMER SEN. ORLANDO MERCADO, NOEL CABANGON, MAYOR EDWARD S. HAGEDORN AND EDWIN MARTHINE LOPEZ, RESPONDENTS. CROP LIFE PHILIPPINES, INC. Petitioner-in-Intervention.; G.R. No. 209301 - UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BANOS FOUNDATION, INC., Petitioner, v. GREENPEACE SOUTHEAST ASIA (PHILIPPINES), MAGSASAKAAT SIYENTIPIKO SA PAGPAPAUNLAD NG AGRIKULTURA (MASIPAG), REP. TEODORO CASINO, DR. BEN MALAYANG III, DR. ANGELINA GALANG, LEONARDO AVILA III, CATHERINE UNTALAN, ATTY. MARIA PAZ LUNA, JUANITO MODINA, DAGOHOY MAGAWAY, DR. ROMEO QUIJANO, DR. WENCESLAO KIAT, JR., ATTY. HARRY R. ROQUE, JR., FORMER SEN. ORLANDO MERCADO, NOEL CABANGON, MAYOR EDWARD S. HAGEDORN AND EDWIN MARTHINE LOPEZ, Respondents.; G.R. No. 209430 - UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. GREENPEACE SOUTHEAST ASIA (PHILIPPINES), MAGSASAKAAT SIYENTIPIKO SA PAGPAPAUNLAD NG AGRIKULTURA (MASIPAG), REP. TEODORO CASINO, DR. BEN MALAYANG III, DR. ANGELINA GALANG, LEONARDO AVILA III, CATHERINE UNTALAN, ATTY. MARIA PAZ LUNA, JUANITO MODINA, DAGOHOY MAGAWAY, DR. ROMEO QUIJANO, DR. WENCESLAO KIAT, ATTY. HARRY R. ROQUE, JR., FORMER SEN. ORLANDO MERCADO, NOEL CABANGON, MAYOR EDWARD S. HAGEDORN AND EDWIN MARTHINE LOPEZ, Respondents.

  • G.R. No. 169694, December 09, 2015 - MEGAWORLD PROPERTIES AND HOLDINGS, INC., EMPIRE EAST LAND HOLDINGS, INC., AND ANDREW L. TAN, Petitioners, v. MAJESTIC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT CO., INC., RHODORA LOPEZ-LIM, AND PAULINA CRUZ, Respondents.