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G.R. No. 213666 - VICTORIA* T. FAJARDO, PETITIONER, v. BELEN CUA-MALATE, RESPONDENT.

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

G.R. No. 213666, March 27, 2019

VICTORIA* T. FAJARDO, PETITIONER, v. BELEN CUA-MALATE, RESPONDENT.


D E C I S I O N

CAGUIOA, J.:

Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari1 (Petition) under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by petitioner Victoria T. Fajardo (petitioner Victoria) against respondent Belen Cua-Malate (respondent Belen), assailing the Decision2 dated October 23, 2013 (assailed Decision) and Resolution3 dated July 21, 2014 (assailed Resolution) rendered by the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Division (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 95692.

The Facts and Antecedent Proceedings

As narrated by the CA in the assailed Decision and as culled from the records of the instant case, the essential facts and antecedent proceedings of the case are as follows:4

On December 1, 2003, respondent Belen filed an Amended Complaint for Partition and Accounting with Damages (Amended Complaint) against her siblings, namely petitioner Victoria, Ramon T. Cua (Ramon), Adelaida T. Cua (Adelaida), Emelita T. Cua (Emelita), and Elena T. Cua (Elena) (collectively referred to as the defendants siblings). The Complaint was filed before the Regional Trial Court of Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Branch 63 (RTC). The case was docketed as Special Civil Action Case No. RTC 03-173.

In the Amended Complaint respondent Belen alleged that she and the defendants siblings are compulsory heirs of their late mother, Ceferina Toregosa Cua (Ceferina). Ceferina died intestate on June 10, 1998 and had left certain real and personal properties, as well as interest in real properties. Respondent Belen further alleged that she did not receive her lawful share from Ceferina's estate. She prayed that judgment be issued: 1) ordering the partition and distribution of Ceferina's entire estate; 2) ordering that she (respondent Belen) be awarded her lawful share; 3) and ordering the defendants siblings to pay respondent Belen moral damages, exemplary damages, contingency fee, and litigation expenses.

On April 6, 2004, defendants Ramon, Adelaida, Emelita, and Elena filed their Answer, alleging that they were willing to settle the partition case amicably; that respondent Belen was receiving her share from the income of the properties left by their late mother, Ceferina; that it was respondent Belen who intentionally refused to show documents pertaining to the supposed properties left by Ceferina; and that respondent Belen is not entitled to the reliefs she prayed for.

Meanwhile, on August 14, 2004, petitioner Victoria filed an Answer alleging that she is in favor of the partition and accounting of the properties of Ceferina.

Pre-trial was conducted and terminated on January 25, 2007. Thereafter, respondent Belen was presented as a witness. But after her direct examination, and before the conduct of the cross-examination, the parties agreed to refer the case to mediation.

Hence, the RTC issued an Order of Referral dated October 22, 2008, referring the case to mediation through the Philippine Mediation Center (PMC). During the mediation conferences, all the parties attended and successfully arrived at an agreement on the manner of partition of Ceferina's estate. Because of the agreement reached upon by the parties, the mediator issued an Order dated November 5, 2009 requiring respondent Belen's counsel to draft a written compromise agreement. The terms of the agreement reached upon by the parties were thus translated into writing. A meeting was then scheduled on April 8, 2010 for the signing of the document entitled Compromise Agreement, which reduced into writing the prior agreement reached by the parties during the mediation conferences.

On said date, petitioner Victoria did not appear, while all her other siblings appeared. It was subsequently explained by petitioner Victoria's counsel that petitioner Victoria was not able to attend the meeting as she did not have enough money to travel from Manila to Calabanga, Camarines Sur. Respondent Belen and the other siblings proceeded to sign the Compromise Agreement and submitted the same before the RTC for approval.

The Ruling of the RTC

On July 1, 2010, the RTC rendered a Decision5 issuing a judgment on compromise. The dispositive portion of the same reads:
WHEREFORE, the foregoing compromise agreement submitted by the parties being not contrary to law, morals, public order, good customs and public policy, the same is hereby approved and judgment is rendered in accordance therewith. The parties are hereby enjoined to honor the above-mentioned compromise agreement and to abide with the terms stated therein.

SO ORDERED.6
Feeling aggrieved, petitioner Victoria appealed the RTC's Decision before the CA. Petitioner Victoria alleged that the Compromise Agreement cannot be binding as to her considering that she did not sign it and supposedly did not consent to its execution.

The Ruling of the CA

In the assailed Decision, the CA denied petitioner Victoria's appeal, holding that "[t]he RTC did not err when it approved the Compromise Agreement."7 The dispositive portion of the assailed Decision reads:
We DISMISS the appeal, and AFFIRM the Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 63, Calabanga, Camarines Sur, in Special Civil Action No. RTC 03-173.

IT IS SO ORDERED.8
Petitioner Victoria filed a Motion for Reconsideration9 dated November 27, 2013, which was denied by the CA in the assailed Resolution.

Hence, the instant Petition for Review on Certiorari.

Respondent Belen filed her Comment10 on February 4, 2015, which was replied to by petitioner Victoria in her Manifestation (In Lieu of Reply),11 which was filed on August 27, 2015.

Issue

Stripped to its core, the critical issue presented by the instant Petition is whether the RTC erred in rendering its Decision dated July 1, 2010 based on the compromise agreement entered into by the parties during the mediation conferences before the PMC.

The Court's Ruling

The Court finds the instant Petition unmeritorious.

At the heart of petitioner Victoria's Petition assailing the RTC's judgment on compromise is her assertion that she "did not sign the compromise [agreement because] she did not agree with the manner of partition of their mother's estate."12 However, aside from this self-serving assertion, there is absolutely no evidence substantiating her claim that petitioner Victoria did not come to an agreement with her siblings as to the partition of the estate of their late mother, Ceferina.

On the contrary, both the RTC and CA factually found that the parties most definitely came to terms as to the partition of Ceferina's estate even prior to the translation of the agreement into written form on April 8, 2010. There was already a valid and binding oral partition that was agreed upon by the parties.

As factually established by the RTC:
As earlier mentioned[,] during the several settings of conferences between the parties, all the parties from [respondent Belen] down to all the defendants [siblings] were all present and they have agreed the partition of the properties located in Metro Manila as well as in the Bicol Region. The parties have already agreed what is supposed to be the properties allotted to each one of them. Because of that agreement, the [RTC] then instructed Atty. Flora Malate-Pante[, the counsel of respondent Belen] to prepare a compromise agreement of the properties agreed upon between the parties to be their shares in the properties both located in the Bicol Region as well as in Metro Manila[.] x x x It appears, however, that [petitioner Victoria], one of the defendants, was not able to sign the compromise agreement because of her absence on April 8, 2010 which was the last setting of the conference between the parties. However, during the last conference between the parties, [petitioner Victoria] was present and she agreed first on the partition made between them of the properties located in the Bicol Region and also agreed of (sic) their respective shares of the properties located in the National Capital Region particularly in Quezon City and Manila.13
The RTC likewise noted the fact that the counsel of petitioner Victoria explained that "[the sole reason why petitioner Victoria was not able to sign the document was] because she has no money for transportation"14 and not because petitioner Victoria disagreed with the terms of the Compromise Agreement. The truth of the matter is that the parties had already previously arrived at an agreement with respect to the partition of their late mother's estate.

Further, after an exhaustive review of the records of the instant case, the CA also factually established that:
A review of the parties' evidence show that they entered into a valid oral partition.

The mediation conferences between the parties were presided by the mediator, Judge Balonzo (retired), and were scheduled on the following dates: 17 November 2008; 28 November 2008; 29 January 2009; 20 March 2009; 23 April 2009; 18 June 2009; 3 September 2009; 5 November 2009; and 21 January 2010. The parties, assisted by their respective counsel on said dates, negotiated the terms and provisions of the Compromise Agreement so they could settle this case amicably. After the parties agreed to the manner of partitioning Ceferina's estate, the mediator issued the Order dated 5 November 2009, requiring [respondent Belen's] counsel to draft the Compromise Agreement. The Compromise Agreement was executed only to reduce into writing the oral partition already validly agreed upon by the parties.15
At this juncture, it must be stressed that, as a rule, in an appeal by certiorari under Rule 45, the Court does not pass upon questions of fact as the factual findings of the trial and appellate courts are binding on the Court. The Court is not a trier of facts.16 Hence, to disprove the factual findings of the RTC and CA that there was already a valid and binding agreement that was entered into by the parties during the mediation conferences before the PMC, it was incumbent on the part of petitioner Victoria to provide clear and convincing evidence to substantiate her claim that she never reached an agreement with her siblings as to the partition of their late mother's estate during the mediation conferences.

However, the Court finds that petitioner Victoria failed to do so. Aside from her mere self-serving statements, no other evidence was provided to support her claim. In fact, petitioner Victoria's actuations lend more credence to the fact that she fully consented to the terms encapsulated in the Compromise Agreement. From the signing of the aforesaid document on April 8, 2010 until the time the RTC rendered the judgment on compromise on July 1, 2010, there has not been even a whimper coming from petitioner Victoria contesting the Compromise Agreement. If the Compromise Agreement indeed failed to capture the real agreement reached by the parties during the mediation conferences, petitioner Victoria would have raised the matter before the RTC. It should also be pointed out that, as early as November 5, 2009, the mediator had already issued an Order to reduce into writing the agreement already reached upon by the parties. If there was truly no agreement reached upon during the mediation conferences, petitioner Victoria would have opposed the said Order. Yet, petitioner Victoria did not do so.

On the other hand, as stressed by the RTC and CA, the proceedings during the mediation conferences indubitably show that petitioner Victoria and her siblings actually came to an agreement as to the partition of the estate of Ceferina. Hence, that an oral partition has been entered into by the parties is a factual finding that must be left undisturbed.

The fact that petitioner Victoria failed to sign the written document bearing the terms of the parties' agreement is of no moment. As explicitly held in Vda. de Reyes v. Court of Appeals,17an oral partition may be valid and binding upon the heirs; there is no law that requires partition among heirs to be in writing to be valid.18

Citing Hernandez v. Andal,19 the Court in the above-mentioned case explained that under Rule 74, Section 1 of the Rules of Court,20 "there is nothing in said section from which it can be inferred that a writing or other formality is an essential requisite to the validity of the partition. Accordingly, an oral partition is valid."21 The Court further added that the partition among heirs or renunciation of an inheritance by some of them is not exactly a conveyance of real property because it does not involve transfer of property from one to the other, but rather a confirmation or ratification of title or right of property by the heir renouncing in favor of another heir accepting and receiving the inheritance. Hence, an oral partition is not covered by the Statute of Frauds.22

Therefore, even if the document titled Compromise Agreement was not signed by petitioner Victoria, there was already an oral partition entered into by the parties that bound all of the siblings. The written agreement only served to reduce into writing for the convenience of the parties the terms of the agreement already entered into during the mediation conferences.

In fact, the Court has likewise previously held that, "independent and in spite of the statute of frauds, courts of equity have enforced oral partition when it has been completely or partly performed."23 In the instant case, there is no refutation on the part of petitioner Victoria as to respondent Belen's assertion that the terms of the Compromise Agreement have already been partially performed by the parties.

WHEREFORE, the instant Petition is denied. The Decision dated October 23, 2013 and Resolution dated July 21, 2014 of the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Division in CA-G.R. CV No. 95692 are hereby AFFIRMED.

SO ORDERED.

Carpio, (Chairperson), Perlas-Bernabe, J. Reyes, Jr., and Lazaro-Javier, JJ., concur.

Endnotes:


* Also referred to as "Vicoria" in some parts of the rollo.

1Rollo, pp. 13-30.

2 Id. at 32-51; penned by Associate Justice Nina G. Antonio-Valenzuela, with Associate Justices Isaias P. Dicdican and Michael P. Elbinias concurring.

3 Id. at 53-54; penned by Associate Justice Nina G. Antonio-Valenzuela, with Associate Justices Vicente S.E. Veloso and Jane Aurora C. Lantion concurring.

4 Id. at 33-44.

5 Id. at 73-82. Penned by Judge Freddie D. Balonzo.

6 Id. at 82.

7 Id. at 46.

8 Id. at 50; emphasis in the original.

9 Id. at 97-103.

10 Id. at 111 -120. Comment to the Petition for Review on Certiorari.

11 Id. at 123-127.

12 Id. at 21.

13 Id. at 74-75; emphasis supplied.

14 Id. at 75.

15 Id. at 49-50; emphasis supplied.

16Romualdez-Licaros v. Licaros, 449 Phil. 824, 837 (2003).

17 276 Phil. 706 (1991).

18 Id. at 721.

19 78 Phil. 196 (1947).

20 Section 1. Extrajudicial settlement by agreement between heirs. � If the decedent left no will and no debts and the heirs are all of age, or the minors are represented by their judicial or legal representatives duly authorized for the purpose, the parties may without securing letters of administration, divide the estate among themselves as they see fit by means of a public instrument filed in the office of the register of deeds, and should/they disagree, they may do so in an ordinary action of partition. If there is only one heir, he may adjudicate to himself the entire estate by means of an affidavit filled in the office of the register of deeds. The parties to an extrajudicial settlement, whether by public instrument or by stipulation in a pending action for partition, or the sole heir who adjudicates the entire estate to himself by means of an affidavit shall file, simultaneously with and as a condition precedent to the filing of the public instrument, or stipulation in the action for partition, or of the affidavit in the office of the register of deeds, a bond with the said register of deeds, in an amount equivalent to the value of the personal property involved as certified to under oath by the parties concerned and conditioned upon the payment of any just claim that may be filed under section 4 of this Rule. It shall be presumed that the decedent left no debts if no creditor tiles a petition for letters of administration within two (2) years after the death of the decedent.

The fact of the extrajudicial settlement or administration shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the manner provided in the next succeeding section; but no extrajudicial settlement shall be binding upon any person who has not participated therein or had no notice thereof.

21Vda. de Reyes v. Court of Appeals, supra note 17 at 721.

22 Id., citing Barcelona v. Barcelona, 100 Phil. 251 (1956).

23Hernandez v. Andal, 78 Phil. 196, 203 (1947).



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  • A.C. No. 7169 - SPOUSES RAY AND MARCELINA ZIALCITA, COMPLAINANTS, v. ATTY. ALLAN LATRAS, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 226152 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. LUISITO CARTINA Y GARCIA, ALLAN JEPEZ Y TUSCANO AND NELSON RAMOS, JR. Y CARTINA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

  • G.R. No. 222187 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. SIEGFREDO OBIAS, JR., Y ARROYO A.K.A. "BOBOY", ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 212674 - CENTRAL VISAYAS FINANCE CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. SPOUSES ELIEZER* S. ADLAWAN AND LEILA ADLAWAN, AND SPOUSES ELIEZER* ADLAWAN, SR. AND ELENA ADLAWAN, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 227741 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. WILLARD LAWAY Y CANOY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 233544 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. ALBERTO GONZALES Y VITAL, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 229205 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. EDUARDO CATINGUEL Y VIRAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 226053 - MARK ANTHONY REYES Y MAQUINA,* PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. Nos. 226634-44 - SANTIAGO G. BARCELONA, JR., PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G. R. No. 216632 - AUGUSTO REGALADO Y LAYLAY, PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 205068 - HEIRS OF RENATO P. DRAGON, REPRESENTED BY PATRICIA ANGELI D. NUBLA, PETITIONERS, v. THE MANILA BANKING CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 237987 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, REGION IV-A AND GENEVIEVE E. CUARESMA, AS ONE OF THE CERTIFYING OFFICERS AT THE TIME OF THE GRANT OF THE ASSAILED CNA INCENTIVE,* PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 233016 - REYNALDO S. ZAPANTA, PETITIONER, EDILBERTO U. LAGASCA, PETITIONER-INTERVENOR, v. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND ALFRED J. ZAPANTA; EDILBERTO U. LAGASCA, RESPONDENTS.

  • A.C. No. 11641 - MARILU C. TURLA, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. JOSE M. CARINGAL, RESPONDENT.

  • A.C. No. 12475 - ROSALIE P. DOMINGO, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. JORGE C. SACDALAN, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 237813 - JAMES ARTHUR T. DUBONGCO, PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM OFFICER II OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM PROVINCIAL OFFICE-CAVITE IN REPRESENTATION OF DARPO-CAVITE AND ALL ITS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 195215 - EMPIRE INSURANCE, INC., MARIO A. REMOROSA (IN HIS CAPACITY AS APPROVING OFFICER OF EMPIRE INSURANCE COMPANY), VIRGINIA BELINDA S. OCAMPO, JOSE AUGUSTO G. SANTOS, AND KATRINA G. SANTOS, PETITIONERS, v. ATTY. MARCIANO S. BACALLA, JR., ATTY. EDUARDO M. ABACAN, ERLINDA U. LIM, FELICITO A. MADAMBA, PEPITO M. DELGADO, AND THE FEDERATION OF INVESTORS TULUNGAN, INC., RESPONDENTS.

  • G. R. No. 187225 - MELINDA M. MALABANAN, PETITIONER, v. FRANCISCO MALABANAN, JR., SPOUSES RAMON AND PRESCILA MALABANAN, AND SPOUSES DOMINADOR III AND GUIA MONTANO, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 203242 - LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, v. LUCY GRACE AND ELMA GLORIA FRANCO, REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT VICENTE GUSTILLO, JR., RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 241247 - THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. REYNOLD MONSANTO Y FAMILARAN/PAMILARAN,[*] ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 204753 - UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK, PETITIONER, v. SPS. ALISON ANG-SY AND GUILLERMO SY, RENATO ANG, NENA ANG, RICKY ANG, AND DERICK CHESTER SY, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 216018 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. DON VEGA Y RAMIL, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • A.C. No. 10697 - LARRY C. SEVILLA, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. MARCELO C. MILLO, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 236279 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, v. CHERYL PAULINE R. DEANG, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 210607 - SPOUSES EDILBERTO & EVELINE POZON; EDILBERTO POZON, DECEASED, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, NAMELY, WIFE EVELINE POZON AND DAUGHTERS GERALDINE MICHELLE POZON AND ANGELICA EMILIA POZON, PETITIONERS, v. DIANA JEANNE[*] LOPEZ, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 226722 - FREYSSINET FILIPINAS CORPORATION (NOW FREY-FIL CORPORATION), ERIC A. CRUZ, GAUDENCIO S. REYES, AND CARLOTA R. SATORRE, PETITIONERS, v. AMADO R. LAPUZ, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 234501 - MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO., INC. PETITIONER, v. SARA YI, ALSO KNOWN AS SARAH YI, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 213457 - THE HEIRS OF EDGARDO DEL FONSO, NAMELY, MILA A. DEL FONSO, LOUISA DEL FONSO BACANI, CARMINA DEL FONSO, EDGARDO PAULO A. DEL FONSO, AND VICTORIA DEL FONSO FRANCISCO, BEACON EQUITIES, INC., AND DAGUMA AGRO-MINERALS, INC., PETITIONERS, v. BENJAMIN T. GUINGONA, MAMERTO S. BOCANEGRA, TOMAS J. PRUDENCIO, ANTONIO ILOMIN, LEVITICO TOQUERO, ARNOLD MANAT, GENEROSO SENGA, CHRISTIAN M. MONSOD, AND EPIFANIO SEDIGO, JR., RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 228610 - FLORO T. TADENA, PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 220030 - SAMEER OVERSEAS PLACEMENT AGENCY, INC., PETITIONER, v. JOSEFA GUTIERREZ, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. Nos. 226648-49 - PROCESO T. DOMINGO, ANGELITO D. TWA�O AND SUSAN M. SOLO, PETITIONERS, v. HON. SECRETARY OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE PAQUITO N. RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 210641 - DOMESTIC PETROLEUM RETAILER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 218516 - DAVAO ACF BUS LINES, INC., PETITIONER, v. ROGELIO ANG, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 202799 - VIVENCIO DALIT, PETITIONER, v. SPOUSES ROLANDO E. BALAGTAS, SR. AND CARMELITA G. BALAGTAS, ROLANDO G. BALAGTAS, JR., CLARINA G. BALAGTAS, CARLOTA G. BALAGTAS, CARMELA G. BALAGTAS, SOFRONIO SARIENTE[*] AND METROPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 215614 - CARMELITA V. DIZON, PETITIONER, v. JOSE LUIS K. MATTI, JR., RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 218581 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. LARRY LUMAHANG Y TALISAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 220826 - HUN HYUNG PARK, PETITIONER, v. EUNG WON[*] CHOI, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 192393 - FIL-ESTATE MANAGEMENT, INC., MEGATOP REALTY DEVELOPMENT, INC., PEAKSUN ENTERPRISES AND EXPORT CORPORATION, ARTURO E. DY AND ELENA DY JAO, PETITIONERS, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SPOUSES SANTIAGO T. GO,* AND NORMA C. GO, REPRESENTED BY THEIR SON AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT KENDRICK C. GO, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 231773 - CESAR C. PELAGIO, PETITIONER, v. PHILIPPINE TRANSMARINE CARRIERS, INC., CARLOS SALINAS, AND NORWEGIAN CREW MANAGEMENT A/S, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 212607 - PUERTO DEL SOL PALAWAN, INC., PETITIONER, v. HON. KISSACK B. GABAEN, REGIONAL HEARING OFFICER, REGIONAL HEARING OFFICE IV, NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND ANDREW ABIS, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 201116 - PHILAM INSURANCE CO., INC., NOW CHARTIS PHILIPPINES INSURANCE, INC., PETITIONER, v. PARC CHATEAU CONDOMINIUM UNIT OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., AND/OR EDUARDO B. COLET, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 210191 - NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN AND THE PROVINCIAL ASSESSOR OF PANGASINAN, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 217611 - ROGELIO LOGROSA, PETITIONER, v. SPOUSES CLEOFE AND CESAR AZARES, SPOUSES ABUNDIO, JR. AND ANTONIETA TORRES, SPOUSES NELSON SALA AND ARLENE ANG, AND SPOUSES BONIFACIO, JR., AND WELHELMINA BARUIZ, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 224466 (Formerly UDK-15574) - KAREN NU�EZ* VITO, LYNETTE** NU�EZ MASINDA, WARREN NU�EZ, AND ALDEN*** NU�EZ, PETITIONERS, v. NORMA MOISES-PALMA, RESPONDENT.

  • A.C. No. 12460 - DIWEI "BRYAN" HUANG, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. JUDE FRANCIS V. ZAMBRANO, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 236516 - ASUNCION Z. JURADO, JOINED BY HER HUSBAND REX[*] A. JURADO, CATALINA Z. ALILING, JOINED BY HER HUSBAND JOSE P. O. ALILING IV, AND THE HEIRS OF FERNANDO M. ZAMORA, NAMELY: CECILIA F. ZAMORA, RAFAEL VICTOR F. ZAMORA, FRANCIS NOEL F. ZAMORA, AND CARLA MARIE F. ZAMORA, PETITIONERS, v. SPOUSES VICENTE AND CARMEN CHAI, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 241631 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. RODEL TOMAS Y ORPILLA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 200676 - SPOUSES LUIS G. BATALLA AND SALVACION BATALLA, PETITIONERS, v. PRUDENTIAL BANK, NAGATOME AUTO PARTS, ALICIA RANTAEL, AND HONDA CARS SAN PABLO, INC., RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 212471 - MARIA LUZ AVILA BOGNOT, PETITIONER, v. PINIC INTERNATIONAL (TRADING) CORPORATION/CD-R KING, NICHOLSON SANTOS, AND HENRY T. NGO, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 242860 - THE LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD (LTFRB) AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR), PETITIONERS, v. HON. CARLOS A. VALENZUELA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANDALUYONG CITY, BRANCH 213 AND DBDOYC, INC., RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 213199 - LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, v. ESPERANZA BRIONES-BLANCO, ROSARIO R. BRIONES, MARIA CELSA BRIONES, EMMA BRIONES-MARCAIDA, MILAGROS BRIONES-ASPRER, CARMELITA BRIONES-CABUNDOC, REBECCA BRIONES-BUNALOS, FERDINAND R. BRIONES, LUNA C. BRIONES, MARILOU BRIONES-CHIONGBIAN, JOSE C. BRIONES, JR., MANUEL C. BRIONES II, EVELYN G. BRIONES, MARIA CELESTINA G. BRIONES, MARIA CRISTITA G. BRIONES, MARIA ANTONETTE G. BRIONES, MANUEL ANTONIO G. BRIONES, MARIANO G. BRIONES, ALLAN G. BRIONES AND JOCELYN B. AVILA, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 209014 - NIEVES TURGO JADER AND HEIRS OF ALFREDO TURGO: ZENAIDA TURGO BASCO AND LUCIA R. TURGO, REPRESENTED HEREIN BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, CARLITO JADER, PETITIONERS, v. HEIRS OF EVELYN TURGO ALLONES: NICASIO ALLONES AND MICHAEL TURGO ALLONES, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 229775 - LILIBETH ESPINAS-LANUZA, ONEL ESPINAS, AS HEIRS OF LEOPOLDO ESPINAS, AND THE MUNICIPAL ASSESSOR OF DARAGA, ALBAY, PETITIONERS, v. FELIX LUNA, JR., ARMANDO VELASCO AND ANTONIO VELASCO, AS HEIRS OF SIMON VELASCO, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 194114 - FILIPINAS ESLON MANUFACTURING CORP., PETITIONER, v. HEIRS OF BASILIO LLANES, NAMELY: CASIANO LLANES, DOMINGO LLANES, FABIAN LLANES, VICTORINA L. TAGALIMOT, PACENCIA L. MANALES, NORMA L. BACALARES, LOURDES L. PAJARDO, JOSEPHINE LLANES, JOSEFA LLANES AND JOVENCITA LLANES; ROLYNWIN Q. LAMSON; PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK, ALSO KNOWN AS AL-AMANAH ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES; SPOUSES MEDEL AND CARMEN JUSTINIANO A.K.A. CARMEN & MEDEL JUSTINIANO; RUFINO V. GENILO; MARIA SOL A. SEVESES; SPOUSES SALVADOR AND CHEQUETHELMA GERONA; CRESOGONO R. SEVESES, MONERA M. LALANTO; CLAUDIO M. CLOSAS; SPOUSES SERAFIN AND ELSA FERRAREN; EDILBERTO V. PAZA* AND GENEROSO EMPUESTO, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 194619 - PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, PETITIONER, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, ROBERTO S. BENEDICTO, ANTONIO M. DIAZ, ISMAEL M. REINOSO, SIMEON G. MIRANDA. RENATO D. TAYAG, JUAN F. TRIVINIO, CESAR VIRATA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, JOSE MACARIO LAUREL IV, JOSE J. LEIDO, JR. (ALL FORMER DIRECTORS OF PNB 304 EL HOGAR FIL. BLDG., 115 JUAN LUNA ST., BINONDO, MANILA), RAFAEL G. PEREZ, FELICISIMO R. GONZALES[*] (BOTH FORMER MANAGERS OF PNB DUMAGUETE BRANCH, DUMAGUETE CITY), RAMON V. ESCA�O, EVELINA TEVES, HERMINIO V. TEVES, LORENZO G. TEVES, CATALINO NOEL, AND LAMBERTO MACIAS (ALL FORMER OFFICERS OF TOLONG SUGAR MILLING COMPANY, INC.), RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 213666 - VICTORIA* T. FAJARDO, PETITIONER, v. BELEN CUA-MALATE, RESPONDENT.

  • A.C. No. 12098 - MARILYN PABALAN COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. ELISEO MAGNO C. SALVA RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 197494 - COCA-COLA[*] BOTTLERS PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, v. CCBPI STA. ROSA PLANT EMPLOYEES UNION, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 243345 - JESUS CONCEPCION Y TABOR A.K.A. "BAKLA/BONG," PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • A.C. No. 11584 (Formerly CBD Case No. 12-3604) - ROLANDO T. KO, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. ALMA UY-LAMPASA, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 220400 - ANNIE TAN, PETITIONER, v. GREAT HARVEST ENTERPRISES, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 239077 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. GARRY BRIONES Y ESPINA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • A.M. No. MTJ-01-1385 - EUGENIO STO. TOMAS, COMPLAINANT, v. JUDGE ZENAIDA L. GALVEZ, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, CABUYAO, LAGUNA, RESPONDENT.[A.M. No. P-17-3704 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 03-1758-P]] VICTORIA BENIGNO, COMPLAINANT, v. EUGENIO STO. TOMAS, CLERK OF COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, CABUYAO, LAGUNA, RESPONDENT.[A.M. No. MTJ-03-1472 [Formerly A.M. No. 02-10-271-MTC]]OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, v. JUDGE ZENAIDA L. GALVEZ AND CLERK OF COURT EUGENIO STO. TOMAS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, CABUYAO, LAGUNA, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 211839 - PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE, PETITIONER, v. COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND CITY GOVERNMENT OF TACLOBAN, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 240664 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. JONATHAN MAYLON Y ALVERO ALIAS "JUN PUKE" AND ARNEL ESTRADA Y GLORIAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

  • G.R. No. 218097 - GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM PETITIONER, v. APOLINARIO K. DAYMIEL, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS MADELINE D. VILORIA, YOLANDA D. DE CASTRO, JOVENA D. ACOJEDO, ALBERTO DAYMIEL, MA. IMELDA D. GANDOLA, MARIDEL D. MORANDANTE[*] AND MA. NYMPHA DAYMIEL, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 224854 - LUCITA S. PARDILLO, PETITIONER, v. DR. EVELYN DUCAY BANDOJO, OWNER AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF E & R HOSPITAL, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 223295 - FALCON MARITIME AND ALLIED SERVICES, INC., YOKOHAMA MARINE AND MERCHANT CORPORATION, AND/OR FLORIDA Z. JOSE, PETITIONERS, v. ANGELITO B. PANGASIAN, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 233777 - MARVIN PORTERIA Y MANEBALI, PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 203697 - INTERPHIL LABORATORIES, INC., PETITIONER, v. OEP PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 206316 - PANASONIC MANUFACTURING PHILIPPINES CORPORATION (FORMERLY MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC PHILIPPINES CORP.), PETITIONER, v. JOHN PECKSON, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 221139 - HA DATU TAWAHIG (RODERICK D. SUMATRA), TRIBAL CHIEFTAIN, HIGAONON TRIBE, PETITIONER, v. THE HONORABLE CEBU CITY PROSECUTOR I LINETH LAPINID, CEBU CITY PROSECUTOR II FERNANDO GUBALANE, ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR ERNESTO NARIDO, JR., CEBU CITY PROSECUTOR NICOLAS SELLON, AND THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 12, CEBU CITY ESTELA ALMA SINGCO, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 233520 - ROICE ANNE F. FOX, PETITIONER, v. THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY AND THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 206354 - POLICE SUPERINTENDENT HANSEL M. MARANTAN, PETITIONER, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SECRETARY LEILA M. DE LIMA, NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE (REPRESENTED BY PROSECUTOR GENERAL CLARO A. ARELLANO), AND MEMBERS OF THE PANEL OF PROSECUTORS (SENIOR DEPUTY STATE PROSECUTOR THEODORE VILLANUEVA, CITY PROSECUTOR VIMAR BARCELLANO, ASSISTANT STATE PROSECUTOR HAZEL DECENA-VALDEZ, ASSISTANT STATE PROSECUTOR NIVEN CANLAPAN, AND PROSECUTION ATTORNEY CESAR ANGELO CHAVEZ III), RESPONDENTS.

  • A.C. No. 9833 - FORTUNE MEDICARE, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, DOROTHEA J. SIBAL, AND ATTY. MELAN ESPELA, COMPLAINANTS, v. ATTY. RICHARD C. LEE, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. Nos. 212491-92 - MARIA SHIELA HUBAHIB TUPAZ, PETITIONER, v. THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR THE VISAYAS; ATTY. FERNANDO ABELLA, REGISTER OF DEEDS; AND MACRINA ESPINA, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 202430 - METRO BOTTLED WATER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. ANDRADA CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC., RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 211214 - LARRY SABUCO MANIBOG, PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 186432 - THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, THE DAR REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGION VIII, THE PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF PROVINCE OF LEYTE, MUNICIPAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF TABANGO, LEYTE, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF LEYTE, PETITIONERS, v. HEIRS OF REDEMPTOR AND ELISA ABUCAY, NAMELY: RENA B. ABUCAY, RHEA B. ABUCAY-BEDUYA, RIS B. ABUCAY-BUANTE, ELVER B. ABUCAY, REDELISA ABUCAY-AGUSTIN, RHOTA B. ABUCAY, HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT RENA B. ABUCAY, RESPONDENTS.; G.R. No. 186964 - THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, THE DAR REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGION VIII, THE PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, PETITIONERS, v. HEIRS OF REDEMPTOR AND ELISA ABUCAY, NAMELY: RENA B. ABUCAY, RHEA B. ABUCAY� BEDUYA, RIS B. ABUCAY-BUANTE, ELVER B. ABUCAY, REDELISA ABUCAY-AGUSTIN, RHOTA B. ABUCAY, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 175727 - LORENZO SHIPPING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. FLORENCIO O. VILLARIN AND FIRST CARGOMASTERS CORPORATION, CEBU ARRASTRE & STEVEDORING SERVICES CORPORATION AND GUERRERO G. DAJAO, RESPONDENTS.[G.R. No. 178713]LORENZO SHIPPING CORPORATLON, PETITIONER, v. FLORENCIO O. VILLARIN, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 237769 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. EDWIN LABADAN Y MANMANO AND RAQUEL SAGUM Y MARTINEZ, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

  • A.C. No. 12113 (Formerly CBD 08-2193) - LEO LUMBRE, LEOJOHN L. LUMBRE, AND RUFREX L. LUMBRE, COMPLAINANTS, v. ATTY. ERWIN BELLEZA, RESPONDENT.

  • A.C. No. 9361 - JOHAIDA GARINA ROA� BUENAFE, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. AARON R. LIRAZAN, RESPONDENT.

  • A.C. No. 11131 - DENNIS M. MAGUSARA, PETITIONER, v. ATTY. LOUIE A. RASTICA, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R No. 228880 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. LINA ACHIENG NOAH, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 237802 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. MACMAC BANGCOLA Y MAKI, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 233209 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. HEROFIL OLARTE Y NAMUAG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • A.C. No. 12423 - ALFREDO SAN GABRIEL, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. JONATHAN T. SEMPIO, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 234155 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. EDUARDO CARI�O Y LEYVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 222974 - JEFFREY CALAOAGAN, PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 237166 - FIRST GLORY PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, v. BRIAN L. LUMANTAO, STEVE J. PETARCO, ROY P. CABATINGAN, AND ZYZAN T. LADRAZO, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 238748 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. EDGAR GALLARDO Y BARRIOS, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R No. 203865 - UNITRANS INTERNATIONAL FORWARDERS, INC., PETITIONER, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, UNKNOWN CHARTERER OF THE VESSEL M/S "DORIS WULLF", AND TMS SHIP AGENCIES, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 239399 - ROLANDO P. DIZON, PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 240914 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. REYNALD[*] ESPEJO Y RIZALDO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 225752 - SEVERINO A. YU, RAMON A. YU, AND LORENZO A. YU, PETITIONERS, v. DAVID MIRANDA, MORNING STAR HOMES CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION - SAN JOSE BI�AN - HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., TIMMY RICHARD T. GABRIEL, AND LILIBETH GABRIEL, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 206780 - DR. RICO VARGAS SUBSTITUTED BY HIS WIFE, CECILIA VARGAS AND CHILDREN, NAMELY: RICHELLE JOSIE JUDY VARGAS-CASTRO, ARVEE T. VARGAS AND CECILIA VARGAS,[*] PETITIONERS, v. JOSE F. ACSAYAN, JR., RESPONDENT.; G.R. No. 206843, March 20, 2019 - STARDIAMOND INTERNATIONAL TRADING, INC., BENJAMIN N. LIBARNES AND ERNESTO V. PARANIS, PETITIONERS, v. JOSE F. ACSAYAN, JR., RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 200182 - ANACLETO ALDEN MENESES,[*] PETITIONER, v. JUNG SOON LINDA LEE-MENESES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 201021 - PILLARS PROPERTY CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. CENTURY COMMUNITIES CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 212699 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, v. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 230412 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, v. TEAM ENERGY CORPORATION (FORMERLY MIRANT PAGBILAO CORPORATION), RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 234648 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. ELIZALDE JAGDON Y BANAAG A.K.A. "ZALDY," ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

  • G.R. No. 217428 - LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, v. OSCAR S. REYES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO), SIMEON KEN R. FERRER, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CORPORATE SECRETARY OF MERALCO, OR THEIR SUCCESSORS-IN-INTEREST, AND MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, RESPONDENTS.

  • G.R. No. 222614 - HEIR OF PASTORA T. CARDENAS AND EUSTAQUIO CARDENAS, NAMELY REMEDIOS CARDENAS-TUMLOS, REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT JANET TUMLOS-QUIZON, PETITIONER, v. THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE CHURCHES OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., REPRESENTED BY REO REPOLLO AND LEOCADIO DUQUE, JR., RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 200487 - BIGG'S INC., PETITIONER, v. JAY BONCACAS, THELMA DIVINA, ALLAN DY, CHARVIE NEO, RICHARD SABATER, ARACELI ENRIQUEZ, MA. REBECCA SAN JOSE, ALFREDO ODIAMAR, JR., MICHAEL MAPA, DANTE BAYTA, GLEN REBUSI, RACHELLE MEA, ALBERT TINASAS, WILHELMN JARDINERO,[*] JUN LADABAN, ARLENE COMIA, AND PURA SABATER, RESPONDENTS. G.R. No. 200636, March 6, 2019 - JUNNIE ARINES,[**] MARY JEAN SAN JUAN-REPUESTO, REYNALDO LIRIA, EMMANUEL STA. ROSA, MENANDRO[***] RAMOS, ARNOLD SARTE, SHEILA RAYMUNDO-PONTE, MARILYN JANA, MARIANO AYCARDO, ROSENDO CHICA, JOCELYN AYCARDO, JAY ARINES, ANTONIO MONSALVE, JOSELITO ENRIQUEZ, SEGUNDINO CHICA, WINCESLAO LIRAG, LINA BARTOLOME-ODIAMAR, ANA MARIE FRANCISCO-SATUR, CARMEN TEJERO-BAYTA, NORBERTO PASANO, AND HEIRS OF EDWIN AYCARDO, REPRESENTED BY MARIA JOSEFA P. AYCARDO, PETITIONERS, v. BIGG'S INCORPORATED, ARLENE ACABADO, TERESITA AREJOLA, TERESA BUENAFLOR, CONSUELO BICHARA, AND MARICAR MANJON, RESPONDENTS.

  • A.C. No. 9218 [Formerly CBD Case No. 12-3487] - ENRICA BUCAG, REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT LOPE B. TIO, COMPLAINANT, v. ATTY. BERNARD P. OLALIA, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 235898 - MARLON DOMINGUEZ Y ARGANA, PETITIONER, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

  • G.R. No. 229943 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. EDGAR ROBLES, WILFREDO ROBLES, ROLANDO ROBLES ALIAS "BEBOT," DANTE ARON (DECEASED), DANILO ROBLES ALIAS "TOTO," JOSE ROBLES (DECEASED), ACCUSED; EDGAR ROBLES AND WILFREDO ROBLES, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.