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G.R. No. 212472, January 11, 2018 - SPECIFIED CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND SPOUSES
ARCHITECT ENRIQUE O. OLONAN AND CECILIA R. OLONAN, Petitioners, v. JOSE A. POBOCAN,
Respondent.
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G.R. No. 212472, January 11, 2018

SPECIFIED CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND SPOUSES ARCHITECT ENRIQUE O.

OLONAN AND CECILIA R. OLONAN, Petitioners, v. JOSE A. POBOCAN, Respondent.

D E C I S I O N

TIJAM, J .:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari1 under Rule 45 urges this Court to reverse and set aside the
November 27, 2013 Decision2 and April 28, 2014 Resolution3 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV
No. 99994, and to affirm instead the June 4, 2012 Order4 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon
City, Branch 92, in Civil Case No. Q-11-70338. The court a quo had granted the Motion to Dismiss5 of
Specified Contractors & Development Inc. (Specified Contractors), and Spouses Architect Enrique O.
Olonan and Cecilia R. Olonan (collectively referred to as petitioners), thereby dismissing the action for
specific performance filed by respondent Jose A. Pobocan. The dismissal of the case was subsequently set
aside by the CA in the assailed decision and resolution.

It is undisputed that respondent was in the employ of Specified Contractors until his retirement sometime
DebtKollect Company, Inc. in March 2011. His last position was president of Specified Contractors and its subsidiary, Starland
Properties Inc., as well as executive assistant of its other subsidiaries and affiliates.

Architect Olonan allegedly6 agreed to give respondent one (1) unit for every building Specified
Contractors were able to construct as part of respondent's compensation package to entice him to stay
with the company Two (2) of these projects that Specified Contractors and respondent were able to build
were the Xavierville Square Condominium in Quezon City and the Sunrise Holiday Mansion Bldg. I in
Alfonso, Cavite. Pursuant to the alleged oral agreement, Specified Contractors supposedly ceded, assigned
and transferred Unit 708 of Xavierville Square Condominium and Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday Mansion
Bldg. I (subject units) in favor of respondent.

In a March 14, 2011 letter7 addressed to petitioner Architect Enrique Olonan as chairman of Specified
Contractors, respondent requested the execution of Deeds of Assignment or Deeds of Sale over the
subject units in his favor, along with various other benefits, in view of his impending retirement on March
19, 2011.

When respondent's demand was unheeded, he filed a Complaint8 on November 21, 2011 before the RTC
of Quezon City praying that petitioners be ordered to execute and deliver the appropriate deeds of
conveyance and to pay moral and exemplary damages, as well as attorney's fees.

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On January 17, 2012, petitioners, instead of filing an answer, interposed a Motion to Dismiss9 denying the
existence of the alleged oral agreement. They argued that, even assuming arguendo that there was such
an oral agreement, the alleged contract is unenforceable for being in violation of the statute of frauds, nor
was there any written document, note or memorandum showing that the subject units have in fact been
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January-2018 Jurisprudence                  3. Whether or not the action was barred by the statute of frauds.17
G.R. No. 190817, January 10, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. ROVENCY REALTY
AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.
G.R. Nos. 230429-30, January 24, 2018 - LARA'S
GIFT AND DECORS, INC., Petitioner, v. PNB GENERAL
INSURERS CO., INC. AND UCPB GENERAL INSURANCE
CO., INC., Respondents.
G.R. No. 195614, January 10, 2018 - DIGITAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PHILS., INC./JOHN
GOKONGWEI, JR., Petitioner, v. NEILSON M.
AYAPANA, Respondent.
A.M. No. P-09-2633, January 30, 2018 - OFFICE OF
THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v.
ROLANDO C. TOMAS AND ANGELINA C. RILLORTA,
FORMER OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE, REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT, SANTIAGO CITY, ISABELA, Respondent.; A.M.
No. RTJ-12-2338, January 30, 2018 - ANGELINA C.
RILLORTA, Complainant, v. JUDGE FE A. MADRID,
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 21, SANTIAGO
CITY, ISABELA, Respondent.
G.R. No. 218427, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EMILIANO DE
CHAVEZ, Accused-Appellant.
G.R. No. 225176, January 19, 2018 - ESMERALDO
GATCHALIAN, DULY REPRESENTED BY SAMUEL
GATCHALIAN, Petitioner, v. CESAR FLORES, JOSE
LUIS ARANETA, CORAZON QUING, AND CYNTHIA
FLORES, Respondents.
G.R. No. 218245, January 17, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JESUS
EMPUESTO Y SOCATRE, Accused-Appellant.
G.R. No. 223142, January 17, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROLANDO
SANTOS Y ZARAGOZA, Accused-Appellant.
G.R. No. 196598, January 17, 2018 - EDITHA B.
ALBOR, Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS, NERVA
MACASIL JOINED BY HER HUSBAND RUDY MACASIL
AND NORMA BELUSO, JOINED BY HER HUSBAND
NOLI BELUSO, Respondents.
G.R. No. 217026, January 22, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAWRENCE
GAJO Y BUENAFE AND RICO GAJO Y BUENAFE,
Accused-Appellants.
G.R. No. 199527, January 10, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, THRU PRIVATE COMPLAINANT
BRIAN VICTOR BRITCHFORD, Petitioner, v.
SALVADOR ALAPAN, Respondent.
G.R. No. 233395, January 17, 2018 - NORLINA G.
SIBAYAN, Petitioner, v. ELIZABETH O. ALDA,
THROUGH HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, RUBY O. ALDA,
Respondent.
G.R. No. 219435, January 17, 2018 - ALLIED
BANKING CORPORATION, NOW MERGED WITH
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, Petitioner, v. REYNOLD
CALUMPANG, Respondent.
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ceded, assigned or transferred to respondent. Moreover, assuming again that said agreement existed, the
cause of action had long prescribed because the alleged agreements were supposedly entered into in 1994
and 1999 as indicated in respondent's March 14, 2011 demand letter, supra, annexed to the complaint.
The RTC, in granting10 the motion, dismissed the respondent's complaint in its June 4, 2012 Order. While
the RTC disagreed with petitioners that the action had already prescribed under Articles 114411 and
114512 of the New Civil Code, by reasoning that the complaint is in the nature of a real action which
prescribes after 30 years conformably with Article 114113, it nonetheless agreed that the alleged
agreement should have been put into writing, and that such written note, memorandum or agreement
should have been attached as actionable documents to respondent's complaint.
On appeal, the CA reversed14 the RTC's June 4, 2012 Order, reasoning that the dismissal of respondent's
complaint, anchored on the violation of the statute of frauds, is unwarranted since the rule applies only to
executory and not to completed or partially consummated contracts. According to the CA, there was
allegedly partial performance of the alleged obligation based on: (1) the respondent's possession of the
subject units; (2) the respondent's payment of condominium dues and realty tax for Unit 708 Xavierville
Square Condominium; (3) the endorsement by petitioners of furniture/equipment for Unit 208 Sunrise
Holiday Mansion I; and (4) that shares on the rental from Unit 208 Sunrise Holiday Mansion I were.
allegedly received by the respondent and deducted from his monthly balance on the furniture/equipment
account.
Petitioners countered that while there is no dispute that respondent had been occupying Unit 708 -
previously Unit 803 - of Xavierville Square Condominium, this was merely out of tolerance in view of
respondent's then position as president of the company and without surrender of ownership. Petitioners
also insisted that Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday Mansion I continues to be under their possession and
control. Thus, finding that the motion to dismiss was predicated on disputable grounds, the CA declared in
its assailed decision that a trial on the merits is necessary to determine once and for all the nature of the
respondent's possession of the subject units.
Aggrieved, petitioners sought reconsideration of the CA decision, but were unsuccessful. Hence, the
present petition raising three issues:
1. Whether or not the RTC had jurisdiction over the respondent's complaint considering that the
allegations therein invoked a right over the subject condominium units as part of his compensation
package, thus a claim arising out of an employer-employee relationship cognizable by the labor
arbiter;15
2. Whether or not the respondent's cause of action had already prescribed;16 and
Resolution of the foregoing issues calls for an examination of the allegations in the complaint and the
nature of the action instituted by respondent. As will be discussed later, there is merit in petitioners'
insistence that respondent's right of action was already barred by the statute of limitations.
What determines the nature of the action and which court has jurisdiction over it are the allegations in the
complaint and the character of the relief sought.18 In his complaint, respondent claimed that petitioners
promised to convey to him the subject units to entice him to stay with their company. From this,
respondent prayed that petitioners be compelled to perform their part of the alleged oral agreement. The
objective of the suit is to compel petitioners to perform an act specifically, to execute written instruments
pursuant to a previous oral contract. Notably, the respondent does not claim ownership of, nor title to, the
subject properties.
Not all actions involving real property are real actions. In Spouses Saraza, et al. v. Francisco19, it was
clarified that:
x x x Although the end result of the respondent's claim was the transfer of the subject
property to his name, the suit was still essentially for specific performance, a personal
action, because it sought Fernando's execution of a deed of absolute sale based on a
contract which he had previously made.
Similarly, that the end result would be the transfer of the subject units to respondent's name in the event
that his suit is decided in his favor is "an anticipated consequence and beyond the cause for which the
action [for specific performance with damages] was instituted."20 Had respondent's action proceeded to
trial, the crux of the controversy would have been the existence or non-existence of the alleged oral
contract from which would flow respondent's alleged right to compel petitioners to execute deeds of
conveyance. The transfer of property sought by respondent is but incidental to or an offshoot of the
determination of whether or not there is indeed, to begin with, an agreement to convey the properties in
exchange for services rendered.
Cabutihan v. Landcenter Construction & Development Corporation21 explains thus:
A close scrutiny of National Steel and Ruiz reveals that the prayers for the execution of a
Deed of Sale were not in any way connected to a contract, like the Undertaking in this case.
Hence, even if there were prayers for the execution of a deed of sale, the actions filed in
the said cases were not for specific performance.
In the present case, petitioner seeks payment of her services in accordance with the
undertaking the parties signed.
It is axiomatic that jurisdiction over the subject matter of a case is conferred by law and is determined by
the allegations in the complaint and the character of the relief sought, irrespective of whether the plaintiff
is entitled to all or some of the claims asserted therein.22 We therefore find that respondent correctly
designated his . complaint as one for specific performance consistent with his allegations and prayer
therein. Accordingly, respondent's suit is one that is incapable of pecuniary estimation and indeed
cognizable by the RTC of Quezon City where both parties reside. As stated in Surviving Heirs of Alfredo R.
Bautista v. Lindo:23
Settled jurisprudence considers some civil actions as incapable of pecuniary estimation, viz:
1. Actions for specific performance;
While the lack of jurisdiction of a court may be raised at any stage of an action, nevertheless, the party
raising such question may be estopped if he has actively taken part in the very proceedings which he
questions and he only objects to the court's jurisdiction because the judgment or the order subsequently
rendered is adverse to him.24 In this case, petitioners' Motion to Dismiss, Reply25 to the opposition on the
motion, and Sur-rejoinder26 only invoked the defenses of statute of frauds and prescription before the
RTC. It was only after the CA reversed the RTC's grant of the motion to dismiss that petitioners raised for
the first time the issue of jurisdiction in their Motion for Reconsideration.27 Clearly, petitioners are
estopped from raising this issue after actively taking part in the proceedings before the RTC, obtaining a
favorable ruling, and then making an issue of it only after the CA reversed the RTC's order.
Even if this Court were to entertain the petitioners' belated assertion that jurisdiction belongs to the labor
arbiter as this case involves a claim arising from an employer-employee relationship, reliance by
petitioners on Domondon v. NLRC28 is misplaced. In Domondon, the existence of the agreement on the
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A.M. No. P-17-3645 (formerly OCA IPI No. 15-
4415-P), January 30, 2018 - MARITA B.
BALLOGUING, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT, BRAPCH 20, VIGAN CITY, ILOCOS SUR,
Complainant, v. CRESENTE B. DAGAN, UTILITY
WORKER I, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 20,
VIGAN CITY, ILOCOS SUR, Respondent.
A.C. No. 11111, January 10, 2018 - IN RE: G.R. NO.
157659 "ELIGIO P. MALLARI V. GOVERNMENT
SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM AND THE PROVINCIAL
SHERIFF OF PAMPANGA."
A.C. No. 10689 [Formerly CBD Case No. 11-3171],
January 08, 2018 - ROMEO A. ALMARIO, Complainant,
v. ATTY. DOMINICA LLERA-AGNO, Respondent.
G.R. No. 190286, January 11, 2018 - RAMON E.
REYES AND CLARA R. PASTOR, Petitioners, v.
BANCOM DEVELOPMENT CORP., Respondent.
G.R. No. 190289, January 17, 2018 - THE CITY OF
BACOLOD, HON. MAYOR EVELIO R. LEONARDIA,
ATTY. ALLAN L. ZAMORA AND ARCH. LEMUEL D.
REYNALDO, IN THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITIES AND IN
THEIR CAPACITIES AS OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF
BACOLOD, Petitioners, v. PHUTURE VISIONS CO.,
INC., Respondent.
G.R. No. 218208, January 24, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BRIAN
VILLAHERMOSO, Accused-Appellant.
G.R. Nos. 225642-43, January 17, 2018 - PEOPLE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUVY D.
AMARELA AND JUNARD G. RACHO, Accused-
Appellants.
G.R. No. 196890, January 11, 2018 - CAREER
EXECUTIVE SERVICE BOARD, REPRESENTED BY
CHAIRPERSON BERNARDO P. ABESAMIS, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR MA. ANTHONETTE VELASCO-ALLONES,
AND DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARTURO M.
LACHICA, Petitioners, v. CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY CHAIRMAN
FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III AND BLESILDA V.
LODEVICO, Respondents.
G.R. No. 212472, January 11, 2018 - SPECIFIED
CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND SPOUSES
ARCHITECT ENRIQUE O. OLONAN AND CECILIA R.
OLONAN, Petitioners, v. JOSE A. POBOCAN,
Respondent.
A.M. No. RTJ-18-2514 (Formerly A.M. No. 16-10-
387-RTC), January 30, 2018 - OFFICE OF THE COURT
ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. JUDGE HECTOR B.
SALISE, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 7, REGIONAL
TRIAL COURT, BAYUGAN CITY, AGUSAN DEL SUR,
Respondent.
G.R. No. 212448, January 11, 2018 - AAA,
Petitioner, v. BBB, Respondent.
G.R. No. 218630, January 11, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. KATRINA S.
TOBORA-TIONGLICO, Respondent.
A.C. No. 5473, January 23, 2018 - GENE M.
DOMINGO, Complainant, v. ATTY. ANASTACIO E.
REVILLA, JR., Respondent.
G.R. No. 227215, January 10, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
(DPWH), Petitioner, v. LEONOR MACABAGDAL,
REPRESENTED BY EULOGIA MACABAGDAL PASCUAL
(FORMERLY JOHN DOE "DDD"), Respondent.
G.R. No. 201501, January 22, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE POLLUTION
ADJUDICATION BOARD, Petitioner, v. N. DELA
MERCED & SONS, INC., Respondent.; G.R. No.
201658, January 22, 2018 - N. DELA MERCED & SONS,
INC., Petitioner, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY THE POLLUTION ADJUDICATION
BOARD, Respondent.
A.C. No. 10783, January 31, 2018 - ATTY. BENIGNO
BARTOLOME, Complainant, v. ATTY. CHRISTOPHER A.
BASILIO, Respondent.
G.R. No. 205307, January 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDUARDO
GOLIDAN Y COTO-ONG, FRANCIS NACIONALES Y
FERNANDEZ, AND TEDDY OGSILA Y TAHIL, ACCUSED,
EDUARDO GOLIDAN Y COTO-ONG AND FRANCIS
NACIONALES Y FERNANDEZ, Accused-Appellants.
G.R. No. 189609, January 29, 2018 - VICTORIA N.
RACELIS, IN HER CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR,
Petitioner, v. SPOUSES GERMIL JAVIER AND REBECCA
JAVIER, Respondents.
G.R. No. 224498, January 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PFC ENRIQUE
REYES, Accused-Appellant.
G.R. No. 228087, January 24, 2018 - H. VILLARICA
PAWNSHOP, INC., HL VILLARICA PAWNSHOP, INC.,
HRV VILLARICA PAWNSHOP, INC. AND VILLARICA
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transfer of car-ownership was not in issue but rather, the entitlement of a former employee to his entire
monetary claims against a former employer, considering that the said employee had not paid the balance
of the purchase price of a company car which the employee opted to retain. In the present case, the
existence of the alleged oral agreement, from which would flow the right to compel performance, is in
issue.
As the Court has ascertained that the present suit is essentially for specific performance - a personal
action - over which the court a quo had jurisdiction, it was therefore erroneous for it to have treated the
complaint as a real action which prescribes after 30 years under Article 1141 of the New Civil Code. In a
personal action, the plaintiff seeks the recovery of personal property, the enforcement of a contract, or
the recovery of damages.29 Real actions, on the other hand, are those affecting title to or possession of
real property, or interest therein.30 As a personal action based upon an oral contract, Article 1145
providing a prescriptive period of six years applies in this case instead. The shorter period provided by law
to institute an action based on an oral contract is due to the frailty of human memory. Nothing prevented
the parties from reducing the alleged oral agreement into writing, stipulating the same in a contract of
employment or partnership, or even mentioning the same in an office memorandum early on.
While the respondent's complaint was ingeniously silent as to when the alleged oral agreement came
about, his March 14, 2011 demand letter annexed to his complaint categorically cites the year 1994 as
when he and Architect Olonan allegedly had an oral agreement to become "industrial partners" for which
he would be given a unit from every building they constructed. From this, Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday
Mansion I was allegedly assigned to him. Then he went on to cite his resignation in October of 1997 and
his re-employment with the company on December 1, 1999 for which he was allegedly given Unit 803 of
the Xavierville Square Condominium, substituted later on by Unit 708 thereof.
The complaint for specific performance was instituted on November 21, 2011, or 17 years from the oral
agreement of 1994 and almost 12 years after the December 1, 1999 oral agreement. Thus, the
respondent's action upon an oral contract was filed beyond the six-year period within which he should
have instituted the same.
Respondent argued that the prescriptive period should not be counted from 1994 because the
condominium units were not yet in existence at that time, and that the obligation would have arisen after
the units were completed and ready for occupancy. Article 134731 of the New Civil Code is, however, clear
that future things may be the object of a contract. This is the reason why real estate developers engage in
pre-selling activities. But even if we were to entertain respondent's view, his right of action would still be
barred by the statute of limitations.
Condominium Certificate of Title (CCT) No. N-1834732 for Unit 708 of Xavierville Square Condominium,
copy of which was annexed to the complaint, was issued on September 11, 1997 or more than 13 years
before respondent's March 14, 2011 demand letter. CCT No. CT-61333 for Unit 208 of Sunrise Holiday
Mansion Building I; also annexed to the complaint, was issued on March 12, 1996 or 14 years before
respondent's March 14, 2011 demand letter. Indubitably, in view of the instant suit for specific
performance being a personal action funded upon an oral contract which must be brought within six years
from the accrual of the right, prescription had already set in.
Inasmuch as the complaint should have been dismissed by the RTC on the ground of prescription, which
fact is apparent from the complaint and its annexes, it is no longer necessary to delve into the
applicability of the statute of frauds.
WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. Accordingly, the Court of Appeals' November 27, 2013 Decision
and April 28, 2014 Resolution in CA-G.R. CV No. 99994 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. We sustain the
dismissal of Civil Case No. Q-11-70338, but on the ground that the action for specific performance had
already prescribed.
SO ORDERED.
Sereno, C.J., (Chairperson), Leonardo-De Castro, Del Castillo, and Jardeleza, JJ., concur.
Endnotes:
1Rollo, pp. 11-38.
2 Id. at 52-58, penned by Associate Justice Japar B. Dimaampao and concurred in by
Associate Justices Elihu A. Ybañez and Victoria Isabel A. Paredes.
3 Id. at 61-62.
4 Id. at 168-174, penned by Presiding Judge Eleuterio L. Bathan.
5 Id. at 77-83.
6 Infra.
7Rollo, pp. 74-75.
8 Id. at 67-69.
9 Id. at 77-83.
10 Id. at 173-174.
11ART. 1144. The following actions must be brought within ten years from the time the
right of action accrues:
(1) Upon a written contract;
(2) Upon an obligation created by law;
(3) Upon a judgment.
12ART. 1145. The following actions must be commenced within six years:
(1) Upon an oral contract;
(2) Upon a quasi-contract
13ART. 1141. Real actions over immovables prescribe after thirty years.
This provision is without prejudice to what is established for the acquisition of
ownership and other real rights by prescription.
14Rollo, at p. 58.
15 Id. at 21-23.
16 Id. at 23-24.
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PAWNSHOP, INC., Petitioners, v. SOCIAL SECURITY 17 Id. at 33.
COMMISSION, SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, AMADOR
M. MONTEIRO, SANTIAGO DIONISIO R. AGDEPPA, 18Nilo Padre v. Fructosa Badillo, Fedila Badillo, Presentacion Caballes, et al., 655 Phil. 52,
MA. LUZ N. BARROS-MAGSINO, MILAGROS N. CASUGA
64 (2011).
AND JOCELYN Q. GARCIA, Respondents.
19 722 Phil. 346, 357 (2013).
G.R. Nos. 206079-80, January 17, 2018 -
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC. (PAL), Petitioner, v.
20 Id.
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
Respondent.; G.R. No. 206309, January 17, 2018 -
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, 21 432 Phil. 927, 938 (2002).
v. PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC. (PAL), Respondent.
22Russell v. Vestil, 364 Phil. 392, 401 (1999).
G.R. No. 192396, January 17, 2018 - STEPHEN A.
ANTIG, AS REPRESENTATIVE OF AMS BANANA 23 728 Phil. 630, 638 (2014).
EXPORTER, INC. [FORMERLY AMS FARMING
CORPORATION], BERNARDITA S. LEMOSNERO, 24National Steel Corporation v. Court of Appeals, 362 Phil. 150, 160 (1999).
JEMARIE J. TESTADO, THOMAS BERNARD C. ALLADIN,
AND GERARDO ARANGOSO, Petitioners, v. 25Rollo, pp. 88-94.
ANASTACIO ANTIPUESTO, IN HIS OWN CAPACITY
AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF AMS KAPALONG
26 Id. at 116-121.
AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES MULTI-PURPOSE
COOPERATIVE (AMSKARBEMCO) AND ITS MEMBERS,
Respondents. 27 Id. at 196-206.

G.R. No. 225735, January 10, 2018 - PEOPLE OF 28 508 Phil. 541 (2005).
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BELEN
MEJARES Y VALENCIA, Accused-Appellant. 29Marcos-Araneta, et al., v. Court of Appeals, et al., 585 Phil. 58 (2008).

A.C. No. 8208, January 10, 2018 - RET. JUDGE 30 Id.

VIRGILIO ALPAJORA, Complainant, v. ATTY.
RONALDO ANTONIO V. CALAYAN, Respondent. 31ART. 1347. All things which are not outside the commerce of men, including future
G.R. No. 227698, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF things, may be the object of a contract.
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HERNANDO
32Rollo, p. 70.
BONGOS, Accused-Appellants.

G.R. No. 219889, January 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF 33 Id. at 71.

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDWIN
DAGSA Y BANTAS @ "WING WING," Accused-
Appellant.

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1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
SHIPPING PHILIPPINES, INC., AND/OR TEEKAY
SHIPPING LTD., AND/OR ALEX VERCHEZ, Petitioners, 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
v. ROBERTO M. RAMOGA, JR., Respondent.
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
G.R. No. 201792, January 24, 2018 - WILFREDO P. 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
ASAYAS, Petitioner, v. SEA POWER SHIPPING
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
ENTERPRISES, INC., AND/OR AVIN INTERNATIONAL
S.A., AND/OR ANTONIETTE GUERRERO, Respondents. 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
G.R. No. 219581, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAXIMO 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
DELA PEÑA, Accused-Appellant.; ROMY REAL, DANNY
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
REAL AND ONYONG REYES, Accused.
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
G.R. No. 219238, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOISES
DEJOLDE, JR. Y SALINO, Accused-Appellant.

A.M. No. P-17-3772 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 12-

3999-P), January 10, 2018 - JOVITA B. LAMSIS,
Complainant, v. JUDE F. SALES, SR., PROCESS Main Indices of the Library ---> Go!
SERVER, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 10, LA
TRINIDAD, BENGUET, Respondent.

G.R. No. 229829, January 22, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARNEL
KALIPAYAN Y ANIANO, Accused-Appellant.

A.M. No. P-05-1938, January 30, 2018 - THE

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR,
Complainant, v. MR. CRISPIN C. EGIPTO, JR., CLERK
OF COURT IV, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES,
PAGADIAN CITY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 226355, January 24, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF

THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
(DPWH), Petitioner, v. HEIRS OF CIRILO GOTENGCO,
Respondents.

G.R. No. 203298, January 17, 2018 - INTERLINK

MOVIE HOUSES, INC. AND EDMER Y. LIM, Petitioners,
v. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, STATIONERY
EXPRESSIONS SHOP, INC. AND JOSEPHINE LIM BON
HUAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 223099, January 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LINO
ALEJANDRO Y PIMENTEL, Accused-Appellant.

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G.R. No. 207354, January 10, 2018 - CHARLIE
HUBILLA, JOEL NAYRE, NENITA A. TAN, PEDRO
MAGALLANES, JR., ARNEL YUSON, JANICE CABATBAT,
JUDY PAPINA, VANESSA ESPIRITU, NOEMI YALUNG,
GENALYN RESCOBILLO, FIDEL ZAQUITA, NYL B.
CALINGASAN, JANICE MIRADORA, EVANGELINE
CHUA, ROSCHELLE MISSION, MELANIE BALLESTEROS,
MARILYN BACALSO, RENALYN ALCANTARA,
FEDERICO B. VIERNES, CHRISTOPHER B. YARES, ANA
MARY R. AGUILAR, MELANIE SAN MARCOS,
EMERLOVE MONTE, CHONALYN LUCAS, THERESA
MALICOSIO, MA. FE CERCARES, RUBELYN R. CLARO,
JONALYN M. YALUNG, MARY ANN V. MACANAG,
RESLYN L. FLORES, CRISTEL C. ROQUE, TERESA G.
MUNAR, SUSAN A. DELA CRUZ, SHEENA KAY P. DE
VERA, ARLENE R. ANES, GINA B. BINIBINI, CHERINE
V. ZORILLA, MA. CRISTINE MAGTOTO, FRANCIS
MARIE O. DE CASTRO, VANESSA R. ESPIRITU,
RACHELLE V. QUISTORIA, JULIE ANN ILAN, ANGELIE
F. PANOTES, ANABEL PAYOS, MELISSA M. PERLAS,
MELANIE B. BERSES, BARVI ROSE PERALTA, RESIE
AQUE, ROWENA RIVERA, MELANIE M. DY, CHERYLYN
CORO, RANELYN SUBONG, ANGELA SUBILLAGA,
THELMA BARTOLABAC, MICHELLE C. ILAGAN,
PRECIOUS MAE DE GUZMAN, MARY CAROLINE
COLINA, FRELYN HIPOLITO, MYLINE A. CALLOS,
JANETH B. SEMBILLO, LEA LYN F. FERRANCO, MAY C.
SANTOS, ROSELLE A. NOBLE, JENNIFER D. SUYOM,
WARREN PETCHIE C. CAJES, ROWELYN F. CATALAN,
RIEZEL ANN A. ALEGRE, DEMETRIA B. PEREZ,
GENALYN OSOC, JUVILYN N. NERI, JOY B. PIMENTEL,
AIRENE LAYON, MARY JOY TURQUEZA, MARY ANN
VALENTIN, ROSIE L. NIEBRES, MELCA MALLORCA,
JOY CAGATCAGAT, DIANA CAMARO, MARIVEL
DIJUMO, SHEILA DELA CRUZ, ELIZABETH ARINGO,
JENALYN G. DISMAYA, MELANIE G. TRIA, GRETCHEN
D. MEJOS, AND JANELIE R. JIMENEZ, Petitioners, v.
HSY MARKETING LTD., CO., WANTOFREE ORIENTAL
TRADING, INC., COEN FASHION HOUSE AND
GENERAL MERCHANDISE, ASIA CONSUMER VALUE
TRADING, INC., FABULOUS JEANS & SHIRT &
GENERAL MERCHANDISE, LSG MANUFACTURING
CORPORATION, UNITE GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
ROSARIO Q. CO, LUCIA PUN LING YEUNG, AND
ALEXANDER ARQUEZA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 215713, January 22, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOBBY S.
ABELARDE, Accused-Appellant.

A.M. No. P-17-3771 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 11-

3689-P), January 24, 2018 - JUDGE DENNIS B.
CASTILLA, Complainant, v. MARIA LUZ A. DUNCANO,
CLERK OF COURT IV, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF
COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES,
BUTUAN, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Respondent.

G.R. No. 203081, January 17, 2018 - LINDA

CACHO, MINORS SARAH JANE, JACQUELINE, FIRE
RINA AND MARK LOUISE ALL SURNAMED CACHO, ALL
REPRESENTED BY THEIR MOTHER AND GUARDIAN AD
LITEM LINDA CACHO, Petitioners, v. GERARDO
MANAHAN, DAGUPAN BUS CO., INC., AND RENATO DE
VERA DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME R. M. DE
VERA CONSTRUCTION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 210766, January 08, 2018 - MARIA

CONCEPCION N. SINGSON A.K.A. CONCEPCION N.
SINGSON, Petitioner, v. BENJAMIN L. SINGSON,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 207074, January 17, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. MICHELLE SORIANO
GALLO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 195878, January 10, 2018 - MAGSAYSAY

MITSUI OSK MARINE, INC., KOYO MARINE, CO. LTD.,
AND CONRADO DELA CRUZ, Petitioners, v. OLIVER G.
BUENAVENTURA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 230404, January 31, 2018 - IN THE

MATTER OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF REYNALDO
GUZMAN RODRIGUEZ; ANITA ONG TAN, Petitioner, v.
ROLANDO C. RODRIGUEZ, RACQUEL R. GEGAJO*,
ROSALINDA R. LANDON, REYNALDO C. RODRIGUEZ,
JR., ESTER R. FULGENCIO, RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ
AND REYNEST C. RODRIGUEZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 216057, January 08, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, v. CEFERINO
VILLACAMPA Y CADIENTE @ "DADDY GAGA,"
Appellant.

A.C. No. 9000, January 10, 2018 - TOMAS P. TAN,

JR., Complainant, v. ATTY. HAIDE V. GUMBA,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 205813, January 10, 2018 - ALFREDO F.

LAYA, JR., Petitioner, v. PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK
AND RICARDO A. BALBIDO, JR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 192971, January 10, 2018 - FLORO

MERCENE, Petitioner, v. GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INSURANCE SYSTEM, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-11-2301 [Formerly A.M. No. 11-3-55-

RTC], January 16, 2018 - OFFICE OF THE COURT
ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. JUDGE PERLA V.
CABRERA FALLER, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OPHELIA G.
SULUEN AND PROCESS SERVER RIZALINO RINALDI B.
PONTEJOS, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 90,

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DASMARIÑAS, CAVITE, Respondents.; A.M. No. RTJ-
11-2302 [FORMERLY A.M. No. 11-7-125-RTC] -
OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR,
Complainant, v. PRESIDING JUDGE FERNANDO L.
FELICEN, CLERK OF COURT V ATTY. ALLAN SLY M.
MARASIGAN, SHERIFF IV ANSELMO P. PAGUNSAN,
JR., COURT STENOGRAPHERS ROSALIE MARANAN
AND TERESITA P. REYES, COURT INTERPRETER
IMELDA M. JUNTILLA, AND PROCESS SERVER
HIPOLITO O. FERRER, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 20,
IMUS, CAVITE; PRESIDING JUDGE NORBERTO J.
QUISUMBING, JR., CLERK OF COURT ATTY. MARIA
CRISTITA A. RIVAS SANTOS, LEGAL RESEARCHER
MANUELA O. OSORIO, SHERIFF IV FILMAR M. DE
VILLA, COURT STENOGRAPHERS MARILOU CAJIGAL,
WENDILYN T. ALMEDA AND HELEN B. CARALUT,
COURT INTERPRETER ELENITA T. DE VILLA, AND
PROCESS SERVER ELMER S. AZCUETA, ALL OF THE
RTC, BRANCH 21, IMUS, CAVITE; PRESIDING JUDGE
CESAR A. MANGROBANG, CLERK OF COURT VI ATTY.
REGALADO E. EUSEBIO, CLERK OF COURT V ATTY.
SETER M. DELA CRUZ-CORDEZ, LEGAL RESEARCHER
DEVINA A. REYES BERMUDEZ, COURT
STENOGRAPHERS PRISCILLA P. HERNANDEZ,
NORMITA Z. FABIA, MERLY O. PARCERO, AND JOYCE
ANN F. SINGIAN, COURT INTERPRETER MICHELLE A.
ALARCON, AND PROCESS SERVER ELMER S. AZCUETA,
ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 22, IMUS, CAVITE;
EXECUTIVE JUDGE PERLA V. CABRERA FALLER, CLERK
OF COURT ZENAIDA C. NOGUERA, SHERIFF IV TOMAS
C. AZURIN, OIC LEGAL RESEARCHER OPHELIA G.
SULUEN, COURT STENOGRAPHERS JESUSA B. SAN
JOSE, ROSALINA A. COSTUNA, AND MARIA LOURDES
M. SAPINOSO, COURT INTERPRETER MERLINA S.
FERMA, AND PROCESS SERVER RIZALINO RINALDI B.
PONTEJOS, ALL OF THE RTC, BRANCH 90,
DASMARIÑAS, CAVITE, Respondents.; A.M. No. 12-9-
188-RTC - RE: ANONYMOUS LETTER COMPLAINT
AGAINST JUDGE PERLA V. CABRERA-FALLER, BRANCH
90, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, DASMARIÑAS CITY,
CAVITE, RELATIVE TO CIVIL CASE NO. 1998-08

G.R. No. 194214, January 10, 2018 - MARILOU

PUNONGBAYAN-VISITACION, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE
OF THE PHILIPPINES AND CARMELITA P.
PUNONGBAYAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 200469, January 15, 2018 - PHILIPPINE

SAVINGS BANK, Petitioner, v. JOSEPHINE L. PAPA,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 205440, January 15, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. YOLANDO B.
PANERIO ALIAS JOHN "YOLLY" LABOR AND ALEX
(JOJO) F. ORTEZA, ACCUSED, YOLANDO B. PANERIO,
Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 214291, January 11, 2018 - AMERICAN

POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION; AMERICAN
POWER CONVERSION SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.;
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION (A.P.C.), B.V.;
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION (PHILS.) B.V.;
DAVID W. PLUMER, JR.; GEORGE KONG; AND ALICIA
HENDY, Petitioners, v. JASON YU LIM, Respondent.

G.R. No. 225596, January 10, 2018 - THE PEOPLE

OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.
ALEXANDER ALVARO Y DE LEON AND ROSALIE
GERONIMO Y MADERA, Accused-Appellants.

G.R. No. 210610, January 11, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARILOU
HILARIO Y DIANA AND LALAINE GUADAYO Y ROYO,
ACCUSED. MARILOU HILARIO Y DIANA, Accused-
Appellant.

G.R. Nos. 206841-42, January 19, 2018 -

ARMANDO GO, Petitioner, v. EAST OCEANIC LEASING
AND FINANCE CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 208835, January 19, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NOEL BEJIM
Y ROMERO, Accused-Appellant.

A.M. No. P-17-3639 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 14-

4314-P), January 23, 2018 - MA. CECILIA FERMINA T.
ROXAS, Complainant, v. ALLEN FRANCISCO S. SICAT,
SHERIFF III, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT,
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, ANGELES CITY,
PAMPANGA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 219683, January 23, 2018 - HON.

JONATHAN A. DELA CRUZ AND HON. GUSTAVO S.
TAMBUNTING, AS MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND AS TAXPAYERS, Petitioners,
v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. JOSEPH EMILIO A.
ABAYA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, IN
HIS CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; AND
HON. ROSALIA V. DE LEON, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE
NATIONAL TREASURER, Respondents.

G.R. No. 225690, January 17, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GERALD
ARVIN ELINTO RAMIREZ AND BELINDA GALIENBA
LACHICA, Accused-Appellants.

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G.R. No. 204039, January 10, 2018 - UNITED
COCONUT PLANTERS BANK, Petitioner, v. SPOUSES
WALTER UY AND LILY UY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 195887, January 10, 2018 - BEN LINE

AGENCIES PHILIPPINES, INC., REP. BY RICARDO J.
JAMANDRE, Petitioner, v. CHARLES M.C. MADSON
AND ALFREDO P. AMORADO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 212994, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSHUA QUE
Y UTUANIS, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 230144, January 22, 2018 - THE MANILA

BANKING CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. BASES
CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 216017, January 19, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NIÑO FLOR Y
MORA, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 188243, January 24, 2018 - LAND BANK

OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. RAUL T.
MANZANO, JOSE R. JUGO, RAMON H. MANZANO, AND
HEIRS OF PILAR T. MANZANO, NAMELY: RICARDO T.
MANZANO, JR., RENATO T. MANZANO, JR., RAMON T.
MANZANO, JR., RAUL T. MANZANO, RAFAEL T.
MANZANO, ROBERTO T. MANZANO, AND REGINA T.
MANZANO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 231792, January 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALVIN JUGO
Y VILLANUEVA, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 197920, January 22, 2018 -

DEMOSTHENES R. ARBILON, Petitioner, v. SOFRONIO
MANLANGIT, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-18-3796 (Formerly OCA IPI No.16-

4545-P), January 22, 2018 - ATTY. MA. JASMINE P.
LOOD, MARY JANE G. CORPUZ, AND MA. HAZEL P.
SEBIAL, Complainants, v. RUEL V. DELICANA, LEGAL
RESEARCHER, BRANCH 3, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT
IN CITIES [MTCC], GENERAL SANTOS CITY, SOUTH
COTABATO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 208775, January 22, 2018 - JORGE

DABON, a.k.a. GEORGE DEBONE @ GEORGE,
Petitioner, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 208638, January 24, 2018 - SPOUSES

FRANCISCO ONG AND BETTY LIM ONG, AND SPOUSES
JOSEPH ONG CHUAN AND ESPERANZA ONG CHUAN,
Petitioners, v. BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC.,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 191460, January 31, 2018 - PERFECTO M.

PASCUA, Petitioner, v. BANK WISE, INC. AND
PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK, Respondent.; G.R. No.
191464, January 31, 2018 - BANKWISE, INC.,
Petitioner, v. PERFECTO M. PASCUA AND PHILIPPINE
VETERANS BANK, Respondents.

G.R. No. 226400, January 24, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSELITO
BRINGCULA Y FERNANDEZ, Accused-Appellant.

A.C. No. 10684, January 24, 2018 - ILUMINADA D.

YUZON, Complainant, v. ATTY. ARNULFO M.
AGLERON, Respondent.

G.R. No. 227577, January 24, 2018 - ANGEL

FUELLAS DIZON, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE
PHILLIPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 229512, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONALDO
PAZ Y DIONISIO @ "JEFF", Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 195472, January 08, 2018 - SAMSON LIM

BIO HIAN, Petitioner, v. JOAQUIN LIM ENG TIAN,
Respondent.; G.R. No. 195568, January 08, 2018 -
JOHNSON LIM BIO TIONG, Petitioner, v. JOAQUIN
LIM ENG TIAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 200401, January 17, 2018 - METRO RAIL

TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner,
v. GAMMON PHILIPPINES, INC., Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-18-1908 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 14-

2674-MTJ), January 16, 2018 - BERNARDITA F.
ANTIPORDA, Complainant, v. FRANCISCO A. ANTE,
JR., PRESIDING JUDGE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN
CITIES, VIGAN, CITY, ILOCOS SUR, Respondent.

G.R. No. 207613, January 31, 2018 - REYMAN G.

MINSOLA, Petitioner, v. NEW CITY BUILDERS, INC.
AND ENGR. ERNEL FAJARDO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 222317, January 24, 2018 - ST. PAUL

COLLEGE, PASIG, AND SISTER TERESITA BARICAUA,
SPC, Petitioners, v. ANNA LIZA L. MANCOL AND
JENNIFER CECILE S. VALERA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 213465, January 08, 2018 - CAREER

PHILIPPINES SHIPMANAGEMENT, INC.; COLUMBIA
SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD. LIBERIA; AND/OR
SAMPAGUITA D. MARAVE, Petitioners, v. DONARD P.
SILVESTRE, Respondent.

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G.R. No. 228799, January 10, 2018 - MACTAN

ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND ANTONIO TOMPAR,
Petitioners, v. BENFREI S. GERMO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 224673, January 22, 2018 - CECILIA

RIVAC, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 226103, January 24, 2018 - GENERATO M.

HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. MAGSAYSAY MARITIME
CORPORATION, SAFFRON MARITIME LIMITED
AND/OR MARLON R. ROÑO, Respondents.

GR. No. 199081, January 24, 2018 - ASIGA MINING

CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. MANILA MINING
CORPORATION AND BASIANA MINING EXPLORATION
CORPORATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 203160, January 24, 2018 -

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner,
v. COVANTA ENERGY PHILIPPINE HOLDINGS, INC.,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 218984, January 24, 2018 - ARMANDO M.

TOLENTINO (DECEASED), HEREIN REPRESENTED BY
HIS SURVIVING SPOUSE MERLA F. TOLENTINO AND
CHILDREN NAMELY: MARIENELA, ALYSSA, ALEXA,
AND AZALEA, ALL SURNAMED TOLENTINO,
Petitioners, v. PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC.,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 217135, January 31, 2018 - MANILA

SHIPMANAGEMENT & MANNING, INC., AND/OR
HELLESPONT HAMMONIA GMBH & CO. KG AND/OR
AZUCENA C. DETERA, Petitioners, v. RAMON T.
ANINANG, Respondent.

G.R. No. 210504, January 24, 2018 - HEIRS OF

ALFONSO YUSINGCO, REPRESENTED BY THEIR
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, TEODORO K. YUSINGCO,
Petitioners, v. AMELITA BUSILAK, COSCA NAVARRO,
FLAVIA CURAYAG AND LIXBERTO1 CASTRO,
Respondents.

G.R. No. 229404, January 24, 2018 - MARILYN B.

ASENTISTA, Petitioner, v. JUPP & COMPANY, INC.,
AND/OR MR. JOSEPH V. ASCUTIA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 233922, January 24, 2018 - MA. VICTORIA

M. GALANG, Petitioner, v. PEAKHOLD FINANCE
CORPORATION AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF
CALOOCAN CITY, Respondents.

A.M. No. 17-11-272-RTC, January 31, 2018 - RE:

DROPPING FROM THE ROLLS OF LEMUEL H.
VENDIOLA, SHERIFF IV, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF
COURT (OCC), REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BIÑAN
CITY, LAGUNA (RTC).

A.C. No. 9129, January 31, 2018 - MARIA EVA DE

MESA, Complainant, v. ATTY. OLIVER O. OLAYBAL,
Respondent.

A.C. No. 9067, January 31, 2018 - MARJORIE A.

APOLINAR-PETILO, Complainant, v. ATTY. ARISTEDES
A. MARAMOT, Respondent.

G.R. No. 229671, January 31, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOVENCITO
MIRANDA Y TIGAS, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 207252, January 24, 2018 - PHILIPPINE

GEOTHERMAL, INC. EMPLOYEES UNION (PGIEU),
Petitioner, v. CHEVRON GEOTHERMAL PHILS.
HOLDINGS, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 225929, January 24, 2018 - JOSE V.

GAMBITO, Petitioner, v. ADRIAN OSCAR Z. BACENA,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 222159, January 31, 2018 - PAZ E.

REBADULLA, PERRAIN E. REBADULLA, JOCELYN E.
REBADULLA, CLEVIS E. REBADULLA, HAZEL R.
RIGUERA, ARIEL E. REBADULLA,GIOVANNI CLYDE E.
REBADULLA, ROEL E. STA. MARIA, KLEINER KYLE R.
STA. MARIA, AND KERSCHEL R. STA. MARIA,
Petitioners, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE
SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS, AND
ENGR. TOMAS L. BUEN, PROJECT MANAGER, DPWH-
PMO-SWIM PROJECT, Respondents.; G.R. No. 222171,
January 31, 2018 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,
THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS,
AND ENGR. TOMAS L. BUEN, PROJECT MANAGER,
DPWH-PMO-SWIM PROJECT, Petitioners, v. PAZ E.
REBADULLA, PERRAIN E. REBADULLA, JOCELYN E.
REBADULLA, CLEVIS E. REBADULLA, PAZ R. STA.
MARIA, REPRESENTED BY HER COMPULSORY HEIRS
HAZEL R. RIGUERA, ARIEL E. REBADULLA, GIOVANNI
CLYDE E. REBADULLA, ROEL E. STA. MARIA, KLEINER
KYLE R. STA. MARIA, AND KERSCHEL R. STA. MARIA,
Respondents.

G.R. No. 213945, January 24, 2018 - LUCILA

YARED AND HEIRS OF THE LATE ERNESTO YARED,
SR., Petitioners, v. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Respondent.

G.R. No. 220103, January 31, 2018 - SAN MIGUEL

FOODS, INC., Petitioner, v. HANNIVAL V. RIVERA,
JOVICELL B. FUJA, ENCENARIO B. CORONADO, JR.,

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8/8/2019 G.R. No. 212472, January 11, 2018 - SPECIFIED CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND SPOUSES ARCHITECT ENRIQUE O. OLONA…
LEYLANIE O. GULANE, JOSE PEDRO, REY RELLOROSA,
CHERRY MAY BRAGA, ROGELIO ALSONADO, JOHN DE
VERA, ALBERTO DAGANIO, RHENE PURA, EFREN
ESCOBIDO, ALEXANDER D. BUENAOBRA, SUSIE
VERIDIANO, ROBERTO E. GERMAN, JR., HERMAN B.
ESPANUEVA, JR., MARIONITO D. JUMAO-AS,
ANTHONY ANTONIO, JESSIE GLENN DELA CRUZ,
SOFRONIO SIMPORIOS, JR., RICHARD FLAUTA,
ENRIQUE BUNA, JOJIT ORILLOSA, JONATHAN PENA,
JENNIFER B. CASTILLO, EDGARDO BARBACENA, JOSE
WARLITO INTING, MICHAEL FLORES, LEONCIO M.
ISON, ALEXANDER C. ARELLANO, CARMELITO F.
FUNTANBA, ALMARO M. ROSEL, NORBERTO PONCE B.
PULIDO, JR., ARIAMHER OGANA, DOMINADOR B.
SALAZAR, ANGELITO C. TABUCOL, RENATO C.
ILLUSTRISIMO, ROGELIO M. DE LEON, FELIPE P.
GUILLANO, AND SHIRLY M. TOLENTINO,
Respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-16-2470 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 12-

3987-RTJ), January 10, 2018 - PROSECUTOR LEO T.
CAHANAP, Complainant, v. JUDGE LEONOR S.
QUIÑONES, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 6,
ILIGAN CITY, LANAO DEL NORTE, Respondent.

G.R. No. 208197, January 10, 2018 - ARACELI

MAYUGA, SUBSTITUTED BY MARILYN MAYUGA
SANTILLAN FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THE HEIRS,
Petitioner, v. ANTONIO ATIENZA, REPRESENTING THE
HEIRS OF ARMANDO* ATIENZA; BENJAMIN ATIENZA,
JR., REPRESENTING THE HEIRS OF BENJAMIN A.
ATIENZA, SR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 227395, January 10, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OSCAR
GIMPAYA AND ROEL GIMPAYA, ACCUSED, OSCAR
GIMPAYA, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 229102, January 29, 2018 - PEOPLE OF

THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILIP
MAMANGON Y ESPIRITU, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 210961, January 24, 2018 - LEO V. MAGO

AND LEILANIE E. COLOBONG, Petitioners, v. SUN
POWER MANUFACTURING LIMITED, Respondent.

G.R. No. 221862, January 23, 2018 - GEN.

EMMANUEL BAUTISTA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE
CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
PHILIPPINES (AFP), GEN. EDUARDO AÑO, IN HIS
CAPACITY AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE PHILIPPINES (ISAFP), GEN. HERNANDO
IRIBERRI, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMANDING
GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, GEN. BENITO
ANTONIO T. DE LEON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS
COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 5TH INFANTRY
DIVISION, AND PC/SUPT. MIGUEL DE MAYO LAUREL,
IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF THE ISABELA
PROVINCIAL POLICE OFFICE, Petitioners, v. ATTY.
MARIA CATHERINE DANNUG-SALUCON, Respondent.

 
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