FACTS: On February 24,2006, during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Edsa People Power I, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued PP 1017 declaring a state of National Emergency which subject to certain conditions by the framers of our constitution. The basis of the declaration is the conspiracy of the opposition, the extreme left… Read More DAVID vs. ARROYO G.R. No. 171396 May 3, 2006 Locus Standi
FACTS: Petitioners file for certiorari and prohibition with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction to declare unconstitutional the appointments issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, through Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita to Florencio B. Abad, Avelino J. Cruz, Jr., Michael T. Defensor, Joseph H. Durano, Raul M. Gonzalez, Alberto G. Romulo,… Read More PIMENTEL vs. ERMITA G.R. No. 164978 October 13, 2005 Legal Standing
FACTS: In the aftermath of the EDSA Revolution, President Corazon C. Aquino issued Executive Order (EO) No. 1, creating the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) tasked with the recovery of all ill-gotten wealth accumulated by former President Ferdinand Marcos, his immediate family, relatives, subordinates and close associates. This was followed by EO Nos. 2… Read More REPUBLIC vs. ESTATE OF MENZI G.R. No. 152578 November 23, 2005 PCGG
FACTS: Petitioners pray for this Court to declare Republic Act No. 7056 as unconstitutional and, therefore, invalid and inoperative because: 1. It violates the mandate of the Constitution for the holding of synchronized national and local elections on the second Monday of May 1992. 2. Republic Act 7056, particularly the 2nd paragraph of Section 3… Read More OSMEÑA vs. COMELEC G.R. No. 100318 June 30, 1991 Elections
FACTS: Petitioner began working for respondents university medical center as a nurse. Respondent, through its Human Resources Development Office, informed petitioner that she was approaching her 35th year of service with the university and was due for automatic retirement on November 18, 1993, at which time she would be 57 years old. This was pursuant… Read More JACULBE vs. SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY G.R. No. 156934 March 16, 2007 Compulsory Retirement, CBA, Security of Tenure Clause Illegal Dismissal
FACTS: Respondent belonged to the clerical staff of the Director of LTFRB Cebu. Respondent was designated as concurrent acting “Special Collection/Disbursing Officer.” The Commission on Audit (COA) audited respondent’s cash and accounts. After inspecting respondent’s records, the COA’s examining auditors noted a shortage in respondent’s accounts. Respondent remitted the missing amount. The COA required respondent… Read More OMBUDSMAN vs. CA G.R. No. 167844 November 22, 2006 Office of the Ombudsman, Administrative Case, Powers, Functions and Duties of the Office of the Ombudsman, Dishonesty
FACTS: Petitioners in this special civil action for mandamus with preliminary injunction invoke their right to information and pray that respondent be directed: (a) to furnish petitioners the list of the names of the Batasang Pambansa members belonging to the UNIDO and PDP-Laban who were able to secure clean loans immediately before the February… Read More RICARDO VALMONTE, et al. vs. FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR.. G.R. No. 74930 February 13, 1989 Right to Information; Mandamus; GSIS Law; “public concern” and “public interest”
FACTS: Arnold Alva was accused of defrauding YUMI VERANGA HERVERA by means of false manifestation and fraudulent representation to the effect that he could process the latter’s application for U.S. Visa provided she would give the amount of P120,000.00, and by means of other similar deceit, induced and succeeded in inducing said YUMI VERANGA… Read More Alva vs. CA G.R. No. 157331 April 12, 2006 Bail
FACTS: In a verified letter-complaint dated November 8, 2003, Silas Y. Cañada administratively charged respondent Judge Ildefonso B. Suerte of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 60, Barili, Cebu, of arbitrary detention punished under Article 124 of the Revised Penal Code and the provisions of Republic Act No. 3019 entitled “Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices… Read More Canada vs. Judge Suerte A.M. No. RTJ-04-1875 Nov. 9, 2005
FACTS: Petitioners were charged before the Sandiganbayan for allegedly diverting and collecting funds of the National Power Corporation (NPC) intended for the purchase of US Dollars from the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), and were indicted for the complex crime of Malversation through Falsification of Commercial Documents defined and penalized under Articles 217 and 171… Read More PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. JAIME OCHOA et. al. G.R. No. 157399 Custodial Investigation