Tag: 2025
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Melad v. Melad G.R. No. 267998 (Supreme Court, Second Division, Promulgated April 23, 2025) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Eloisa Maliwat-Melad (Petitioner) and Amancio Reyes Melad (Private Respondent) were married on March 23, 1990, in Tarlac City, and produced three children. The marriage contract identified the solemnizing officer as Judge Conrado De Gracia. In 2018, Eloisa filed a petition seeking to declare the marriage null and void based on the lack of authority…
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St. Martin Funeral Home vs. National Labor Relations Commission (G.R. No. 130866, September 16, 1998) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Private respondent Bienvenido Aricayos filed a complaint for illegal dismissal before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) against petitioner St. Martin Funeral Home, where he claimed to have worked as Operations Manager from February 6, 1995, until his dismissal on January 22, 1996. St. Martin Funeral Home countered that Aricayos was not an employee…
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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES v. ARON AKIL y GUAMALON (G.R. No. 265570) (2025) (CASE DIGEST)
GAERLAN, J. Facts Aron Akil y Guamalon (Akil) was charged with Carnapping under Republic Act No. 10883. The private complainant, JR Belardo (Belardo), found his motorcycle missing and reviewed CCTV footage showing the perpetrator, whose face was obscured by a mask, cap, and sunglasses, wearing a yellow Fubu shirt. Eighteen days later, Akil was arrested…
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Department of Education vs. Caleda (G.R. No. 272507)(2025) (CASE DIGEST)
(Note: in re: Land Titles and Deeds) Facts Princess Joama Marcosa A. Caleda (Caleda) is the registered owner of Lot No. 7421, a 10,637-square meter parcel of land covered by Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 4975. Caleda acquired the lot on November 21, 2014, through an Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Waiver of Rights…
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UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK, substituted by LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, – versus – EDITHA F. ANG and VIOLETA M. FERNANDEZ, Respondents. (G.R. No. 222448, Resolution promulgated March 03, 2025) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts The case stemmed from an extrajudicial foreclosure sale conducted on August 2, 1999. The underlying dispute concerned the loan granted to the respondents, Editha F. Ang and Violeta M. Fernandez, wherein the interest rates imposed were contested. It was established that the interest rates were imposed unilaterally by the petitioner (UCPB), rendering them unlawful,…
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(GR No. 263341) People of the Philippines vs. Allan Acdang (2025) (CASE DIGEST)
(EN BANC Decision) Facts On February 11, 2011, members of a joint PDEA-PNP team (“Team Omega”), during a planned operation to destroy marijuana plantations in Kibungan, Benguet, saw Allan Acdang and his brother Alfredo cleaning and uprooting weeds in a marijuana plantation. The team immediately arrested them for cultivating dangerous drugs, an act punishable under…
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Rhoda P. Amor et al. v. Constant Packaging Corporation/William Chan and Virginia Chan (G.R. No. 259988, May 19, 2025) (CASE DIGEST)
Facts Petitioners (Rhoda P. Amor et al.) were employed by Constant Packaging Corporation (Constant Packaging) as sorters, revisers, and packers on a pakyaw basis. Some petitioners aired grievances regarding working conditions, including concerns about below minimum wages, 12-hour work days, 7-day work weeks, and non-remittance of statutory contributions. Management prevented several employees from entering the…