2014 Case Digest: Spouses Marquez v. Spouses Alindog
SPOUSES NICASIO C. MARQUEZ AND ANITA J. MARQUEZ, Petitioners, vs. SPOUSES CARLITO ALINDOG AND CARMEN ALINDOG, Respondents. G.R. No. 184045 January 22, 2014 PONENTE: Perlas-Bernabe TOPIC: Right of possession, extrajudicial foreclosure, TRO, writ of preliminary injunction FACTS: In June 1998, Anita Marquez […]
Salient Provisions of Children’s Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015
Republic Act No. 10666 or the Children’s Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015 was enacted to provide a more proactive and preventive approach in securing the safety of passengers, especially children, by regulating the operation of motorcycles along roads and highways. DEFINITION OF TERMS Motorcycle – Any two (2)-wheeled motor vehicle having one or two […]
Summary of Additional Benefits and Privileges of PWDs under RA 10754
Republic Act No. 10754 amended Sections 32 and 33 of Republic Act No. 7277 also known as “Magna Carta for Persons with Disability,” and provided the following additional benefits to PWDs. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS I. At least 20% Discount and VAT exemption on the following: Note: The sale of goods and services for the exclusive use […]
Criminal Law Notes: Concubinage
ACTS PUNISHED By keeping a mistress in the conjugal dwelling; or By having sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife; or By cohabiting with her in any other place ELEMENTS That the man must be married That he committed any of the said acts That as regards the […]
Criminal Law Notes: Adultery
ELEMENTS That the woman is married. That she has sexual intercourse with a man not her husband That as regards the man with whom she has sexual intercourse, he must know her to be married. NATURE Instantaneous crime. It is consummated and completed at the moment of the carnal union. Each sexual intercourse constitutes […]
2015 Case Digest: Kabataan Party List v. COMELEC
KABATAAN PARTY LIST, et. al., Petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent. G.R. No. 221318 December 16, 2015 PONENTE: Perlas-Bernabe TOPIC: Biometrics validation FACTS: RA 10367 mandates the COMELEC to implement a mandatory biometrics registration system for new voters in order to establish a clean, complete, permanent, and updated list of voters […]
2014 Case Digest: Bartolome v. SSS
BERNARDINA P. BARTOLOME, Petitioner, vs. SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM and SCANMAR MARITIME SERVICES, INC., Respondents. G.R. No. 192531 November 12, 2014 PONENTE: Velasco, Jr. TOPIC: Civil status of adopted upon death of adopter, biological parent of adoptee as beneficiary FACTS: John Colcol was employed as electrician by Scanmar Maritime Services, Inc. He […]
2015 Case Digest: Diocese of Bacolod v. COMELEC
THE DIOCESE OF BACOLOD, REPRESENTED BY THE MOST REV. BISHOP VICENTE M. NAVARRA and THE BISHOP HIMSELF IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY, Petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE ELECTION OFFICER OF BACOLOD CITY, ATTY. MAVIL V. MAJARUCON, Respondents. G.R. No. 205728 January 21, 2015 PONENTE: Leonen TOPIC: Right to expression, right to political […]
2014 Case Digest: People v. Jumawan
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. EDGAR JUMAWAN, Accused-Appellant. G.R. No. 187495 April 21, 2014 PONENTE: Reyes TOPIC: Marital rape FACTS: Accused-appellant and his wife, KKK, were married and have four children. On February 19, 1999, KKK executed a Complaint-Affidavit, alleging that her husband, the accused-appellant, raped her at 3 […]
2014 Case Digest: GMA Network v. COMELEC
GMA NETWORK, INC., Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent. G.R. No. 205357 September 2, 2014 PONENTE: Peralta TOPIC: Freedom of expression, of speech and of the press, airtime limits FACTS: The five (5) petitions before the Court put in issue the alleged unconstitutionality of Section 9 […]
