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A.M. No. MTJ-04-1543 (Formerly OCA-IPI-02-1259-MTJ) ATTY. AUDIE C. ARNADO, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE MARINO S. BUBAN, MTCC, BRANCH 1, TACLOBAN CITY, RESPONDENT. May 31, 2004

G.R. No. 152569 MILWAUKEE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. PAMPANGA III ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., RESPONDENT. May 31, 2004

A.M. No. P-03-1720 JACINTO R. FERNANDEZ, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. MARIETTA M. GATAN, CLERK III, RTC, BR. 23 ROXAS, ISABELA, RESPONDENT. May 28, 2004

A.M. No. P-04-1812 (Formerly OCA-IPI-03-1724-P) RELIWAYS INC. REPRESENTED BY: AURELIO P. VENDIVEL, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. LAMBERTO P. GRANTOZA, PROCESS SERVER, METC, BR. 62, MAKATI CITY, RESPONDENT. May 28, 2004

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1717 (Formerly AM OCA IPI No. 00-1107-RTJ) FERMA PORTIC, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE VICTORIA VILLALON-PORNILLOS, AS PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 10, MALOLOS, BULACAN, RESPONDENT. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 123939 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. DOMINGO VASQUEZ Y PACHECO AND RAMON VASQUEZ Y PACHECO, ACCUSED. DOMINGO VASQUEZ Y PACHECO, APPELLANT. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 127491 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JULIAN BAÑARES Y BESMONTE, APPELLANT. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 134433 SPS. WILFREDO DEL ROSARIO AND FE LUMOTAN DEL ROSARIO, PETITIONERS, VS. VIRGILIO MONTAÑA AND GENEROSO CARLOBOS, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 140417 AZNAR BROTHERS REALTY COMPANY, PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF ANICETO AUGUSTO & PETRONA CALIPAN, NAMELY: TEODORICA ANDALES GERONIMO AUGUSTO (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY: NICOMEDES AUGUSTO JOVENCIO AUGUSTO TELESPORO AUGUSTO LOLITA IGOT ROSARIO NEMBRILLO ALFREDO AUGUSTO URBANO AUGUSTO FELIPE AUGUSTO TOMAS AUGUSTO ZACARIAS AUGUSTO (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY: FELIPE AUGUSTO EUGENIO AUGUSTO MANALO AUGUSTO FELIS AUGUSTO CERAPINO AUGUSTO CLARITA AYING MAURA AUGUSTO CONCHITA AUGUSTO ARSENIA OMPAD (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY: SARAH AMIT ANDRES OMPAD ALBERTO OMPAD LILY DAGATAN ALL REPRESENTED BY ALFREDO AUGUSTO, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 136264 ATTY. REYNALDO P. DIMAYACYAC, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. VICENTE Q. ROXAS, IRENE AGBADA-CRUZ, SIXTO AGBADA CRUZ, MERCEDES ARISTORENAS AND ROMEO GOMEZ AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 139615 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. AMADEO TIRA AND CONNIE TIRA, APPELLANTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 149454 BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PETITIONER, VS. CASA MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE AND LEONARDO T. YABUT, RESPONDENTS. CASA MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE, PETITIONER, VS. BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, RESPONDENT. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 141868 JOSE B. CRUZ, RODOLFO C. DELOS SANTOS, VICENTE A. RIGOS, GREGORIO A. LINGAL AND ALICIA P. FRANCISCO, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND/OR ALFREDO PARUNGAO, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 143341 SAN JUAN DE DIOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION EMPLOYEES UNION-ALLIANCE OF FILIPINO WORKERS; MA. CONSUELO MAQUILING, LEONARDO MARTINEZ, ANDRES AYALA, VIRGINIA ARLANTE, ROGELIO BELMONTE, MA. ELENA GARCIA AND RODOLFO CALUCIN, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. SAN JUAN DE DIOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. (HOSPITAL) AND NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 144576 SPOUSES ISABELO AND ERLINDA PAYONGAYONG, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, SPOUSES CLEMENTE AND ROSALIA SALVADOR, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. Nos. 145233-52 HENRY EDQUIBAN BARRERA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES (JOSEPHINE ELAMPARO, JOSELYN EDUCALANE, EDNA BAGASINA, MILA SABERON, MICHELLE PALMA, CORAZON CANSAS, OSCAR LOPEZ, LUZ ECLARINO, NORA ELAMPARO, LERMA ESPINOSA, EDUARDO SISON, ERMELINDA ABELLA, LOURDES JACQUIAS, JOHN ESPINOSA, JEAN BASA AND LINA HEBRON), RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 145469 COTABATO TIMBERLAND CO., INC., PETITIONER, VS. C. ALCANTARA AND SONS, INC. AND SEVEN BROTHERS SHIPPING CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 147855 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. CONDE RAPISORA Y ESTRADA, APPELLANT. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 149569 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, PETITIONER, VS. RBL ENTERPRISES, INC.; RAMON B. LACSON SR.; AND SPOUSES EDWARDO AND HERMINIA LEDESMA, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 155023 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. CORNELIO CAJUMOCAN, APPELLANT. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 155856 LEONORA CEBALLOS, PETITIONER, VS. INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE EMIGDIO MERCADO AND THE HEIRS OF EMIGDIO MERCADO, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 156522 ERLINDA SAN PEDRO, PETITIONER, VS. RUBEN LEE AND LILIAN SISON, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 157219 NATIVIDAD E. BAUTISTA, CLEMENTE E. BAUTISTA AND SOCORRO L. ANGELES, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, MANILA PAPERMILLS, INTERNATIONAL, INC., ADELFA PROPERTIES, INC. AND SPOUSES RODOLFO JAVELLANA AND NELLY JAVELLANA, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 159890 EMPERMACO B. ABANTE, JR., PETITIONER, VS. LAMADRID BEARING & PARTS CORP. AND JOSE LAMADRID, PRESIDENT, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 158922 FERNANDO GO, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND MOLDEX PRODUCTS, INC., RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 118912 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. QUINTIN CASTILLO Y MASANGKAY AND RICARDO CASTILLO Y ARCE, APPELLANTS, May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 128686 HONORATO ESPINOSA, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 23, RTC ILOILO CITY AND SPS. RODOLFO AND VIOLETA ALCANTARA, RESPONDENTS. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 140680 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. RENY DE LOS REYES, APPELLANT. May 28, 2004

G.R. No. 131445 AMADO G. PEREZ (DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY HIS WIDOW GUILLERMA T. PEREZ, MARIO S. FRANCISCO, RAFAEL P. ARGAME, MIRASOL V. MENDOZA, GLORIA S. GONZALVO AND MARIA FE V. BOMBASE, petitioners, vs. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, MAYOR IGNACIO R. BUNYE, CARLOS G. DOMINGUEZ, ROGELIO P. MADRIAGA, RECTO CORONADO, TEODORA A. DIANG, TOMAS M. OSIAS, REYNALDO CAMILON AND BENJAMIN BULOS, respondents. May 27, 2004

A.C. No. 5436 ALFREDO BON, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTYS. VICTOR S. ZIGA AND ANTONIO A. ARCANGEL, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

A.C. No. 6298 FEDERICO D. RICAFORT, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. EDDIE R. BANSIL, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. 02-4-03-SDC RE: WITHHOLDING OF ALL THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MR. DATU ASHARY M. ALAUYA, CLERK OF COURT, 4TH SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT, MARAWI CITY. MINOMBAO M. ABUBACAR, COMPLAINANT, VS. DATU ASHARY M. ALAUYA, CLERK OF COURT, SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT, MARAWI CITY, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1545 SATURNINO OBAÑANA, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ARMANDO R. RICAFORT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, SIATON, NEGROS ORIENTAL, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1417 PETER BEJARASCO, JR. AND ISABELITA BEJARASCO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. JUDGE ALFREDO D. BUENCONSEJO, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, DALAGUETE, CEBU, SECUNDINO PIEDAD, CLERK OF COURT, AND LEONISA GONZALES, COURT STENOGRAPHER, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, ARGAO, CEBU, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. P-03-1680 JUDY SISMAET, COMPLAINANT, VS. ERIBERTO R. SABAS, CLERK OF COURT IV, MTCC PUERTO PRINCESA CITY AND ERNESTO T. SIMPLICIANO, SHERIFF III, MTCC PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. P-01-1453 EXECUTIVE JUDGE BENJAMIN M. AQUINO, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. BETHSAIDA M. MIRANDA, CLERK III, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT BRANCH 54, NAVOTAS, METRO MANILA, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. P-04-1798 (formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 02-1517-P) JUDGE AMALIA F. DY, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. BONIFACIO S. PASCUA, CLERK OF COURT, AND ANITA G. OLIVEROS, CLERK III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANDALUYONG CITY, BRANCH 213, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1771 (Formerly A.M. OCA- IPI No. 99-842-RTJ) SALVADOR SISON, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE JOSE F. CAOIBES, JR., PRESIDING JUDGE, AND TEODORO S. ALVAREZ, SHERIFF IV, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, LAS PIÑAS CITY, BRANCH 253, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1774 PROV. PROSECUTOR DORENTINO Z. FLORESTA, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGEELIODORO G. UBIADAS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, OLONGAPO CITY, BRANCH 72 RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 124261 ARMANDO F. BERNARDO, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 128363 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. EMILIANO CAPAREDA, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 130531 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MICHAEL SIMON, FROILAN REYES Y LACSON @ OLAN, ELY TONGOL Y DEMAPENDEN AND JOHN DOES, APPELLANTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 134203 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ELVIE EJANDRA @ ELVIES EJANDRA @ BEBOT EJANDRA @ ALEJANDRO EJANDRA @ BEBOT OCAY SUANGCO, MAGDALENA CALUNOD Y MAGANOY @ MAGDALENA SALIOT-SUANGCO, ROEL REVILLA CERON AND EDWIN TAMPOS Y AMPARO (ALL DETAINED AT THE QUEZON CITY JAIL, QUEZON CITY), APPELLANTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 134815 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. EDUARDO DE JESUS Y ENRILE, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 135721 CHUA TEE DEE, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF PIONEER ENTERPRISES, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND J.C. AGRICOM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC., RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 138031 ANTONIO NAVARRO AND GRAHMMS, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY, THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, AND THE HON. ZEUS C. ABROGAR (PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MAKATI CITY, BRANCH 150), RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 141176 ELI LUI AND LEO ROJAS, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES EULOGIO AND PAULINA MATILLANO, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 141644 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ROLANDO PINEDA Y MANALO, CELSO SISON Y LLOREN (AT LARGE), VICTOR EMMANUEL GONZALES COLET ALIAS “VICTOR COLET” (ACQUITTED), TOTIE JACOB ALIAS “TOTIE” (AT LARGE), JOHN DOE AND PETER DOE (AT LARGE), ACCUSED, ROLANDO PINEDA Y MANALO, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 142039 MODESTO “MOODY” MABUNGA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 144891 RAMON A. GONZALES, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION, SPORTS AND GAMES ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, BEST WORLD GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, BELLE JAI-ALAI CORPORATION, AND FILIPINAS GAMING ENTERTAINMENT TOTALIZATOR CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 146810 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO DELMINDO, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 147372 CAEZAR[1] Z. LANUZA AND ASTERIA LANUZA, PETITIONERS, VS. MA. CONSUELO MUÑOZ, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 148279 CORPORATE INN HOTEL, ANNIE DEL ROSARIO AND JULIE PALINSAD, PETITIONERS, VS. JENNEVIE H. LIZO, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 148695 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. RANDY BELONIO Y LANDAS, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. Nos. 148804-06 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ORLANDO LIMIO Y QUEBRAL, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 149039 CATALINA SECURITY AGENCY, REPRESENTED HEREIN BY THE PROPRIETOR PLACIDO O. URBANES, JR., PETITIONER, VS. HON. ALICIA B. GONZALEZ-DECANO PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 46, URDANETA CITY, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ROGELIO NEGRILLO Y NASTOR ALIAS “ILYO”, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. Nos. 149366-67 PEOPLE OF THE PHIILPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. FLORENTINO ESCULTOR, APPELLANT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 149908 UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK, PETITIONER, VS. MIGUEL “MIKE” MAGPAYO, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 150083 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. HENRY CARPIO Y NATIVIDAD AND JUNIE MOLINA Y NATIVIDAD (ACQUITTED), APPELLANTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 150185 TERESITA TANGHAL OKABE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. PEDRO DE LEON GUTIERREZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF RTC, PASAY CITY, BRANCH 119; PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES; AND CECILIA MARUYAMA, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 150925 SPOUSES JAMES TAN AND FLORENCE TAN, PETITIONERS, VS. CARMINA, REYNALDO, YOLANDA AND ELISA, ALL SURNAMED MANDAP, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 154674 THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. FELICISIMO O. JOSON, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS FORMER ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA), RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 160465 ROMEO M. ESTRELLA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, HON. COMMISSIONER RALPH C. LANTION AND ROLANDO F. SALVADOR, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 152774 THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, REPRESENTED BY ITS GOVERNOR, HERMILANDO I. MANDANAS, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ALBERTO G. ROMULO, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON DEVOLUTION; HON. EMILIA BONCODIN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. JOSE D. LINA, JR., SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

A.M. No. P-01-1497 (Formerly AM-OCA-IPI-00-837-P) HORACIO B. APUYAN, JR. AND ALEXANDER O. EUGENIO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ALFREDO G. STA. ISABEL, SHERIFF IV, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT (BRANCH 161), PASIG CITY, RESPONDENT. May 27, 2004

G.R. No. 151136 SPS. GAVINO C. GUDOY AND VIOLETA M. GUDOY, LILLETE C. GUDOY, NINOLETA M. GUDOY, JOEL C. TOLENTINO, AMARYLIS B. BISNAR, ROLDAN C. BUSTAMANTE, WELANDO G. ELLAZO AND ANNA SOCORRO M. GUDOY, PETITIONERS, VS. JACINTA S. GUADALQUIVER AND HER SPOUSE ADRIANO GUADALQUIVER, RESPONDENTS. May 27, 2004

A.C. No. 5817 EMMA V. DE JUAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. OSCAR R. BARIA III, RESPONDENT. May 26, 2004

G.R. No. 131719 THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, OWWA ADMINISTRATOR, AND POEA ADMINISTRATOR, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND ASIAN RECRUITMENT COUNCIL PHILIPPINE CHAPTER (ARCO-PHIL.), INC., REPRESENTING ITS MEMBERS: WORLDCARE SERVICES INTERNATIONALE, INC., STEADFAST INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT CORPORATION, DRAGON INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES CORPORATION, VERDANT MANPOWER MOBILIZATION CORPORATION, BRENT OVERSEAS PERSONNEL, INC., ARL MANPOWER SERVICES, INC., DAHLZHEN INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC., INTERWORLD PLACEMENT CENTER, INC., LAKAS TAO CONTRACT SERVICES, LTD. CO., AND SSC MULTISERVICES, RESPONDENTS. May 25, 2004

G.R. No. 147324 PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. GLOBE TELECOM, INC. (FORMERLY AND GLOBE MCKAY CABLE AND RADIO CORPORATION), RESPONDENTS. GLOBE TELECOM, INC., PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATION SATELLITE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. May 25, 2004

A.C. No. 4370 DOUGLAS G. ZABALLERO, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. MARIO J. MONTALVAN, RESPONDENT. May 25, 2004

G.R. No. 142359 PASONG BAYABAS FARMERS ASSOCIATION, INC., REPRESENTED BY DOMINGO BANAAG, JR., PRESIDENT; BERNARDO POBLETE, VICE-PRESIDENT, AND ITS MEMBERS, PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, CREDITO ASIATIC, INC., ERNESTO TANCHI, SR., GEN. DIONISIO OJEDA (DECEASED), ELENA P. BIGAY, AND LANRICO MINISTERIO, RESPONDENTS. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD), PETITIONERS, VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, CREDITO ASIATIC, INC., ERNESTO TANCHI, SR., GEN. DIONISIO OJEDA (DECEASED), ELENA P. BIGAY, AND LANRICO MINISTERIO, RESPONDENTS. May 25, 2004

G.R. No. 144195 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. FLORENTINO BASCUGIN Y REYES, APPELLANT. May 25, 2004

G.R. No. 148586 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. LI KA KIM ALIAS ED, APPELLANT. May 25, 2004

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1768 CHITO M. CRUZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. THE HONORABLE ELIODORO G. UBIADAS, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 72, OLONGAPO CITY, RESPONDENT. May 24, 2004

G.R. No. 144302 PHILIPPINE GEOTHERMAL INC., PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. May 22, 2004

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1551 ATTY. ALBERTO P. QUINTO, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE GREGORIO S. VIOS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, KAPATAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE, RESPONDENT. May 21, 2004

G.R. No. 132135 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. DOMINGO SABARDAN, APPELLANT. May 21, 2004

G.R. No. 132390 BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., PETITIONER, VS. FIRST METRO INVESTMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. May 21, 2004

G.R. No. 151068 BENITO C. SALAZAR, PETITIONER, VS. HON. TOMAS R. ROMAQUIN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF BR. 2 OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF KALIBO, AKLAN, THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY AKLAN PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR HON. LOURDES QUIMPO-MAYOR, HEIRS OF RAYMUNDO RODRIGUEZ, AND JODEL B. RENTILLO, RESPONDENTS. May 21, 2004

G.R. No. 152359 DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. WEST NEGROS COLLEGE, INC., RESPONDENT. May 21, 2004

Adm. Matter No. 03-8-463-RTC RE: ALLEGED TAMPERING OF THE DAILY TIME RECORDS (DTR) OF SHERRY B. CERVANTES, COURT STENOGRAPHER III, BRANCH 18, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT MANILA. May 20, 2004

A.C. No. 5252 PRISCILLA Z. ORBE, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. HENRY ADAZA, RESPONDENT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 124148 PACITA G. VARONA, ORLANDO AYSON, MILA CASTILLO-SI AND ANGELITA P. SABINO, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND EVANGELINE LIM, RESPONDENTS. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 128967 PAULINO SACDALAN, ROMEO GARCIA, NUMERIANO BAUTISTA, LEONARDO SACDALAN AND SANTIAGO SACDALAN, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND BELEN LOPEZ DE GUIA REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT MELBA G. VALENZUELA, RESPONDENTS. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 133004 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. GENEROSO MAGBANUA Y AHIT, APPELLANT. May 20, 2004

G.R. Nos. 133685-86 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. AMADO BAGNATE, APPELLANT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 137666 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MARLON ORTILLAS Y GAMLANGA, APPELLANT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 138335 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. OSCAR ALCANZADO, APPELLANT. May 20, 2004

G.R. Nos. 138386-87 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. EUFROCINO[1] AGUDEZ Y ASIONG @ “OPRING”, RONILO AGUDEZ Y COCOY @ “DANILO”, RICARDO AGUDEZ Y COCOY @ “OLONG”, FERNANDO AGUDEZ Y COCOY (AT LARGE), PAQUITO KATIMPO Y INGGO @ “KITOY” (AT LARGE), ACCUSED. EUFROCINO AGUDEZ Y ASIONG @ “OPRING”, RONILO AGUDEZ Y COCOY @ “DANILO”, RICARDO AGUDEZ Y COCOY @ “OLONG”, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 146360 AZUCENA O. SALALIMA, PETITIONER, VS. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, RESPONDENTS. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 148508 R TRANSPORT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. ROGELIO EJANDRA, RESPONDENT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 149498 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. LOLITA QUINTERO-HAMANO, RESPONDENT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 153008 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. LARRY CACHAPERO Y BASILIO, APPELLANT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 154355 SPOUSES REMPSON SAMSON AND MILAGROS SAMSON; AND REMPSON REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONERS, VS. JUDGE MAURICIO M. RIVERA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ANTIPOLO CITY, BRANCH 73; ATTY. JOSELITA MALIBAGO-SANTOS, IN HER CAPACITY AS EX OFFICIO SHERIFF, RTC OF ANTIPOLO CITY; AND LENJUL REALTY CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 155415 GERONIMO ORDINARIO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 157037 ROSALINA P. ECETA, PETITIONER, VS. MA. THERESA VELL LAGURA ECETA, RESPONDENT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 158018 JAIME T. BERNAT, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGAN- BAYAN (5TH DIVISION) AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL PROSECUTORS OF THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, RESPONDENTS. May 20, 2004

A.C. No. 3037 TRIFONIA J. GAVIOLA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ERASTO D. SALCEDO, RESPONDENT. May 20, 2004

G.R. No. 132986 JUAN PONCE ENRILE, PETITIONER, VS. SENATE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL AND AQUILINO PIMENTEL, JR., RESPONDENTS. May 19, 2004

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G.R. No. 143718 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. HAIRATUL JUBAIL y KILIH alias “SHAIRA JUBAIL y AHARUL” and RUAINA NURUDDIN y MOHAMMAD alias “RUAI NURUDDIN y HARIN” (Acquitted), accused, HAIRATUL JUBAIL y KILIH, appellant. May 19, 2004

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G.R. No. 150224 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JOEL YATAR alias “KAWIT”, appellant. May 19, 2004

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G.R. No. 150761 SMC QUARRY 2 WORKERS UNION – FEBRUARY SIX MOVEMENT (FSM) LOCAL CHAPTER NO. 1564 (FOR AND IN BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS), PETITIONER, VS. TITAN MEGABAGS INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. May 19, 2004

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G.R. No. 151251 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. HOMER MAGDARAOG Y SALONA, MANUEL MAGDARAOG Y SALONA, DAVID MAGDARAOG Y SALONA AND ARIEL MAGDARAOG Y SALONA, ACCUSED. HOMER MAGDARAOG Y SALONA AND MANUEL MAGDARAOG Y SALONA, APPELLANTS. May 19, 2004

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G.R. No. 153538 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. LOLITO ESTOYA, APPELLANT. May 19, 2004

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G.R. No. 154917 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. RODANIEL VILLAFUERTE, APPELLANT. May 18, 2004

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G.R. No. 155030 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ROSE YU Y FLORES, JORGE PALOMA Y DUGAYO @ GEORGE, FERDINAND CASTILLO Y HIJE @ FERDIE, ACCUSED. ROSE YU Y FLORES, APPELLANT. May 18, 2004

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G.R. No. 157568 LEONARDO CHUA AND HEIRS OF YONG TIAN, PETITIONERS, VS. MUTYA B. VICTORIO, HEREIN REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT ARMANDO Z. COSME, RESPONDENT. May 18, 2004

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G.R. No. 159280 AUGUSTO SIM, JR., petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and The PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents. May 18, 2004

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G.R. No. 124871 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARIFE BELLO Y ROSCO @ “JOANN REDILLO,” JOHN DOE @ “ELADIO M. CONSUELO, JR.” AND “BOYET,” PETER DOE @ “DANNY DINEROS,” AND RICHARD DOE @ “GEORGE” AND/OR “CAYO,” ACCUSED, MARIFE BELLO Y ROSCO @ “JOANN REDILLO” AND JOHN DOE @ “ELADIO M. CONSUELO, JR.” AND “BOYET,” ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. May 13, 2004

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G.R. No. 144560 FLORENTINO ZARAGOZA, PETITIONER, VS. PEDRO NOBLEZA, RESPONDENT. May 13, 2004

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G.R. No. 145169 SIENA REALTY CORPORATION, AS REPRESENTED BY LYDIA CO HAO AND LILIBETH MANLUGON, PETITIONER, VS. HON. LOLITA GAL-LANG, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE RTC OF MANILA, BRANCH 44; ANITA CO NG IN TRUST FOR ROCKEFELLER NG; AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, SPECIAL 13TH DIVISION, RESPONDENTS. May 13, 2004

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G.R. No. 158833 DULCE ANN K. HOFER, petitioner, vs. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL and BELMA C. CABILAO, respondents. May 12, 2004

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A.M. No. RTJ-02-1686 ARNEL V. MANZON, complainant, vs. JUDGE NORMA C. PERELLO, CLERK OF COURT PAUL RESURECCION, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 276, MUNTINLUPA CITY, respondents. May 07, 2004

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G.R. No. 127079 AYALA LAND, INC, petitioner, vs. WILLIAM NAVARRO, ISAGANI NAVARRO, ILUMINADA LEGASPI, BELEN DOLLETON, FLORENTINO ARCIAGA, BARTOLOME PATUGA, DIONISIO IGNACIO, BERNARDINO ARGANA, and ERLINDA ARGANA, respondents. May 07, 2004

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G.R. No. 141430 PHILIPPINE JOURNALISTS, INC., petitioner, vs. MICHAEL MOSQUEDA, respondent. May 07, 2004

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G.R. No. 156966 PILIPINO TELEPHONE CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. DELFINO TECSON, respondent. May 07, 2004