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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2011 > March 2011 Decisions > [G.R. No. 164693, March 23 :
2011] JOSEFA S. ABALOS* AND THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONERS, VS. SPS.
LOMANTONGDARAPAANDSINABDIMAKUTA,RESPONDENTS.:

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FIRSTDIVISION
[G.R.No.164693,March23:2011]
JOSEFAS.ABALOS* ANDTHEDEVELOPMENTBANKOFTHEPHILIPPINES,PETITIONERS,VS.
SPS.LOMANTONGDARAPAANDSINABDIMAKUTA,RESPONDENTS.
DECISION
PEREZ,J.:
The petitioner, Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), files the present petition for review on
certiorari via Rule 45 of the Rules of Court,[1] asking us to reverse and set aside the Court of
Appeals'decisioninCAG.R.CV.No.70693dated26September2003[2]whichaffirmedthedecision
oftheRegionalTrialCourt(RTC),Branch3,lliganCity.[3]
BACKGROUNDFACTS
On25June1962,petitionerDBP,OzamisBranch,grantedaP31,000.00loantorespondentspouses
Lomantong Darapa and Sinab Dimakuta (spouses) who executed therefore a real and chattel
mortgagecontract,whichcovered,amongothers,thefollowing:
Awarehousetohousethericeandcornmill,xxxconstructedona357 square meter
lot situated at poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte which lot is covered by Tax
DeclarationNo.A148ofLinamon,LanaodelNorte.

DebtKollectCompany,Inc.

The equity rights, participation, and interest of the mortgagors over the above
mentioned parcel of land on which the bodega is constructed situated in the
MunicipalityofLinamon,ProvinceofLanaodelNorte,containinganareaof357
square meters, more or less, declared for tax purposes in the name of Sinab
DimakutaandassessedatP2.430.00perTaxDeclarationNo.A148fortheyear1961
and bounded as follows: on the North by Rafael Olaybar on the South, by National
Road[] on the East by Ulpiano Jimenez on the West, by Rafael Olaybar of which
propertythemortgagorsareincompleteandabsolutepossession,xxx.
The aforesaid equity rights, participation and interest of the mortgagors in said parcel
oflandarenotregisteredundertheSpanishMortgageLawnorunderAct496andthe
partiesheretoherebyagreethatthisinstrumentshallberegisteredunderAct3344,as
amended.
Itisfurthertheagreementofthepartiesthatimmediatelyafterthemortgagorsacquire
absoluteownershipofthelandabovementionedonwhichtheaforementionedbuilding
is erected by means of a free or sales patent or any other title vesting them with
ownershipinfeesimple,theMortgagorsshallexecuteaRealEstateMortgagethereon
in favor of the Mortgagee, the Development Bank of the Philippines, to replace and
substituteonly,thisportionofthehereinmortgagecontract.[4]

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Theassignmentofthespouses'equityrightsoverthelandcoveredbyTaxDeclarationNo.A148in
DBP's favor was embedded in the Deed of Assignment of Rights and Interests[5] which the spouses
executedsimultaneouswiththerealandchattelmortgagecontract.
In 1970, the spouses applied for the renewal and increase of their loan using Sinab Dimakuta's
(Dimakuta) Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. T1,997 as additional collateral. The DBP
disapprovedtheloanapplicationwithoutreturning,however,Dimakuta'sTCT.

When the spouses failed to pay their loan, DBP extrajudicially foreclosed the mortgages on 16
September1971,which,unknowntothespouses,includedtheTCTNo.T1,997.Thespousesfailed
toredeemthelandunderTCTNo.T1,997whichledtoitscancellation,and,theeventualissuanceof
TCTNo.T7746inDBP'sname.
In 1984, the spouses discovered all these and they immediately consulted a lawyer who forthwith
sent a demand letter to the bank for the reconveyance of the land. The bank assured them of the
returnoftheland.In1994,however,abankofficertoldthemthatsuchisnolongerpossibleasthe
landhasalreadybeenboughtbyAbalos,daughterofthethenprovincialgovernor.
On12May1994,[6]theDBPsoldthelandtoitscopetitionerJosefaAbalos(Abalos).TheTCTNo.T
7746(originallyTCTNo.T1,997)wascancelledandon6July1994,T16,280wasissuedinAbalos'
name.[7]
On 20 August 1994,[8] the spouses filed with the RTC of Iligan City, a Complaint for Annulment of
Title,RecoveryofPossessionandDamages,againstDBPandAbalos.[9]
The spouses averred that TCT No. T1,997 was not one of the mortgaged properties, and, thus, its
foreclosurebyDBPanditseventualsaletoAbaloswasnullandvoid.
On the other hand, DBP countered that TCT No. T1,997 had its roots in Tax Declaration No. A148,
whichthespousesmortgagedwiththeDBPin1962asevidencedbytheRealEstateMortgageandthe
Deed of Assignment. Abalos, on her part, contended that she was an innocent purchaser for value
whoreliedingoodfaithonthecleanlinessoftheDBP'sTitle.
The RTC, in a Decision dated 29 November 2000, annulled the DBP's foreclosure sale of the land
under TCT No. T1,997 and its sale to Abalos further, it declared Dimakuta as the land's lawful
owner.Thus:
WHEREFORE,premisesallconsideredJudgmentisherebyrendered:
1.DeclaringtheforeclosureofTCTNo.T1,997,theSheriffsCertificateofSale
dated September 20, 1971 as far as TCT No. T1,997 is concerned and the
AffidavitofConsolidationofOwnershipdatedOctober19,1978,alsoinsofarasit
includedTCTNo.T1,997nullandvoidabinitio
2.AnnullingTCTNo.T7746inthenameofDBPandTCTNo.T16,280inthe
nameofdefendantJosephaS.Abalos
3.DeclaringplaintiffSinabDimakutathelawfulownerofthelandcoveredbyTCT
No. T1,997. For this purpose, the Registrar of Deeds of Lanao del Norte is
ordered to reinstate TCT No. T1,997 in the name of Sinab Dimakuta and
perforcecancelTCTNo.T16,280inthenameofJosefaAbalosandthelatterto
surrender possession of the lot covered by TCT No. 1,997 to plaintiff Sinab
Di[m]akuta

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4.Ordering DBP to pay plaintiffs P50,000.00 moral damages P20,000.00

exemplarydamagesandP20,000.00attorney'sfees
5.Directing DBP to pay defendant Josefa Abalos the current fair market value of
TCT No. T1,997 plus actual damages of P50,000.00 moral damages of
P50,000.00, exemplary damages of P20,000.00 and attorney's fees of
P20,000.00.[10]
TheDBPandAbalosassailedtheRXCdecisionbeforetheCourtofAppealsAbalos,however,later
abandonedherappeal.

[G.R.No.191261,March02:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JENNY TUMAMBING Y
TAMAYO,APPELLANT.

TheCourtofAppealsdeniedthepetitioninaDecisiondated26September2003.Itratiocinatedthat
DBPhadnorighttoforeclosethelandunderTCTNo.T1,997,itnothavingbeenmortgaged:[11]

[G.R.No.191361,March02:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE,VS. MARIANITO TERIAPIL Y
QUINAWAYAN,APPELLANT.

WHEREFORE,premisesconsidered,theinstantappealisherebyDISMISSEDforlackof
merit.Theassailed29November2000DecisionofthecourtisherebyAFFIRMED.[12]

[G.R. No. 192217, March 02 : 2011] DANILO L.

PAREL, PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF SIMEON
PRUDENCIO,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.182525,March02:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. BERTHA
PRESASYTOLENTINO,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R.No.193482,March02:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES,
APPELLEE,
VS.
NILO
ROCABO,
APPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 181298, March 02 : 2011] BELLE
CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF
INTERNALREVENUE,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 167751, March 02 : 2011] HARPOON
MARINE SERVICES, INC. AND JOSE LIDO T. ROSIT,
PETITIONERS,
VS.
FERNAN
H.
FRANCISCO,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.188705,March02:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. FEDERICO
LUCERO,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.

Hence,thispetitionforreviewoncertiorari.
In the main, DBP wants to convince this Court that the land covered by Tax Declaration No. A148
mortgagedin1962,thenuntitled,isthesamelandnowcoveredbyTCTNo.T1,997[13]andthatDBP
came to its possession when the spouses voluntarily delivered the title in 1970 to the bank's
manager,TautiR.Derico,whoexecutedanaffidavitwhichstatedthat:
xxxthelandcoveredbyTaxDeclarationNo.A148andTCTNo.T1,997areoneand
the same parcel of land which was mortgaged to the Development Bank of the
Philippines.[14]
OURRULING
Wefindthepetitionunmeritorious,andthus,affirmtheCourtofAppeals.
It is fundamental procedural law that a petition for review on certiorari filed with this Court under
Rule45oftheRulesofCivilProcedureshall,asageneralrule,raiseonlyquestionsoflaw.[15]

[G.R. No. 178159, March 02 : 2011] SPS. VICENTE

DIONISIO AND ANITA DIONISIO, PETITIONER, VS.
WILFREDOLINSANGAN,RESPONDENT.

Aquestionoflawariseswhenthereisdoubtastowhatthelawisonacertainstateoffacts[16]this
isincontradistinctionfromaquestionoffactwhicharisesfromdoubtastothetruthorfalsityofthe
alleged facts.[17] A question of law does not involve an examination of the probative value of the
evidencepresentedbythelitigantsoranyofthemandtheresolutionoftheissuemustrestsolelyon
whatthelawprovidesonthegivensetofcircumstances.[19]

[A.M.No.RTJ102247(FormerlyOCAI.P.I.No.09
3143RTJ), March 02 : 2011] JOCELYN DATOON,
COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE BETHANY G. KAPILI,
PRESIDING JUDGE OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,
BRANCH 24, MAASIN CITY, SOUTHERN LEYTE,
RESPONDENT.

TheDBP'sinsistencethatTCTNo.T1,997isthesamelandcoveredbyTaxDeclarationNo.A148is
to ask the Court to evaluate the pieces of evidence passed upon by the RTC and the Court of
Appeals. To grant this petition will entail the Court's review and determination of the weight,
credence, and probative value of the evidence presented at the trial courtmatters which, without
doubt,arefactualand,therefore,outsidetheambitofRule45.

[G.R.No.181371,March02:2011]CENTRALLUZON
DRUG
CORPORATION,
PETITIONER,
VS.
COMMISSIONEROFINTERNALREVENUE,RESPONDENT.

Petitioners ought to remember that the Court of Appeals' factual findings, affirming that of the trial
court,arefinalandconclusiveonthisCourtandmaynotbereviewedonappeal,exceptforthemost
compelling of reasons, such as when: (1) the conclusion is grounded on speculations, surmises or

conjectures(2)theinferenceismanifestlymistaken,absurdorimpossible(3)thereisgraveabuse
of discretion (4) the judgment is based on a misapprehension of facts (5) the findings of fact are
conflicting (6) there is no citation of specific evidence on which the factual findings are based (7)
the findings of absence of facts are contradicted by the presence of evidence on record (8) the
findings of the Court of Appeals are contrary to those of the trial court (9) the Court of Appeals
manifestlyoverlookedcertainrelevantandundisputedfactsthat,ifproperlyconsidered,wouldjustify
a different conclusion (10) the findings of the Court of Appeals are beyond the issues of the case
and (11) such findings are contrary to the admissions of both parties.[20] None of the exceptions is
presentinthispetition.

[G.R. No. 172161, March 02 : 2011] SLL

INTERNATIONAL CABLES SPECIALIST AND SONNY L.
LAGON, PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS COMMISSION, 4TH DIVISION, ROLDAN
LOPEZ, EDGARDO ZUIGA AND DANILO CAETE,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.194259,March06:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES,
PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE,
VS.
JIMMY
ALVERIO,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.

Inanyevent,wehavemeticulouslyreviewedthecase'srecordsandfoundnoreasontodisturbthe
findingsoftheRTCasaffirmedbytheCourtofAppeals.Therecordsrevealthatthelandcoveredby
TCTNo.T1,997wasnotamongtheproperties,thespousesmortgagedwiththeDBPin1962.[21]

[G.R.No.191389,March07:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES,APPELLEE,VS.LUISITOLALICANYARCE,
APPELLANT.

No less than the 1962 mortgage contract and its accompanying deed of assignment show that the
landcoveredbyTaxDeclarationNo.A148islocatedinLinamon,LanaodelNortewithanareaof357
squaremetersandbounded"onthenorthbyRafaelOlaybaronthesouth,byNationalRoadonthe
eastbyUlpianoJimenezand,onthewest,byRafaelOlaybar."[22]

[G.R. No. 191561, March 07 : 2011] BANK OF

COMMERCE, PETITIONER, VS. GOODMAN FIELDER
INTERNATIONALPHILIPPINES,INC.RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 172011, March 07 : 2011] REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. TEODORO P.
RIZALVO,JR.,RESPONDENT.

Ontheotherhand,thelandcoveredbyTCTNo.T1,997issituatedinBarrioBuruan,Municipalityof
lligan, Lanao del Norte and contains an area of 342 square meters.[23] TCT No. T1,997 traces its
rootsinOriginalCertificateofTitle(OCT)No.RP407(244),pursuanttoaHomesteadpatentgranted
bythePresidentofthePhilippinesin1933underActNo.2874,andwhichwasregisteredasearlyas
26June1933asrecordedinRegistrationBookNo.1,page137oftheOfficeoftheRegisterofDeeds,
LanaodelNorte.[24]

[G.R. No. 192856, March 08 : 2011] FERNANDO V.

GONZALEZ, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON
ELECTIONS, RENO G. LIM, STEPHEN C. BICHARA AND
THE SPECIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS CONSTITUTED
PER RES. DATED JULY 23, 2010 OF THE COMMISSION
ONELECTIONSENBANC,RESPONDENTS.

ThatTCTNo.T1,997wasnotincludedinthe1962mortgagewasalsoadmittedbytheDBP'sformer
property examiner and appraiser, Mamongcarao Bio, who testified that he was the person who
examined and appraised the lands which the spouses mortgaged with the DBP, and that he never
examinedanylandinBarrioBuruan,Linamon,asdescribedinTCTNo.T1,997.[25]Eventhebank's
ownwitness,MarieMagsangcay(Magsangcay),theDBP'sExecutiveOfficer,claimedduringthedirect
examination that the questioned TCT originated from OCT No. P1485, an entirely different land as
the trial court would later discover.[26] Magsangcay's testimony contradicted the bank's consistent
claimthatTCTNo.T1,997originatedfromlaxDeclarationNo.A148.

[G.R.No.157838,March08:2011]CANDELARIOL.
VERZOSA, JR. (IN HIS FORMER CAPACITY AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COOPERATIVE
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY),
PETITIONER,
VS.
GUILLERMO N. CARAGUE (IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY
AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT), RAUL
C. FLORES, CELSO D. GANGAN, SOFRONIO B. URSAL
ANDCOMMISSIONONAUDIT,RESPONDENTS.

These blatant inconsistencies make the DBP's contention incredulous. Other than the questionable
annotation at the back of Dimakuta's TCT No. T1,997, claiming that this TCT originated from Tax
Declaration No. A148, DBP submitted nothing more to substantiate its claim that these two
documents refer to the land mortgaged in 1962 DBP did not even bother to submit the Tax
Declaration, under which its claim is based. The annotation of such unilateral claim at the back of
Dimakuta's TCT cannot improve petitioners' position. This undated annotation should have been
disallowedoutrightforbeingviolativeofSections60[27]inrelationtoSection54,andSection61[28]
ofthePresidentialDecreeNo.1529,[29]otherwiseknownasthePropertyRegistrationDecreebasic
provisions, which every Register of Deeds is presumed to know. The DBP's annotation that the
property originally covered by Tax Declaration No. A148 is now covered by TCT No. T1,997[30] is
neitherthedeednortheinstrumentreferredtobySections60and61oftheabovequotedlawand
suchannotationwillinnowaychangethefactthatthetwodocumentsrefertodifferentlands:one,
whichwasindeedasubjectofthemortgagecontractandtwo,whichDimakutahaddeliveredtoDBP
in 1970 supposedly for another loan, but, which was, however, disapproved. It should be
underscored that it was this annotation, albeit irregular, that paved to the sale of the land now in
question.

[A.M.No.10104SC,March08:2011]RE:LETTER
OF THE UP LAW FACULTY ENTITLED "RESTORING
INTEGRITY: A STATEMENT BY THE FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITYOFTHEPHILIPPINESCOLLEGEOFLAWON
THE
ALLEGATIONS
OF
PLAGIARISM
AND
MISREPRESENTATIONINTHESUPREMECOURT"
[G.R. No. 187714, March 08 : 2011] AQUILINO Q.
PIMENTEL,JR.,MANUELB.VILLAR,JOKERP.ARROYO,
FRANCISN.PANGILINAN,PIAS.CAYETANO,ANDALAN
PETER S. CAYETANO, PETITIONERS, VS. SENATE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REPRESENTED BY SENATE
PRESIDENTJUANPONCEENRILE,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.170071,March09:2011]HEIRSOFJOSE
MARCIALK.OCHOANAMELY:RUBYB.OCHOA,MICAELA
B. OCHOA AND JOMAR B. OCHOA, PETITIONERS, VS.G
& S TRANSPORT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. [G.R.
No. 170125] G & S TRANSPORT CORPORATION,
PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF JOSE MARCIAL K. OCHOA
NAMELY: RUBY B. OCHOA, MICAELA B. OCHOA AND
JOMARB.OCHOA,RESPONDENTS.

Needles to say, the bank utterly failed to establish, by preponderance of evidence, that TCT No. T
1,997originatedfromTaxDeclarationNo.A148.
Thus, we find no reversible error in the RTC and the Court of Appeals findings that the DBP's
foreclosuresaleofthelandunderTCTNo.T1,997wasnullandvoid.

[G.R. No. 163530, March 09 : 2011] PHILIPPINE

VETERANS
BANK,
PETITIONER,
VS.
RAMON
VALENZUELA,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.Nos.15901718,March09:2011]PAULINOS.
ASILO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINESANDSPOUSESVISITACIONANDCESARC.
BOMBASI,RESPONDENTS.[G.R.No.159059]VICTORIA
BUETA VDA. DE COMENDADOR, IN REPRESENTATION
OF DEMETRIO T. COMENDADOR, PETITIONER, VS.
VISITACION C. BOMBASI AND CESAR C. BOMBASI,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.185758,March09:2011]LINDAM.CHAN
KENT, REPRESENTED BY ROSITA MANALANG,
PETITIONER, VS. DIONESIO C. MICAREZ, SPOUSES
ALVARO E. MICAREZ & PAZ MICAREZ, AND THE
REGISTRY
OF
DEEDS,
DAVAO
DEL
NORTE,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 168523, March 09 : 2011] SPOUSES
FERNANDOANDANGELINAEDRALIN,PETITIONERS,VS.
PHILIPPINEVETERANSBANK,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 191388, March 09 : 2011] ASIA UNITED
BANK, CHRISTINE T. CHAN, AND FLORANTE C. DEL
MUNDO,PETITIONERS,VS.GOODLANDCOMPANY,INC.,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R. Nos. 181566 and 181570, March 09 : 2011]
DAVAOFRUITSCORPORATION,PETITIONER,VS.LAND
BANKOFTHEPHILIPPINES,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 177467, March 09 : 2011] PFIZER, INC.
AND/OR
REY
GERARDO
BACARRO,
AND/OR
FERDINAND CORTES, AND/OR ALFRED MAGALLON,
AND/OR ARISTOTLE ARCE, PETITIONERS, VS.
GERALDINEVELASCO,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 174034, March 09 : 2011] HEIRS OF
MARILOU K. SANTIAGO, REPRESENTED BY DENNIS K.
SANTIAGO, LOURDES K. SANTIAGO AND EUFEMIA K.
SANTIAGO, PETITIONERS, VS. ALFONSO AGUILA,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 181370, March 09 : 2011] JULIAN S.
LEBRUDO AND REYNALDO L. LEBRUDO, PETITIONERS,
VS.REMEDIOSLOYOLA,RESPONDENT.

TheCourtalsofindsunmeritorioustheDBP'scontentionthatthespouses'causeofactionisbarredby
estoppel,lachesandprescription.DBPclaimsthatthefailureofthespousestoredeemtheirproperty
estoppedthemfromquestioningthevalidityoftheforeclosuresaleand,thatlachesandprescription
havealreadysetinbecausethespousesfiledtheiractiononlyafterthelapseof16years[31] from

theissuanceofDBP'stitle.
In Pacific Mills, Inc. v. Court of Appeals,[32] we laid down the requisites of estoppel as follows: (a)
conduct amounting to false representation or concealment of material facts or at least calculated to
conveytheimpressionthatthefactsareotherwisethan,andinconsistentwith,thosewhichtheparty
subsequently attempts to assert (b) intent, or at least expectation that this conduct shall be acted
upon, or at least influenced by the other party and (c) knowledge, actual or constructive, of the
factualfacts.[33]
In the present petition, it cannot be concluded that the spouses are guilty of estoppel for the
requisitesarenotattendant.
Laches, on the other hand, is a doctrine meant to bring equity not to further oppress those who
already,are.Lacheshasbeendefinedasneglectoromissiontoassertaright,takeninconjunction
withlapseoftimeandothercircumstancescausingprejudicetoanadverseparty,aswilloperateas
a bar in equity.[34] It is a delay in the assertion of a right which works disadvantage to another
because of the inequity founded on some change in the condition or relations of the property or
parties.[35]
The elements of laches must, however, be proved positively because it is evidentiary in nature and
cannotbeestablishedbymereallegationsinthepleadings.[36]Thesearebutfactualinnaturewhich
theCourtcannotgrantwithoutviolatingthebasicproceduraltenetthat,asdiscussed,theCourtisnot
trier of facts. Yet again, the records as established by the trial court show that it was rather the
DBP'stacticwhichdelayedtheinstitutionoftheaction.DBFmadethespousesbelievethattherewas
no need to institute any action for the land would be returned to the spouses soon, only to be told,
afterten(10)yearsofnaivete,thatreconveyancewouldnolongerbepossibleforthesamelandwas
alreadysoldtoAbalos,anallegedpurchaseringoodfaithandforvalue.
The Court also disagrees with the DBP's contention that for failure to institute the action within ten
years from the accrual of the right thereof, prescription has set in, barring the spouses from
vindicatingtheirtransgressedrights.
The DBP contends that the prescriptive period for the reconveyance of fraudulently registered real
propertyisten(10)yearsreckonedfromthedateoftheissuanceofthecertificateoftitle.[37]
WhiletheabovedisquisitionoftheDBPistrue,the10yearprescriptiveperiodappliesonlywhenthe
reconveyanceisbasedonfraudwhichmakesacontractvoidable(andthattheaggrievedpartyisnot
inpossessionofthelandwhosetitleistobeactually,reconveyed).Itdoesnotapplytoanactionto

[G.R. No. 192649, March 09 : 2011] HOME

GUARANTY CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. RII
BUILDERSINC.,ANDNATIONALHOUSINGAUTHORITY,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.171189,March09:2011]LORES REALTY
ENTERPRISES, INC., LORENZO Y. SUMULONG III,
PETITIONERS,VS.VIRGINIAE.PACIA,RESPONDENT.
[A.M. No. P092677 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 07
2582P), March 09 : 2011] ANGELINA C. LIM AND
VIVIAN M. GADUANG, COMPLAINANTS, VS. MARIBETH
G. AROMIN, RECORDS OFFICER I, OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT,
MEYCAUAYAN,BULACAN,RESPONDENT.
[A.M. No. RTJ082149 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 08
2787RTJ), March 09 : 2011] LYDIA A. BENANCILLO,
COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE VENANCIO J. AMILA,
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 3, TAGBILARAN
CITY,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 158576, March 09 : 2011] CORNELIA M.
HERNANDEZ,PETITIONER,VS.CECILIOF.HERNANDEZ,
RESPONDENT.
[A.M.No.RTJ102241[FormerlyOCAI.P.I.No.09
3224RTJ],March09:2011]FERDINAND C. BACOLOT,
COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. FRANCISCO D. PAO,
PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH
93,SANPEDRO,LAGUNA,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.189981,March09:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES,
PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE,
VS.
ALLAN
GABRINO,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R.No.181249,March14:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. BAIDA SALAK
YBANGKULAS,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 190171, March 14 : 2011] ALEN ROSS
RODRIGUEZ AND REGIDOR TULALI, PETITIONERS, VS.
THEHON.BIENVENIDOBLANCAFLOR,INHISCAPACITY
AS THE ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL
TRIAL COURT OF PALAWAN, BRANCH 52, AND PEOPLE
OFTHEPHILIPPINES,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.178272,March14:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES,APPELLEE,VS.RODRIGOSALCEDOALIAS
"DIGOL,"APPELLANT.
[G.R.No.191392,March14:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES,
PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE,
VS.
ROLLY
SORIAGAYSTO.DOMINGO,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 172087, March 15 : 2011] PHILIPPINE
AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR),
PETITIONER,VS.THEBUREAUOFINTERNALREVENUE
(BIR), REPRESENTED HEREIN BY HON. JOSE MARIO
BUAG,INHISOFFICIALCAPACITYASCOMMISSIONER
OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PUBLIC RESPONDENT, JOHN
DOEANDJANEDOE,WHOAREPERSONSACTINGFOR,
IN BEHALF, OR UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
RESPONDENT.PUBLICANDPRIVATERESPONDENTS.
[A.M. No. 201011SC, March 15 : 2011] RE:
EMPLOYEES INCURRING HABITUAL TARDINESS IN THE
SECONDSEMESTEROF2009
[A.C. No. 8253(Formerly CBD Case No. 031067),
March 15 : 2011] ERLINDA R. TAROG, COMPLAINANT,
VS.ATTY.ROMULOL.RICAFORT,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 152033, March 16 : 2011] FILIPINAS
SYNTHETIC FIBER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS.
WILFREDO DE LOS SANTOS, BENITO JOSE DE LOS
SANTOS,MARIAELENADELOSSANTOSANDCARMINA
VDA.DELOSSANTOS,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 169717, March 16 : 2011] SAMAHANG
MANGGAGAWASACHARTERCHEMICALSOLIDARITYOF
UNIONSINTHEPHILIPPINESFOREMPOWERMENTAND
REFORMS(SMCCSUPER),ZACARRIASJERRYVICTORIO
UNION PRESIDENT, PETITIONER,VS. CHARTER
CHEMICALANDCOATINGCORPORATION,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.190341,March16:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ROMY FALLONES Y
LABANA,APPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 169599, March 16 : 2011] REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. JUANITO
MANIMTIM,JULIOUMALI,REPRESENTEDBYAURORAU.
JUMARANG, SPOUSES EDILBERTO BAANOLA AND
SOFIABAANOLA,ZENAIDAMALABANAN,MARCELINO
MENDOZA,DEMETRIOBARRIENTOS,FLORITACUADRA,
ANDFRANCISCAMANIMTIM,RESPONDENTS.
[A.M. No. MTJ081718, March 16 : 2011] ATTY.
RAFAEL T. MARTINEZ, AND SPOUSES DAN AND EDNA
REYES,COMPLAINANTS,VS.JUDGEGRACEGLICERIAF.
DEVERA,PRESIDINGJUDGE,MUNICIPALTRIALCOURT
IN CITIES, SAN CARLOS CITY, PANGASINAN,
RESPONDENT.
[A.M. No. P062206, March 16 : 2011] EXECUTIVE
JUDGE LEONILO B. APITA, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,
BRANCH 7, TACLOBAN CITY, COMPLAINANT, VS.
MARISSA M. ESTANISLAO, COURT LEGAL RESEARCHER

nullify a contract which is void ab initio, as in the present petition. Article 1410 of the Civil Code
categorically states that an action for the declaration of the inexistence of a contract does not
prescribe.[38]
The spouses' action is an action for "Annulment of Title, Recovery of Possession and Damages,"[39]
grounded on the theory that the DBP foreclosed their land covered by TCT No. T1,997 without any
legal right to do so, rendering the sale and the subsequent issuance of TCT in DBP's name void ab
initioandsubjecttoattackatanytimeconformablytotheruleinArticle1410oftheCivilCode.
In finis, the Court notes that Abalos, DBP's codefendant, was ordered by the RTC to return to the
spousesthelandsheboughtfromDBPtheRTCalsoorderedthecancellationofAbalos'title.Abalos,
however,abandonedherappealthenpendingbeforetheCourtofAppeals,resultinginitsdismissal.
InthisCourt'sResolutiondated13February2006,shewassubsequentlydroppedaspartypetitioner.
Byabandoningherappeal,theRTCdecisionwithrespecttoher,thus,becamefinal.
[37]Rollo,p.30.
[38] Art. 1410. The action or defense for the declaration of the inexistence of a contract does not

prescribe.

[39]Rollo,p.58.

INLIGHTOFTHEFOREGOING,thepetitionisDENIED.TheDecisionoftheCourtofAppealsinCA
G.R.CV.No.70693dated26September2003isAFFIRMED.
SOORDERED.
Corona,C.J.,(Chairperson),Velasco,Jr.,LeonardoDeCastro,andDelCastillo,JJ.,concur.
Endnotes:

*TheCourt'sResolutiondated13February2006droppedJosefaS.Abalosparticipation

aspartypetitionerduetoherabandonmentpendingappealwiththeCourtofAppeals.

[1]Petition.Rollo,pp.936.

[2]PennedbyAssociateJusticeAndresB.ReyeswithAssociateJusticesBuenaventura

J.GuerreroandRegaladoE.Maambong,concurring'.Id.at3954.
[3]Id.at54.
[4]MortgageofContract.Id.at134(atthebackpage).
[5]Records,p.206.Exhibit"II."
[6]Petition.Rollo,p.15.
[7]TransferofCertificateofTitleNo.T16,280.Id.at133.
[8]Records,p,7.
[9]Id.at18.
[10]DecisionoftheRTC.Id.at263264.
[11]Rollo,p.51.
[12]Id.at54.
[13]Id.at1923.
[14]Id.at13.
[15]THE1997REVISEDRULESORCOURT,Rule45.

Section 1. Filing of petition with the Supreme Court. A party desiring to appeal by
certiorari from a judgment or final order or resolution of the Court of Appeals, the
Sandiganbayan, the Regional Trial Court or other courts whenever authorized by law,
may file with the Supreme Court a verified petition for review on certiorari. The
petitionshallraiseonlyquestionsoflawwhichmustbedistinctlysetforth.
[16]Marcelov.Bunguhong,G.R.No.175201,23April2008,552SCRA589,605.
[17] Vector Shipping Corporation v. Macasa, G.R. No. 160219, 21 July 2008, 97 SCRA

105.

[18]Binayv.Odea,G.R.No.163683,8June2007,524SCRA248,255256.
[19]Id.
[20]InternationalContainerTerminalServices,Inc.v.FGUInsuranceCorporation, G.R.

No.161539,28June2008.556SCRA194,119.
[21]Rollo,p.53.
[22]Id.at11.
[23]Id.at125.
[24]Id.at125.
[25]Records,p.13.
[26]Id.at33.

[27] Sec. 60. Mortgage or lease of registered land. Mortgages and leases shall be

II, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 34, TACLOBAN

CITY,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.185390,March16:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. ALEX PALING,
ERNIE VILBAR @ "DODONG" (AT LARGE), AND ROY
VILBAR,
ACCUSED,
ALEX
PALING,
ACCUSED
APPELLANT.
[G.R.No.182239,March16:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. HERMIE M.
JACINTO,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 157476, March 16 : 2011] VENANCIO
GIVERO, EDGARDO GIVERO AND FLORIDA GAYANES,
PETITIONERS, VS. MAXIMO GIVERO AND LORETO
GIVERO,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.168651,March16:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. EDITH RAMOS
ABAT,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 185683, March 16 : 2011] UNION LEAF
TOBACCO CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS
PRESIDENT MR. HILARION P. UY, PETITIONER, VS.
REPUBLICOFTHEPHILIPPINES,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 131481, March 16 : 2011] BUKLOD NANG
MAGBUBUKID SA LUPAING RAMOS, INC., PETITIONER,
VS.E.M.RAMOSANDSONS,INC.,RESPONDENT.[G.R.
No. 131624] DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM,
PETITIONER, VS. E. M. RAMOS AND SONS, INC.,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.178323,March16,2011]PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. ARMANDO
CHINGHYPARCIA,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[A.M. No. P112914 [FORMERLY A.M. OCA IPI NO.
093159P],March16:2011]DYTEBANTRADINGCO.,
INC., COMPLAINANT, VS. ARCHIBALD C. VERGA,
SHERIFF IV, RTC, BRANCH 33 BUTUAN CITY,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.169103,March16:2011]COMMISSIONER
OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. MANILA
BANKERS'
LIFE
INSURANCE
CORPORATION,
RESPONDENT.

registered in the manner provided in Section 54 of this Decree. The owner of the
registeredlandmaymortgageorleaseitbyexecutingthedeedinaformsufficientin
law. Such deed of mortgage or lease and all instruments which assign, extend
discharge or otherwise deal with the mortgage or lease shall be registered, and shall
takeeffectuponthetitleonlyfromtimeofregistration.
[28]Sec.61.Registration.Uponpresentationforregistrationofthedeedofmortgage

orleasetogetherwiththeowner'sduplicate,theRegisterofDeedsshallenteruponthe
Original Certificate of title and also upon the owner's duplicate certificate a
memorandum thereof, the date and time of filing and the file number assigned to the
deed, and shall sign the said memorandum. He shall also9 note on the deed the date
and time of filing and a reference to the volume and page of the registration book in
whichitisregistered.
[29]AMENDINGANDCODIFYINGTHELAWSRELATIVETOREGISTRATIONOFPROPERTY

ANDFOROTHERPURPOSES.SignedintolawonJune11,1978.
[30]Rollo,p.125(atthebackpage).
[31]Id.at130.
[32]513Phil.534(2005).
[33]Id.at544.

[34]DeVeraCruzv.Miguel,G.R.No.144103,31August2005.468SCRA506,518.
[35]Id.
[36]Department of Education v. Ofiate, G.R. No. 161758, 8 June 2007, 524 SCRA 200,

216.

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RESPONDENT.
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PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. REX NIMUAN Y CACHO,
APPELLANT.
[A.M. No. MTJ081727 (FORMERLY A.M. OCA I.P.I.
NO. 031465MTJ), March 22 : 2011] MILAGROS
VILLACERAN AND OMAR T. MIRANDA, COMPLAINANTS,
VS. JUDGE MAXWEL S. ROSETE AND PROCESS SERVER
EUGENIOTAGUBA,MUNICIPALTRIALCOURTINCITIES,
BRANCH2,SANTIAGOCITY,ISABELA,RESPONDENTS.
[A.M. No. SCC984, March 22 : 2011] ASHARY M.
ALAUYA,CLERKOFCOURT,SHARI'ADISTRICTCOURT,
MARAWICITY,COMPLAINANT,VS.JUDGECASANALIL.
LIMBONA, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURT, LANAO DEL SUR,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 190529, March 22 : 2011] PHILIPPINE
GUARDIANS BROTHERHOOD, INC., REPRESENTED BY
ITS SECRETARYGENERAL GEORGE "FGBF GEORGE"
DULDULAO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON
ELECTIONS,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.166471,March22:2011]TAWANGMULTI
PURPOSE COOPERATIVE, PETITIONER, VS. LA
TRINIDADWATERDISTRICT,RESPONDENT.
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[G.R. No. 170446, March 23 : 2011] EDGEWATER

REALTY DEVELOPMENT, INC., PETITIONER, VS.
METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE
SYSTEM AND MANILA WATER COMPANY, INC.,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 178096, March 23 : 2011] ROSA DELOS
REYES,PETITIONER,VS.SPOUSESFRANCISCOODONES
AND ARWENIA ODONES, NOEMI OTALES, AND
GREGORIORAMIREZ,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 164693, March 23 : 2011] JOSEFA S.
ABALOS* AND THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PETITIONERS, VS. SPS. LOMANTONG
DARAPAANDSINABDIMAKUTA,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.169260,March23:2011]SANDENAIRCON
PHILIPPINES AND ANTONIO ANG, PETITIONERS, VS.
LORESSAP.ROSALES,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.189821,March23:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO OTOS ALIAS
ANTONIOOMOS,APPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 176058, March 23 : 2011] PRESIDENTIAL
ANTIGRAFTCOMMISSION(PAGC)ANDTHEOFFICEOF
THE PRESIDENT, PETITIONERS, VS. SALVADOR A.
PLEYTO,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 151369, March 23 : 2011] ANITA
MONASTERIOPEANDTHESPOUSESROMULOTANAND
EDITHA PETAN, PETITIONERS, VS. JOSE JUAN TONG,
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY HIS ATTORNEYINFACT,
JOSEY.ONG,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 146839, March 23 : 2011] ROLANDO T.
CATUNGAL, JOSE T. CATUNGAL, JR., CAROLYN T.
CATUNGAL
AND
ERLINDA
CATUNGALWESSEL,
PETITIONERS,
VS.
ANGEL
S.
RODRIGUEZ,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 160736, March 23 : 2011] AIR ADS
INCORPORATED,
PETITIONER,
VS.
TAGUM
AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
(TADECO),RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.156142,March23:2011]SPOUSESALVIN
GUERRERO
AND
MERCURY
M.
GUERRERO,
PETITIONERS, VS. HON. LORNA NAVARRO DOMINGO,
IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 201,
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, LAS PIAS CITY & PILAR
DEVELOPMENTCORPORATION,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 192416, March 23 : 2011] GRANDTEQ
INDUSTRIAL STEEL PRODUCTS, INC., ABELARDO
GONZALES,[1]RONALDA.DELEON,[2]NOELAGUIRRE,
FELIX ARPIA, AND NICK EUGENIO, PETITIONERS, VS.
ANNALIZAM.ESTRELLA,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 172678, March 23 : 2011] SEA LION
FISHING CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF
THEPHILIPPINES,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.193664,March23:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. DOMINGO
BANANYLUMIDO,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 164321, March 23 : 2011] SKECHERS,
U.S.A., INC., PETITIONER, VS. INTER PACIFIC
INDUSTRIAL TRADING CORP., AND/OR INTER PACIFIC
TRADING CORP. AND/OR STRONG SPORTS GEAR CO.,
LTD., AND/OR STRONGSHOES WAREHOUSE AND/OR
STRONGFASHIONSHOESTRADINGAND/ORTANTUAN
HONG AND/OR VIOLETA T. MAGAYAGA AND/OR
JEFFREY R. MORALES AND/OR ANY OF ITS OTHER
PROPRIETOR/S, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES
AND/OROCCUPANTSOFITSPREMISESLOCATEDATS
7,ED&JOE'SCOMMERCIALARCADE,NO.153QUIRINO
AVENUE,
PARAAQUE
CITY,
RESPONDENTS.
TRENDWORKS
INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION,
PETITIONERINTERVENOR,
VS.
INTER
PACIFIC
INDUSTRIAL TRADING CORP. AND/OR INTER PACIFIC
TRADING CORP. AND/OR STRONG SPORTS GEAR CO.,
LTD., AND/OR STRONGSHOES WAREHOUSE AND/OR
STRONGFASHIONSHOESTRADINGAND/ORTANTUAN
HONG AND/OR VIOLETA T. MAGAYAGA AND/OR
JEFFREY R. MORALES AND/OR ANY OF ITS OTHER
PROPRIETOR/S, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES
AND/OROCCUPANTSOFITSPREMISESLOCATEDATS
7,ED&JOE'SCOMMERCIALARCADE,NO.153QUIRINO
AVENUE,PARAAQUECITY,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 190001, March 23 : 2011] GENUINO ICE
COMPANY, INC., HECTOR S. GENUINO AND EDGAR A.
CARRJAGA,PETITIONERS.VS.ERICY.LAVAANDEDDIE
BOYSODELA,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.182550,March23:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. RUEL VELARDE ALIAS
DOLOYBELARDE,APPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 169895, March 23 : 2011] ISAGANI M.
YAMBOT, LETTY JIMENEZMAGSANOC, JOSE MA. D.
NOLASCO, ARTEMIO T. ENGRACIA, JR. AND VOLT
CONTRERAS, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. ARTEMIO
TUQUEROINHISCAPACITYASSECRETARYOFJUSTICE,
ANDESCOLASTICOU.CRUZ,JR.,RESPONDENTS.

[A.M. No. P092651, March 23 : 2011] EMMANUEL

M. GIBAS, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. MA. JESUSA E.
GIBAS, COURT STENOGRAPHER I, MUNICIPAL TRIAL
COURT, GUIGUINTO, BULACAN, AND FRANCONELLO S.
LINTAO,SHERIFFIV,REGIONALTRIALCOURT,BRANCH
83,MALOLOSCITY,BULACAN,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 185454, March 23 : 2011] STAR TWO
(SPVAMC), INC., PETITIONER, VS. HOWARD KO, MIN
MIN SEE KO, JIMMY ONG, AND GRACE NG ONG,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 176596, March 23 : 2011] JUDGE
ADORACION G. ANGELES, PETITIONER, VS. HON.
MANUELE.GAITE,DEPUTYEXECUTIVESECRETARYFOR
LEGAL AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT HON.
RAUL GONZALES, SECRETARY, AND HON. JOVENCITO
ZUO, CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, BOTH OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) HON. RAMON R.
GARCIA (SUBSTITUTED BY HON. JOSEPH LOPEZ), CITY
PROSECUTOR, ACP MARLINA N. MANUEL, AND ACP
ADELIZA H. MAGNOGUINGOYON, ALL OF THE MANILA
PROSECUTIONSERVICEANDSSPEMMANUELVELASCO,
DEPARTMENTOFJUSTICE,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 179844, March 23 : 2011] EMERSON B.
BAGONGAHASA,
GIRLIE
B.
BAGONGAHASA,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM PROVINCIAL
AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF LAGUNA, AND
REGISTER OF DEEDS OF SINOLOAN, LAGUNA,
PETITIONERS,
VS.
JOHANNA
L.
ROMUALDEZ,
RESPONDENT. SPOUSES CESAR M. CAGUIN AND
GERTRUDESCAGUIN,SPOUSESTEODOROMADRIDEJOS
AND ANICETA IBANEZ MADRIDEJOS, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRARIANREFORMPROVINCIALAGRARIANREFORM
OFFICER OF LAGUNA, AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OF
SINOLOAN, LAGUNA, PETITIONERS, VS. DIETMAR L.
ROMUALDEZ,RESPONDENT.SOTELAD.ADEA,SPOUSES
ESPERANZAANDLEONCIOMARIO,SPOUSESDELIAAND
DANILO CACHOLA, SPOUSES MA. ALICIA AND
REYMUNDO CAINTO, EDUARDO B. DALAY, SPOUSES
JOSE LEVITICO AND EPIFANIA DALAY, SPOUSES JIFFY
AND FAUSTINO DALAY, SPOUSES MA. RUTH AND
MELCHOR PACURIB, MA. JERIMA B. DALAY, SPOUSES
CLEOFAS AND TERESITA VITOR, SPOUSES CELESTINA
AND ALEJANDRO COSICO, SPOUSES AUREA AND
ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, SPOUSES JULIA AND RAFAEL
DELA CRUZ, SPOUSES RAQUEL AND SEBASTIAN SAN
JUAN, SPOUSES MARGARITA AND PABLITO LLANES,
SR., FIDEL M. DALAY, SPOUSES JAIME AND MELVITA
DALAY, SPOUSES EMILY AND FLORENCIO PANGAN,
SPOUSES FELIPE AND ROSALIE DALAY, SPOUSES
MARCELO AND CATALINA B. DALAY, AND SPOUSES
RENATO AND ELIZABETH DALAY, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRARIANREFORMPROVINCIALAGRARIANREFORM
OFFICER OF LAGUNA, AND REGISTER OF DEEDS OF
SINOLOAN, LAGUNA, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES
DANIEL AND ANA ROMUALDEZ, AND JACQUELINE L.
ROMUALDEZ,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.175697,March23:2011]RURALBANKOF
TOBOSO, INC. (NOW UCPB SAVINGS BANK),
PETITIONER,
VS.
JEAN
VENIEGAS
AGTOTO,
RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 176103] JEAN VENIEGAS
AGTOTO, PETITIONER, VS. RURAL BANK OF TOBOSO,
INC. AND ANTONIO ARBIS IN HIS CAPACITY AS EX
OFFICIO
PROVINCIAL
SHERIFF
OF
NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 167518, March 23 : 2011] BANK OF THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PETITIONER, VS. PIO ROQUE S.
COQUIA,JR.,RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 192877, March 23 : 2011] BR> SPOUSES
HERMES P. OCHOA AND ARACELI D. OCHOA,
PETITIONERS, VS. CHINA BANKING CORPORATION,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.192789,March23:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. NGANO SUGAN, NGA BEN
LATAM, FRANCING, GAGA LATAM, SALIGO KUYAN AND
KAMISON AKOY, ACCUSED, GAGA LATAM, SALIGO
KUYANANDKAMISONAKOY,APPELLANTS.
[A.M. No. MTJ111782 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 05
1807MTJ], March 23 : 2011] JOSEFINA NAGUIAT,
COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE MARIO B. CAPELLAN,
PRESIDING JUDGE, MTCC, BR. 1, MALOLOS CITY,
BULACAN,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No. 170195, March 28 : 2011] SOCIAL
SECURITY COMMISSION AND SOCIAL SECURITY
SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. TERESA G. FAVILA,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.187425,March28:2011]COMMISSIONER
OF
CUSTOMS,
PETITIONER,
VS.
AGFHA
INCORPORATED,RESPONDENT.
[A.M. No. P092686 (FORMERLY OCA I.P.I NO. 06
2441P), March 28 : 2011] PRISCILLA L. HERNANDO,
COMPLAINANT, VS. JULIANA Y. BENGSON, LEGAL
RESEARCHER, RTC, BRANCH 104, QUEZON CITY,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.185556,March28:2011]SUPREMESTEEL
CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. NAGKAKAISANG
MANGGAGAWA NG SUPREME INDEPENDENT UNION
(NMSINDAPL),RESPONDENT.

[G.R. No. 178454, March 28 : 2011] FILIPINA

SAMSON, PETITIONER, VS. JULIA A. RESTRIVERA,
RESPONDENT.
[A.M.No.P092637(FormerlyA.M.No.0812682
RTC), March 29 : 2011] OFFICE OF THE COURT
ADMINISTRATOR,
COMPLAINANT,
VS.
ATTY.
MAGDALENA L. LOMETILLO, FORMER CLERK OF COURT
VII, VICTORIA S. PATOPATEN, CASHIER II, LINDA C.
GUIDES,ADMINISTRATIVEOFFICERI,LENNYGEMMAP.
CASTILLO, CLERK III, AND BRENDA M. LINACERO,
CLERK III, ALL OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, ILOILO
CITY,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 191560, March 29 : 2011] HON. LUIS
MARIO M. GENERAL, COMMISSIONER, NATIONAL
POLICE COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. HON.
ALEJANDRO S. URRO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE NEW
APPOINTEE VICE HEREIN PETITIONER HON. LUIS
MARIO M. GENERAL, NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION,
RESPONDENT. HON. LUIS MARIO M. GENERAL,
COMMISSIONER, NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION,
PETITIONER, VS. PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL
ARROYO, THRU EXECUTIVE SECRETARY LEANDRO
MENDOZA, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE APPOINTING
POWER,HON.RONALDOV.PUNO,INHISCAPACITYAS
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND AS EXOFFICIO CHAIRMAN
OF THE NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION AND HON.
EDUARDOU.ESCUETA,ALEJANDROS.URRO,ANDHON.
CONSTANCIA P. DE GUZMAN AS THE MIDNIGHT
APPOINTEES,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 171427, March 30 : 2011] STERLING
SELECTIONSCORPORATION,PETITIONER,VS.LAGUNA
LAKEDEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY(LLDA)ANDJOAQUIN
G.MENDOZA,INHISCAPACITYASGENERALMANAGER
OFLLDA,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.159450,March30:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. OLIVIA ALETH
GARCIACRISTOBAL,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R.No.177324,March30:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES,PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE,VS.REYNALDDELA
CRUZYLIBANTOCIA,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R.No.189834,March30:2011]PEOPLEOFTHE
PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFFAPPELLEE, VS. JAY MANDY
MAGLIANYREYES,ACCUSEDAPPELLANT.
[G.R. No. 169575, March 30 : 2011] IMELDA
PANTOLLANO (FOR HERSELF AS SURVIVING SPOUSE
AND IN BEHALF OF HER 4 CHILDREN HONEYVETTE,
TIERRA BRYN, KIENNE DIONNES, SHERRA VEDA MAE,
THENALLMINORS,WITHDECEASEDSEAMANVEDASTO
PANTOLLANO),
PETITIONER,
VS.
KORPHIL
SHIPMANAGEMENT AND MANNING CORPORATION,
RESPONDENT.
[G.R. No. 170351, March 30 : 2011] LEYTE
GEOTHERMAL POWER PROGRESSIVE EMPLOYEES
UNION ALU TUCP, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL OIL COMPANY ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION,RESPONDENT.
[A. M. No. P102803, March 30 : 2011] JUDGE
JEOFFRE W. ACEBIDO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,
BRANCH41,CAGAYANDEOROCITY,COMPLAINANT,VS.
LUDYCISSA A. HALASAN, COURT STENOGRAPHER III,
AND JOEL A. LARGO, UTILITY WORKER I, REGIONAL
TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 41, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY,
RESPONDENTS.
[G.R. No. 181355, March 30 : 2011] BENJAMIN
BELTRAN, JR. AND VIRGILIO BELTRAN, PETITIONERS,
VS. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND THE
PEOPLEOFTHEPHILIPPINES,RESPONDENTS.
[G. R. No. 169766, March 30 : 2011] ESTRELLITA
JULIAJVOLLAVE, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HAJA PUTRI ZORAYDA A. TAMANO AND
ADIBAHMADA.TAMANO,RESPONDENTS.
[G.R.No.182177,March30:2011]RICHARDJUAN,
PETITIONER,VS.GABRIELYAP,SR.,RESPONDENT.
[G.R.No.184980,March30:2011]DANILOMORO,
PETITIONER,VS.GENEROSOREYESDELCASTILLO,JR.,
RESPONDENT.DECISION
[G.R. No. 177260, March 30 : 2011] LOTTO
RESTAURANT CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY SUAT
KIMGO,PETITIONER,VS.BPIFAMILYSAVINGSBANK,
INC.,RESPONDENT.

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