G.R. No. L-78133, 18 October 1988 FACTS: On June 22, 1965, petitioners bought two (2) parcels of land from Santiago Bernardino, et al. and on May 28, 1966, they bought another three (3) parcels of land from Juan Roque. The first two parcels of land were sold by petitioners in 1968 to Marenir Development Corporation, [...]
G.R. No. 136448, 9 November 1999 FACTS: On behalf of "Ocean Quest Fishing Corporation," Antonio Chua and Peter Yao entered into a Contract dated February 7, 1990, for the purchase of fishing nets of various sizes from the Philippine Fishing Gear Industries, Inc. (herein respondent). They claimed that they were engaged in a business venture [...]
G.R. No. 142293, 27 February 2003 FACTS: Private respondent Jaime Sahot started working as a truck helper for petitioners’ family-owned trucking business for 36 years, private respondent continuously served the trucking business of petitioners. In April 1994, Sahot was already 59 years old. He had been incurring absences as he was suffering from various ailments [...]
G.R. No. 195542, 19 March 2014 FACTS: Sometime in 2007, yet another investment scam was exposed with the disappearance of its primary perpetrator, Micheal H.K. Liew, a self–styled financial guru and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Performance Investment Products Corporation (PIPC–BVI), a foreign corporation registered in the British Virgin Islands. To do business [...]
G.R. No. 171815, 7 August 2007 FACTS: Union Cement Corporation (UCC), a publicly-listed company, has two principal stockholders – UCHC, a non-listed company, with shares amounting to 60.51%, and petitioner Cemco with 17.03%. Majority of UCHC’s stocks were owned by BCI with 21.31% and ACC with 29.69%. Cemco, on the other hand, owned 9% of [...]
G.R. No. 138949, 6 June 2001 FACTS: On April 4, 1997, petitioner, through its General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, sought the opinion of Chairman Perfecto Yasay, Jr. of respondent SEC as to the applicability and coverage of the “Full Material Disclosure Rule” on banks, contending that said rules, in effect, amend Section 5 (a) (3) [...]
G.R. No. 189158, 11 January 2017 FACTS: Tradition Group, where petitoners herein are employed, and Tullett are competitors in the inter-dealer broking business. On the Tradition Group's motive of expansion and diversification in Asia, petitioners lent and Schulze were tasked with the establishment Tradition Financial Services Philippines, Inc. However, Tullett, filed a Complaint-Affidavit with the [...]
G.R. No. 131367, 31 August 2000 FACTS: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (or SBMA) advertised in leading national daily newspapers and in one international publication, an invitation offering to the private sector the opportunity to develop and operate a modern marine container terminal within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Out of seven bidders who responded [...]
G.R. No. 91332, 16 July 1993 FACTS: Petitioners are foreign corporations organized under US laws not doing business in the Philippines and registered owners of symbols ‘MARK VII,’ ‘MARK TEN,’ and ‘LARK’ used in their cigarette products. Petitioners moved to enjoin respondent Fortune Tobacco from manufacturing and selling cigarettes bearing the symbol ‘MARK’ asserting that [...]
G.R. No. 161771, 15 February 2012 FACTS: EYCO Group of Companies ("EYCO") filed a petition for suspension of payments and rehabilitation before the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the case was still pending with the CA, petitioner Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court [...]
