G.R. No. 141994, 17 January 2005 FACTS: Exposé is a radio documentary program hosted by Carmelo Rima and Hermogenes Alegre. Exposé is aired every morning over DZRC-AM which is owned by Filipinas Broadcasting Network, Inc. (FBNI). Exposé is heard over Legazpi City, the Albay municipalities and other Bicol areas. Rima and Alegre exposed various alleged [...]

G.R. No. 197032, 26 July 2017 FACTS: A former employee of Price Richardson Corporation, Michelle S. Avelino, executed a sworn affidavit at the NBI’s Interpol Division, alleging that Price Richardson was engaged in boiler room operations, wherein the company sells non-existent stocks to investors using high pressure sales tactics. On The SEC filed before the [...]

G.R. No. 185024, 4 April 2017 FACTS: Spouses Fernando and Amelia Cruz owned a parcel of land. The City Government of Marikina levied the property for nonpayment of real estate taxes. The City Treasurer of Marikina auctioned off the property, with Joselito Hernand M. Bustos as the winning bidder. Petitioner then applied for the cancellation [...]

G.R. No. L-27155, 18 May 1978 FACTS: Plaintiff executed its bondwith Rita Gueco Tapnio (Rita) as principal, in favor of the Philippine National Bank, to guarantee the payment of Rita's account with said Bank. In turn, to guarantee the payment of whatever amount the bonding company would pay to the Philippine National Bank, both defendants [...]

G.R. No. 191525, 13 December 2017 FACTS: Atty. Emmanuel T. Santos (Santos), a lessee to two buildings owned by Litton, owed the latter rental arrears as well as his share of the payment of realty taxes. Consequently, Litton filed a complaint for unlawful detainer against Santos before the MeTC of Manila. The MeTC ordered Santos [...]

G.R. No. 184819, 29 November 2017 FACTS: Veteran's Federation of the Philippines (VFP) is a national federation of associations of Filipino war veterans created in 1960. In 1967, through the government's Proclamation No. 192, VFP was able to obtain control and possession of a vast parcel of land located in Taguig. VFP eventually developed said [...]

G.R. No. 220926, 5 July 2017 FACTS: Wincorp extended a credit line to Power Merge and allowed the latter to make drawdowns despite signs that would show Power Merge's inability to pay. To secure the Credit Line Agreement and the Amendment to Credit Line Agreement, Power Merge executed promissory notes obliging itself to pay Wincorp, [...]

G.R. No. 202454, 25 April 2017 FACTS: Petitioner and Respondent entered into a contract wherein the former would pay the latter a monthly rent for the use of one its packing machines. Later on Petitioner failed to pay the rent, this led to the Respondent demanding the unpaid amounts. Petitioner alleges that the unpaid amounts [...]

G.R. No. 224099, 11 June 2017 FACTS: Respondent closed its operations and terminated the employment of Petitioners. The latter claims that the same was illegal dismissal. Respondent states that its closure was due to sustained financial losses, as evidenced by its audited financial statements. Petitioner alleges that such financial losses were a mere sham to [...]

G.R. No. 210032, 25 April 2017 FACTS: Petitioners Lee seeks to reverse the ruling of the CA which held they liable with the Petitioner corporation for the payment of back wages to the respondents. They posit that they were not a part of the labor case as since they were not impleaded in the same, [...]