FACTS: The City of General Santos enacted Ordinance No. 08, series of 2009 entitled An Ordinance Establishing the GenSan Scheme on Early Retirement for Valued Employees Security (GenSan SERVES), which was designed “to entice those employees who were unproductive due to health reasons to avail of the incentives being offered therein by way of early… Read More City of General Santos v. COA J. Leonen G.R. No. 199439 April 22, 2014 Local Autonomy, Devolution of Power, Local Government Code

FACTS: On October 28, 1986, President Corazon Aquino issued E. O. No. 51 (Milk Code) which states that the law seeks to give effect to Article 112 of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (ICMBS), a code adopted by the World Health Assembly (WHA), to the effect that breastfeeding should be supported, promoted… Read More PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTH CARE v. DUQUE G.R. No. 173034 October 9, 2007 Transformation v. Incorporation of International Law

FACTS:  Pursuant to Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 93-95, Series of 1993,  the Municipality of Parañaque filed a Complaint for expropriation  against Private Respondent V.M. Realty over two parcels of land allegedly ”for the purpose of alleviating the living conditions of the underprivileged by providing homes for the homeless through a socialized housing project.”   Petitioner, pursuant… Read More MUNICIPALITY OF PARAÑAQUE v. V.M. REALTY CORPORATION G.R. No. 127820 July 20, 1998 Expropriation Proceedings, Ordinance v. Resolution, Local Government Code

FACTS: Petitioner Patricio Dumlao questions the constitutionality of section 4 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 52 as discriminatory and contrary to the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Constitution. Said Section 4 provides: Sec. 4. Special Disqualification in addition to violation of section 10 of Art. XI I-C of the Constitution and disqualification mentioned… Read More Dumlao v. COMELEC G.R. No. L-52245 January 22, 1980 Equal Protection of the Laws