FACTS: On 15 January 2009, three members from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were purportedly inspecting a water and sanitation project for the Sulu Provincial Jail when they were seized by three armed men who were later confirmed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).  On 21 January 2009, a… Read More Kulayan v. Tan G.R. No. 187298 July 03, 2012 Emergency Powers of the President

FACTS: In 1973, a religious group known as “The Church In Quezon City (Church Assembly Hall), Incorporated” (“CHURCH”), was organized as “an entity of the brotherhood in Christ.” It was registered in the same year with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-stock, non-profit religious corporation for the administration of its temporalities or… Read More Long and Almeria v. Basa G.R. Nos. 134963-64 September 27, 2001 Religious Freedom, Bill of RIghts

FACTS: In an order dated April 5, 1994, the lower court granted Tessie Amadeos motion for the issuance of a writ of execution against the DPWH to satisfy her unpaid claim after the government won the expropriation case involving her property. Following the anomalous implementation of the writ of execution,the court sheriff was dismissed from… Read More Fuentes v. Ombudsman, G.R. No. 124295. October 23, 2001, Independence of the Judiciary , Doctrine of Separation of Powers.

FACTS: Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi appointed Herminio Dela Cruz as City Assessor of the City Government of Muntinlupa in a permanent capacity on December 28, 2006. The City Assessor is given the item of City Government Department Head III. In Resolution No. 06-361, majority of the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City Government… Read More ABAD v. DELA CRUZ G.R. No. 207422, March 18, 2015 J. Leonen, Civil Service Commission

FACTS: Nicardo M. Falcis III filed pro se before this Court a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition under Rule 65 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, to “declare Articles 1 and 2 of the Family Code as unconstitutional and, as a consequence, nullify Articles 46(4) and 55(6) of the Family Code.” Falcis argues that… Read More Falcis v. Civil Registrar General J. Leonen, G.R. No. 217910, September 3, 2019 Judicial Review, Facial Challenge