FACTS: Respondent spouses Vicente and Maria Cleofe Abecina are the registered owners of the subject five parcels of land located in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte.  In 1993, the DOTC and Digitel entered into several Facilities Management Agreements (FMA) for Digitel to manage, operate, maintain, and develop the Regional Telecommunications Development Project (RTDP) under the National… Read More DOTC v. Sps. Abecina, GR 206484, Jan 29, 2016 Eminent Domain, State Immunity from Suit

FACTS: The petitioner received the following communication addressed to him by the Minister of Tourism on April 7, 1986: MEMORANDUM TO: MR. RAMON P. BINAMIRA You are hereby designated General Manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority, effective immediately. By virtue hereof, you may qualify and enter upon the performance of the duties of the office.… Read More Binamira v. Garrucho G.R. No. 92008 July 30, 1990 Appointment v. Designation

FACTS: Appellants Tranquilino Lagman and Primitivo de Sosa are charged with a violation of Sec. 60 of Commonwealth Act No. 1, known as the National Defense Law. It is alleged that these two appellants, being Filipinos and having reached the age of twenty years in 1936, willfully and unlawfully refused to register in the military… Read More People v. Lagman and Sosa 66 Phil 13 G.R. No. L-45892 July 13, 1938 Philippine Constitution, Principles and Policies

FACTS: Before the enactment of the K to 12 Law, the Philippines was the only country in Asia and among the three remaining countries in the world that had a 10-year basic education program. To be at par with international standards and in line with the country’s commitment in Education for All 2015, the Philippine… Read More CoTeSCUP v. Secretary of Education, G.R. 216930, October 2018 Enrolled Bill Doctrine, Political Question Doctrine, Expanded Definition of Judicial Power

FACTS: Respondent St. Scholastica’s College (SSC) is the owner of four (4) parcels of land measuring a total of 56,306.80 sqms. located in Marikina Heights, located within the property are St. Scholastica’s Academy-Marikina. The property is enclosed by a tall concrete perimeter fence built some thirty (30) years ago. Abutting the fence along the West… Read More Mayor Fernando v. St. Scholastica’s College, GR 16107, May 12, 2013 Police Power, Substantive Due Process, Local Government Code

FACTS: Petitioner Senator Blas Ople prays that Administrative Order No. 308 of the Office of the President, entitled “Adoption of a National Computerized Identification Reference System” be declared unconstitutional on two grounds, viz:  It is a usurpation of the power of Congress to legislate, and  It impermissibly intrudes on our citizenry’s protected zone of privacy.… Read More Ople v. Torres G.R. No. 127685 July 23, 1998 Executive Power and Legislative Power, Administrative Power of the Chief Executive