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1987 CONSTITUTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PREAMBLE We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity, the [...]
OMNIBUS RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10022
Pursuant to the authority vested by law on the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of Labor and Employment, and in the light of Republic Act No. 10022, An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8042, Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 195, as amended, Further Improving the Standard of [...]
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10022 AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED, FURTHER IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Republic of the Philippines CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES Metro Manila Fourteenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (e), (g) and (h) [...]
G.R. No. 179673 NATIVIDAD STA. ANA VICTORIA versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Present: CARPIO, J., Chairperson, PERALTA, ABAD, PEREZ,* and MENDOZA, JJ. Promulgated: June 8, 2011
DECISION ABAD, J.: This case is about the need for an applicant for registration of title to land to prove that the same has been officially declared alienable and disposable land of the public domain. The Facts and the Case On November 2, 2004 petitioner Natividad Sta. Ana Victoria applied for registration under the law[1] [...]
G.R. No. 173198 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES – versus – DOLORES OCDEN June 1, 2011
Present: CORONA, C.J., Chairperson, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA,* and PEREZ, JJ.c LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.: For Our consideration is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated April 21, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00044, which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] dated July 2, 2001 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Baguio City, [...]
G.R. No. 160506 JOEB M. ALIVIADO et. al – versus – PROCTER & GAMBLE PHILS., INC. June 6, 2011
CARPIO, J., Chairperson, BRION, DEL CASTILLO, ABAD, and PEREZ, JJ. DEL CASTILLO, J.: Labor laws expressly prohibit “labor-only” contracting. To prevent its circumvention, the Labor Code establishes an employer-employee relationship between the employer and the employees of the ‘labor-only’ contractor.
G.R. No. 178409 YOLITO FADRIQUELAN et.al versus MONTEREY FOODS CORPORATION G.R. No. 178434 MONTEREY FOODS CORPORATION versus BUKLURAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA MONTEREY-ILAW AT BUKLOD NG MANGGAGAWA et.al June 8, 2011
Present: CARPIO, J., Chairperson, NACHURA, PERALTA, ABAD, and MENDOZA, JJ. DECISION ABAD, J.: These cases are about the need to clearly identify, for establishing liability, the union officers who took part in the illegal slowdown strike after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary assumed jurisdiction over the labor dispute. The Facts and the Case On [...]
G.R. No. 179558 ASIATRUST DEVELOPMENT BANK – versus – FIRST AIKKA DEVELOPMENT, INC. and UNIVAC DEVELOPMENT, INC June 11, 2011
Present: CARPIO, J., Chairperson, NACHURA, PERALTA, ABAD, and MENDOZA, JJ. Promulgated: DECISION NACHURA, J.: This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[1] dated June 28, 2007 and Resolution[2] dated August 29, 2007 in CA-G.R. SP No. 97408.
G.R. No. 193902 ATTY. MARIETTA D. ZAMORANOS – versus – PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and SAMSON R. PACASUM, SR. June 1, 2011
Present: CARPIO, J., Chairperson, NACHURA, PERALTA, ABAD, and MENDOZA, JJ DECISION NACHURA, J.: These are three (3) consolidated petitions for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the Decision[1] dated July 30, 2010 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 03525-MIN, dismissing the petition for certiorari filed by petitioner Atty. Marietta [...]
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 24 PRESCRIBING RULES TO GOVERN THE COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
WHEREAS, Section 1, Article XI of the 1987 Constitution provides that a “Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must at all times be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency, act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives.”;
