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Case Digest: So v. Republic (G.R. No. 170603)

So v. Republic | G.R. No. 170603 | 29 Jan 2007 | Callejo, Sr. J. | Art IV (Section 1, Par 4) | Petitioners: Edison So Respondents: Republic of the Philippines Recit Ready Summary Herein Petitioner So filed for a Petition for Naturalization under CA No. 473 aka the Revised Naturalization Law.He presented 2 witnesses à fam business lawyer Atty. Adasa & UST classmate Mark Salcedo. RTC granted So’s petition. Respondent Republic of the Phil through OSG said not so fast! Coz SolGen claims na the 2 witnesses So presented did not know him (So) well enough and that they only gave general statements upon being asked about the character and moral conduct of So. CA set aside RTC’s decision. Hence, this present petition. The issue is W/N So qualifies for Philippines Citizenship and the Court said NO. It was wrong for So to claim that that RA 9139 should apply to his case instead of CA No. 473. This is because the latter applied to ALL ALIENS regardless of class while the former applies to nati...
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Case Digest: Kabataan Party-list v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 221318)

Kabataan Party-list v. COMELEC | G.R. No. 221318 | December 16, 2015 | J. Perlas-Bernabe | Article V - Section 2 | Petitioners: KABATAAN PARTYLIST Respondents : COMELEC Recit Ready Summary RA 10367, An Act Providing For Mandatory Biometrics and other COMELEC Resolutions that provide for the implementing rules and regulations of the said law are assailed in this case. The Law mandates the COMELEC to implement a mandatory biometric registration system for new voters. It also provides that who fail to validate their biometrics data will not be allowed to vote. Petitioners assert that the Law violates their right to suffrage because it allegedly adds substantive requirement and doesn’t pass the strict scrutiny test. The Court held that, (1) The Law doesn’t add a substantive requirement, it is merely a procedural limitation on the right to vote as it governs the process of registration; (2) The Law also passes the strict scrutiny test because it has the compelling state interest of address...
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Case Digest: Co v. Electoral Tribunal (G.R. No. 92191-92, 92202-03)

Co v. Electoral Tribunal | G.R. No. 92191-92, 92202-03 | July 30, 1991 | Ponente: Gutierrez, Jr. | Article 5 – Section 1 | Petitioners : ANTONIO Y. CO, SIXTO T. BALANQUIT, JR Respondents: ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and JOSE ONG, JR., Recit Ready Summary : Respondent Ong was proclaimed the duly elected representative of the 2nd district of Northern Samar. Petitioners then filed an election protest against him alleging that he was not a natural-born citizen of the PH. HRET ruled in favor of Ong, hence, these petitions for certiorari. Issue before the Court is W/N, HRET committed grave abuse of discretion in declaring Ong as natural born citizen of the PH. SC held that HRET did not commit GAD. Under the Naturalization Law, respondent Ong became a Filipino citizen through his father, Jose Ong Chuan, who was naturalized when the former was only 9 years old. Moreover, respondent in this case, traces his natural born citizenship through his mother, and not through his...
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Case Digest: Republic v. Sereno (G.R. No 237428) w/ Summary of Separate Opinions

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Case Digest: Gloria Dy v. People (G.R. No 189081)

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Case Digest: Secretary of National Defense v. Manalo (G.R. No. 180906)

Secretary of National Defense v. Manalo |  G.R. No. 180906 | October 7, 2008 |  Puno. C.J. Doctrine and Concepts: The Writ of Amparo offers a better remedy to extralegal killings and enforced disappearances and threats thereof due to the nature of swiftness required to resolve these cases The remedy provides rapid judicial relief as it partakes of a summary that requires only substantial evidence to make the appropriate reliefs available to the petitioner; it is not an action to determine criminal guilt requiring proof beyond reasonable doubt or liability for damages requiring preponderance of evidence or administrative responsibility requiring full and exhaustive proceedings. Facts The case at bar is an appeal via Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court in relation to Section 19 of the Rule on the Writ of Amparo , seeking to reverse and set aside , the Decision promulgated by Court of Appeals in C.A. G.R. AMPARO No. 00001. The original case was filed by ...
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