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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: Estrada v. Desierto (G.R. Nos. 146710-15 including MR)

Estrada v. Desierto |  G.R. Nos. 146710-15 (including MR) | March 2, 2001 | Puno, J. Re: Impeachment of the President |   FACTS : On the line in the cases at bar is the office of the President. Petitioner Joseph Ejercito Estrada (Pres. Erap) alleges that he is the President on leave while respondent Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo claims she is the President.   From the beginning of his term, petitioner was plagued wtih problems that slowly eroded his popularity. His sharp descent from power started on October 4, 2000 when Ilocos Sur governor Chavit Singson accused the petitioner of receiving millions of pesos from jueteng lords.   Senator Teofisto Guingona Jr, then the Senate Minority Leader, took the floor with a privilege speech entitled I Accuse. He accused the petitioner of receiving some P220 million in  jueteng  money from Governor Singson from November 1998 to August 2000.   The House Committee on Public Order and Security, then headed by Repres...
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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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