FIRST DIVISION [ UDK-16915, February 15, 2022 ] JOSEPH ROBLE PEÑAS PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, REPRESENTED BY THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE UNIT RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N LAZARO-JAVIER, J.: The Case Petitioner Joseph Roble Peñas assails the following issuances of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in E.O. Case No. 14-422 entitled […]

FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 246868, February 15, 2022 ] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ANGELIQUE PEARL O. CLAUR AND MARK A. CLAUR, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N LAZARO-JAVIER, J.: The Case This petition for review on certiorari assails the following dispositions of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV […]

EN BANC [ G.R. No. 252861, February 15, 2022 ] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALEXANDER OLPINDO Y REYES, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N GESMUNDO, C.J.: The rule on automatic review of death penalty cases under Rule 122 of the Rules of Court was rendered ineffective by the enactment of […]

EN BANC [ A.C. No. 10897, January 04, 2022 ] TONY PETER PARTSCH, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. REYNALDO A. VITORILLO, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N HERNANDO, J.: Before this Court is complainant Tony Peter Partsch’s (Partsch) administrative complaint[1] seeking the disbarment of respondent Atty. Reynaldo A. Vitorillo (Atty. Vitorillo). Partsch’s complaint: In […]

EN BANC [ A.M. No. P-12-3091 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 10-3426-P], January 04, 2022 ] CLERK OF COURT YVONNE Q. RIVERA, COMPLAINANT, VS. REX J. GEROCHE, CASH CLERK III, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, KABANKALAN CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, RESPONDENT. DECISION PER CURIAM: Court personnel who fail to safeguard court funds and collections, either through their […]

EN BANC [ A.C. No. 11439, January 04, 2022 ] BATAAN SHIPYARD AND ENGINEERING COMPANY INC., COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ANTHONY JAY B. CONSUNJI, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N PER CURIAM: This administrative case stemmed from a Complaint[1] filed by Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Company Inc. (BASECO), through its Board of Directors, […]