SC Decisions

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, REPRESENTED BY THE HONORABLE CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE OMBUDSMAN; OMB-TASK FORCE PDAF; AND OMB-PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND CORRUPTON PREVENTION OFFICE, PETITIONERS, VS. OSCAR GONZALES MALAPITAN, RESPONDENT

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ZZZ,* ACCUSED-APPELLANT

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. LEOPOLDO VIÑAS Y MANIEGO AND MARICEL TORRES Y GONZALES ACCUSED-APPELLANTS. D E C I S I O

THE CITY OF VALENZUELA, REPRESENTED HEREIN BY ITS DULY ELECTED MAYOR, HON. REXLON T. GATCHALIAN, PETITIONER, VS. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA, REPRESENTED HEREIN BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF MALOLOS, INC., RESPONDENT

WILBERT BROZOTO Y DE LEON, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT

ROMEO DAWAT, JR. Y HARME, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT

HONORATA A. LABAY, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THF PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT

HEIRS OF JOSE MALIT, SR., NAMELY: JOSE MALIT, JR., EDILBERTO MALIT, LORETA MALIT-SUMAUANG, CECILIA MALIT-TIMBANG, MARIA LUZ MALIT-FELICE AND TERESITA MALIT-PAULE, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF JESUS MALIT, NAMELY: ELSA MALIT-ALMERO, MYRNA MALIT-ALVAREZ, EDELWINA MALIT-CLARETE, ZENAIDA MALIT-GATDULA, ELISA MALIT-SONGCO, LILIAN M. MALIT, FELICIANA MALIT­PAULE, FELICIANO M. MALIT, AGUSTIN M. MALIT, DIOSDADO M. MALIT AND ORLANDO M. MALIT; AND MARIANITA D. ASUNCION, RESPONDENTS

LORETO S. ANDALING, PETITIONER, VS. ANTONIO B. JUMAWAK, MARINA M. TINONGA, NESTOR I. EPO, CORNELIO R. TABAD, SAMUEL L. EMIA, ARFEL* D. DAAN, OMAR G. BAYRON, LUZVINA M. SUMITON, AND WILLIE JAMES A. WONG, RESPONDENTS