SC Decisions

PHILIPPINE ISLAND KIDS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. (PIKIFI),* COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ALEJANDRO JOSE C. PALLUGNA, RESPONDENT

REINARIO B. BIHAG, MATEO CORTES, BENJAMIN CABATIC, NASSROLLAH D. MONTUD, TEDDY BERNALES, KARIM MACAROMPAN, DONATO CALICA, JR., CLAIRE GREBERN ELUMIR, AND EDGAR DEMAVIVAS, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. EDGARDO O. ERA,• RESPONDENT

REINARIO B. BIHAG, MATEO CORTES, BENJAMIN CABATIC, NASSROLLAH D. MONTUD, TEDDY BERNALES, KARIM MACAROMPAN, DONATO CALICA, JR., CLAIRE GREBERN ELUMIR, AND EDGAR DEMAVIVAS, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. EDGARDO O. ERA,• RESPONDENT

JOSEPHINE R. ONG, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. SALVADOR M. BIJIS, RESPONDENT

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. JOSE C. CORALES, CLERK OF COURT VI, MA. VIRGINIA P. MAGADIA,* FORMER CASH CLERK III, LORENZO ELEDA (RET.), SHERIFF IV, ALL OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT (RTC), BATANGAS CITY, AND IMELDA K. RECINTO, CLERK III, BRANCH 1, RTC, BATANGAS CITY, RESPONDENTS

PACIFICO BERSO, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE ALBEN C. RABE, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 15, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, TABACO CITY, ALBAY, RESPONDENT

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPS. YU CHO KHAI AND CRISTINA SY YU, ALFONSO L. ANGLIONGTO, JR., REPRESENTED BY FELICITAS YAP VDA. DE ANGLIONGTO, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, DAVAO CITY, AGDAO RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, INC., NICOLAS P. SOLANAN, AND THE HEIRS OF SPOUSES AURELIO PIZARRO AND FILOMENA PIZARRO, NAMELY ROGELIO G. PIZARRO, MARIA EVELYN G. PIZARRO-SULIT, MISAEL G. PIZARRO, NORMAN PAUL PIZARRO, LUZVIMINDA G. PIZARRO, DELIA-THELMA PIZARRO DILLERA, VIRGILIO G. PIZARRO, ROSALINDA PIZARRO INGLES, JOSE ELVIN G. PIZARRO, LYDIA PIZARRO GUDANI, AND ALICIA P. LADISLA (SUBSTITUTED BY HER HEIRS, WILLIE L. LADISLA, ALEXIS P. LADISLA, ANTONIO P. LADISLA, MARIA BELEN L. UMAYAN, BENJAMIN P. LADISLA, RAMONITO P. LADISLA, FLORDELIZA L. BONTIA, LOURINDA D. DE JESUS, MARIA PLACIDA L. ALOLOD, JOSEPHINE L. ALEGUIOJO, CECILIA L. AGUIRRE, RAYMOND L. LADISLA, CAROLINE L. ADTOON, AND ARMANDO P. LADISLA), RESPONDENTS

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPS. YU CHO KHAI AND CRISTINA SY YU, ALFONSO L. ANGLIONGTO, JR., REPRESENTED BY FELICITAS YAP VDA. DE ANGLIONGTO, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, DAVAO CITY, AGDAO RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, INC., NICOLAS P. SOLANAN, AND THE HEIRS OF SPOUSES AURELIO PIZARRO AND FILOMENA PIZARRO, NAMELY ROGELIO G. PIZARRO, MARIA EVELYN G. PIZARRO-SULIT, MISAEL G. PIZARRO, NORMAN PAUL PIZARRO, LUZVIMINDA G. PIZARRO, DELIA-THELMA PIZARRO DILLERA, VIRGILIO G. PIZARRO, ROSALINDA PIZARRO INGLES, JOSE ELVIN G. PIZARRO, LYDIA PIZARRO GUDANI, AND ALICIA P. LADISLA (SUBSTITUTED BY HER HEIRS, WILLIE L. LADISLA, ALEXIS P. LADISLA, ANTONIO P. LADISLA, MARIA BELEN L. UMAYAN, BENJAMIN P. LADISLA, RAMONITO P. LADISLA, FLORDELIZA L. BONTIA, LOURINDA D. DE JESUS, MARIA PLACIDA L. ALOLOD, JOSEPHINE L. ALEGUIOJO, CECILIA L. AGUIRRE, RAYMOND L. LADISLA, CAROLINE L. ADTOON, AND ARMANDO P. LADISLA), RESPONDENTS

BENJAMIN T. DE LEON, JR.,• PETITIONER, VS. ROQSON INDUSTRIAL SALES, INC., RESPONDENT