The Supreme Court has affirmed the penalty of life imprisonment and fine of PhP2 million each imposed on two individuals found guilty of qualified human trafficking for peddling minors for sex. In a Decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, the...
The Supreme Court En Banc found Ma. Consuelo Joie Almeda-Fajardo (Fajardo), former Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 93, San Pedro, Laguna, guilty of one (1) count of Gross Misconduct constituting violation of the Code of Conduct for Court...
The Supreme Court has ordered the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to pay a man who won a Lotto 6/42 draw, but whose ticket was partially blackened with a flat iron. In a 17-page Decision penned by Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, the Court’s Second...
A sum of money received by an employee on behalf of the employer is merely in the material, not juridical, possession of the employee; hence misappropriation of such money does not constitute estafa. Thus, reiterated the Supreme Court’s First Division, in a...
