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The Supreme Court's decision in Neri J. Colmenares, et al. vs. Rodrigo R. Duterte, et al. is a landmark ruling that upheld the validity and constitutionality of two loan agreements entered into by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) with the Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM Bank). The loan agreements in question pertain to the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project (CRPIP) and the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project (NCWS).

The case of Benjie Lagao y Garcia v. People of the Philippines is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to annul and set aside the Decision dated May 29, 2014, of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 34991, and its Resolution dated March 20, 2015, denying the motion for reconsideration thereof. The CA affirmed the Decision dated April 24, 2012, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bauang, La Union, Branch 33, in Criminal Case No. 3651-BG, which found the petitioner guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of homicide.

G.R. No.: 197674
Date: September 23, 2020
Ponente: Gaerlan, J.

The case involves a dispute over the valuation of a parcel of land covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The respondent, Esperanza M. Esteban, offered to sell her land to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for P60,000.00 per hectare. However, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) valued the land at P12,295.42 per hectare.