#LawIsTooDent

[ G.R. No. 128096. January 20, 1999] PANFILO M. LACSON,  petitioner  vs. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE SANDIGANBAYAN, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, MYRNA ABALORA, NENITA ALAP-AP, IMELDA PANCHO MONTERO, and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,  respondents . FACTS: Eleven (11) persons believed to be members of the  Kuratong Baleleng  gang, which had been involve in a spate of bank robberies in Metro Manila, were slain along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City by elements of the Anti-Bank Robbery and Intelligence Task Group (ABRITG). SPO2 Eduardo delos Reyes exposed that what actually transpired was a summary execution (or a rub out) and not a shoot-out between the  Kuratong Baleleng  gang members and the ABRITG. The Ombudsman formed a panel of and this panel later absolve from any criminal liability all the PNP officers and personnel allegedly involved in the incident, with a finding that the said incident...

[ G.R. No. 127410. January 20, 1999] CONRADO L. TIU, JUAN T. MONTELIBANO JR. and ISAGANI M. JUNGCO,   petitioners, vs.  COURT OF APPEALS, HON. TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA JR., BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY, BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, CITY T TREASURER OF OLONGAPO and MUNICIPAL TREASURER OF SUBIC, ZAMBALES,   respondents. Facts: Congress, with the approval of the President, passed into law RA 7227 entitled An Act Accelerating the Conversion of Military Reservations Into Other Productive Uses, Creating the Bases Conversion and Development Authority for this Purpose, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes.  Section 12 thereof created the Subic Special Economic Zone and granted thereto special privileges. President Fidel V. Ramos issued Executive Order No. 97 (EO 97), clarifying the application of the tax and duty incentives. The EO grants tax and duty incentives only to businesses and residents within th...