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G.R. No. 187495, April 21, 2014

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. EDGAR JUMAWAN, AccusedAppellant.

DE CISION

REYES, J.:

Among the duties assumed by the husband are his duties to love, cherish and protect his wife, to
give her a home, to provide her with the comforts and the necessities of life within his means, to treat
her kindly and not cruelly or inhumanely. He is bound to honor her x x x; it is his duty not only to
maintain and support her, but also to protect her from oppression and wrong.1

Husbands do not have property rights over their wives bodies. Sexual intercourse, albeit within the
realm of marriage, if not consensual, is rape. This is the clear State policy expressly legislated in
Section 266A of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended by Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8353 or the
AntiRape Law of 1997.

The Case

This is an automatic review2of the Decision3

DebtKollect Company, Inc.
dated July 9, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA
G.R. CRHC No. 00353, which affirmed the Judgment4 dated April 1, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court
(RTC) of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 19, in Criminal Case Nos. 99668 and 99669 convicting Edgar
Jumawan (accusedappellant) of two (2) counts of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of
reclusion perpetua for each count.

The Facts

Accusedappellant and his wife, KKK,5 were married on October 18, 1975. They lived together since
then and raised their four (4) children6 as they put up several businesses over the years.

On February 19, 1999, KKK executed a ComplaintAffidavit,7 alleging that her husband, the accused
appellant, raped her at 3:00 a.m. of December 3, 1998 at their residence in Phase 2, Villa Ernesto,
Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City, and that on December 12, 1998, the accusedappellant boxed her
shoulder for refusing to have sex with him.

On June 11, 1999, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Cagayan de Oro City issued a Joint Resolution,8
finding probable cause for grave threats, less serious physical injuries and rape and recommending
that the appropriate criminal information be filed against the accusedappellant.

On July 16, 1999, two Informations for rape were filed before the RTC respectively docketed as
ChanRobles Intellectual Property Criminal Case No. 996689 and Criminal Case No. 99669.10 The Information in Criminal Case No.
Division 99668 charged the accusedappellant as follows: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y

That on or about 10:30 in the evening more or less, of October 9, 1998, at Gusa,
Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the
abovenamed accused by means of force upon person did then and there wilfully,
unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge with the private complainant, her
[sic] wife, against the latter[]s will.

Contrary to and in Violation of R.A. 8353, the AntiRape Law of 1997.

Meanwhile the Information in Criminal Case No. 99669 reads: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y

That on or about 10:30 in the evening more or less, of October 10, 1998, at Gusa,
Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the
abovenamed accused by means of force upon person did then and there wilfully,

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unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge with the private complainant, her
[sic] wife, against the latters will.
Contrary to and in Violation of R.A. 8353, the AntiRape Law of 1997.
The accusedappellant was arrested upon a warrant issued on July 21, 1999.11 On August 18, 1999,
the accusedappellant filed a Motion for Reinvestigation,12 which was denied by the trial court in an
Order13 dated August 19, 1999. On even date, the accusedappellant was arraigned and he entered
a plea of not guilty to both charges.14
On January 10, 2000, the prosecution filed a Motion to Admit Amended Information15 averring that
the name of the private complainant was omitted in the original informations for rape. The motion
also stated that KKK, thru a Supplemental Affidavit dated November 15, 1999,16 attested that the
true dates of commission of the crime are October 16, 1998 and October 17, 1998 thereby modifying
the dates stated in her previous complaintaffidavit. The motion was granted on January 18, 2000.17
Accordingly, the criminal informations were amended as follows: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
Criminal Case No. 99668:
That on or about October 16, 1998 at Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, and
within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused by means of
force upon person did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal
knowledge with the private complainant, his wife, [KKK], against the latters will.
Contrary to and in violation of R.A. 8353, the AntiRape Law of 1997.18
Criminal Case No. 99669:
That on or about October 17, 1998 at Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, and
within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused by means of
force upon person did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal
knowledge with the private complainant, his wife, [KKK], against the latters will.
Contrary to and in violation of R.A. 8353, the AntiRape Law of 1997.19
The accusedappellant was thereafter rearraigned. He maintained his not guilty plea to both
indictments and a joint trial of the two cases forthwith ensued.
Version of the prosecution
The prosecutions theory was anchored on the testimonies of KKK, and her daughters MMM and OOO,
which, together with pertinent physical evidence, depicted the following events: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
KKK met the accusedappellant at the farm of her parents where his father was one of the laborers.
They got married after a year of courtship.20 When their first child, MMM, was born, KKK and the
accusedappellant put up a sarisari store.21 Later on, they engaged in several other businesses
trucking, rice mill and hardware. KKK managed the businesses except for the rice mill, which, ideally,
was under the accusedappellants supervision with the help of a trusted employee. In reality,
however, he merely assisted in the rice mill business by occasionally driving one of the trucks to haul
goods.22
Accusedappellants keenness to make the businesses flourish was not as fervent as KKKs
dedication. Even the daughters observed the disproportionate labors of their parents.23 He would
drive the trucks sometimes but KKK was the one who actively managed the businesses.24 She
wanted to provide a comfortable life for their children; he, on the other hand, did not acquiesce with
that objective.25
In 1994, KKK and the accusedappellant bought a lot and built a house in Villa Ernesto, Gusa,
Cagayan de Oro City.26 Three of the children transferred residence therein while KKK, the accused
appellant and one of their sons stayed in Dangcagan, Bukidnon. She shuttled between the two places
regularly and sometimes he accompanied her.27 In 1998, KKK stayed in Gusa, Cagayan De Oro City
most of the days of the week.28 On Wednesdays, she went to Dangcagan, Bukidnon to procure
supplies for the family store and then returned to Cagayan de Oro City on the same day.29
Conjugal intimacy did not really cause marital problems between KKK and the accusedappellant. It
was, in fact, both frequent and fulfilling. He treated her well and she, of course, responded with equal
degree of enthusiasm.30 However, in 1997, he started to be brutal in bed. He would immediately
remove her panties and, sans any foreplay, insert her penis in her vagina. His abridged method of
lovemaking was physically painful for her so she would resist his sexual ambush but he would
threaten her into submission.31
In 1998, KKK and the accusedappellant started quarrelling usually upon his complaint that she failed
to attend to him. She was preoccupied with financial problems in their businesses and a bank loan.
He wanted KKK to stay at home because a woman must stay in the house and only good in bed (sic)
x x x. She disobeyed his wishes and focused on her goal of providing a good future for the
children.32
Four days before the subject rape incidents or on October 12, 1998, KKK and the accusedappellant
slept together in Cebu City where the graduation rites of their eldest daughter were held. By October
14, 1998, the three of them were already back in Cagayan de Oro City.33
On October 16, 1998, the accusedappellant, his wife KKK and their children went about their nightly
routine. The family store in their residence was closed at about 9:00 p.m. before supper was taken.
Afterwards, KKK and the children went to the girls bedroom at the mezzanine of the house to pray
the rosary while the accusedappellant watched television in the living room.34 OOO and MMM then
prepared their beds. Soon after, the accusedappellant fetched KKK and bid her to come with him to
their conjugal bedroom in the third floor of the house. KKK complied.35
Once in the bedroom, KKK changed into a daster and fixed the matrimonial bed but she did not lie
thereon with the accusedappellant and instead, rested separately in a cot near the bed. Her
reclusive behavior prompted him to ask angrily: [W]hy are you lying on the c[o]t[?], and to
instantaneously order: You transfer here [to] our bed.36
KKK insisted to stay on the cot and explained that she had headache and abdominal pain due to her
forthcoming menstruation. Her reasons did not appease him and he got angrier. He rose from the
bed, lifted the cot and threw it against the wall causing KKK to fall on the floor. Terrified, KKK stood
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up from where she fell, took her pillow and transferred to the bed.37
The accusedappellant then lay beside KKK and not before long, expressed his desire to copulate
with her by tapping his fingers on her lap. She politely declined by warding off his hand and
reiterating that she was not feeling well.38
The accusedappellant again asserted his sexual yearning and when KKK tried to resist by holding on
to her panties, he pulled them down so forcefully they tore on the sides.39 KKK stayed defiant by
refusing to bend her legs.40
The accusedappellant then raised KKKs daster,41 stretched her legs apart and rested his own legs
on them. She tried to wrestle him away but he held her hands and succeeded in penetrating her. As
he was carrying out his carnal desires, KKK continued to protest by desperately shouting: [D]ont do
that to me because Im not feeling well. 42
With a concrete wall on one side and a mere wooden partition on the other enclosing the spouses
bedroom,43 KKKs pleas were audible in the childrens bedroom where MMM lay awake.
Upon hearing her mother crying and hysterically shouting: Eddie, dont do that to me, have pity on
me,44 MMM woke up OOO who prodded her to go to their parents room.45 MMM hurriedly climbed
upstairs, vigorously knocked on the door of her parents bedroom and inquired: Pa, why is it that
Mama is crying?46 The accusedappellant then quickly put on his briefs and shirt, partly opened the
door and said: [D]ont interfere because this is a family trouble, before closing it again.47 Since she
heard her mother continue to cry, MMM ignored his fathers admonition, knocked at the bedroom
door again, and then kicked it.48 A furious accusedappellant opened the door wider and rebuked
MMM once more: Dont interfere us. Go downstairs because this is family trouble! Upon seeing KKK
crouching and crying on top of the bed, MMM boldly entered the room, approached her mother and
asked: Ma, why are you crying? before asking her father: Pa, what happened to Mama why is it
that her underwear is torn[?]49
When MMM received no definite answers to her questions, she helped her mother get up in order to
bring her to the girls bedroom. KKK then picked up her torn underwear and covered herself with a
blanket.50 However, their breakout from the room was not easy. To prevent KKK from leaving, the
accusedappellant blocked the doorway by extending his arm towards the knob. He commanded KKK
to [S]tay here, you sleep in our room, when the trembling KKK pleaded: Eddie, allow me to go
out. He then held KKKs hands but she pulled them back. Determined to get away, MMM leaned
against door and embraced her mother tightly as they pushed their way out.51
In their bedroom, the girls gave their mother some water and queried her as to what happened.52
KKK relayed: [Y]our father is an animal, a beast; he forced me to have sex with him when Im not
feeling well. The girls then locked the door and let her rest.53
The accusedappellants aggression recurred the following night. After closing the family store on
October 17, 1998, KKK and the children took their supper. The accusedappellant did not join them
since, according to him, he already ate dinner elsewhere. After resting for a short while, KKK and the
children proceeded to the girls bedroom and prayed the rosary. KKK decided to spend the night in
the rooms small bed and the girls were already fixing the beddings when the accusedappellant
entered. Why are you sleeping in the room of our children, he asked KKK, who responded that she
preferred to sleep with the children.54 He then scoffed: Its alright if you will not go with me, anyway,
there are women that could be paid [P]1,000.00. She dismissed his comment by turning her head
away after retorting: So be it. After that, he left the room.55
He returned 15 minutes later56 and when KKK still refused to go with him, he became infuriated. He
lifted her from the bed and attempted to carry her out of the room as he exclaimed: Why will you
sleep here[?] Lets go to our bedroom. When she defied him, he grabbed her short pants causing
them to tear apart.57 At this point, MMM interfered, Pa, dont do that to Mama because we are in
front of you.58
The presence of his children apparently did not pacify the accusedappellant who yelled, [E]ven in
front of you, I can have sex of your mother [sic] because Im the head of the family. He then
ordered his daughters to leave the room. Frightened, the girls obliged and went to the staircase
where they subsequently heard the pleas of their helpless mother resonate with the creaking bed.59
The episodes in the bedroom were no less disturbing. The accusedappellant forcibly pulled KKKs
short pants and panties. He paid no heed as she begged, [D]ont do that to me, my body is still
aching and also my abdomen and I cannot do what you wanted me to do [sic]. I cannot withstand
sex.60
After removing his own short pants and briefs, he flexed her legs, held her hands, mounted her and
forced himself inside her. Once gratified, the accusedappellant put on his short pants and briefs,
stood up, and went out of the room laughing as he conceitedly uttered: [I]ts nice, that is what you
deserve because you are [a] flirt or fond of sex. He then retreated to the masters bedroom.61
Sensing that the commotion in their bedroom has ceased, MMM and OOO scurried upstairs but found
the door locked. MMM pulled out a jalousie window, inserted her arm, reached for the doorknob
inside and disengaged its lock. Upon entering the room, MMM and OOO found their mother crouched
on the bed with her hair disheveled. The girls asked: Ma, what happened to you, why are you
crying? KKK replied: [Y]our father is a beast and animal, he again forced me to have sex with him
even if I dont feel well.62
Version of the defense
The defense spun a different tale. The accusedappellants father owned a land adjacent to that of
KKKs father. He came to know KKK because she brought food for her fathers laborers. When they
got married on October 18, 1975, he was a high school graduate while she was an elementary
graduate.
Their humble educational background did not deter them from pursuing a comfortable life. Through
their joint hard work and efforts, the couple gradually acquired personal properties and established
their own businesses that included a rice mill managed by the accusedappellant. He also drove their
trucks that hauled coffee, copra, or corn.63
The accusedappellant denied raping his wife on October 16 and 17, 1998. He claimed that on those
dates he was in Dangcagan, Bukidnon, peeling corn. On October 7, his truck met an accident
somewhere in Angeles Ranch, Maluko, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. He left the truck by the roadside
because he had to attend MMMs graduation in Cebu on October 12 with KKK. When they returned to
Bukidnon on October 14, he asked KKK and MMM to proceed to Cagayan de Oro City and just leave
him behind so he can take care of the truck and buy some corn.64
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AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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GILBERT T. ANDRES, Petitioners, v. THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION, THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE,
AND THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY OFFICEDEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203391 - HON.
RAYMOND V. PALATINO, HON. ANTONIO TINIO,
VENCER MARI CRISOSTOMO OF ANAKBAYAN, MA.
KATHERINE ELONA OF THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN,
ISABELLE THERESE BAGUISI OF THE NATIONAL UNION
OF STUDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, ET AL., Petitioners,
v. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND ALTEREGO OF
PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III, LEILA DE
LIMA IN HER CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF JUSTICE,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203407 - BAGONG ALYANSANG
MAKABAYAN SECRETARY GENERAL RENATO M. REYES,
JR., NATIONAL ARTIST BIENVENIDO L. LUMBERA,
CHAIRPERSON OF CONCERNED ARTISTS OF THE
PHILIPPINES, ELMER C. LABOG, CHAIRPERSON OF
KILUSANG MAYO UNO, CRISTINA E. PALABAY,
SECRETARY GENERAL OF KARAPATAN, FERDINAND R.
GAITE, CHAIRPERSON OF COURAGE, JOEL B.
MAGLUNSOD, VICE PRESIDENT OF ANAKPAWIS PARTY
LIST, LANA R. LINABAN, SECRETARY GENERAL
GABRIELA WOMENS PARTY, ADOLFO ARES P.
GUTIERREZ, AND JULIUS GARCIA MATIBAG,
Petitioners, v. BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III,
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY,
SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY
SENATE PRESIDENT JUAN PONCE ENRILE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTED BY SPEAKER
FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR., LEILA DE LIMA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, LOUIS NAPOLEON C.
CASAMBRE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
OFFICE, NONNATUS CAESAR R. ROJAS, DIRECTOR OF
THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, D/GEN.
NICANOR A. BARTOLOME, CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL POLICE, MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203440 -
MELENCIO S. STA. MARIA, SEDFREY M. CANDELARIA,
AMPARITA STA. MARIA, RAY PAOLO J. SANTIAGO,
GILBERT V. SEMBRANO, AND RYAN JEREMIAH D. QUAN
(ALL OF THE ATENEO HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER),
Petitioners, v. HONORABLE PAQUITO OCHOA IN HIS
CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HONORABLE
LEILA DE LIMA IN HER CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF
JUSTICE, HONORABLE MANUEL ROXAS IN HIS
CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE CHIEF OF
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, THE DIRECTOR OF
THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (ALL OF
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT),
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Ryle Equia (Equia), the spouses driver from January 1996 until June 1999 corroborated the above
claims. According to him, on October 16, 1998, the accusedappellant was within the vicinity of the
rice mills loading area in Dangcagan, Bukidnon, cleaning a pickup truck. On October 17, 1998, he
and the accusedappellant were in Dangcagan, Bukidnon, loading sacks of corn into the truck. They
finished loading at 3:00 p.m. The accusedappellant then instructed Equia to proceed to Maluko,
Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon while the former attended a fiesta in New Cebu, Kianggat, Dangcagan,
Bukidnon. At around 4:00 p.m., Equia, together with a helper and a mechanic, left for Maluko in order
to tow the stalled truck left there by the accusedappellant in October 7 and thereafter, bring it to
Cagayan de Oro City together with the separate truck loaded with corn.
They arrived in Maluko at 7:00 p.m. and it took them three hours to turn the truck around and hoist it
to the towing bar of the other truck. At around 10:00 p.m., the accusedappellant arrived in Maluko.
The four of them then proceeded to Cagayan de Oro City where they arrived at 3:00 a.m. of October
18, 1998. The accusedappellant went to Gusa while the other three men brought the damaged truck
to Cugman.65
The accusedappellant asserted that KKK merely fabricated the rape charges as her revenge
because he took over the control and management of their businesses as well as the possession of
their pickup truck in January 1999. The accusedappellant was provoked to do so when she failed to
account for their bank deposits and business earnings. The entries in their bank account showed the
balance of P3,190,539.83 on October 31, 1996 but after only a month or on November 30, 1996, the
amount dwindled to a measly P9,894.88.66 Her failure to immediately report to the police also belies
her rape allegations.67
KKK wanted to coverup her extramarital affairs, which the accusedappellant gradually detected
from her odd behavior. While in Cebu on October 12, 1998 for MMMs graduation rites, the accused
appellant and KKK had sexual intercourse. He was surprised when his wife asked him to get a napkin
to wipe her after having sex. He tagged her request as hightech, because they did not do the
same when they had sex in the past. KKK had also become increasingly indifferent to him. When he
arrives home, it was an employee, not her, who opened the door and welcomed him. She prettied
herself and would no longer ask for his permission whenever she went out.68
Bebs,69 KKKs cousin and a cashier in their Bukidnon store, gave the accusedappellant several love
letters purportedly addressed to Bebs but were actually intended for KKK.70
KKK had more than ten paramours some of whom the accusedappellant came to know as: Arsenio,
JongJong, Joy or Joey, somebody from the military or the Philippine National Police, another one is a
government employee, a certain Fernandez and three other priests.71 Several persons told him
about the paramours of his wife but he never confronted her or them about it because he trusted
her.72
What further confirmed his suspicions was the statement made by OOO on November 2, 1998. At that
time, OOO was listening loudly to a cassette player. Since he wanted to watch a television program,
he asked OOO to turn down the volume of the cassette player. She got annoyed, unplugged the
player, spinned around and hit the accusedappellants head with the socket. His head bled. An
altercation between the accusedappellant and KKK thereafter followed because the latter took
OOOs side. During the argument, OOO blurted out that KKK was better off without the accused
appellant because she had somebody young, handsome, and a businessman unlike the accused
appellant who smelled bad, and was old, and ugly.73
KKK also wanted their property divided between them with threefourths thereof going to her and
onefourth to the accusedappellant. However, the separation did not push through because the
accused appellants parents intervened.74 Thereafter, KKK pursued legal separation from the
accusedappellant by initiating Barangay Case No. 0058899 before the Office of Lupong
Tagapamayapa of Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City and thereafter obtaining a Certificate to File Action
dated February 18, 1999.75
Ruling of the RTC
In its Judgment76 dated April 1, 2002, the RTC sustained the version proffered by the prosecution by
giving greater weight and credence to the spontaneous and straightforward testimonies of the
prosecutions witnesses. The trial court also upheld as sincere and genuine the two daughters
testimonies, as it is not natural in our culture for daughters to testify against their own father for a
crime such as rape if the same was not truly committed.
The trial court rejected the version of the defense and found unbelievable the accusedappellants
accusations of extramarital affairs and money squandering against KKK. The trial court shelved the
accusedappellants alibi for being premised on inconsistent testimonies and the contradicting
declarations of the other defense witness, Equia, as to the accusedappellants actual whereabouts on
October 16, 1998. Accordingly, the RTC ruling disposed as follows: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
WHEREFORE, the Court hereby finds accused Edgar Jumawan GUILTY beyond
reasonable doubt of the two (2) separate charges of rape and hereby sentences him to
suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each, to pay complainant [P]50,000.00 in
each case as moral damages, indemnify complainant the sum of [P]75,000.00 in each
case, [P]50,000.00 as exemplary damages and to pay the costs.
SO ORDERED.77
Ruling of the CA
In its Decision78 dated July 9, 2008, the CA affirmed in toto the RTC ruling. The CA held that Section
14, Rule 110 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, sanctioned the amendment of the original
informations. Further, the accusedappellant was not prejudiced by the amendment because he was
rearraigned with respect to the amended informations.
The CA found that the prosecution, through the straightforward testimony of the victim herself and
the corroborative declarations of MMM and OOO, was able to establish, beyond reasonable doubt, all
the elements of rape under R.A. No. 8353. The accusedappellant had carnal knowledge of KKK by
using force and intimidation.
The CA also ruled that KKKs failure to submit herself to medical examination did not negate the
commission of the crime because a medical certificate is not necessary to prove rape.
The CA rejected the accusedappellants argument that since he and KKK are husband and wife with
mutual obligations of and right to sexual intercourse, there must be convincing physical evidence or
manifestations of the alleged force and intimidation used upon KKK such as bruises. The CA
explained that physical showing of external injuries is not indispensable to prosecute and convict a
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Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203453 - NATIONAL UNION OF
JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUJP), PHILIPPINE
PRESS INSTITUTE (PPI), CENTER FOR MEDIA FREEDOM
AND RESPONSIBILITY, ROWENA CARRANZA PARAAN,
MELINDA QUINTOSDE JESUS, JOSEPH ALWYN
ALBURO, ARIEL SEBELLINO AND THE PETITIONERS IN
THE EPETITION HTTP://WWW.NUJP.ORG/NOTO
RA10175/, Petitioners, v. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY,
THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, THE SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE SECRETARY
OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, THE DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION, THE CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION
AND COORDINATING CENTER, AND ALL AGENCIES AND
INSTRUMENTALITIES OF GOVERNMENT AND ALL
person for rape; what is necessary is that the victim was forced to have sexual intercourse with the
accused.
In addition, the CA noted that the fact that KKK and the accusedappellant are spouses only
reinforces the truthfulness of KKKs accusations because no wife in her right mind would accuse her
husband of having raped her if it were not true.
The delay in the filing of the rape complaint was sufficiently explained by KKK when she stated that
she only found out that a wife may charge his husband with rape when the fiscal investigating her
separate complaint for grave threats and physical injuries told her about it.
Finally, the CA dismissed the accusedappellants alibi for lack of convincing evidence that it was
physically impossible for him to be at his residence in Cagayan de Oro City at the time of the
commission of the crimes, considering that Dangcagan, Bukidnon, the place where he allegedly was,
is only about four or five hours away. Accordingly, the decretal portion of the decision read: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y

PERSONS ACTING UNDER THEIR INSTRUCTIONS,

ORDERS, DIRECTION IN RELATION TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10175, WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing, the appealed Judgment is hereby
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203454 - PAUL CORNELIUS T. AFFIRMED.
CASTILLO & RYAN D. ANDRES, Petitioners, v. THE HON.
SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, THE HON. SECRETARY OF
INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; SO ORDERED.79
G.R. NO. 203469 - ANTHONY IAN M. CRUZ; MARCELO R.
LANDICHO; BENJAMIN NOEL A. ESPINA; MARCK
RONALD C. RIMORIN; JULIUS D. ROCAS; OLIVER Hence, the present review. In the Court Resolution80 dated July 6, 2009, the Court notified the parties
RICHARD V. ROBILLO; AARON ERICK A. LOZADA; that, if they so desire, they may file their respective supplemental briefs. In a Manifestation and
GERARD ADRIAN P. MAGNAYE; JOSE REGINALD A. Motion81 dated September 4, 2009, the appellee, through the Office of the Solicitor General,
RAMOS; MA. ROSARIO T. JUAN; BRENDALYN P.
expressed that it intends to adopt its Brief before the CA. On April 16, 2012, the accusedappellant,
RAMIREZ; MAUREEN A. HERMITANIO; KRISTINE JOY S.
through counsel, filed his Supplemental Brief, arguing that he was not in Cagayan de Oro City when
REMENTILLA; MARICEL O. GRAY; JULIUS IVAN F.
CABIGON; BENRALPH S. YU; CEBU BLOGGERS SOCIETY,
the alleged rape incidents took place, and the presence of force, threat or intimidation is negated by:
INC. PRESIDENT RUBEN B. LICERA, JR; AND PINOY (a) KKKs voluntary act of going with him to the conjugal bedroom on October 16, 1998; (b) KKKs
EXPAT/OFW BLOG AWARDS, INC. COORDINATOR failure to put up resistance or seek help from police authorities; and (c) the absence of a medical
PEDRO E. RAHON;, Petitioners, v. HIS EXCELLENCY certificate and of blood traces in KKKs panties.82
BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES; Our Ruling
SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY HON.
JUAN PONCE ENRILE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SENATE I. Rape and marriage: the historical connection
PRESIDENT; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
REPRESENTED BY FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR., IN HIS
The evolution of rape laws is actually traced to two ancient English practices of bride capture
CAPACITY AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES; HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., IN whereby a man conquered a woman through rape and stealing an heiress whereby a man abducted
HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. LEILA a woman and married her.83
M. DE LIMA, IN HER CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF
JUSTICE; HON. LOUIS NAPOLEON C. CASAMBRE, IN HIS The rape laws then were intended not to redress the violation of the womans chastity but rather to
CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INFORMATION punish the act of obtaining the heiress property by forcible marriage 84 or to protect a mans valuable
AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY OFFICE; HON.
interest in his wifes chastity or her daughters virginity.85 If a man raped an unmarried virgin, he
NONNATUS CAESAR R. ROJAS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION;
was guilty of stealing her fathers property and if a man raped his wife, he was merely using his
AND P/DGEN. NICANOR A. BARTOLOME, IN HIS property.86
CAPACITY AS CHIEF, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203501 - PHILIPPINE BAR Women were subjugated in laws and society as objects or goods and such treatment was justified
ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner, v. HIS EXCELLENCY under three ideologies.
BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES;
Under the chattel theory prevalent during the 6th century, a woman was the property of her father
HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., IN HIS OFFICIAL
CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. LEILA M. until she marries to become the property of her husband.87 If a man abducted an unmarried woman,
DE LIMA, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF he had to pay the owner, and later buy her from the owner; buying and marrying a wife were
JUSTICE; LOUIS NAPOLEON C. CASAMBRE, IN HIS synonymous.88
OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY From the 11th century to the 16th century, a woman lost her identity upon marriage and the law
OFFICE; NONNATUS CAESAR R. ROJAS, IN HIS
OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL denied her political power and status under the feudal doctrine of coverture.89 A husband had the
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; AND DIRECTOR GENERAL right to chastise his wife and beat her if she misbehaved, allowing him to bring order within the
NICANOR A. BARTOLOME, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY family.90
AS CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203509 - BAYAN MUNA This was supplanted by the marital unity theory, which espoused a similar concept. Upon marrying,
REPRESENTATIVE NERI J. COLMENARES, Petitioner, v. the woman becomes one with her husband. She had no right to make a contract, sue another, own
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAQUITO OCHOA, JR., personal property or write a will.91
Respondent.; G.R. NO. 203515 - NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. REPRESENTED BY BENNY D.
ANTIPORDA IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT AND IN
II. The marital exemption rule
HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, PRES. BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III, In the 17th century, Sir Matthew Hale (Hale), a Chief Justice in England, conceived the irrevocable
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR implied consent theory that would later on emerge as the marital exemption rule in rape. He stated
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL that:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y

POLICE, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,

DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND ALL
OTHER GOVERNMENT INSTRUMENTALITIES WHO HAVE [T]he husband cannot be guilty of a rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife, for
HANDS IN THE PASSAGE AND/OR IMPLEMENTATION OF by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife hath given up herself in this
REPUBLIC ACT 10175, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 203518 -
kind unto her husband, which she cannot retract.92
PHILIPPINE INTERNET FREEDOM ALLIANCE, COMPOSED
OF DAKILAPHILIPPINE COLLECTIVE FOR MODERN
HEROISM, REPRESENTED BY LENI VELASCO, PARTIDO
LAKAS NG MASA, REPRESENTED BY CESAR S. The rule was observed in common law countries such as the United States of America (USA) and
MELENCIO, FRANCIS EUSTON R. ACERO, MARLON England. It gives legal immunity to a man who forcibly sexually assaults his wife, an act which would
ANTHONY ROMASANTA TONSON, TEODORO A. CASIO, be rape if committed against a woman not his wife.93 In those jurisdictions, rape is traditionally
NOEMI LARDIZABALDADO, IMELDA MORALES, JAMES defined as the forcible penetration of the body of a woman who is not the wife of the perpetrator.94
MATTHEW B. MIRAFLOR, JUAN G.M. RAGRAGIO, MARIA
FATIMA A. VILLENA, MEDARDO M. MANRIQUE, JR.,
The first case in the USA that applied the marital exemption rule was Commonwealth v. Fogerty95
LAUREN DADO, MARCO VITTORIA TOBIAS SUMAYAO,
IRENE CHIA, ERASTUS NOEL T. DELIZO, CRISTINA
promulgated in 1857. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts pronounced that it would always
SARAH E. OSORIO, ROMEO FACTOLERIN, NAOMI L. be a defense in rape to show marriage to the victim. Several other courts adhered to a similar
TUPAS, KENNETH KENG, ANA ALEXANDRA C. CASTRO, rationale with all of them citing Hales theory as basis.96
Petitioners, v. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, THE
SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR The rule was formally codified in the Penal Code of New York in 1909. A husband was endowed with
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE SECRETARY OF SCIENCE absolute immunity from prosecution for the rape of his wife.97 The privilege was personal and
AND TECHNOLOGY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
pertained to him alone. He had the marital right to rape his wife but he will be liable when he aids or
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICE, THE DIRECTOR
OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, THE abets another person in raping her.98
CHIEF, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, THE HEAD OF
THE DOJ OFFICE OF CYBERCRIME, AND THE OTHER In the 1970s, the rule was challenged by womens movements in the USA demanding for its abolition
MEMBERS OF THE CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION AND for being violative of married womens right to be equally protected under rape laws.99
COORDINATING CENTER, Respondents.
In 1978, the rule was qualified by the Legislature in New York by proscribing the application of the
G.R. No. 194446, April 21, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE rule in cases where the husband and wife are living apart pursuant to a court order which by its
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. HERMENIGILDO terms or in its effects requires such living apart, or a decree, judgment or written agreement of
DELEN Y ESCOBILLA, AccusedAppellant.
separation.100
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INTERNATIONAL, INC./CAPT. TEODORO B. QUIJANO
AND/OR FUYO KAIUN CO. LTD., Petitioners, v. EBERLY
S. ALCAYNO, Respondent.
G.R. No. 180016, April 29, 2014 - LITO CORPUZ,
Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Respondent.
G.R. No. 196023, April 21, 2014 - JOSE JUAN TONG,
ET AL., Petitioners, v. GO TIAT KUN, ET AL.,
Respondents.
G.R. No. 195227, April 21, 2014 - FROILAN M.
BERGONIO, JR., DEAN G. PELAEZ, CRISANTO O.
GEONGO, WARLITO O. JANAYA, SALVADOR VILLAR,
JR., RONALDO CAFIRMA, RANDY LUCAR, ALBERTO
ALBUERA, DENNIS NOPUENTE AND ALLAN SALVACION,
Petitioners, v. SOUTH EAST ASIAN AIRLINES AND IRENE
DORNIER, Respondents.
G.R. No. 182704, April 23, 2014 - LAND BANK OF THE
PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. VICTORINO T. PERALTA,
Respondent.
G.R. No. 205879, April 23, 2014 - SKUNAC
CORPORATION AND ALFONSO F. ENRIQUEZ,
Petitioners, v. ROBERTO S. SYLIANTENG AND CAESAR
S. SYLIANTENG, Respondents.
G.R. No. 182153, April 07, 2014 - TUNG HO STEEL
ENTERPRISES CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. TING GUAN
TRADING CORPORATION, Respondent.
G.R. No. 205227, April 07, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. MARCO P.
ALEJANDRO, AccusedAppellant.
G.R. No. 181719, April 21, 2014 - EUGENE S. ARABIT,
EDGARDO C. SADSAD, LOWELL C. FUNTANOZ, GERARDO
F. PUNZALAN, FREDDIE M. MENDOZA, EMILIO B. BELEN,
VIOLETA C. DIUMANO AND MB FINANCE EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION FFW CHAPTER (FEDERATION OF FREE
WORKERS), Petitioners, v. JARDINE PACIFIC FINANCE,
INC. (FORMERLY MB FINANCE), Respondent.
G.R. No. 17575051, April 02, 2014 - SILVERINA E.
CONSIGNA, Petitioner, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
THE HON. SANDIGANBAYAN (THIRD DIVISION), AND
EMERLINA MOLETA, Respondents.
G.R. No. 191154, April 07, 2014 - SPI TECHNOLOGIES,
INC. AND LEA VILLANUEVA, Petitioners, v. VICTORIA K.
MAPUA, Respondent.
G.R. No. 181792, April 21, 2014 - STAR SPECIAL
WATCHMAN AND DETECTIVE AGENCY, INC., CELSO A.
FERNANDEZ AND MANUEL V. FERNANDEZ, Petitioners,
v. PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, MAYOR EDWARD
HAGEDORN AND CITY COUNCIL OF PUERTO PRINCESA
CITY, Respondents.
G.R. No. 184758, April 21, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, Appellee, v. SONNY SABDULA Y AMANDA,
Appellant.
G.R. No. 208760, April 23, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. FLORO BUBAN
BARCELA, AccusedAppellant.
G.R. No. 181490, April 23, 2014 - MIRANT
(PHILIPPINES) CORPORATION AND EDGARDO A.
BAUTISTA, Petitioners, v. JOSELITO A. CARO,
Respondent.
G.R. No. 167120, April 23, 2014 - RODOLFO V.
FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. EMILIANA M. ROJAS, AND
THE LEGITIMATE HEIRS OF JOSE A. ROJAS, NAMELY:
JOSE FERDINAND M. ROJAS II, ROLANDO M. ROJAS,
JOSE M. ROJAS, JR., CARMELITA ROJASJOSE, VICTOR
M. ROJAS, AND LOURDES M. ROJAS, ALL REPRESENTED
BY JOSE FERDINAND M. ROJAS II, Respondents.
G.R. No. 192669, April 21, 2014 - RAUL SABERON,
JOAN F. SABERON AND JACQUELINE SABERON,
Petitioners, v. OSCAR VENTANILLA, JR., AND CARMEN
GLORIA D. VENTANILLA, Respondents.
A.M. No. MTJ121806 (Formerly A.M. No. 11436
MTCC), April 07, 2014 - OFFICE OF THE COURT
ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. JUDGE BORROMEO
R. BUSTAMANTE, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES,
ALAMINOS CITY, PANGASINAN, Respondent.
G.R. No. 205382, April 02, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. MAURICIO
HALLARTE Y MENDOZA, AccusedAppellant.
G.R. No. 206770, April 02, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. NOEL PRAJES AND
ALIPA MALA, AccusedAppellants.
G.R. No. 173802, April 07, 2014 - NATIONAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY, Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS,
BERNABE NOBLE, WILLIAM GAN, JULIO RODRIGUEZ,
JR., SAMUEL LIM, SANDRA YAP NG, ALFONSO UY, AND
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Respondents.
G.R. No. 199442, April 07, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. FRANCISCO
ABAIGAR, AccusedAppellant.
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In 1983, the marital exemption rule was abandoned in New York when the Court of Appeals of New
York declared the same unconstitutional in People v. Liberta 101 for lack of rational basis in
distinguishing between marital rape and nonmarital rape. The decision, which also renounced Hales
irrevocable implied consent theory, ratiocinated as follows:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
We find that there is no rational basis for distinguishing between marital rape and
nonmarital rape. The various rationales which have been asserted in defense of the
exemption are either based upon archaic notions about the consent and property rights
incident to marriage or are simply unable to withstand even the slightest scrutiny. We
therefore declare the marital exemption for rape in the New York statute to be
unconstitutional.
Lord Hales notion of an irrevocable implied consent by a married woman to sexual
intercourse has been cited most frequently in support of the marital exemption. x x x
Any argument based on a supposed consent, however, is untenable. Rape is not simply
a sexual act to which one party does not consent. Rather, it is a degrading, violent act
which violates the bodily integrity of the victim and frequently causes severe, long
lasting physical and psychic harm x x x. To ever imply consent to such an act is
irrational and absurd. Other than in the context of rape statutes, marriage has never
been viewed as giving a husband the right to coerced intercourse on demand x x x.
Certainly, then, a marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to
forcibly rape his wife with impunity. A married woman has the same right to control her
own body as does an unmarried woman x x x. If a husband feels aggrieved by his
wifes refusal to engage in sexual intercourse, he should seek relief in the courts
governing domestic relations, not in violent or forceful selfhelp x x x.
The other traditional justifications for the marital exemption were the commonlaw
doctrines that a woman was the property of her husband and that the legal existence of
the woman was incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband x x x. Both
these doctrines, of course, have long been rejected in this State. Indeed, [nowhere] in
the commonlaw world [or] in any modern society is a woman regarded as chattel
or demeaned by denial of a separate legal identity and the dignity associated with
recognition as a whole human being x x x.102 (Citations omitted)
By 1993, marital rape was a crime in all 50 states, with 17 of them, as well as the District of
Columbia, outlawing the act without exemptions. Meanwhile, the 33 other states granted some
exemptions to a husband from prosecution such as when the wife is mentally or physically impaired,
unconscious, asleep, or legally unable to consent.103
III. Marital Rape in the Philippines
Interestingly, no documented case on marital rape has ever reached this Court until now. It appears,
however, that the old provisions of rape under Article 335 of the RPC adhered to Hales irrevocable
implied consent theory, albeit in a limited form. According to Chief Justice Ramon C. Aquino,104 a
husband may not be guilty of rape under Article 335 of Act No. 3815 but, in case there is legal
separation, the husband should be held guilty of rape if he forces his wife to submit to sexual
intercourse.105
In 1981, the Philippines joined 180 countries in ratifying the United Nations Convention on the
Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (UNCEDAW).106 Hailed as the first
international womens bill of rights, the CEDAW is the first major instrument that contains a ban on all
forms of discrimination against women. The Philippines assumed the role of promoting gender
equality and womens empowerment as a vital element in addressing global concerns.107 The country
also committed, among others, to condemn discrimination against women in all its forms, and agreed
to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating discrimination against
women and, to this end, undertook: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
(a) To embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their national
constitutions or other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein and to
ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this
principle;
(b) To adopt appropriate legislative and other measures, including sanctions where
appropriate, prohibiting all discrimination against women;
x x x x
(f) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing
laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against
women;
(g) To repeal all national penal provisions which constitute discrimination against
women.108
In compliance with the foregoing international commitments, the Philippines enshrined the principle of
gender equality in the 1987 Constitution specifically in Sections 11 and 14 of Article II thereof,
thus:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
Sec. 11. The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full
respect for human rights.
x x x x
Sec. 14. The State recognizes the role of women in nationbuilding, and shall ensure
the fundamental equality before the law of women and men.
The Philippines also acceded to adopt and implement the generally accepted principles of
international law such as the CEDAW and its allied issuances, viz: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
Article II, Section 2. The Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national
policy, and adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part
of the law of the land and adheres to the policy of peace, equality, justice, freedom,
cooperation, and amity with all nations. (Emphasis ours)
The Legislature then pursued the enactment of laws to propagate gender equality. In 1997, R.A. No.
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G.R. No. 208007, April 02, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. RODRIGO GUTIEREZ
Y ROBLES ALIAS ROD AND JOHN LENNON, Accused
Appellant.
G.R. No. 199022, April 07, 2014 - MAGSAYSAY
MARITIME CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. OSCAR D.
CHIN, JR., Respondent.
G.R. No. 193856, April 21, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, Appellee, v. SUKARNO JUNAIDE Y AGGA,
Appellant.
G.R. No. 180105, April 23, 2014 - SPS. DAVID
ESERJOSE AND ZENAIDA ESERJOSE, Petitioners, v.
ALLIED BANKING CORPORATION AND PACITA UY,
Respondents.
G.R. No. 180654, April 21, 2014 - NATIONAL POWER
CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT OF BATAAN, SANGGUNIANG
PANLALAWIGAN OF BATAAN, PASTOR B. VICHUACO (IN
HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PROVINCIAL TREASURER
OF BATAAN) AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF THE
PROVINCE OF BATAAN, Respondents.
G.R. No. 196753, April 21, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. ERWIN LALOG,
ROOSEVELT CONCEPCION, EDWIN RAMIREZ, AND
RICKY LITADA, AccusedAppellants.
G.R. No. 200103, April 23, 2014 - CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. MARICELLE M. CORTES,
Respondent.
G.R. No. 198059, April 07, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. ANTONIO LUJECO Y
MACANOQUIT ALIAS TONYO, AccusedAppellant.
G.R. No. 198640, April 23, 2014 - CARLO F. SUNGA,
Petitioner, v. VIRJEN SHIPPING CORPORATION,
NISSHO ODYSSEY SHIP MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.,
AND/OR CAPT. ANGEL ZAMBRANO, Respondents.
G.R. No. 199549, April 07, 2014 - CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. V, Petitioners, v.
MARILYN G. ARANDIA, Respondent.
G.R. No. 200358, April 07, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. GERRY YABLE Y
USMAN, AccusedAppellant.
G.R. No. 191590, April 21, 2014 - REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. TRANSUNION
CORPORATION, Respondent.
G.R. No. 182573, April 23, 2014 - RAY SHU, Petitioner,
v. JAIME DEE, ENRIQUETO MAGPANTAY, RAMON
MIRANDA, LARRY MACILLAN, AND EDWIN SO,
Respondents.
G.R. No. 189456, April 02, 2014 - CHIANG KAI SHEK
COLLEGE AND CARMELITA ESPINO, Petitioners, v.
ROSALINDA M. TORRES, Respondent.
G.R. No. 193787, April 07, 2014 - SPOUSES JOSE C.
ROQUE AND BEATRIZ DELA CRUZ ROQUE, WITH
DECEASED JOSE C. ROQUE REPRESENTED BY HIS
SUBSTITUTE HEIR JOVETTE ROQUELIBREA,
Petitioners, v. MA. PAMELA P. AGUADO, FRUCTUOSO C.
SABUG, JR., NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN THE
PHILIPPINES (NCCP), REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY
GENERAL SHARON ROSE JOY RUIZDUREMDES, LAND
BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (LBP), REPRESENTED BY
BRANCH MANAGER EVELYN M. MONTERO, ATTY. MARIO
S.P. DIAZ, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS REGISTER OF
DEEDS FOR RIZAL, MORONG BRANCH, AND CECILIO U.
PULAN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF,
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT, BINANGONAN, RIZAL, Respondents.
G.R. No. 194629, April 21, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. DANTE DULAY,
AccusedAppellant.
G.R. No. 188881, April 21, 2014 - REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. SANDIGANBAYAN,
BIENVENIDO R. TANTOCO, JR., DOMINADOR R.
SANTIAGO, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, IMELDA MARCOS,
BIENVENIDO R. TANTOCO, SR., GLICERIA R. TANTOCO,
AND MARIA LOURDES TANTOCOPINEDA, Respondents.
G.R. No. 203605, April 23, 2014 - P/C INSP.
LAWRENCE B. CAJIPE, P/C INSP. JOEL L. MENDOZA, P/C
INSP. GERARDO B. BALATUCAN, PO3 JOLITO P.
MAMANAO, JR., PO3 FERNANDO REY S. GAPUZ, PO2
EDUARDO G. BLANCO, PO2 EDWIN SANTOS AND PO1
JOSIL REY I. LUCENA, Petitioners, v. PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, Respondent.
G.R. No. 187495, April 21, 2014 - PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, PlaintiffAppellee, v. EDGAR JUMAWAN,
AccusedAppellant.
G.R. No. 160025, April 23, 2014 - SANGGUNIANG
PANLUNGSOD NG BAGUIO CITY, Petitioner, v.
JADEWELL PARKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
Respondent.; G.R. NO. 163052 - JADEWELL PARKING
SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. MAYOR
BERNARDO M. VERGARA, CITY MAYOR OF BAGUIO,
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8353 eradicated the stereotype concept of rape in Article 335 of the RPC.109 The law reclassified rape
as a crime against person and removed it from the ambit of crimes against chastity. More particular
to the present case, and perhaps the laws most progressive proviso is the 2nd paragraph of Section
2 thereof recognizing the reality of marital rape and criminalizing its perpetration, viz: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
Article 266C. Effect of Pardon. The subsequent valid marriage between the offended
party shall extinguish the criminal action or the penalty imposed.
In case it is the legal husband who is the offender, the subsequent forgiveness by
the wife as the offended party shall extinguish the criminal action or the penalty:
Provided, That the crime shall not be extinguished or the penalty shall not be abated if
the marriage is void ab initio.
Read together with Section 1 of the law, which unqualifiedly uses the term man in defining rape, it
is unmistakable that R.A. No. 8353 penalizes the crime without regard to the rapists legal relationship
with his victim, thus:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
Article 266A. Rape: When And How Committed. Rape is committed:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
1) By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following
circumstances: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
a) Through force, threat, or intimidation;
b) When the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise
unconscious;
c) By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and
d) When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is
demented, even though none of the circumstances mentioned above be
present.
The explicit intent to outlaw marital rape is deducible from the records of the deliberations of the 10th
Congress on the laws progenitors, House Bill No. 6265 and Senate Bill No. 650. In spite of qualms on
tagging the crime as marital rape due to conservative Filipino impressions on marriage, the
consensus of our lawmakers was clearly to include and penalize marital rape under the general
definition of rape, viz: c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
MR. DAMASING: Madam Speaker, Your Honor, one more point of clarification in the
House version on AntiRape Bill, House Bill No. 6265, we never agreed to marital rape.
But under Article 266C, it says here: In case it is the legal husband who is the
offender Does this presuppose that there is now marital rape? x x x.
MR. LARA: x x x [I]n this jurisdiction, well, I only have a limited, very limited 17 years
of private practice in the legal profession, Madam Speaker, and I believe that I can put
at stake my license as a lawyer in this jurisdiction there is no law that prohibits a
husband from being sued by the wife for rape. Even jurisprudence, we dont have any
jurisprudence that prohibits a wife from suing a husband. That is why even if we dont
provide in this bill expanding the definition of crime that is now being presented for
approval, Madam Speaker, even if we dont provide here for marital rape, even if we
dont provide for sexual rape, there is the right of the wife to go against the husband.
The wife can sue the husband for marital rape and she cannot be prevented from doing
so because in this jurisdiction there is no law that prohibits her from doing so. This is
why we had to put second paragraph of 266C because it is the belief of many of us. x
x x, that if it is true that in this jurisdiction there is marital rape even if we dont provide
it here, then we must provide for something that will unify and keep the cohesion of the
family together that is why we have the second paragraph.
MR. DAMASING: Madam Speaker, Your Honor, under the House version specifically
House Bill No. 6265 our provision on a husband forcing the wife is not marital rape, it is
marital sexual assault.
MR. LARA: That is correct, Madam Speaker.
MR. DAMASING: But here it is marital rape because there is no crime of sexual assault.
So, Your Honor, direct to the point, under Article 266C, is it our understanding that in
the second paragraph, quote: In case it is the legal husband who is the offender, this
refers to marital rape filed against the husband? Is that correct?
MR. LARA: No, Madam Speaker, not entirely, no. The answer is no.
MR. DAMASING: So if the husband is guilty of sexual assault, what do you call it?
MR. LARA: Sexual assault, Madam Speaker.
MR. DAMASING: There is no crime of sexual assault, Your Honor, we have already
stated that. Because under 1 and 2 it is all denominated as rape, there is no crime of
sexual assault. That is why I am sorry that our House version which provided for
sexual assault was not carried by the Senate version because all sexual crimes under
this bicameral conference committee report are all now denominated as rape whether
the penalty is from reclusion perpetua to death or whether the penalty is only prision
mayor. So there is marital rape, Your Honor, is that correct?
x x x x
MR. DAMASING: Madam Speaker, Your Honor, I am in favor of this. I am in favor
of punishing the husband who forces the wife even to 30 years imprisonment.
But please do not call it marital rape, call it marital sexual assault because of
the sanctity of marriage. x x x.110 (Emphasis ours)
HON. APOSTOL: In our version, we did not mention marital rape but marital rape is not
excluded.
HON. ROCO: Yeah. No. But I think there is also no specific mention.
HON. APOSTOL: No. No. No. Silent lang yung marital rape.
x x x x
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VICE MAYOR BETTY LOURDES F. TABANDA, VICE
MAYOR OF BAGUIO, COUNCILOR BRAULIO D.
YARANON, COUNCILOR ELMER O. DATUIN, COUNCILOR
ANTONIO R. TABORA, JR., COUNCILOR GALO D.
WEYGAN, COUNCILOR EDILBERTO B. TENEFRANCIA,
COUNCILOR FEDERICO J. MANDAPAT, JR., COUNCILOR
RICHARD A. CARINO, COUNCILOR FAUSTINO A.
OLOWAN, COUNCILOR DELFIN V. BALAJADIA,
COUNCILOR RUFINO M. PANAGAN, CITY SECRETARY
RONALDO B. PEREZ, SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG
BAGUIO, Respondents.; G. R. NO. 164107 - JADEWELL
PARKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. CITY
MAYOR BRAULIO D. YARANON, Respondent.; G.R. NO.
165564 - JADEWELL PARKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
Petitioner, v. CITY MAYOR BRAULIO D. YARANON,
Respondent.; G. R. NO. 172215 - JADEWELL PARKING
SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. JUDGE
FERNANDO VIL PAMINTUAN, PRESIDING JUDGE OF
BRANCH 3 OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BAGUIO
CITY, BENEDICTO BALAJADIA, PATERNO AQUINO,
RICHARD LABERINTO, ROLANDO ABELLERA,
FERNANDO SANGALANG, ALLAN ATOS, ANGELINO
SANGALANG, CITY OF BAGUIO, AND CITY MAYOR
BRAULIO D. YARANON, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 172216
- JADEWELL PARKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
PETITIONER. VS. JUDGE FERNANDO VIL PAMINTUAN,
PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 03 REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT OF BAGUIO CITY, Respondent.; G.R. NO.
173043 - JADEWELL PARKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
Petitioner, v. CITY MAYOR BRAULIO D. YARANON,
Respondent.; G. R. NO. 174879 - JADEWELL PARKING
SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ACTING CITY
MAYOR AND FORMERLY VICE MAYOR AND PRESIDING
OFFICER OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG
BAGUIO, REINALDO A. BAUTISTA, JR., MEMBERS OF
THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD NG BAGUIO,
LEONARDO B. YANGOT, JR., ROCKY THOMAS A.
BALISONG, EDILBERTO B. TENEFRANCIA, FAUSTINO A.
OLOWAN, GALO P. WEYGAN, FEDERICO J. MANDAPAT,
PERLITA L. CHANRONDEZ, ANTONIO R. TABORA, JOSE
M. MOLINTAS AND RUFINO M. PANAGAN AND CITY
LEGAL OFFICER MELCHOR CARLOS R. RABANES,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 181488 - CITY MAYOR BRAULIO
D. YARANON, Petitioner, v. JADEWELL PARKING
SYSTEMS CORPORATION, HON. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
EDUARDO R. ERMITA, ACTING BY AUTHORITY OF THE
PRESIDENT, AND HON. RONALDO V. PUNO, IN HIS
CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.
G.R. No. 195580, April 21, 2014 - NARRA NICKEL
MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., TESORO MINING
AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND MCARTHUR MINING,
INC., Petitioners, v. REDMONT CONSOLIDATED MINES
CORP., Respondent.
DECISION - MENDOZA, J. - G.R. No. 204819, April 08,
2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG AND LOVELYANN C. IMBONG,
FOR THEMSELVES AND IN BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS IMBONG AND BERNADETTE
CARLOS IMBONG AND MAGNIFICAT CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC., Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 -
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO & one another is not a legal impediment. So I dont really think there is any need to
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO &
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR,
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
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HON. ROCO: x x x [I]f we can retain the effect of pardon, then this marital rape can be
implicitly contained in the second paragraph. x x x So marital rape actually was in
the House version x x x. But it was not another definition of rape. You will notice,
it only says, that because you are the lawful husband does not mean that you cannot
commit rape. Theoretically, I mean, you can beat up your wife until shes blue. And if
the wife complains she was raped, I guess that, I mean, you just cannot raise the
defense x x x[:] I am the husband. But where in the marriage contract does it say that
I can beat you up? Thats all it means. That is why if we stop referring to it as marital
rape, acceptance is easy. Because parang ang marital rape, married na nga kami. I
cannot have sex. No, what it is saying is youre [the] husband but you cannot beat me
up. x x x. Thats why to me its not alarming. It was just a way of saying youre [the]
husband, you cannot say when I am charged with rape x x x.
PRESIDING OFFICER SHAHANI: All right, so how do you propose it if we put it in[?]
HON. ROCO: x x x [A]ll we are saying [is] that if you are the lawful husband
does not mean you can have carnal knowledge by force[,] threat or intimidation
or by depriving your wife reason, a grave abuse of authority, I dont know how
that cannot apply. Di ba yung, or putting an instrument into the, yun ang sinasabi ko
lang, it is not meant to have another classification of rape. It is all the same
definition x x x.
x x x x
HON. ROCO: What is 266F? x x x. Now if we can retain 266F x x x, we can say
that this rule is implicit already in the first proviso. It implies na there is an
instance when a husband can be charged [with] rape x x x.
HON. ROXAS: Otherwise, silent na.
HON. ROCO: Otherwise, we are silent na. So parang idelete natin ito. But it is
understood that this rule of evidence is now transport[ed], put into 266F, the
effect of pardon.
PRESIDING OFFICER APOSTOL: We will retain this effect of pardon. We will remove
marital rape.
HON. ROCO: No, yun ang, oo we will remove this one on page 3 but we will retain
the one on page 8, the effect of pardon. x x x [I]t is inferred but we leave it
because after all it is just a rule of evidence. But I think we should understand
that a husband cannot beat at his wife to have sex. Di ba? I think that should
be made clear. x x x.
x x x x
HON. ROCO: x x x [W]e are not defining a crime of marital rape. All we are saying
is that if youre [the] legal husband, Jesus Christ, dont beat up to have sex. I almost
want, you are my wife, why do you have to beat me up.
So, ganoon. So, if we both justify it that way in the Report as inferred in proviso, I
mean, we can face up, I hope, to the women and they would understand that it is half
achieved.
HON. ZAMORA: I think, Raul, as long as we understand that we are not defining or
creating a new crime but instead, we are just defining a rule of evidence. x x x.
HON. ROCO: Then, in which case we may just want to clarify as a rule of evidence the
fact that he is husband is not, does not negate.111
CHAIRMAN LARA: x x x We all agree on the substance of the point in discussion. The
only disagreement now is where to place it. Let us clear this matter. There are two
suggestions now on marital rape. One is that it is rape if it is done with force or
intimidation or any of the circumstances that would define rape x x x immaterial. The
fact that the husband and wife are separated does not come into the picture. So even if
they are living under one roof x x x for as long as the attendant circumstances of
the traditional rape is present, then that is rape.112
PRESIDING OFFICER ANGARACASTILLO: Mr. Chairman, x x x [t]his provision on
marital rape, it does not actually change the meaning of rape. It merely erases
the doubt in anybodys mind, whether or not rape can indeed be committed by
the husband against the wife. So the bill really says, you having been married to
change the concept of rape as defined presently under the revised penal code.
This do[es] not actually add anything to the definition of rape. It merely says, it
is merely clarificatory. That if indeed the wife has evidence to show that she
was really brow beaten, or whatever or forced or intimidated into having sexual
intercourse against her will, then the crime of rape has been committed against
her by the husband, notwithstanding the fact that they have been legally
married. It does not change anything at all, Mr. Chairman.
PRESIDING OFFICER APOSTOL: Yes, I think, there is no change on this x x x.113
The paradigm shift on marital rape in the Philippine jurisdiction is further affirmed by R.A. No.
9262,114 which regards rape within marriage as a form of sexual violence that may be committed by
a man against his wife within or outside the family abode, viz:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
Violence against women and their children refers to any act or a series of acts
committed by any person against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or
against a woman with whom the person has or had a sexual or dating relationship, or
with whom he has a common child, or against her child whether legitimate or
illegitimate, within or without the family abode, which result in or is likely to result
in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including
threats of such acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of
liberty. It includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
A. Physical Violence refers to acts that include bodily or physical harm;
B. Sexual violence refers to an act which is sexual in nature, committed
against a woman or her child. It includes, but is not limited to:
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SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED
BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON,
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 -
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX),
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT,
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF,
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J.
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E.
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA,
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HON.
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND
JOSEPHINE MILLADOLUMITAO, M.D., COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS DOCTORS FOR LIFE, AND ANTHONY PEREZ,
MICHAEL ANTHONY G. MAPA, CARLOS ANTONIO PALAD,
WILFREDO JOSE, CLAIRE NAVARRO, ANNA COSIO, AND
GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 -
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
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a) rape, sexual harassment, acts of lasciviousness, treating a woman or
her child as a sex object, making demeaning and sexually suggestive
remarks, physically attacking the sexual parts of the victims body,
forcing her/him to watch obscene publications and indecent shows or
forcing the woman or her child to do indecent acts and/or make films
thereof, forcing the wife and mistress/lover to live in the conjugal home
or sleep together in the same room with the abuser;
b) acts causing or attempting to cause the victim to engage in any sexual
activity by force, threat of force, physical or other harm or threat of
physical or other harm or coercion;
c) Prostituting the woman or child.
Statistical figures confirm the above characterization. Emotional and other forms of nonpersonal
violence are the most common type of spousal violence accounting for 23% incidence among ever
married women. One in seven evermarried women experienced physical violence by their husbands
while eight percent (8%) experienced sexual violence.115
IV. Refutation of the accusedappellants arguments
The crux of the accusedappellants plea for acquittal mirrors the irrevocable implied consent theory.
In his appeal brief before the CA, he posits that the two incidents of sexual intercourse, which gave
rise to the criminal charges for rape, were theoretically consensual, obligatory even, because he and
the victim, KKK, were a legally married and cohabiting couple. He argues that consent to copulation is
presumed between cohabiting husband and wife unless the contrary is proved.
The accusedappellant further claims that this case should be viewed and treated differently from
ordinary rape cases and that the standards for determining the presence of consent or lack thereof
must be adjusted on the ground that sexual community is a mutual right and obligation between
husband and wife.116
The contentions failed to muster legal and rational merit.
The ancient customs and ideologies from which the irrevocable implied consent theory evolved have
already been superseded by modern global principles on the equality of rights between men and
women and respect for human dignity established in various international conventions, such as the
CEDAW. The Philippines, as State Party to the CEDAW, recognized that a change in the traditional role
of men as well as the role of women in society and in the family is needed to achieve full equality
between them. Accordingly, the country vowed to take all appropriate measures to modify the social
and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of
prejudices, customs and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the
superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women.117 One of such
measures is R.A. No 8353 insofar as it eradicated the archaic notion that marital rape cannot exist
because a husband has absolute proprietary rights over his wifes body and thus her consent to
every act of sexual intimacy with him is always obligatory or at least, presumed.
Another important international instrument on gender equality is the UN Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence Against Women, which was promulgated118 by the UN General Assembly
subsequent to the CEDAW. The Declaration, in enumerating the forms of genderbased violence that
constitute acts of discrimination against women, identified marital rape as a species of sexual
violence, viz:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
Article 1
For the purposes of this Declaration, the term violence against women means any
act of genderbased violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical,
sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts,
coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private
life.
Article 2
Violence against women shall be understood to encompass, but not be limited to, the
following:
(a) Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the
family, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the
household, dowryrelated violence, marital rape, female genital
mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, nonspousal
violence and violence related to exploitation;119 (Emphasis ours)
Clearly, it is now acknowledged that rape, as a form of sexual violence, exists within marriage. A
man who penetrates her wife without her consent or against her will commits sexual violence upon
her, and the Philippines, as a State Party to the CEDAW and its accompanying Declaration, defines
and penalizes the act as rape under R.A. No. 8353.
A woman is no longer the chattelantiquated practices labeled her to be. A husband who has sexual
intercourse with his wife is not merely using a property, he is fulfilling a marital consortium with a
fellow human being with dignity equal120 to that he accords himself. He cannot be permitted to
violate this dignity by coercing her to engage in a sexual act without her full and free consent. Surely,
the Philippines cannot renege on its international commitments and accommodate conservative yet
irrational notions on marital activities121 that have lost their relevance in a progressive society.
It is true that the Family Code,122 obligates the spouses to love one another but this rule sanctions
affection and sexual intimacy, as expressions of love, that are both spontaneous and mutual123 and
not the kind which is unilaterally exacted by force or coercion.
Further, the delicate and reverent nature of sexual intimacy between a husband and wife excludes
cruelty and coercion. Sexual intimacy brings spouses wholeness and oneness. It is a gift and a
participation in the mystery of creation. It is a deep sense of spiritual communion. It is a function
which enlivens the hope of procreation and ensures the continuation of family relations. It is an
expressive interest in each others feelings at a time it is needed by the other and it can go a long
way in deepening marital relationship.124 When it is egoistically utilized to despoil marital union in
order to advance a felonious urge for coitus by force, violence or intimidation, the Court will step in to
protect its lofty purpose, vindicate justice and protect our laws and State policies. Besides, a husband
who feels aggrieved by his indifferent or uninterested wifes absolute refusal to engage in sexual
intimacy may legally seek the courts intervention to declare her psychologically incapacitated to
fulfill an essential marital obligation.125 But he cannot and should not demand sexual intimacy from
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PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT
FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO,
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 -
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 -
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents.
CONCURRING OPINION - CARPIO, J. - G.R. No.
204819, April 08, 2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG AND
LOVELYANN C. IMBONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND IN
BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS
IMBONG AND BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG AND
MAGNIFICAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.,
Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 -
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO & unless it is shown that its evaluation was tainted with arbitrariness or certain facts of substance and
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO &
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR,
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED
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her coercively or violently.
Moreover, to treat marital rape cases differently from nonmarital rape cases in terms of the
elements that constitute the crime and in the rules for their proof, infringes on the equal protection
clause. The Constitutional right to equal protection of the laws126 ordains that similar subjects should
not be treated differently, so as to give undue favor to some and unjustly discriminate against
others; no person or class of persons shall be denied the same protection of laws, which is enjoyed,
by other persons or other classes in like circumstances.127
As above discussed, the definition of rape in Section 1 of R.A. No. 8353 pertains to: (a) rape, as
traditionally known; (b) sexual assault; and (c) marital rape or that where the victim is the
perpetrators own spouse. The single definition for all three forms of the crime shows that the law
does not distinguish between rape committed in wedlock and those committed without a marriage.
Hence, the law affords protection to women raped by their husband and those raped by any other
man alike.
The posture advanced by the accusedappellant arbitrarily discriminates against married rape victims
over unmarried rape victims because it withholds from married women raped by their husbands the
penal redress equally granted by law to all rape victims.
Further, the Court adheres to and hereby adopts the rationale in Liberta in rejecting the argument
akin to those raised by herein accusedappellant. A marriage license should not be viewed as a
license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity. A married woman has the same right to
control her own body, as does an unmarried woman.128 She can give or withhold her consent to a
sexual intercourse with her husband and he cannot unlawfully wrestle such consent from her in case
she refuses.
Lastly, the human rights of women include their right to have control over and decide freely and
responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of
coercion, discrimination and violence.129 Women do not divest themselves of such right by
contracting marriage for the simple reason that human rights are inalienable.130
In fine, since the law does not separately categorize marital rape and nonmarital rape nor provide
for different definition or elements for either, the Court, tasked to interpret and apply what the law
dictates, cannot trudge the forbidden sphere of judicial legislation and unlawfully divert from what the
law sets forth. Neither can the Court frame distinct or stricter evidentiary rules for marital rape cases
as it would inequitably burden its victims and unreasonably and irrationally classify them differently
from the victims of nonmarital rape.
Indeed, there exists no legal or rational reason for the Court to apply the law and the evidentiary
rules on rape any differently if the aggressor is the womans own legal husband. The elements and
quantum of proof that support a moral certainty of guilt in rape cases should apply uniformly
regardless of the legal relationship between the accused and his accuser.
Thus, the Court meticulously reviewed the present case in accordance with the established legal
principles and evidentiary policies in the prosecution and resolution of rape cases and found that no
reversible error can be imputed to the conviction meted the accusedappellant.
The evidence for the prosecution was
based on credible witnesses who gave
equally credible testimonies
In rape cases, the conviction of the accused rests heavily on the credibility of the victim. Hence, the
strict mandate that all courts must examine thoroughly the testimony of the offended party. While the
accused in a rape case may be convicted solely on the testimony of the complaining witness, courts
are, nonetheless, dutybound to establish that their reliance on the victims testimony is justified.
Courts must ensure that the testimony is credible, convincing, and otherwise consistent with human
nature. If the testimony of the complainant meets the test of credibility, the accused may be
convicted on the basis thereof.131
It is settled that the evaluation by the trial court of the credibility of witnesses and their testimonies
are entitled to the highest respect. This is in view of its inimitable opportunity to directly observe the
witnesses and their deportment, conduct and attitude, especially during crossexamination. Thus,
value have been plainly overlooked, misunderstood, or misapplied, the same will not be disturbed on
appeal.132
After approximating the perspective of the trial court thru a meticulous scrutiny of the entire records
of the trial proceedings and the transcript of each witnesses testimony, the Court found no
justification to disturb its findings.
Rather, the Court observed that KKK and her testimony were both credible and spontaneous. Hailed
to the witness stand on six separate occasions, KKK never wavered neither did her statements
vacillate between uncertainty and certitude. She remained consistent, categorical, straightforward,
and candid during the rigorous crossexamination and on rebuttal examination, she was able to
convincingly explain and debunk the allegations of the defense.
She vividly recounted how the accusedappellant forced her to have sex with him despite her refusal
on October 16, 1998. He initially ordered her to sleep beside him in their conjugal bed by violently
throwing the cot where she was resting. In order not to aggravate his temper, KKK obeyed. On the
bed, he insinuated for them to have sex. When she rejected his advances due to abdominal pain and
headache, his request for intimacy transformed into a stubborn demand. Unyielding, KKK held her
panties but the accusedappellant forcibly pulled them down. The tug caused the small clothing to
tear apart. She reiterated that she was not feeling well and begged him to stop. But no amount of
resistance or begging subdued him. He flexed her two legs apart, gripped her hands, mounted her,
rested his own legs on hers and inserted his penis into her vagina. She continued pleading but he
never desisted.133
Her accurate recollection of the second rape incident on October 17, 1998 is likewise unmistakable.
After the appalling episode in the conjugal bedroom the previous night, KKK decided to sleep in the
childrens bedroom. While her daughters were fixing the beddings, the accusedappellant barged into
the room and berated her for refusing to go with him to their conjugal bedroom. When KKK insisted
to stay in the childrens bedroom, the accusedappellant got angry and pulled her up. MMMs attempt
to pacify the accusedappellant further enraged him. He reminded them that as the head of the
family he could do whatever he wants with his wife. To demonstrate his role as patriarch, he ordered
the children to go out of the room and thereafter proceeded to force KKK into sexual intercourse. He
forcibly pulled down her short pants and panties as KKK begged Dont do that to me, my body is still
aching and also my abdomen and I cannot do what you wanted me to do. I cannot withstand sex.134
But her pleas fell on deaf ears. The accusedappellant removed his shorts and briefs, spread KKKs
legs apart, held her hands, mounted her and inserted his penis into her vagina. After gratifying
himself, he got dressed, left the room as he chuckled: Its nice, that is what you deserve because
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BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON,
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 -
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX),
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT,
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF,
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J.
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E.
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA,
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HON.
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND
JOSEPHINE MILLADOLUMITAO, M.D., COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS DOCTORS FOR LIFE, AND ANTHONY PEREZ,
MICHAEL ANTHONY G. MAPA, CARLOS ANTONIO PALAD,
WILFREDO JOSE, CLAIRE NAVARRO, ANNA COSIO, AND
GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 -
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT
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you are [a] flirt or fond of sex.135
Entrenched is the rule that in the prosecution of rape cases, the essential element that must be
proved is the absence of the victims consent to the sexual congress.136 Under the law, consent is
absent when: (a) it was wrestled from the victim by force, threat or intimidation, fraudulent
machinations or grave abuse of authority; or (b) the victim is incapable of giving free and voluntary
consent because he/she is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious or that the offended party is
under 12 years of age or is demented.
Contrary to the accusedappellants asseverations, KKKs consent was wrestled from her through
force and intimidation both of which were established beyond moral certainty by the prosecution
through the pertinent testimony of KKK, viz:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y
On the October 16, 1998 rape incident:
(Direct Examination)
ATTY. LARGO:
Q So, while you were already lying on the bed together with your husband, do
you remember what happened?
A He lie down beside me and asked me to have sex with him.
Q How did he manifest that he wanted to have sex with you?
A He put his hand on my lap and asked me to have sex with him but I warded
off his hand.
Q Can you demonstrate to this Court how did he use his hand?
A Yes. witness demonstrating on how the accused used his finger by touching
or knocking her lap which means that he wanted to have sex.
Q So, what did you do after that?
A I warded off his hand and refused because I was not feeling well. (at this
juncture the witness is sobbing)
Q So, what did your husband do when you refused him to have sex with you?
A He insisted and he pulled my pantie forcibly, that is why my pantie [sic] was
torn.
Q Why, what did you do when he started to pull your pantie [sic]?
A I resisted and tried to hold my pantie [sic] but I failed, because he is so
strong.
x x x x
Q So, when your pantie [sic] was torn by your husband, what else did he do?
A He flexed my two legs and rested his two legs on my legs.
Q So after that what else did he do?
A He succeeded in having sex with me because he held my two hands no
matter how I wrestled but I failed because he is stronger than me.
COURT: Make it of record that the witness is sobbing while she is giving her
testimony.
ATTY. LARGO: (To the witness contng.)
Q So, what did you do when your husband already stretched your two legs and
rode on you and held your two hands?
A I told him, dont do that because Im not feeling well and my whole body is
aching.
Q How did you say that to your husband?
A I told him, dont do that to me because Im not feeling well.
Q Did you say that in the manner you are saying now?
x x x x
A I shouted when I uttered that words.
x x x x
Q Was your husband able to consummate his desire?
x x x x
A Yes, sir, because I cannot do anything.137
(CrossExamination)
ATTY. AMARGA;
Q Every time you have sex with your husband it was your husband normally
remove your panty?
A Yes, Sir.
Q It was not unusual for your husband then to remove your panty because
according to you he normally do that if he have sex with you?
A Yes, Sir.
Q And finally according to you your husband have sex with you?
A Yes, Sir because he forcibly used me in spite of holding my panty because I
dont want to have sex with him at that time.
Q You did not spread your legs at that time when he removed your panty?
A Yes, Sir.
Q Meaning, your position of your legs was normal during that time?
A I tried to resist by not flexing my legs.
x x x x
Q At that time when your husband allegedly removed your panty he also
remove your nightgown?
A No, Sir.
Q And he did pull out your duster [sic] towards your face?
A He raised my duster [sic] up.
Q In other words your face was covered when he raised your duster [sic]?
A No, only on the breast level.138
On the October 17, 1998 rape incident:
(Direct Examination)
ATTY. LARGO
Q So, after your children went out of the room, what transpired?
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FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO,
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 -
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 -
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents.
SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION - BRION, J. - G.R.
No. 204819, April 08, 2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG AND
LOVELYANN C. IMBONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND IN
BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS
IMBONG AND BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG AND
MAGNIFICAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.,
Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 -
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO &
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO &
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR,
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED
BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON,
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
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A He successfully having sex with me because he pulled my short pant and
pantie forcible.
Q So, what did you say when he forcibly pulled your short and pantie?
A I told him, dont do that to me, my body is still aching and also my abdomen
and I cannot do what you wanted me to do. I cannot withstand sex.
Q So, what happened to your short when he forcibly pulled it down?
A It was torn.
Q And after your short and pantie was pulled down by your husband, what did
he do?
A He also removed his short and brief and flexed my two legs and mounted on
me and succeeded in having sex with me.139
The accusedappellant forced his wife when he knowingly overpowered her by gripping her hands,
flexing her legs and then resting his own legs thereon in order to facilitate the consummation of his
muchdesired nonconsensual sexual intercourse.
Records also show that the accusedappellant employed sufficient intimidation upon KKK. His
actuations prior to the actual moment of the felonious coitus revealed that he imposed his distorted
sense of moral authority on his wife. He furiously demanded for her to lay with him on the bed and
thereafter coerced her to indulge his sexual craving.
The fury the accusedappellant exhibited when KKK refused to sleep with him on their bed, when she
insisted to sleep in the childrens bedroom and the fact that he exercises dominance over her as
husband all cowed KKK into submission.
The fact that KKK voluntarily went with the accusedappellant to their conjugal bedroom on October
16, 1998 cannot be stretched to mean that she consented to the forced sexual intercourse that
ensued. The accusedappellant was KKKs husband and hence it was customary for her to sleep in
the conjugal bedroom. No consent can be deduced from such act of KKK because at that juncture
there were no indications that sexual intercourse was about to take place. The issue of consent was
still irrelevant since the act for which the same is legally required did not exist yet or at least unclear
to the person from whom the consent was desired. The significant point when consent must be given
is at that time when it is clear to the victim that her aggressor is soliciting sexual congress. In this
case, that point is when the accusedappellant tapped his fingers on her lap, a gesture KKK
comprehended to be an invitation for a sexual intercourse, which she refused.
Resistance, medical certificate and
blood traces.
We cannot give credence to the accusedappellants argument that KKK should have hit him to
convey that she was resisting his sexual onslaught. Resistance is not an element of rape and the law
does not impose upon the victim the burden to prove resistance 140 much more requires her to raise
a specific kind thereof.
At any rate, KKK put up persistent, audible and intelligible resistance for the accusedappellant to
recognize that she seriously did not assent to a sexual congress. She held on to her panties to
prevent him from undressing her, she refused to bend her legs and she repeatedly shouted and
begged for him to stop.
Moreover, as an element of rape, force or intimidation need not be irresistible; it may be just enough
to bring about the desired result. What is necessary is that the force or intimidation be sufficient to
consummate the purpose that the accused had in mind141 or is of such a degree as to impel the
defenseless and hapless victim to bow into submission.142
Contrary to the accusedappellants allusions, the absence of blood traces in KKKs panties or the
lack of a medical certificate do not negate rape. It is not the presence or absence of blood on the
victims underwear that determines the fact of rape 143 inasmuch as a medical certificate is
dispensable evidence that is not necessary to prove rape.144 These details do not pertain to the
elements that produce the gravamen of the offense that is sexual intercourse with a woman against
her will or without her consent.145
The accusedappellant harps on the acquittal ruling in People v. Godoy,146 the evidentiary
circumstances of which are, however, disparate from those in the present case. In Godoy, the
testimony of the complainant was inherently weak, inconsistent, and was controverted by the
prosecutions medicolegal expert witness who stated that force was not applied based on the
position of her hymenal laceration. This led the Court to conclude that the absence of any sign of
physical violence on the victims body is an indication of consent.147 Here, however, KKKs testimony
is, as discussed earlier, credible, spontaneous and forthright.
The corroborative testimonies of MMM
and OOO are worthy of credence.
The accusedappellants assertion that MMM and OOOs testimonies lacked probative value as they
did not witness the actual rape is bereft of merit. It must be stressed that rape is essentially
committed in relative isolation, thus, it is usually only the victim who can testify with regard to the
fact of the forced sexual intercourse.148 Hence, the probative value of MMM and OOOs testimonies
rest not on whether they actually witnessed the rape but on whether their declarations were in
harmony with KKKs narration of the circumstances, preceding, subsequent to and concurrent with,
the rape incidents.
MMM and OOOs testimonies substantiated significant points in KKKs narration. MMM heard KKK
shouting and crying: Eddie, dont do that to me, have pity on me149 on the night of October 16,
1998 shortly after KKK and the accusedappellant went to their conjugal bedroom. When MMM went
upstairs to check on her mother, the accusedappellant admonished her for meddling. Frustrated to
aid her mother who persistently cried, MMM kicked the door so hard the accusedappellant was
prompted to open it and rebuke MMM once more. OOO heard all these commotion from the room
downstairs.
MMM then saw her mother crouched on the bed, crying, with her hair disheveled while her torn panty
lay on the floor. After a brief struggle with the accusedappellant, MMM and KKK were finally able to
escape and retreat to the childrens bedroom where KKK narrated to her daughters: [Y]our father is
an animal, a beast; he forced me to have sex with him when Im not feeling well.
KKK gave a similar narration to MMM and OOO the following night after the accusedappellant barged
inside the childrens bedroom. The couple had an argument and when MMM tried to interfere, the
accusedappellant ordered her and OOO to get out after bragging that he can have sex with his wife
even in front of the children because he is the head of the family. The girls then stayed by the
staircase where they afterwards heard their mother helplessly crying and shouting for the accused
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REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 -
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX),
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT,
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF,
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J.
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E.
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA,
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HON.
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND
JOSEPHINE MILLADOLUMITAO, M.D., COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS DOCTORS FOR LIFE, AND ANTHONY PEREZ,
MICHAEL ANTHONY G. MAPA, CARLOS ANTONIO PALAD,
WILFREDO JOSE, CLAIRE NAVARRO, ANNA COSIO, AND
GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 -
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT
FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
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appellant to stop.
Indeed, the testimonies of KKK, MMM and OOO coherently depicted that the accusedappellant,
through the use of force and intimidation, had nonconsensual and forced carnal knowledge of his
wife, KKK on the nights of October 16 and 17, 1998.
KKKs helpless screams and pleas from inside the bedroom coupled with her verbal and physical
resistance were clear manifestations of coercion. Her appearance when MMM saw her on the bed
after the accused appellant opened the door on October 16, 1998, her conduct towards the accused
appellant on her way out of the room, and her categorical outcry to her children after the two
bedroom episodes all generate the conclusion that the sexual acts that occurred were against her
will.
Failure to immediately report to the
police authorities, if satisfactorily
explained, is not fatal to the
credibility of a witness.
The testimonies of KKK and her daughters cannot be discredited merely because they failed to report
the rape incidents to the police authorities or that KKK belatedly filed the rape charges. Delay or
vacillation by the victims in reporting sexual assaults does not necessarily impair their credibility if
such delay is satisfactorily explained.150
At that time, KKK and her daughters were not aware that a husband forcing his wife to submit to
sexual intercourse is considered rape. In fact, KKK only found out that she could sue his husband for
rape when Prosecutor Benjamin Tabique, Jr. (Prosecutor Tabique) told her about it when she filed the
separate charges for grave threats and physical injuries against the accusedappellant.151 It must be
noted that the incidents occurred a year into the effectivity of R.A. No. 8353 abolishing marital
exemption in rape cases hence it is understandable that it was not yet known to a layman as opposed
to legal professionals like Prosecutor Tabique.
In addition, fear of reprisal thru social humiliation which is the common factor that deter rape victims
from reporting the crime to the authorities is more cumbersome in marital rape cases. This is in view
of the popular yet outdated belief that it is the wifes absolute obligation to submit to her husbands
carnal desires. A husband raping his own wife is often dismissed as a peculiar occurrence or
trivialized as simple domestic trouble.
Unfamiliarity with or lack of knowledge of the law criminalizing marital rape, the stigma and public
scrutiny that could have befallen KKK and her family had the intervention of police authorities or
even the neighbors been sought, are acceptable explanations for the failure or delay in reporting the
subject rape incidents.
The victims testimony on the witness stand
rendered unnecessary the presentation of
her complaintaffidavit as evidence.
The failure of the prosecution to present KKKs complaintaffidavit for rape is not fatal in view of the
credible, candid and positive testimony of KKK on the witness stand. Testimonial evidence carries
more weight than the affidavit since it underwent the rudiments of a direct, cross, redirect and re
cross examinations. Affidavits or statements taken ex parte are generally considered incomplete and
inaccurate. Thus, by nature, they are inferior to testimony given in court.152
Ill motive imputed to the victim
The ill motive, which the accusedappellant imputed to KKK, does not inspire belief as it is riddled
with loopholes generated by incongruent and flimsy evidence. The prosecution was able to establish
that the P3 Million deposit in the spouses bank account was the proceeds of their loan from the Bank
of Philippine Islands (BPI). Exhibit J, which is a BPI ML instruction sheet dated October 31, 1996 in the
amount of P3,149,840.63 is the same amount the accusedappellant claimed to have entrusted to her
wife. Although the accusedappellant denied being aware of such loan, he admitted that
approximately P3 Million was spent for the construction of their house. These pieces of evidence
effectively belie the accused appellants allegation that KKK could not account for the money
deposited in the bank.153
Anent, KKKs alleged extramarital affairs, the accusedappellant failed to explain how Bebs could be
his wife KKK when the lettersender greeted Bebs a happy birthday on October 28 while KKKs
birthday is June 23. The accusedappellant also did not present Bebs herself, being a more
competent witness to the existence of the alleged love letters for KKK. He likewise failed, despite
promise to do so, to present the original copies of such love letters neither did he substantiate KKKs
supposed extramarital affairs by presenting witnesses who could corroborate his claims. Further, the
Court finds it unbelievable that an able man would not have the temerity to confront his wife who has
fooled around with 10 men some of whom he has even met. The accusedappellants erratic
statements on the witness stand are inconsistent with the theory of extramarital romance making it
reasonable to infer that he merely made up those malicious stories as a desperate ploy to extricate
himself out of this legal quandary.
At best, the basis of the alleged illicit affairs of KKK were the accusedappellants unfounded
suspicions that hold no evidentiary weight in law and thus incompetent to destroy KKKs credibility
and that of her testimony. In sum, the defense failed to present sufficiently convincing evidence that
KKK is a mere vindictive wife who is harassing the accusedappellant with fabricated rape charges.
Alibi
It must be stressed that in raising the irrevocable implied consent theory as defense, the accused
appellant has essentially admitted the facts of sexual intercourse embodied in the two criminal
informations for rape. This admission is inconsistent with the defense of alibi and any discussion
thereon will thus be irrelevant.
At any rate, the courts a quo correctly rejected his alibi.
Alibi is one of the weakest defenses not only because it is inherently frail and unreliable, but also
because it is easy to fabricate and difficult to check or rebut. It cannot prevail over the positive
identification of the accused by eyewitnesses who had no improper motive to testify falsely.154
For the defense of alibi to prosper, the accused must prove not only that he was at some other place
at the time of the commission of the crime, but also that it was physically impossible for him to be at
the locus delicti or within its immediate vicinity. Physical impossibility refers not only to the
geographical distance between the place where the accused was and the place where the crime was
committed when the crime transpired, but more importantly, the facility of access between the two
places.155
Even granting in arguendo that the accusedappellant had indeed attended a fiesta in Dangcagan,
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ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO, Bukidnon or was hauling corn with Equia on the dates of commission of the crime, the same will not
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., easily exonerate him. The accusedappellant failed to adduce clear and convincing evidence that it
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD, was physically impossible for him to be at his residence in Cagayan de Oro City at the time of the
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND commission of the crime. Dangcagan, Bukidnon can be traversed by about four or five hours from
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
Cagayan de Oro City, and even less by private vehicle which was available to the accused appellant
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE at any time.156 Thus, it was not physically impossible for him to be at the situs criminis at the dates
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, and times when the two rape incidents were committed.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 - Between the accusedappellants alibi and denial, and the positive identification and credible
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES testimony of the victim, and her two daughters, the Court must give weight to the latter, especially in
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA the absence of ill motive on their part to falsely testify against the accusedappellant.
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE Conclusion
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
All told, the presumption of innocence endowed an accusedappellant was sufficiently overcome by
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
KKKs clear, straightforward, credible, and truthful declaration that on two separate occasions, he
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
succeeded in having sexual intercourse with her, without her consent and against her will. Evidence
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, of overwhelming force and intimidation to consummate rape is extant from KKKs narration as
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, believably corroborated by the testimonies of MMM and OOO and the physical evidence of KKKs torn
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL panties and short pants. Based thereon, the reason and conscience of the Court is morally certain
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 - that the accusedappellant is guilty of raping his wife on the nights of October 16 and 17, 1998.
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Penalties
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND The Court affirms the penalty of reclusion perpetua, for each count of rape, meted upon the accused
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE appellant for being in accord with Article 266A in relation to 266B of the RPC. Further, he shall not
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
be eligible for parole pursuant to Section 3 of R.A. No. 9346, which states that persons convicted of
Respondents.
offenses punished with reclusion perpetua, or whose sentences will be reduced to reclusion perpetua,
CONCURRING OPINION - ABAD, J. - G.R. No. 204819,
by reason of this Act, shall not be eligible for parole under Act No. 4180, otherwise known as the
April 08, 2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG AND LOVELYANN C. Indeterminate Sentence Law, as amended.157
IMBONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND IN BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS IMBONG AND The Court sustains the moral damages awarded in the amount of P50,000.00. Moral damages are
BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG AND MAGNIFICAT CHILD granted to rape victims without need of proof other than the fact of rape under the assumption that
DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC., Petitioners, v. HON. the victim suffered moral injuries from the experience she underwent.158
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
The award of civil indemnity is proper; it is mandatory upon the finding that rape took place.
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. Considering that the crime committed is simple rape, there being no qualifying circumstances
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, attendant in its commission, the appropriate amount is P50,000.00159 and not P75,000.00 as awarded
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, by the RTC.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 - To serve as an example for public good and in order to deter a similar form of domestic violence, an
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES, award of P30,000.00 as exemplary damages is imperative.160
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
The damages awarded shall earn legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum to be
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ & reckoned from the date of finality of this judgment until fully paid.161
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA A Final Note
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO &
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A. Rape is a crime that evokes global condemnation because it is an abhorrence to a womans value
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR and dignity as a human being. It respects no time, place, age, physical condition or social status. It
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR can happen anywhere and it can happen to anyone. Even, as shown in the present case, to a wife,
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO, inside her timehonored fortress, the family home, committed against her by her husband who
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
vowed to be her refuge from cruelty. The herein pronouncement is an affirmation to wives that our
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO &
rape laws provide the atonement they seek from their sexually coercive husbands.
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON Husbands are once again reminded that marriage is not a license to forcibly rape their wives. A
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA, husband does not own his wifes body by reason of marriage. By marrying, she does not divest
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR herself of the human right to an exclusive autonomy over her own body and thus, she can lawfully
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR opt to give or withhold her consent to marital coitus. A husband aggrieved by his wifes unremitting
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C. refusal to engage in sexual intercourse cannot resort to felonious force or coercion to make her yield.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR, He can seek succor before the Family Courts that can determine whether her refusal constitutes
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR psychological incapacity justifying an annulment of the marriage.
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO, Sexual intimacy is an integral part of marriage because it is the spiritual and biological communion
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
that achieves the marital purpose of procreation. It entails mutual love and selfgiving and as such it
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
contemplates only mutual sexual cooperation and never sexual coercion or imposition.
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA The Court is aware that despite the noble intentions of the herein pronouncement, menacing
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A. personalities may use this as a tool to harass innocent husbands. In this regard, let it be stressed
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR that safeguards in the criminal justice system are in place to spot and scrutinize fabricated or false
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND marital rape complaints and any person who institutes untrue and malicious charges will be made
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD answerable under the pertinent provisions of the RPC and/or other laws.
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS & WHEREFORE, all the foregoing considered, the Decision dated July 9, 2008 of the Court of Appeals in
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. CAG.R. CRHC No. 00353 is hereby AFFIRMED with MODIFICATIONS. Accusedappellant Edgar
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. Jumawan is found GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of two (2) counts of RAPE and is sentenced to
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each count, without eligibility for parole. He is further
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
ordered to pay the victim, KKK, the amounts of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
damages, and P30,000.00 as exemplary damages, for each count of rape. The award of damages
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS shall earn legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this judgment
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL until fully paid.
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. SO ORDERED.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE Sereno, C.J., (Chairperson), LeonardoDe Castro, Bersamin, and Villarama, Jr., JJ., concur.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED
BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON, Endnotes:
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED 1 26 Am Jur SS8, p. 636.
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
2Pursuant to People v. Mateo, G.R. Nos. 14767887, July 7, 2004, 433 SCRA 640, 653
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR 658.
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., 3 Penned by Associate Justice Jane Aurora C. Lantion, with Associate Justices Edgardo
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, A. Camello and Rodrigo F. Lim, Jr., concurring; rollo, pp. 530.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY, 4
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
Issued by Judge Anthony E. Santos; records, pp. 760769.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

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AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 5 The real name of the victim, her personal circumstances and other information which
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC., tend to establish or compromise her identity, as well as those of their immediate family
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS
or household members, shall not be disclosed to protect her privacy and fictitious
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
initials shall, instead, be used, in accordance with People v. Cabalquinto (533 Phil. 703
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
[2006]), and A.M. No. 041109SC dated September 19, 2006.
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
6 Pretrial Order dated November 16, 1999, records, pp. 7174.
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v. 7 Id. at 2324.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON. 8
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
Id. at 35.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
9 Id. at 2.
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 10 Id. at 13.
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 11
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A. Id. at 27.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
12 Id. at 4448.
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL, 13 Id. at 50.
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE 14
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY Id. at 49.
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
15 Id. at 8485.
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 - 16 Exhibit 7.
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX),
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT, 17
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF,
Records, p. 89.
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
18 Id. at 86.
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J.
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E.
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA, 19 Id. at 87.
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON. 20
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 9395.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
21 Id. at 9899.
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 22 Id. at 101; TSN, July 3, 2000, p. 5.
HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HON. 23
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
TSN, February 10, 2000, pp. 2627.
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO
24 TSN, August 2, 2000, p. 21.
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND 25 TSN, May 24, 2000, p. 99.
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND 26
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
Id.
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
27 Id. at 100; TSN, August 2, 2000, p. 2122.
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND
JOSEPHINE MILLADOLUMITAO, M.D., COLLECTIVELY 28 TSN, February 4, 2000, p. 30.
KNOWN AS DOCTORS FOR LIFE, AND ANTHONY PEREZ,
MICHAEL ANTHONY G. MAPA, CARLOS ANTONIO PALAD, 29
WILFREDO JOSE, CLAIRE NAVARRO, ANNA COSIO, AND
TSN, August 2, 2000, p. 23.
GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
30 TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 9597.
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET 31TSN, July 3, 2000, p. 17; TSN, July 13, 2000, p. 14; KKKs Complaint Affidavit dated
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY February 19, 1999, records, pp. 1011.
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 32
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, TSN, July 3, 2000, pp. 67.
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 - 33 TSN, February 4, 2000, p. 37.
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR 34TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 89; TSN, February 4, 2000, pp. 4547; TSN, August 2,
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
2000, pp. 56.
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
35 TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 910; TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 7475.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN 36 TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 7576.
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A. 37 Id. at 7677.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
38 Id. at 7778.
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. 39 Id. at 7879; Exhibit A.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, 40 TSN, July 13, 2000, p. 11.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
41 Id.
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT 42 TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 7981.
FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY. 43 TSN, February 4, 2000, pp. 4647.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
44 Id. at 4950.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY 45 TSN, August 2, 2000, p. 8.
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO, 46 TSN, February 3, 2000, p. 11
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD,
47 Id. at 12; TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 8182.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO, 48 TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 1113; TSN, August 2, 2000, p. 8.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, 49 TSN, February 3, 2000, Id.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL

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GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 - 50 Id. at 14; TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 8283.
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA 51
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
TSN, February 4, 2000, pp. 5659.
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE
52 TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 1415.
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF 53 Id. at 16; TSN, May 24, 2000, p. 83; TSN, August 2, 2000, pp. 910.
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. 54
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 1719; TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 8486; TSN, August 2,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, 2000, pp. 1113.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 - 55 TSN, February 10, 2000, pp. 4041.
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., 56 Id. at 4445.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND 57
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE Exhibit B.
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents. 58TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 1920; TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 8687; TSN, August 2,
2000, pp. 1314.
CONCURRING AND DISSENTING - DEL CASTILLO, J. -
G.R. No. 204819, April 08, 2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG 59TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 2122; TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 8788; TSN, August 2,
AND LOVELYANN C. IMBONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND
2000, pp. 1416.
IN BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS
IMBONG AND BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG AND
60 TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 8889.
MAGNIFICAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.,
Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, 61 Id. at 8990.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY, 62 Id. at 90; TSN, February 3, 2000, pp. 2324; TSN, August 2, 2000, pp. 16, 1819.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
63 TSN, October 24, 2000, pp. 47.
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 - 64 Id. at 17.
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA 65 TSN, April 30, 2001, pp. 68.
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
66 TSN, October 24, 2000, pp. 7, 1011; Exhibit 1.
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA 67 Id. at 7.
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO &
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A. 68 Id. at 1213.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
69 Also referred to as Bebie in the other parts of the records.
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO & 70 Id. at 14; Exhibit 3.
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND 71 TSN, February 2, 2001, pp. 1415.
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
72 Id. at 1617.
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C. 73 TSN, October 24, 2000, pp. 1921; TSN, March 12, 2001, p. 155.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR,
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR 74 TSN, October 24, 2000, p. 18.
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
75 Id. at 1819; Exhibit 2.
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR 76 Records, pp. 760769.
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA 77 Id. at 769.
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
78Rollo, pp. 530.
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M. 79 Id. at 29.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. 80 Id. at 3536; The contents of the Resolution was reiterated in another Resolution
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
dated November 15, 2010, id. at 4748.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
81 Id. at 3738.
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS 82 Id. at 7893.
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, 83
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
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REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED 85
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE Supra note 83.
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS, 86 Id.
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S. 87 Id. at 860.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, 88
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND Id. at 860861, citing Arthur R. Cleveland, Woman Under the English Law 71 (Fred B.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 89 Id. at 859860.
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC., 90 Id. at 860, citing 1 William Blackstone Commentaries *432 and Katherine M.
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ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
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RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
91 Id., citing Schelong, 86. (Other citations omitted)
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,

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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON. 93
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. Supra note 84, at 717. (Citations Omitted)
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AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, 95 74 Mass 489, as cited in People v. Liberta, supra note 92.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A.
96 See People v. Liberta, supra note 92.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
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Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.

OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE A person who penetrates an act of sexual intercourse with a female not his wife,
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY against her will or without her consent[i]s guilty of rape in the first degree and
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty years.
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 - A person who penetrates an act of sexual intercourse with a female, not his wife, under
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX), the age of eighteen years, under circumstances not amounting to rape in the first
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT, degree, is guilty of rape in the second degree, and punishable with imprisonment for
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF, not more than ten years.
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J. 98Id., citing the 1922 case of People v. Meli (193 N.Y.S. 365 [Sup. Ct. 1922]). John Meli
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E. was convicted of rape for aiding and abetting another man in raping his wife. Meli did
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA,
not commit the rape himself but he was present while the rape was being committed
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
and he actually helped to overcome his wife.
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
99 Racquel Kennedy Bergen, Ph.D., Marital Rape, Applied Research Forum, National
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, Electronic Network on Violence Against Women, p. 2 (1999).
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SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO 100People
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
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ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
101 Id.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND 102 Id.
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 103
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
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OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
106 http://pcw.gov.ph/internationalcommitments/cedaw/stateobligations, last visited
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EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, East Asian Nation country to do so.
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 - 107 CA Associate Justice Myrna DimarananVidal, Women Empowerment,
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
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108 CEDAW, Article 2, Part I.
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205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE 109Also known as The AntiRape Law of 1997, the law took effect on October 22,
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B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A. 110
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD Consideration of the Conference Committee Reports, September 3, 1997.
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
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PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON. Committee on Women, March 17, 1997.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
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LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
113 Committee on Revision of Laws J/W Committee on Women, January 29, 1996.
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
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FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY. 115 http://pcw.gov.ph/statistics/201304/statisticsviolenceagainstfilipinowomen, last
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VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO, 117 CEDAW, Article 5, Part I.
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO,
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UN General Assembly, December 20, 1993.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/48/a48r104.htm, last accessed on April 1, 2014.
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO, 119 Id.
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, 120 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1:
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y

GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 -

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA
reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
121 UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Article 4:
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y

VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO

N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. States should condemn violence against women and should not invoke any custom,
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligations with respect to its

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BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 -
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents.
CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION - REYES, J. -
G.R. No. 204819, April 08, 2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG
AND LOVELYANN C. IMBONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND
IN BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS
IMBONG AND BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG AND
MAGNIFICAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.,
Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 -
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO & 2014.
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
elimination. States should pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy
of eliminating violence against women x x x.
122Article 68. The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual
love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support. (Emphasis ours)
123See Tsoi v. CA, 334 Phil. 294, 304 (1997).
124 Id. at 304.
125
Refusal to have sexual intercourse must be rooted on psychological incapacity
which in turn must be established by the requirements of gravity, juridical antecedence
and incurability; Baccay v. Baccay, G.R. No. 173138, December 1, 2010, 636 SCRA 350,
368369; See also the Concurring Opinion of Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion in the
case stating that: The failure to consummate the marriage by itself, however, does not
constitute as a ground to nullify the marriage. The spouses refusal to have intimate
sexual relations must be due to causes psychological in nature, i.e., the psychological
condition of the spouse renders [her] incapable of having intimate sexual relations with
the other. x x x. 636 SCRA 350, 375.
126
1987 CONSTITUTION, Article III, Section 1.
127 CITY OF MANILA V. HON. LAGUIO, JR., 495 Phil. 289, 326 (2005).
128 Supra note 92.
129
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, The Fourth World Conference on
Women, September 15, 1995, paragraph 96.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA%20E.pdf, last accessed on
April 3, 2014. According to the Philippine Commission on Women, the Philippines
acceded to the commitments set forth in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action. http://www.pcw.gov.ph/internationalcommitments, last accessed on April 3,
130 R.A. No. 9710 (The Magna Carta of Women), Section 3:
c h a n Ro b le s v ir t u a lL a wlib r a r y

CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,

LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
Principles of Human Rights of Women. Human rights are universal and inalienable.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO & All people in the world are entitled to them. The universality of human rights is
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V. encompassed in the words of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND which states that all human beings are free and equal in dignity and rights. (Emphasis
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON ours)
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR 131People v. Publico, G.R. No. 183569, April 13, 2011, 648 SCRA 734, 742.
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C. 132People
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR, v. Agustin, G.R. No. 194581, July 2, 2012, 675 SCRA 424, 434.
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR
133 TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 7581.
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO, 134 Id. at 8789.
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR 135
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
Id. at 8990.
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA
136Sison v. People, G.R. No. 187229, February 22, 2012, 666 SCRA 645, 659.
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND 137 TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 7781.
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M. 138
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
TSN, July 13, 2000, pp. 1011.
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
139 TSN, May 24, 2000, pp. 8889.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF 140People v. Estoya, G.R. No. 200531, December 5, 2012, 687 SCRA 376, 386.
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL 141People
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS
v. Dimanawa, G.R. No. 184600, March 9, 2010, 614 SCRA 770, 778.
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
142People v. Magtibay, 435 Phil. 353, 365 (2002).
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING 143People v. Baltazar, 397 Phil. 277, 288 (2000).
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED 144
BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
People of the Philippines v. Joey Bacatan, G.R. No. 203315, September 18, 2013.
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
145 Id.
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON,
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE 146 321 Phil. 279 (1995).
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE 147
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Id. at 318.
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
148People v. Cias, G.R. No. 194379, June 1, 2011, 650 SCRA 326, 337.
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., 149 TSN, February 3, 2000, p. 10; TSN, February 4, 2000, pp. 4850.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND 150People
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
v. Satioquia, 460 Phil. 167, 173 (2003).
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
151 TSN, July 3, 2000, pp. 1314.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC., 152See People v. Cabtalan, G.R. No. 175980, February 15, 2012, 666 SCRA 174, 192
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS 193.
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR. 153
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE TSN, November 21, 2000, pp. 1314.
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA, 154People v. Ogarte, G.R. No. 182690, May 30, 2011, 649 SCRA 395, 413, citing People
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL v. Palomar, 343 Phil. 628, 663664 (1997).
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE 155 People v. Viojela, G.R. No. 177140, October 17, 2012, 684 SCRA 241, 257258.
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
156 TSN, May 11, 2001, p. 171.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A. 157 People of the Philippines v. Joey Bacatan, supra note 144.

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LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, 158 Id.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A. 159
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Id.
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF 160 Id.
REPRESENTATIVES AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B. 161 Id
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
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BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON. QUICK SEARCH
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1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
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GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
2013 2014
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 - Main Indices of the Library ---> Go!
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT
FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO,
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 -
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 -
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,

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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents.

CONCURRING OPINION - LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J. -

G.R. No. 204819, April 08, 2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG
AND LOVELYANN C. IMBONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND
IN BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS
IMBONG AND BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG AND
MAGNIFICAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.,
Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 -
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO &
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO &
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR,
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED
BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON,
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
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Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 -
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX),
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT,
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF,
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J.
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E.
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA,
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HON.
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND
JOSEPHINE MILLADOLUMITAO, M.D., COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS DOCTORS FOR LIFE, AND ANTHONY PEREZ,
MICHAEL ANTHONY G. MAPA, CARLOS ANTONIO PALAD,
WILFREDO JOSE, CLAIRE NAVARRO, ANNA COSIO, AND
GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 -
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT
FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO,
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 -
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 -
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents.

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION - PERLAS

BERNABE, J. - G.R. No. 204819, April 08, 2014 - JAMES

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M. IMBONG AND LOVELYANN C. IMBONG, FOR
THEMSELVES AND IN BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS IMBONG AND BERNADETTE
CARLOS IMBONG AND MAGNIFICAT CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC., Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 -
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO &
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO &
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR,
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED
BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON,
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 -
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX),

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HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT,
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF,
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J.
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E.
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA,
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HON.
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND
JOSEPHINE MILLADOLUMITAO, M.D., COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS DOCTORS FOR LIFE, AND ANTHONY PEREZ,
MICHAEL ANTHONY G. MAPA, CARLOS ANTONIO PALAD,
WILFREDO JOSE, CLAIRE NAVARRO, ANNA COSIO, AND
GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 -
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT
FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO,
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 -
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 -
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents.

DISSENTING OPINION - LEONEN, J. - G.R. No. 204819,

April 08, 2014 - JAMES M. IMBONG AND LOVELYANN C.
IMBONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND IN BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILDREN, LUCIA CARLOS IMBONG AND
BERNADETTE CARLOS IMBONG AND MAGNIFICAT CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC., Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.

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LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204934 -
ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES,
INC. [ALFI], REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, MARIA
CONCEPCION S. NOCHE, SPOUSES REYNALDO S.
LUISTRO & ROSIE B. LUISTRO, JOSE S. SANDEJAS &
ELENITA S.A. SANDEJAS, ARTURO M. GORREZ &
MARIETTA C. GORREZ, SALVADOR S. MANTE, JR. &
HAZELEEN L. MANTE, ROLANDO M. BAUTISTA & MARIA
FELISA S. BAUTISTA, DESIDERIO RACHO &
TRAQUILINA RACHO, FERNAND ANTONIO A.
TANSINGCO & CAROL ANNE C. TANSINGCO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, THERESE ANTONETTE C. TANSINGCO,
LORENZO JOSE C. TANSINGCO, MIGUEL FERNANDO C.
TANGSINGCO, CARLO JOSEMARIA C. TANSINGCO &
JUAN PAOLO C. TANSINGCO, SPOUSES MARIANO V.
ARANETA & EILEEN Z. ARANETA FOR THEMSELVES AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, RAMON
CARLOS Z. ARANETA & MAYA ANGELICA Z. ARANETA,
SPOUSES RENATO C. CASTOR & MILDRED C. CASTOR
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN, RENZ JEFFREY C. CASTOR, JOSEPH RAMIL C.
CASTOR, JOHN PAUL C. CASTOR & RAPHAEL C. CASTOR,
SPOUSES ALEXANDER R. RACHO & ZARA Z. RACHO FOR
THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MARGARITA RACHO, MIKAELA RACHO,
MARTIN RACHO, MARI RACHO & MANOLO RACHO,
SPOUSES ALFRED R. RACHO & FRANCINE V. RACHO
FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR
CHILDREN MICHAEL RACHO, MARIANA RACHO, RAFAEL
RACHO, MAXI RACHO, CHESSIE RACHO & LAURA
RACHO, SPOUSES DAVID R. RACHO & ARMILYN A.
RACHO FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR
MINOR CHILD GABRIEL RACHO, MINDY M. JUATAS AND
ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN ELIJAH GERALD
JUATAS AND ELIAN GABRIEL JUATAS, SALVACION M.
MONTEIRO, EMILY R. LAWS, JOSEPH R. LAWS &
KATRINA R. LAWS, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T.
ONA, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON.
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, HON. CORAZON
SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS
II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON.
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING
SECRETARY AND NEDA DIRECTORGENERAL, THE
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON WOMEN, REPRESENTED
BY ITS CHAIRPERSON, REMEDIOS IGNACIORIKKEN,
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT EDUARDO BANZON,
THE LEAGUE OF PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ALFONSO UMALI, THE
LEAGUE OF CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED
BY ITS PRESIDENT OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, AND THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT DONATO MARCOS,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR
FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. AND VALERIANO S.
AVILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO B. ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A.
ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY DR. NESTOR B. LUMICAO, M.D., AS
PRESIDENT AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEVALE FOUNDATION INC., REPRESENTED BY DR.
RODRIGO M. ALENTON, M.D., AS MEMBER OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY,
ROSEMARIE R. ALENTON, IMELDA G. IBARRA, CPA,
LOVENIA P. NACES, PHD., ANTHONY G. NAGAC, EARL
ANTHONY C. GAMBE AND MARLON I. YAP, Petitioners, v.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205003 - EXPEDITO A.
BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. SENATE
PRESIDENT, HON. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND HON. SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205043 - EDUARDO B.
OLAGUER AND THE CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE
OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY
ENRIQUE T. ONA, FDA DIRECTOR SUZETTE H. LAZO,
DBM SECRETARY FLORENCIO B. ABAD, DILG
SECRETARY MANUEL A. ROXAS II, DECS SECRETARY
ARMIN A. LUISTRO, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205138 -
PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC. (PAX),
HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT,
ATTY. RICARDO M. RIBO, AND IN HIS OWN BEHALF,
ATTY. LINO E.A. DUMAS, ROMEO B. ALMONTE,
OSMUNDO C. ORLANES, ARSENIO Z. MENOR, SAMUEL J.
YAP, JAIME F. MATEO, ROLLY SIGUAN, DANTE E.
MAGDANGAL, MICHAEL EUGENIO O. PLANA,
BIENVENIDO C. MIGUEL, JR., LANDRITO M. DIOKNO
AND BALDOMERO FALCONE, Petitioners, v. HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.

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FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HON.
CORAZON J. SOLIMAN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, HON. ARSENIO
BALISACAN, DIRECTORGENERAL, NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HON.
SUZETTE H. LAZO, DIRECTORGENERAL, FOOD AND
DRUGS ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION ON WOMEN, Respondents.; G.R. NO.
205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., JACQUELINE H.
KING, M.D., CYNTHIA T. DOMINGO, M.D., AND
JOSEPHINE MILLADOLUMITAO, M.D., COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS DOCTORS FOR LIFE, AND ANTHONY PEREZ,
MICHAEL ANTHONY G. MAPA, CARLOS ANTONIO PALAD,
WILFREDO JOSE, CLAIRE NAVARRO, ANNA COSIO, AND
GABRIEL DY LIACCO COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS
FILIPINOS FOR LIFE, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N.
OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; HON. FLORENCIO
B. ABAD, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION; AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 205491 -
SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD AND MARIA FENNY C.
TATAD & ALA F. PAGUIA, FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR
POSTERITY, AND THE REST OF FILIPINO POSTERITY,
Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.; [G.R. NO.
205720] PROLIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.,
REPRESENTED BY LORNA MELEGRITO, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, AND IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY, JOSELYN
B. BASILIO, ROBERT Z. CORTES, ARIEL A.
CRISOSTOMO, JEREMY I. GATDULA, CRISTINA A.
MONTES, RAUL ANTONIO A. NIDOY, WINSTON CONRAD
B. PADOJINOG, RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III, Petitioners,
v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON.
PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
Respondents.; G.R. NO. 206355 - MILLENNIUM SAINT
FOUNDATION, INC., ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY.
CITA BORROMEOGARCIA, STELLA ACEDERA, ATTY.
BERTENI CATALUA CAUSING, Petitioners, v. OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207111 - JOHN
WALTER B. JUAT, MARY M. IMBONG, ANTHONY
VICTORIO B. LUMICAO, JOSEPH MARTIN Q. VERDEJO,
ANTONIA EMMA R. ROXAS AND LOTA LATGUERRERO,
PETITIONERS VS. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. FLORENCIO ABAD,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE
AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207172 -
COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., SPOUSES
JUAN CARLOS ARTADI SARMIENTO AND FRANCESCA
ISABELLE BESINGASARMIENTO, AND SPOUSES LUIS
FRANCIS A. RODRIGO, JR. AND DEBORAH MARIE
VERONICA N. RODRIGO., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO
N. OCHOA, JR., EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON.
FLORENCIO B. ABAD, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HON. ARMIN A.
LUISTRO, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND HON. MANUEL A. ROXAS II,
SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, Respondents.; G.R. NO. 207563 -
ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH AND ABDULHUSSEIN M.
KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA,
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
HON. ARMIN A. LUISTRO,SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT,
Respondents.

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