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CATAMCO & ASSOCIATES Law and Accounting Office

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04/05/2025

Muling iginiit ng na bagamat ipinapalagay na authentic o totoo ang mga notarized o naipa-notaryo na dokumento, mawawalan ng bisa ang mga ito kung mapapatunayang peke.

Sa Desisyon na isinulat ni Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, nagpasya ang Second Division na walang pananagutan si Gil Chua (Chua) para sa hindi nabayarang PHP 150 milyong loan ng Interbrand Logistics and Distribution, Inc. (Interbrand) mula sa Bank of Commerce.

Ang loan ay sinigurado sa pamamagitan ng promissory notes at notarized Continuing Surety Agreements (CSAs) na nilagdaan ng ilan sa mga opisyal ng Interbrand. Si Chua ay nakalista bilang isa sa mga surety, pero hindi tulad ng ibang mga lumagda, hindi siya isang opisyal, direktor, o shareholder ng kumpanya.

Nang hindi mabayaran ng Interbrand ang mga pautang, idinemanda ng bangko ang kumpanya at lahat ng mga surety. Itinanggi ni Chua ang anumang pagkakasangkot. Sinabi niyang hindi siya pumirma sa isang CSA o humarap sa isang public notary. Iginiit ng Bangko na ang CSA, bilang isang notarized na dokumento, ay ipinapalagay na wasto.

Kinatigan ng Korte ang pagkwestiyon ni Chua sa bisa ng CSA. Itinanggi ni Chua ang pagpirma sa dokumento o ang pagharap sa isang notaryo. Wala siyang posisyon o interes sa Interbrand, at ang Bangko ay walang specimen ng kanyang lagda para i-verify ang CSA. Bukod pa rito, ang kanyang CSA at ng isa pa ay pinirmahan diumano sa parehong araw sa magkahiwalay na mga lokasyon pero may magkaparehong mga saksi na lalong nakadagdag sa pagdududa kung tunay ang dokumento. Hindi rin iniharap sa korte ang notary public na umano’y nagnotaryo sa CSA.

Inutusan ng Korte ang Interbrand at ang mga natitirang surety na bayaran ang Bank ng PHP 150 milyon pati interes at penalties, at PHP 1 milyon na attorney’s fees.

Basahin ang buong teksto ng press release sa https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-forged-documents-still-void-even-if-notarized/.

16/10/2024

The Supreme Court has emphasized that contract of services or job order workers hired by the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) are not considered government employees under the Civil Service Commission's (CSC) jurisdiction.

In a Decision written by Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, the Supreme Court’s First Division ruled that a group of workers who worked for PAGCOR in its hotel and restaurant business are contract of services and job order workers in the government who are not government employees covered by Civil Service law, rules, and, regulations.

While the workers’ individual contracts include a statement that they shall strictly observe “civil service laws, rules and regulations,” this does not automatically make them government employees.

Based on the nature of their functions in PAGCOR’s hotel and restaurant business as cooks, waiter, stewards, busboy, and their organizational ranking, compensation level, and employment contracts, they are not regular employees of PAGCOR subject to the CSC’s jurisdiction.

The Court, however, reminded PAGCOR and all similar agencies that “while their authority to contract services is recognized under civil service rules, such hiring authority should not be used to mistreat or otherwise mismanage contract of service or job order workers.”

Read the full press release at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-pagcor-job-order-workers-not-government-employees/

Read the full text of the Decision at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/258658-mark-abadilla-et-al-vs-philippine-amusement-amp-gaming-corporation/

15/10/2024