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HANIL DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. vs CA AND M.R. ESCOBAR EXPLOSIVE ENGINEERS, INC.

HANIL DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND M.R. ESCOBAR EXPLOSIVE ENGINEERS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 113176 | 2001-07-30

D E C I S I O N**

PUNO, J.:

Before us are Petitions for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Decision rendered on August 23, 1993 and the Resolution promulgated on January 5, 1994, both by the Court of Appeals.[1]

In the early seventies, the Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH for brevity) awarded petitioner Hanil Development Co., Ltd. (Hanil for brevity) the contract to construct the 200-kilometer Iligan-Cagayan de Oro-Butuan Highway Project. On November 14, 1976, Hanil sub-let the rock-blasting work portion of the contract to private respondent M.R. Escobar Explosive Engineers, Inc. (Escobar for brevity). By express...