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Mindanao Terminal and Brokerage Service, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals and Philippine Ports Authority/Philippine Ports Authority vs. Hon. Cesar M. Solis, etc., et al.

MINDANAO TERMINAL AND BROKERAGE SERVICE, INC., Petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, Respondents. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x G.R. No. 166025 PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, Petitioner, vs. HON. CESAR M. SOLIS, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 14, MANILA AND MINDANAO TERMINAL AND BROKERAGE SERVICE, INC., Respondents. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x G.R. No. 170269 PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, Petitioner, vs. HON. CESAR M. SOLIS, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 14, MANILA AND MINDANAO TERMINAL AND BROKERAGE SERVICE, INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 163286 and G.R. No. 166025 | 2012-08-22

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

PEREZ, J.: 

Before us are the consolidated petitions which the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), a government owned and controlled corporation, tasked with the management and control of all government and privately-owned ports in the country 1 filed against the Mindanao Terminal and Brokerage Services, Inc. (MINTERBRO), a private domestic corporation and grantee of a PPA-issued special permit for stevedoring services at the Davao City's government and privately-owned wharves.2 

The Facts 

On 28 August 1990, the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Br. 14, Manila rendered a decision in Philippine Ports...