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Lone Congressional District of Benguet Province vs. Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company

[G.R. No. 244063] LONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF BENGUET PROVINCE, REPRESENTED BY HON. RONALD M. COSALAN, REPRESENTATIVE, PETITIONER, VS. LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY AND FAR SOUTHEAST GOLD RESOURCES, INC., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 244216] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (MGB-DENR), PETITIONER, VS. LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY AND FAR SOUTHEAST GOLD RESOURCES, INC., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 244063 & G.R. No. 244216 | 2022-06-21

D E C I S I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
These consolidated Petitions for Review on Certiorari[1] assail the Decision[2] dated April 30, 2018 and the Resolution[3] dated January 14, 2019 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 146806. The CA reversed and set aside the Resolution[4] dated May 6, 2016 of Branch 141, Regional Trial Court, Makati City (RTC Branch 141) in SP Proc. Case No. M-7932 that vacated the Final Award[5] dated November 27, 2015 issued by the Ad Hoc Arbitral Tribunal (Arbitral Tribunal) in favor of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (Lepanto) and Far Southeast Gold Resources, Inc....