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Magtajas vs Pryce Properties [ Separate Opinions PADILLA, J. ]

MAYOR PABLO P. MAGTAJAS & THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, petitioners, vs. PRYCE PROPERTIES CORPORATION, INC. & PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION, respondents [ Separate Opinions PADILLA, J. ]

G.R. No. 111097 | 1994-07-20

SEPARATE OPINION

PADILLA, J., concurring: 

I concur with the majority holding that the city ordinances in question cannot modify much less repeal PAGCOR\'s general authority to establish and maintain gambling casinos anywhere in the Philippines under Presidential Decree No. 1869. 

In Basco v. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), 197 SCRA 52, I stated in a separate opinion that: 

\". . . I agree with the decision insofar as it holds that the prohibition, control, and regulation of the entire activity known as gambling properly pertain to \'state policy\'. It is, therefore, the political departments of government,...