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PEOPLE vs Ariola, Obana, Castillo, Lagaras, Halina etal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROSALINDA ARIOLA, ELVIRA OBANA, BABY CASTILLO, LEODEGARIO LAGARAS, MILOGENE HALINA and JOVITO BERMUDES, accused. ELVIRA OBANA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131777 | 1999-11-16

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

This is an appeal by ELVIRA OBANA from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City convicting her together with Rosalinda Ariola of Illegal Recruitment in Large Scale defined and penalized under Arts. 38 and 39 of the Labor Code as amended and sentencing each of them to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P100,000.00, as well as to pay jointly and severally the actual damages suffered by the complaining witnesses in the total amount of P24,150.00: P6,200.00 to Conrado Punsalang, P5,450.00 for Adriano Nagrama, P5,000.00 for Merly Cascayan and P7,500.00 for Donato Busmente.1 [Decision...