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PEOPLE vs Fely Ladera

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELY LADERA a.k.a. FILOMENA LADERA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131922. | 2000-11-15

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Trite though the saying that "promises are made to be broken," a broken promise may nevertheless cost a person her liberty for life. For failing to make good her promise to the herein private complainants of greener pastures in a foreign land, the accused Filomena Ladera will spend the rest of her life behind bars.

On September 15, 1994, several informations charging the accused Ladera with Estafa were filed, viz:

"That on or about the month of February, 1994 in Quezon City, Philippines, the said accused did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously defraud Rodalino Cariño in the following...