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Eddie Sabandal vs. Hon Felipe S. Tongco RTC 42 & Phils. Today

EDDIE B. SABANDAL, petitioner, vs. HON. FELIPE S. TONGCO, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 42, and PHILIPPINES TODAY, respondents.

G.R. No. 124498 | 2001-10-05

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

The case is a petition to suspend the criminal proceedings in the Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 42,[1] where petitioner Eddie B. Sabandal is charged with eleven counts of violation of Batas Pambansa Bilang 22.[2]

The Facts

On February 18, 1989, Eddie B. Sabandal entered into a memorandum of agreement on dealership with respondent Philippines Today, Inc. for the distribution of the newspaper Philippines Today, (now Philippine Star) in Bacolod City and in designated towns in Negros Occidental.[3]

Under the agreement, petitioner shall pay for an equivalent amount of one month of deliveries in advance...