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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. AQUILINO ANDRADE, et al., RESPONDENTS.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. AQUILINO ANDRADE, ROMAN LACAP, YONG FUNG YUEN, RICKY YU, VICENTE SY, ALVIN SO, ROMUALDO MIRANDA, SINDAO MELIBAS, SATURNINO LIWANAG, ROBERTO MEDINA AND RAMON NAVARRO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 187000 | 2014-11-24

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PERALTA, J.:

It is clearly provided by the Rules of Criminal Procedure that if the motion to quash is based on an alleged defect in the information which can be cured by amendment, the court shall order the amendment to be made.
 
For this Court's consideration is the Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, which seeks to reverse and set aside the Decision1 dated May 29, 2008 and Resolution2 dated February 26, 2009 of the Court of Appeals (CA).
 
The antecedent facts are the following:
 
Pursuant to the instructions of then Director of the Bureau of...