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Spouses Curata etc. vs. Philippine Ports Authority

SPOUSES ERNESTO F. CURATA AND LOURDES M. CURATA, EDUARDO M. MONTALBO, SPOUSES MARCELINO DALANGIN AND VITALIANA DALANGIN, PABLO SUMANGA, HEIRS OF MATEO MACARAIG, HEIRS OF PAULINA ACOSTA, HEIRS OF NICOLAS ALDOVER, SPOUSES MARCIANO MANALO AND LUCIA GABIA, GREGORIO FALTADO, SILVERIO ROSALES, AND CESARIO ILAO, HEIRS OF ALDOVER, CATALINA PEREZ, LORNA PANTANGCO, SONIA PANTANGCO, BELEN PANTANGCO, IRENEO PANTANGCO, JR., PEDRO CHAVEZ, SATURNINA PEREZ, ESTELITA C. PEREZ, ESTELITA M. PEREZ, ROMEO PEREZ, RUBEN PEREZ, MARIO PEREZ, NABOCHO DONAZA PEREZ, MANUEL PEREZ, HERMINIGILDO PEREZ, MAYHAYDA PEREZ, ALFREDO PEREZ, ERNESTO PEREZ AND ARACELI PEREZ (REPRESENTED BY ROSARIO PEREZ ROSEL), ROSALINDA BUENAFE, FRED M. HERNANDEZ MARRIED TO SUSANA ILAO, VICENTE GUTIERREZ, MARIA LACSAMANA, HEIRS OF JUANA MACALADLAD, FELISA HERNANDEZ, FELINO HERNANDEZ AND FLORENTINO MACATANGAY, HEIRS OF BASILIO MACARAIG AND PACIENCIA DEL MUNDO, AND ROSALINDA BUENAFE, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 158252] PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. REMEDIOS ROSALES-BONDOC, JOSE ROSALES, JR., ANTONIO ANTOLIN, MARIA THERESA ANTOLIN-YUPANGCO, ADORACION CABRAL, AGRIFINA GARCIA, ALFREDO BAUTISTA, EMELIA M. BERBA, ANDREA BALINA, ARSENIO ABACAN, AUGUSTO CLAVERIA, AUREA AND CONSOLACION ACOSTA, AZUCENA AND ARNEL PEREZ, BENJAMIN CASTILLO, BIENVENIDO MARALIT, BRIGIDO LONTOC, CONSTANCIA VILLAMOR BARCELO, CONSUELO ALCANTARA, CORAZON AND ISABEL ILAO, DANIEL MAGADIA, DR. EFREN ESPINO, DELIA ESPINO VELASCO AND ALFREDO P. ESPINO, ESPERANZA DIMAANDAL, ESTEBAN ESPINO, EVARISTO BAUAN, FELINO AND FELISA HERNANDEZ, FLORENTINO MACATANGAY, GENEROSA BUENAFE, GERARDO ABACAN, ERLINDA ABACAN, LILIANA ABACAN, GODOFREDO ROSALES, GREGORIA DAPAT, GUADALUPE DAYANGHIRANG, HEIRS OF LUCILA ALDOVER, HERIS OF POPULA LLANA, JOSE MARANAN, JOSE NOEL AGBING, ET AL., LAURO ABRAHAN, LIBRADA MACATANGAY VDA. DE ABAS, LILIA SINGUIMOTO, LUIS AND ZENAIDA LIRA, LUISA VDA. DE MONTALBO, LUISA VILLANUEVA, MA. CONSOLACION SARMIENTO, MARCIANA BUENAFE, MARIA CAEDO, MARIA ESPAÑOL, MARIA LACSAMANA, MARIA M. MONTALBO, MILAGROS MACATANGAY, PABLO MENDOZA, PEDRO ALCANTARA AND DOROTEA MACATANGAY, PEDRO MARASIGAN, PRISCILLA BUENAFE, RAFAEL S. BERBA, RUFINO GERON, SEGUNDINA GUALBERTO, SIMEON BALITA, SIXTO GUALBERTO, SPS. CARLITO AND ENRIQUETA CASAS, AND SPS. JAIME AND REYNADA TAURO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 166200] PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (SPECIAL SIXTEENTH DIVISION), HON. PATERNO TAC-AN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BATANGAS CITY, BRANCH 84, FELIPA ACOSTA, SPS. EMILIO BERBERABE, HEIRS OF SPS. ATANACIA ALDOVER AND CESARIO RIVERA, ROMULO S. BALINA, ADORACION MAGTIBAY, SOLE HEIR OF SPS. PEDRO MONTALBO AND MAURICIA BALINA-CATALINA, MONTALBO ALDOVER, HEIRS OF LEOCADIO AND LEONILA ALANO, HEIRS OF SPS. LEOCADIO ALANO AND FELIPA MACATANGAY, LEANDRO R. GALVEZ, HEIRS OF SIMEON MAGTIBAY, GRABRIELA ACOSTA FOR HERSELF AND AS SOLE HEIR OF ESTANESLAWA ACOSTA, HEIRS OF NESTORA ALCANTARA AND BROTHERS, SPS. ZOLIO ALDOVER AND CATALINA MONTALBO ALDOVER, CATALINA D. BALINA, SIMEON D. BALINA, ERLINDA D. BALINA MARRIED TO ALBERTO REYES, SOLE HEIR OF FORTUNATO D. BALINA MARRIED TO FAUSTINA BURAL, JOSEFA GRACE BRUAL, NEMESIO D. BALINA MARRIED TO CONCHITA MORALES, HEIRS OF TOMASA BALINA, FRANCISCO A. BERBERABE, EMELIO FRANCISCO BERBERABE JR., THOMAS A. BERBERABE MARRIED TO NYMPHA ATIENZA, JOEL A. BERBERABE MARRIED TO MURITA REYES, HEIRS OF CECILIA DIMAANDAL, SPS. EDILBERTO DIMAANDAL, LILIA GARCIA, JUANA DIMAANDAL, HEIRS OF VICENTA GUTIERREZ, HEIRS OF EVARISTO MONTALBO AND FELISA MONTALBO, HEIRS OF FRANCISCO SUMANGA, NEMESIO D. BALINA AND ERLINDA D. BALINA, AND CAROLINA B. ACOSTA AND ABIGAIL B. ACOSTA, RESPONDENTS. [GR. NO. 168272] ROSALINDA BUENAFE AND MELENCIO CASTILLO, PETITIONERS, VS. PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 170683] PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. CAROLINE B. ACOSTA, ABIGAIL B. ACOSTA, NEMESIO D. BALINA, AND ERLINDA D. BALINA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 173392] PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. REMEDIOS ROSALES-BONDOC, JOSE K. ROSALES, JR., MARIA TERESA ANTOLIN-YUPANGCO, MARIA LOURDES ANTOLIN, ARSENIO ABACAN, PEDRO ALCANTARA, HEIRS OF POPULA LLANA, GODOFREDO ROSALES, LUIS LIRA, ZENAIDA LIRA, CORAZON ILAO, MILAGROS MACATANGAY, LILIA SINGUIMOTO, GERARDO ABACAN, JOSE NOEL AGBING, ET AL., MARCIANA BUENAFE, ESTEBAN ESPINO, BRIGIDO LONTOK, BIENVENIDO MARALIT, AUREA ACOSTA, CONSUELO ALCANTARA, BENJAMIN CASTILLO, AUGUSTO CLAVERIA, RUFINO GERON, SEGUNDINA GUALBERTO, SIXTO GUALBERTO, ADORACION CABRAL, HEIRS OF LUCILA ALDOVER, JAIME TAURO, SIMEON MAGTIBAY, CONSTANCIA VILLAMOR BARCELO, MA. CONSOLACION SARMIENTO, PRISCILLA BUENAFE, MA. CLARA BERBA, PACITA BERBA, AMELIA BERBA, RAFAEL BERBA, MARIANO DIOKNO, HEIRS OF BASILIO MACARAIG, FELINO HERNANDEZ, JOSE MARANAN, GREGORIO DAPAT, MANUEL AMUL, DANIEL MAGADIA, LUISA MONTALBO, SIMEON BALITA, MARIA LACSAMANA, MARIA CAEDO, MARIA ESPAÑOL, PEDRO MARASIGAN, ANDREA BALINA, EULALIO BUENAFE, GENEROSA BUENAFE, LILIANA ABACAN (CO-OWNER OF GERARDO ABACAN), ERLINDA ABACAN (CO-OWNER OF GERARDO ABACAN), CONSOLACION ACOSTA, CECILLE OLIVIA CUISIA, DELIA E. VELASCO, ALFREDO P. ESPINO, EFREN ESPINO, ALFREDO BAUTISTA, RAFAEL LLANA, RUSTICA LLANA, PEDRO MAGADIA, ROSE MAGADIA, ARNEL PEREZ, EVARISTA BAUAN, CARLITO CASAS, AZUCENA PEREZ, ESPERANZA DIMAANDAL, JUANA MACALALAD, PABLO MENDOZA, DOROTEO MACATANGAY, FRANCISCO SUMANGA, LIBRADA MACATANGAY VDA. DE ABAS, MARIA MONTALBO, WILSON ONG, AGRIFINA GARCIA, ISABEL ILAO, HEIRS OF MELANIO ACOSTA AND PELAGIA ACOSTA, ROSA D. MAGADIA, GUADALUPE DAYANGHIRANG, LAURO ABRAHAM, FELISA MACATANGAY, FRANCISCO ABALOS, PETRA ALANO, HEIRS OF SEVERO ALANO, HEIRS OF SOLEDAD ALANO, HEIRS OF INOCENCIO ALANO, HEIRS OF REMEDIOS ALANO, HEIRS OF ANTONIO ALANO, HEIRS OF FELIPE ALANO, ERLINDA D. BALINA, NEMESIO BALINA, FELIPA ACOSTA, LAMBERTO ACOSTA, EMILIO BERBERABE, SOLE HEIR OF GABRIELA ACOSTA, ESTANISLAW ACOSTA, HEIRS OF CECILIA DIMAANDAL, HEIRS OF FRANCISCO SUMANGA, HEIRS OF SIMEON MAGTIBAY, HEIRS OF CESARIO RIVERA AND ANATACIA ALDOVER, FRANCISCO A. BERBERABE, EMILIO F. BERBERABE, JR., ANITA G. ESCANO, LYDIA G. CAPULONG, ERLINDA BERMER (GERMER), ERLINDA G. GONZALES, ROMULO G. GONZALES, ANUNCIACION GUTIERREZ, SILVERIO ATIENZA, FELIPE SERRANO AND SPOUSE, J.L. GANDIONCO REALTY, GREGORIO BALIWAG, LOURDES MERCADO, AUGUSTO MERCADO, HEIRS OF FIDENCIO MERCADO, HEIRS OF CONCEPCION MERCADO, SATURNINO PEREZ, ET AL., DOMINGO L. TAN, DANIEL MAGADIA, CELIA PASION DIMAANDAL, ET AL., LUISA VILLANUEVA, SIMEON BALINA, JOEL BERBERABE, THOMAS BERBERABE, HEIRS OF NESTOR ALCANTARA, ENRICO ALCANTARA, LEONARDO ALCANTARA, ROMULO BALINA, JUANA DIMAANDAL, CATALINA D. BALINA, HEIRS OF FORTUNATA BALINA, SPS. ZOILO ALDOVER AND CATALINA MONTALBO, HEIRS OF PEDRO MONTALBO AND MAURICIA BALINA, ADORACION MAGTIBAY, HEIRS OF VICENTE GUTIERREZ, EDILBERTO DIMAANDAL AND LILIA GABIA, HEIRS OF EVARISTO MONTALBO AND FELISA MONTALBO, HEIRS OF LEOCADIO ALANO AND LEONILA ALANO, TOMASA BALINA, LUMIN ANTOLIN (REP. BY LEANDRO GALVEZ), VICENTE DE RIVERA, RENE DE RIVERA, FRANCISCO MERCADO, SERAFIN MONTALBO, FORTUNATA BAUNA, SALUD MACARAIG, FLORENDO MACATANGAY, PASTOR REALTY CORP., LUZ BALMES, PERPETUA ATIENZA, FORTUNATA ATIENZA, ISABELO ATIENZA, BROTHERS OF FORTUNATA BALINA, ROSALINDA C. ROSALES, AND PATRICIO SUMANGA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 154211-12 | 2009-06-22

D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO JR., J.:
 
The Cases

Before the Court are six petitions and a motion for reconsideration of our Decision dated August 24, 2007,[1] all offshoots of various orders, writs, and processes issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 84 in Batangas City in Civil Case No. 5447, a suit for expropriation initiated on October 14, 1999 by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), entitled Philippine Ports Authority v. Felipa Acosta, et al.

While procedural and collateral issues abound, central to these petitions, however, is the matter of just compensation for the lots sought to be expropriated by PPA...