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  THIRD DIVISION G.R. NO. 155409              June 8, 2007 VIRGILIO MAQUILAN,  petitioner, vs. DITA MAQUILAN,  respondent. D E C I S I O N AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ,  J.: Before the Court is a Petition for Review on  Certiorari  under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision 1  dated August 30, 2002 promulgated by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 69689, which affirmed the Judgment on Compromise Agreement dated January 2, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 3, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley, and the RTC Orders dated January 21, 2002 and February 7, 2002 (ORDERS) in Civil Case No. 656. The facts of the case, as found by the CA, are as follows: Herein petitioner and herein private respondent are spouses who once had a blissful married life and out of which were blessed to have a son. However, their once sugar coated romance turned bitter when petitioner discovered that private respondent was havin...

  THIRD DIVISION G.R. No. 88232 February 26, 1990 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,  petitioner, vs. HON. HENEDINO P. EDUARTE, in his capacity as Acting Presiding Judge of the RTC, Br. 22, Cabagan, Isabela; ELVINO AGGABAO and VILLA SURATOS,  respondents. Marallag & Marallag for Alma Aggabao. Josefin De Alban Law Office for private respondents. R E S O L U T I O N   CORTES,  J.: Assailed in this petition is the order of the Regional Trial Court of Cabagan, Isabela, Branch 22, dismissing the criminal information for concubinage filed against private respondents, on the ground of lack of jurisdiction. The antecedent facts are as follows: Upon complaint by Alma T. Aggabao, the Office of the Provincial Fiscal of Cabagan, Isabela filed on July 25, 1986 with the Regional Trial Court of Cabagan, Isabela, Branch 22, an information against private respondents Elvino Aggabao and Villa Suratos for the crime of concubinage [Annex "A" to the Petition; Rollo, p. 17.] allegedly co...

  SECOND DIVISION G.R. No. 196842               October 9, 2013 ALFREDO ROMULO A. BUSUEGO,  Petitioner, vs. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN MINDANAO and ROSA S. BUSUEGO,  Respondents. D E C I S I O N PEREZ,  J.: Before us is a petition for certiorari seeking to annul and set aside the Resolution of the Ombudsman dated 17 April 2009 1  and Order dated October 2010, 2  which directed the tiling of an Information for Concubinage under Article 334 of the Revised Penal Code against petitioner Alfredo Romulo A. Busuego (Alfredo). We chronicle the facts thus. Private respondent Rosa S. Busuego (Rosa) filed a complaint for: (1) Concubinage under Article 334 of the Revised Penal Code; (2) violation of Republic Act No. 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children); and (3) Grave Threats under Article 282 of the Revised Penal Code, before the Office of the Ombudsman against her husband, Alfredo, with designation Chief of Hospital, Da...