CASE DIGEST: ANG LADLAD LGBT PARTY vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, G.R. No. 190582, EN BANC, April 8, 2010 FACTS: “Ang Ladlad” is an organization of people who identify themselves as lesbians, gays, bisexuals or trans- genders. The Comelec dismissed the petition on moral grounds as “the definition of the LGBT sector makes it crystal clear […]
Month: February 2021
CASE DIGEST: ROMMEL JACINTO DANTES SILVERIO vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, G.R. No. 174689, October 22, 2007 FACTS: Rommel Jacinto Dantes Silverio filed a petition for the change of his first name to “Mely” and sex (gender) in his birth certificate be changed to female since he underwent sex reassignment surgery. The OSG alleges that […]
CASE DIGEST: KILUSANG MAYO UNO vs. THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, NEDA, G.R. No. 167798, APRIL 19, 2006 FACTS: President Arroyo issued EO 420 directing a unified ID system among the various government agencies and GOCCs for the purpose of having a uniform ID for all government agencies. Kilusang Mayo Uno and others assailed this EO for being […]
Case Digest: KNIGHTS OF RIZAL vs. DMCI HOMES, INC., et.al. G.R. No. 213948 EN BANC, April 18, 2017 FACTS: A Resolution was issued to temporarily suspend the building permit of DMCI-PDI, citing that the Torre de Manila Condo will rise up high above the back of the national monument, to clearly dwarf the statue of […]