REMINDERS

- STUDY PRINCIPLES OF THE CASES

- 30 MCQ 2 PTS EACH, 90 minutes
- Essay 40 pts.
1. G.R. No. 147465 January 30, 2002 METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, petitioner, vs. JANCOM ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION and JANCOM
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PTY. LIMITED OF AUSTRALIA,
2. G.R. No. 94759 January 21, 1991 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS, INC., petitioner, vs. COURT
OF APPEALS, HON. NARCISO T. ATIENZA as Presiding Judge, Bulacan, RTC, and HON.
VICENTE CRUZ, Acting Mayor and the MUNICIPALITY OF STA. MARIA, BULACAN,
3. G.R. No. L-24670 December 14, 1979 ORTIGAS & CO., LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
plaintiff-appellant, vs. FEATI BANK AND TRUST CO., defendant-appellee.
4. Frabelle Properties Corp. Vs. AC Enterprises, Inc. G.R. No. 245438. November 3, 2020
5. LA BUGAL
6. G.R. Nos. 171947-48 December 18, 2008 MMDA V MANILA BAY
7. [G.R. NO. 169228 : September 11, 2009] THE ALEXANDRA CONDOMINIUM
CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
Respondent.
8. G.R. No. 191427 May 30, 2011 UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORP. (CORN DIVISION), Petitioner,
vs. LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Respondent.
9. [G.R. NO. 122855 : March 31, 2005] METRO ILOILO WATER DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. HON.
COURT OF APPEALS, Former SECOND DIVISION, Manila, HON. SEVERINO C.
AGUILAR, Presiding Judge, Branch 35, RTC, Iloilo, EMMA NAVA, RUFINO SITACA, JR.,
REXES URSUA, CARMEN PANGANTIHON, BENITO GO, REBECCA BERLIN, and / or
CHIT BERLIN, LUIS CARREON, CHARLES KANA-AN and GERRY LUZURIAGA,
10. G.R. No. L-63742 April 17, 1989 TANJAY WATER DISTRICT, represented by Engr. JOEL B.
BORROMEO, Manager, petitioner, vs. HON. PEDRO GABATON, MUN. OF PAMPLONA,
APOLINARIO ARNAIZ, ROMULO ALPAS, WENCESLAO DURAN, SERGIO SALMA,
APOLLO BOBON, CATALINO ORTEGA, FRANCISCO ZERNA, ANTONIO
DIVINAGRACIA, PEDRO SINCERO, DIONISIO TABALOC, ROMEO RAMIREZ,
FRANCISCO CABILAO and ESPERIDION MOSO, respondents. G.R. No. 84300 April 17,
1989
11. ZABBAL V DUTERTE
MMDA v JANCOM

- Built operate and transfer

- Banning of incinerator is not total, what is prohibited is the toxic kind.
- Non-Impairment

Technology Developer v CA

- Issue is Jursisdiction: Is it the local government’s JD?

- Same issue with AC enterprise

AC Enterprise

- “Condominium aircon” - noise pollution or air pollution?

- Issue of JD - SC held that RTC has JD to abate noise pollution.

MMDA vs Concerned Citizens…

- Intergenerational Responsibility
- Principle: Duty of Govt to issue permit
- Rehab of MNL bay may be compelled by court through a mandamus. Duty to clean and rehab is
ministerial. Unlike in Oposa, mandamus did not prosper because it is not the court’s discretion. If
applicant is qualified, issue permit.
- To perform duties of gov’t officials and to do it are different concepts.
- Enforcement of law is ministerial. It is the duty of the govt to ensure the health and safety of the
people ie cleaning and rehab. Of manila bay.

Alexandra

- Alexandra condo does not have sewage treatment plan, they resorted to chlorine like chemicals to
treat their water wastes, but it did not
- Ruling: Court sustained that LLDA has jurisdiction to impose penalty when it comes to issues on
water pollution.
- Under RA 4850, LLDA may impose penalties to violators
- RA 8450: LLDA has jurisdiction outside Laguna, it includes all rivers in the NCR.

Universal Robina

- Bagong Ilog Pasig - waste produced by corn oil and animals feeds polluted river.
 - Like Alexandra, they only used chemical treatment.
- They must comply and the LLDA can compel

Metro Iloilo

- Who has JD over the complaint?

- SC said it is not the issue of water rights but a franchise issue. Hence, it is the court who can
decide on the case, not NWRB.

Tanjay

- NWRB has JD (in contrast with Metro Iloilo)

MCQ

1. Dolomite
2. Crude Oil
3. Bitumen
4. Paraffin
5. Renewable and non-renewable
6. Biodiversity,
7. sustainabilitu
8. Essential natural resources
9. Kyoto Protocol (1997)
10. Montreal Agreement (1987)
11. Greenhouse Gases
12. Paris Agreement (2015)
13. Critically Endangered
14. Exotic
15. Pangolines
16. Flora and Fauna (richest in Mt. Tapulao, Zambales)
17. Biofuel/Biomass
18. Reneewable means non-conventional
19. Replenishable (with human intervention
20. Renewable (no human intervention)