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G.R. No. 100091 October 22, 1992 CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED ITS PRESIDENT DR. LEONARDO A. CHUA, petitioner, vs. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD, THE COURT OF APPEALS and ALVIN OBRIQUE, REPRESENTING BUKIDNON FREE FARMERS FACTS: The petitioner, the CMU,  is an agricultural education institution owned and run by the estate located in the town of Musuan, Bukidnon province. It started as a farm school at Marilag, Bukidnon, in early 1910, in response to the public demand for an agricultural school in Mindanao. In the early 1960's, it was converted into a college until it became what is now known as the CMU, but still primarily an agricultural university. On January 16, 1958 the late Carlos P. Garcia, issued Proclamation No. 467, withdrawing from sale or settlement and reserving for the Mindanao Agricultural College, a site which would be the future campus of what is now the CMU. A total land area comprising 3,080 hectares was surveyed and registe...

EN BANC [A.M. No. MTJ-91-567. December 6, 1996] MODESTO T. UALAT, complainant, vs. JUDGE JOSE O. RAMOS, respondent. [A.M. No. MTJ-91-588. December 6, 1996] QUIRINO SABIO, complainant, vs. JUDGE JOSE O. RAMOS, respondent. D E C I S I O N PANGANIBAN, J.: Ignorance of the law on the part of a judge is not only most ignominious, it is also prejudicial to litigants and the administration of justice as a whole. Magistrates are well-advised to keep abreast of the latest in legislation and jurisprudence, and avoid dealing out injustice and reaping embarrassment for themselves. These are two (2) administrative cases [1] filed by complainants Quirino Sabio and Modesto Ualat against respondent Judge Jose O. Ramos of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Echague, Isabela, for knowingly rendering (an) unjust judgment, ignorance of the law and serious misconduct relative to his taking cognizance of an action docketed as Civil Case No. 827 and entitled Leonardo Coma vs. Quirin...

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Eighth Congress Republic Act No. 6657             June 10, 1988 AN ACT INSTITUTING A COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INDUSTRIALIZATION, PROVIDING THE MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: : CHAPTER I Preliminary Chapter Section 1. Title . — This Act shall be known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 . Section 2. Declaration of Principles and Policies . — It is the policy of the State to pursue a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The welfare of the landless farmers and farmworkers will receive the highest consideration to promote social justice and to move the nation toward sound rural development and industrialization, and the establishment of owner cultivatorship of economic-size farms a...