Blanco v. Manalo

DIZON, J.:

This is a petition for the review of the decision rendered by the Public Service Commission in PSC's Case No. 121628, the dispositive part of which reads as follows: In view of the foregoing, public necessity having been duly proven and established, and that the grant of additional units will promote public welfare in a proper and suitable manner; that applicant-operators being all financially capable and are Filipino citizens, or corporations, 60% of the capital stock of which are owned by Filipino citizens, let an authority be granted to the herein applicant-operators authorizing them to operate additional taxicab units within the City of Manila and its suburbs, and from any place in the said territory to any other place in the Island of Luzon directly accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice-versa, with the following number of units specified after their respective names: Name of Operator Trade Name Increase of Equipment Authorized 1.

NELIA MANALO Ace Taxi 4 2. ADMIRAL TAXICAB CO. Admiral 5 3.

SABINO GONZALES Albert 1 4. ANTIPOLO TAXICAB & GARAGE CO. Antipolo 4 5.

AURELIA C. GONZALES Banner 3 6. CARLOS DIMAYUGA Circle I 5 7. RUPERTO M. RODELAS Circle II 6 8.

A.D. SANTOS INC. City Cab 18 9. MARCELINO LIM Diamond 4 10.

FRANCISCO A. OLALIA Family 4 11. FORTUNATO F. HALILI Halili 1 12. BRIGIDA R. VDA.

DE SILVA Holiday I 5 13. ROMEO R. SILVA Holiday II 8 14. JOSE F. ZAMORA Golden 25 15.

FELIPE J. ZAMORA Golden 7 16. ALFREDO B. ZAMORA Golden 7 17. BENEDICTO K. KATIGBAK Jaguar 9 18.

VIOLETA LAYGO JC 3 19. VICTOR KATIGBAK KAT 4 20. LA MALLORCA Mallorca 36 21.

CENTRAL TAXICAB Liberty 8 22. ANTONIO KATIGBAK, et. al.

Lily 3 23. CARLOS VILLENA Lunar I 1 24. MILAGROS MACASAET Mayon 4 25.

MD TRANSIT & TAXI CO. MDTaxi 4 26. BELEN MANALO (ESTATE OF ZARRAGA & SILVA) Miladi 3 27.

ROSARIO VDA. DE MONSERRAT MY 7 28. P & B TAXICAB CO.

INC. P & B 7 29. PESO TAXICAB CO.

INC. Peso 5 30. AMADOR RAYMUNDO Raysan 1 31.

JAJA INC. Republic I 7 32. CLOVER ENTERPRISES INC.

Republic II 5 33. REX TAXI CO. INC.

Rex Taxi 10 34. MODESTO MERCARDO Saboy 4 35. TAURUS CO.

INC. Taurus 5 36. ENRIQUE MONSERRAT, JR.

Tops 8 37. LUIS T. VALENCIA 77 Taxi 5 38. RAYMUNDO KATIGBAK 88 Taxi 5 39.

GERMAN VILLANUEVA Viltra 1 40. MANILA YELLOW TAXICAB Yellow Taxi 15 41. UNITED TRANSPORT CO.

United 15 42. FELIPE C. MONSERRAT Zenith 12 43. ALLIANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEM CO.

INC. Alliance 3 44. NOLI REYES Toro 3 45.

KINGSWAY TAXICAB CORP. Kingsway 3 46. VICENTE VISTAN Atlas Taxi 1 47.

JOSE C. REYES Blu Car 1 48. FRANCISCO QUISUMBING Dollar Taxi 5 49. F. & R. QUISUMBING Dollar Taxi 5 50.

RODOLFO QUISUMBING Dollar Taxi 5 51. ARTURO MIRANDA Green Archer 1 52. CARLOS LOPEZ Lopez Taxi 1 53.

ALBERTO AFRICA Lunar II 1 54. NIEVES DE LEON New Yorker 1 55. FRANCISCO AFRICA Prince 2 56.

JULIO T. LAO Princess 2 57. PAZ MARQUEZ BENITEZ Redi 2 58. PEDRO REYES Safeway 1 59.

ALBERTO CRUZ Seven Eleven 2