G.R. No. 179907 http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/feb2009/179907.htm [1] Penned by Associate Justice Rodrigo V. Cosico, with Associate Justices Hakim S. Abdulwahid and Arturo G. Tayag, concurring; rollo, pp. 11-29. [2] Rollo, pp. 8-9. [3] Id. at 14. [4] Id. at 28. [5] Id. at 14. [6] Id. at 15. [7] Id. [8] Id. at 11-12. [9] Id. at 15-16. [10] Id. at 13-14. [11] Id. at 28-29. [12] Id. at 39. [13] People v. Alvarez, 436 Phil. 255, 271 (2002). [14] Otherwise known as the Migrant Workers Act of 1995. [15] People v. Gasacao, G.R. No. 168445, November 11, 2005, 474 SCRA 812, 822. [16] People v. Gallardo, 436 Phil. 698, 711 (2002). [17] People v. Ordoo, 390 Phil. 649, 666 (2000). [18] Sec. 7. Penalties. (a) Any person found guilty of illegal recruitment shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of not less than six (6) years and one (1) day but not more than twelve (12) years and a fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00). [19] People v. Ordoo, supra note 17, at 669. [20] People v. Comila, G.R. No. 171448, February 28, 2007, 517 SCRA 153, 167-168; People v. Ballesteros, 435 Phil. 205, 228 (2002). [21] 7 of 7 People v. Comila, supra note 20, at 167. 1/25/2016 2:35 PM