SYLLABI/SYNOPSIS
THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 127159. May 5, 1999]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REMEDIOS ENRIQUEZ y AGUILAR,
accused-appellant.
DECISION
ROMERO, J.:
Before us is an appeal by Remedios Enriquez from the Decisioni[1] dated October 25, 1996 in
Criminal Case No. 94-5890 rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 117, Pasay City,
convicting her of illegal recruitment in large scale under Article 38 (b) of the Labor Code of the
Philippines, as amended. The decretal portion of the decision reads:
WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the Court finds the accused Remedios Enriquez y
Aguilar GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt for the crime of illegal recruitment defined and
penalized under Art. 38 (b) of the Labor Code of the Philippines (PD 442, as amended) and
sentences her to a penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P100,000.00; to indemnify
Alfredo Evangelista the amount of P3,370; Regina Evangelista the amount of P5,000; Josefino
Mendoza the amount of P3,370; Redentor Teves the amount of P7,740; Sheila Lahay Lahay the
amount of P5,000; Felix Azul the amount of P3,370 and Lorna Pasagui, the amount of P3,370,
and to pay the costs.
SO ORDERED.
The accused-appellant was charged with the crime of illegal recruitment in large scale allegedly
committed as follows:
That on or about the period comprised from December 1993 up to May 1994, in Pasay, Metro
Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named
accused, Remedios Enriquez y Aguilar, John Doe and Jane Doe, conspiring, confederating and
mutually helping one another, and by falsely representing themselves to have the capacity to
contract, enlist, employ and recruit workers for employment in Taiwan, did then and there
wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously for a fee, recruit Marcos Cabuyao y Barot, Pedro Cabuyao y
Barot, Remegio de leon, Norman delos Reyes y Kuirulf, Lorna Pasagi y Versosa, Herminio
Aquino y Kal, Jose Alcovendas y delos Santos, Emmanuel delos Santos y dela Cruz, Romeo
Gahol y Makatangay, Leonel Balagtas, Rolando Vitug, Alexander Calderon, Vilma Oasay y
Cajumban, Joey Mendoza, Ester Sayson, Pepito Francisco, Crisencia Quinia, Sonny Magbanua,
Rogelio Obando y Caser, Jona delos Reyes y Kieruff, Shiela Lahay-Lahay y delos Reyes, Efren
Reyes y Mangulabnan, Leonila Guiruela, Leonora Cusi, Felix Azul, Jr., Rosario Rusanto,
Nikolas Nalla y Naobre, Regina Evangelista y dela Pea, Carlos Solano, Jr. y Sunglao, Feliciano