THE Court of Appeals (CA) has junked the petition of television giant GMA Network, Inc. questioning the legality of the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) imposition of Supervision and Regulatory Fees (SRF) for the period 2006 to 2008 in the amount of P59.7 million. In a 27-page ruling penned by Associate Justice Pablito Perez,…
Court of Appeals (File photo) MANILA - The Court of Appeals (CA) granted an appeal filed by actor Aga Muhlach and his manager to nullify a lower court decision that ordered them to pay more than PHP7 million in damages due to breach of contract. The CA Third Division "extinguished" all obligations ofMuhlach and talent manager Ethelwolda Ramos of the management firm AMC Entertainment with Pacific Asian Advertising Specialist, Inc. (PAASI) in a 28-page decision written by Associate Justice Pablito Perez on January 11 and made public online Monday. PAASI had contracted AMC in 2009 for Muhlach to promote aesthetics company Marie France for Men'sweight loss program for PHP10 million, with PHP6.5 million paid before the legal row started. From March 8, 2010 when the contract was signed, Muhlach was recorded to have lost 32 inches in body width and weighed 182 pounds from a starting point of 190 pounds. PAASI later sued Muhlach after it discovered that the actor said in intervie
The Court of Appeals says the contract between Aga Muhlach and the ad agency 'could have been written with more precision in order for their intent to be beyond misunderstanding or disagreement'
By Joel R. San Juan @jrsanjuan1573 THE Court of Appeals (CA) has set aside the ruling issued by a Makati City regional trial court, which found popular movie actor and television host Ariel “Aga” Muhlach and his manager Ethel Ramos guilty of breach of contract and ordered them to jointly pay an…