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1"8"#$R%&N'N% $. ('RC)S, et al., petitioners,vs.*)N)R'+,$ R'-,
('NG,'.-S, et al., respondents#a/ts0&n 1"81, #erdinand (ar/os
was deposed fro the presiden/y through a people powerrevolution,
for/ed into e2ile and in his stead, Cora3on '4uino was de/lared
.resident.Now, (ar/os, in his deathbed, has signified his wish to
return to the .hilippines to diebut .resident '4uino,
/onsideringthe/onse4uen/es of (ar/os5returnat atiewhenthestability
of the governent is threatened and the e/onoy is 6ust beginning to
rise, has stoodfirly in her de/ision to bar the return of (r.
(ar/os and his faily.&ssue01. Whether or not the (ar/oses have
the right to return to the .hilippines.2. Whether or not, inthe
e2er/ise of the powers grantedbythe Constitution, the.resident ay
prohibit the (ar/oses fro returning to the .hilippines.7.
'ssuingthe.resident hasthepowertobarthereturnofthe(ar/oses,
didthe.resident a/ted with grave abuse of dis/retion8*eld01. 9es.
:he Supree Court ephasi3ed that the right to travel is totally
distin/t to return toone5s /ountry and although the forer is the
only one spe/ifi/ally guaranteed in the +illof Rights, it was still
held that the right to return, as provided for under the
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'ntoniareindinghertoBeepherself in good /ondition so that their
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the /hild to live in a house in (anila where they livedas a faily
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daages for brea/h of proise to arry and Bids to paternal
support*$,%0 .roise to arry not satisfa/torily proved so the trial
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a/tion for brea/h of proise to arry has no standing for /ivil law,
apart fro the right tore/over oney or property advan/ed by the
plaintiff upon the faith of su/h proise. :his /ase e2hibits none of
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onlyentitled to the support of the first /hild be/ause of CesarCs
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