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	GR No. 170634 2013-01-08	PEOPLE v. PEDRO BUADO BERSAMIN, J.
In Criminal Case No. 974-V-99, the CA sustained the P75,000.00 granted as civil indemnity, increased the moral damages to 1!75,000.00, and retained P25,000.00 as exemplary damages. Instructive on the civil liabilities to be imposed in Criminal Case No. 974-V-99 is People v. Antonio,[64] where the Court held that Republic Act No. 9346 prohibited only the imposition of the death penalty and did not affect the corresponding pecuniary or civil liabilities. Based on the pronouncement in People v. Bejic[65] to the effect that the civil indemnity should be in the amount of
	GR No. 183619 2009-10-13	PEOPLE v. SALVINO SUMINGWA NACHURA, J.
As to damages, appellant should pay AAA P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, which is awarded if the crime is qualified by circumstances that warrant the imposition of the death penalty.[43] In light of prevailing jurisprudence,[44] we increase the award of moral damages from P50,000.00 to P75,000.00. Further, the award of exemplary damages in the amount of P30,000.00[45] is authorized due to the presence of the qualifying circumstances of minority and relationship.[46]