THE Supreme Court has ordered the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to pay some P1.08 billion as just compensation to 231 individuals whose lots and properties were expropriated eight years ago to give way for the development of the Batangas Port Zone.

In a five-page resolution, the Court en banc upheld its June 22, 2009 ruling and junked the motions for reconsideration filed by the PPA and the landowners for lack of merit.

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