On August 24, 2007, the Philippine Supreme Court (per 24-page decision by Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez), ordered the PPA to pay 231 residents of Batangas City the just compensation sum of P6 billion as payment of 185 lots it bought in 2001 for the construction of Phase 2 of the Batangas Port Zone.
On August 24, 2007, the Philippine Supreme Court (in a 24-page ruling by Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez), directed the PPA to compensate 231 residents of Batangas City with a total sum of P6 billion as payment for 185 lots it acquired in 2001 for the construction of Phase 2 of the Batangas Port Zone.