Officers and Members, Angeles City Lawyers League, September 29, 2006 The Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos Award, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Oct 19, 2007 The Gawad Anubing Award, Alitagtag, Batangas, May 4, 2011 Hall of Fame, Philippine Judges Association, October 9, 2013 Professional and Civic Organizations Member, Board of Judges, Ramon Ozaeta Awards, Philippine Bar Association, 2003 Member, Board of Judges, Committee on Judicial Excellence, 2003 Member, Order of Purple Feather honor Society, University of the Philippines College of Law Member, U.P. Law Alumni Association Member, Knights of Columbus Member, Philippine Bar Association Member, Philippine Judges Association Member, Third Philippine Judicial Delegation to the Federal Court of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, October 2001 Director, City Judges Association of the Philippines Independent Director, Union Bank of the Philippines, 2008–2012 Independent Director, San Miguel Purefoods Corporation, 2008–2013 Independent Director, San Miguel Properties Inc., 2010–2013 Books A Study of the Philippine Constitution. By Perfecto V. Fernandez, Jose A.R. Melo, Cancio G. Garcia, Aloysius C. Alday (1974) View from the Peak (October 2007) Some notable opinions Jaka Food Processing v. Pacot (2005) — on notice requirement for dismissals of employees for "authorized causes" Yuchengco v. Sandiganbayan (2006) – Dissenting — on the recovery of shares of stock in PLDT as part of the ill-gotten wealth of Ferdinand Marcos (joined by J. Ynares-Santiago & Chico-Nazario) City Government of Quezon City v. Bayan Telecommunications — on legislated exemptions from real property taxes Nicolas-Lewis v. COMELEC (2006) — on absentee voting by Filipinos with dual citizenship Bantay Republic Act 7941 v. COMELEC (2007) — on duty of COMELEC to disclose names of party-list candidates External links SC Justice Garcia Ends 46 Years of Gov’t Service On Oct. 19 (Official Supreme Court Press Release) Notes Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 1937 births 2013 deaths People from Batangas 20th-century Filipino judges University of the Philippines alumni Justices of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines Presiding Justices of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines 21st-century Filipino judges