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	GR No. 139180 2001-07-31	PEOPLE v. ROLANDO RIVERA MENDOZA, J.
Consequently, the award of civil indemnity in the amount of P75,000.00 made by the trial court cannot be sustained. Such amount can only be awarded if the crime of rape was effectively qualified by any of the circumstances under which the death penalty is authorized by the applicable amendatory laws.[76] Accordingly, the civil indemnity awarded to complainant must be reduced to P50,000.00 in consonance with current rulings.[77]
	GR No. 113265 2001-03-05	PEOPLE v. MANUEL PEREZ Y MAGPANTAY QUISUMBING, J.
On the award of damages, we find that a modification is in order. The trial court awarded offended party the sum of P50,000.00 as "consequential damages." The award of P50,000.00 to the rape victim is more precisely termed as civil indemnity. The imposition is mandatory upon the finding of rape.[24] In addition, the amount of P50,000.00 is also awarded to a victim of rape as moral damages.[25] Hence, the trial court's decision must be modified in this respect.
	GR No. 137383-84. 2000-11-23	PEOPLE v. REYNALDO VELASQUEZ Y OCAMPO GONZAGA-REYES, J.
Finally, VELASQUEZ is further ordered to pay AAA P50,000.00 as moral damages and P50,000.00 as civil indemnity for each count of rape in accordance with prevailing jurisprudence.[21]