Manila Prince Hotel vs.

GSIS

Facts:

At stake was the 51% ownership of Manila Hotel, to Renong Berdad, a Malaysian
firm who after a sealed bidding contest won. Petitioner Manila Prince Hotel, a local Filipino firm
who was the only other bidder, moved to match the price tendered by the foreign company and
invoked the Filipino First Policy as embodied by Section 10,Article 12 of the 1987

Constitution.Issue: a) Whether or not Manila Hotel is a part of our national patrimony.b)
Whether or not Section 10 (2) Article 12 of the 1987 Constitution is self-executing.


Held:

a) It is a welcoming landmark, past and present, of many visiting dignitaries fromforeign nations
and also a silent and living witness of many historical events of our country, the Manila Hotel
was deemed by the Supreme Court part of our national patrimony.

b) The Supreme Court declared positively, that Section 10 (2) Article 12 of the1987 Constitution
that from the very words of the provision, it does not require anylegislation to put it into
operation. It is per se judicially enforceable, thus self-executing.