FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 254350. September 29, 2021.]
GREGORIO TOCMO IPONG, petitioner,vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.
[G.R. No. 254444. September 29, 2021.]
DENNIS L. CUNANAN, petitioner,vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution dated September 29, 2021which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 254350 (Gregorio Tocmo Ipong v. People of the Philippines); andG.R. No. 254444 (Dennis L. Cunanan v. People of the Philippines). — On July 14, 2021, the Court granted petitioner Dennis L. Cunanan's (Cunanan) Motion for Leave to Travel to the United States of America (USA) from June 29 to July 20, 2021, but required him to submit anew his detailed flight and travel itinerary considering that the original date of departure had already lapsed. On July 28, 2021, Cunanan filed a Manifestation of Compliance proposing a revised travel itinerary to the USA departing on October 7, 2021, and returning on November 5, 2021. In addition, he deposited P300,000.00 with the Court for his travel bond, appointed Atty. Je Froilan M. Clerigo as his personal agent, with authority to act for and on his behalf for the duration of his absence from the country, and asserted his willingness to submit a written notice of his return to the Clerk of Court within 24 hours from his arrival in the Philippines. Cunanan also prays that the hold departure order issued by the Sandiganbayan be lifted to allow him to depart from the Philippines in accordance with his proposed travel. 1 HTcADC
Meantime, petitioner Gregorio T. Ipong moved to withdraw his Petition in G.R. No. 254350 because an appeal was already perfected on December 1, 2020, docketed as G.R. No. 255222. 2
Considering that we have previously granted the Motion to Travel, 3 and in the interest of justice, we approve Cunanan's revised travel itinerary from October 7, 2021 to November 5, 2021. 4 The hold departure order issued by the Sandiganbayan is lifted and the Bureau of Immigration is directed to implement the same.
FOR THESE REASONS, the manifestation is APPROVED. Petitioner Dennis L. Cunanan is allowed to travel to the United States of America from October 7, 2021 to November 5, 2021. The hold departure order issued by the Sandiganbayan against petitioner Cunanan is lifted, in accordance with the approved travel itinerary, and the Bureau of Immigration is directed to implement the same.
Further, the motion to withdraw of petitioner Gregorio T. Ipong in G.R. No. 254350 is GRANTED. The case in G.R. No. 254350 is CLOSED and TERMINATED.
SO ORDERED."
By authority of the Court:
LIBRADA C. BUENADivision Clerk of Court
by:
(SGD.) MARIA TERESA B. SIBULODeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. G.R. No. 254350, rollo, pp. 116-117.
2. G.R. No. 254350, rollo, pp. 130-131.
3. G.R. No. 254350, rollo, pp. 111-120.
4. G.R. No. 254350, rollo, pp. 138-140.