EN BANC
[G.R. No. 181067. January 24, 2012.]
CECILIA OREÑA-DRILON, ET AL., petitioners,vs. HON. RONALDO V. PUNO, ET AL., respondents.
[G.R. No. 181159. January 24, 2012.]
RAOUL ESPERAS, ET AL.,petitioners,vs. HON. EDUARDO ERMITA, ET AL.,respondents.
PABLITO V. SANIDAD, ET AL.,petitioners-in-intervention.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution dated JANUARY 24, 2012, which reads as follows: cSTHAC
"G.R. No. 181067(Cecilia Oreña-Drilon, et al. vs. Hon. Ronaldo V. Puno, et al.) and G.R. No. 181159(Raoul Esperas, et al. vs. Hon. Eduardo Ermita, et al.; Pablito V. Sanidad, et al., petitioners-in-intervention). — The Court Resolved to:
(a) DIRECT the Process Servicing Unit to SEND ANEW, together with this resolution, the resolution dated November 15, 2011 intended for Atty. Mario R. Sandiego to the Director of the Legal Service, Philippine National Police, National Headquarters, Camp Crame, Quezon City;
(b) NOTE the Compliance and Manifestation dated December 22, 2011 filed by counsel for petitioners in G.R. No. 181067 in compliance with the resolution of November 15, 2011, stating that as of December 22, 2011, no criminal complaints or cases arising from the November 29, 2007 Manila Peninsula incident have been filed against any of the petitioners and that there have been no developments relevant to their petition since the filing of their Reply on May 14, 2008;
(c) GRANT the Motion to Admit Manifestation dated January 4, 2012 filed by counsel for petitioners in G.R. No. 181067;
(d) NOTE the aforesaid Manifestation dated January 4, 2012, stating, among other things, that no cases arising from the November 29, 2007 Manila Peninsula incident have been filed against the said petitioners;
(e) NOTE and GRANT the Manifestation and Motion dated December 16, 2011 filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), requesting for an extension of twenty (20) days from December 17, 2011, or until January 6, 2012, within which to comply with the resolution of November 15, 2011;
(f) NOTE and GRANT the Manifestation and Motion dated January 6, 2012 filed by the OSG, stating that it wrote the public respondents requesting them to verify the matters inquired in the resolution of November 15, 2011 but it has not yet received response from the public respondents, and praying that the public respondents be granted an additional period of fifteen (15) days from January 6, 2012, or until January 21, 2012, within which to comply with the resolution of November 15, 2011;
(g) GRANT the Motion dated December 16, 2011 filed by counsel for petitioners for an extension of five (5) days from December 17, 2011, or until December 22, 2011, within which to comply with the resolution of November 15, 2011; and
(h) NOTE the Compliance and Manifestation dated December 22, 2011 filed by counsel for petitioners-in-intervention in G.R. No. 181159 pursuant to the resolution of November 15, 2011, stating that there have been no new or subsequent developments that personally concerned them and that the issues raised in the petition are transcendental in nature and should be resolved for the guidance and understanding of both public respondents and members of media." Brion, J., on official leave. (7) TECcHA
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDALClerk of Court