November 2011 - Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
[G.R. No. 181067 : November 15, 2011]
CECILIA ORENA-DRILON, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. HON. RONALDO V. PUNO, ET AL., RESPONDENTS. [ G.R. NO. 181159. NOVEMBER 15, 2011 ] RAOUL ESPERAS, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. HON. EDUARDO ERMITA, ET AL., RESPONDENTS.
"G.R. No. 181067 (Cecilia Orena-Drilon, et al., petitioners v. Hon. Ronaldo V. Puno, et al., respondents); and G.R. No. 181159 (Raoul Esperas, et al., petitioners v. Hon. Eduardo Ermita, et al., respondents).- The Court resolves to require the parties to MOVE IN THE PREMISES by Manifesting, within ten (10) days from notice, pertinent, subsequent developments that may help it in its immediate disposition of the case or that may render the case moot and academic.
In this regard, petitioners are required to inform this Court of subsequent developments relevant to their Petitions since the filing of their respective Replies on 14 May 2008 in G.R. No. 181067 and on 07 July 2008 in G.R. No. 181159. Also, they must inform this Court whether cases arising from the 29 November 2007 Manila Peninsula incident were filed against them by respondents, and the status of the said cases.
Respondent DOJ Secretary is required to inform this Court whether the undated DOJ Advisory issued by then Sec. Gonzales is still in effect. The Advisory is addressed to all Chief Executive Officers of media networks, media companies, press groups and other entities, reminding them of the possibility of incurring criminal liabilities in case of authorized police or military operations.[1] She is also required to inform this Court whether the DOJ has filed cases against the said entities by virtue of the Advisory and what the latest status of those cases is.
The other public respondents are likewise required to inform this Court of whatever case/s they have filed against petitioners arising from the 29 November 2007 incident and their latest status, as well as of any subsequent events relevant to these cases since the Office of the Solicitor General filed its Comment on the Petition-in-Intervention dated 06 October 2008." cralaw
Leonardo-De Castro, J., on official business.
Del Castillo, J., on official leave.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDAL
Clerk of Court
Endnotes:
[1] See Annex �B�, G.R. No. 181159, rollo, p. 95.