AUTHORIZING JUSTICES AND OFFICIALS OF THE SUPREME COURT, COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS TO ATTEND THE ACTION PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION.

The Supreme Court, through the Committee of Public Information, Office of the Court Administrator, Public Information Office and Program Management Office, conducted Chamber-To-Chamber Project: Dialogues with the Business Sector throughout the country to foster better understanding between the judiciary and the business sector. As a culminating activity of the dialogues, an Action Planning Workshop among the members of the Committee on Public Information and other stakeholders will be done to determine the next steps that need to be taken by the judiciary, considering the outcome of the dialogues with the business sector.

The following are hereby authorized to attend the Action Planning Workshop on 31 July 2004, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the New World Renaissance Hotel, Makati City:

Supreme Court:

1.       Hon. Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban

2.       Hon. Associate Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing

3.       Hon. Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio

4.       Atty. Luzviminda D. Puno, Clerk of Court

5.       Atty. Ismael G. Khan, Jr., Public Information Office

6.       Atty. Ma. Luisa D. Villarama, Office of the Clerk of Court

Court of Appeals:

7.       Hon. Presiding Justice Cancio C. Garcia

Court of Tax Appeals:

8.       Hon. Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta

9.       Hon. Associate Justice Juanito C. Castaneda, Jr.

Sandiganbayan:

10.     Hon. Associate Justice Roland B. Jurado

Philippine Judicial Academy:

11.     Chairman Alfredo Tadiar

Office of the Court Administrator:

12.     Deputy Court Administrator Zenaida N. Elepaño

13.     Deputy Court Administrator Jose P. Perez

14.     Assistant Court Administrator Antonio Dujua

Representatives of the First and Second Level Courts:

15.     Hon. Romeo F. Barza, President, Philippine Judges Association RTC Branch 61, Makati City

16.     Hon. Apolinario D. Bruselas, Jr., Executive Vice-President, PJA, RTC Branco 93, Quezon City

17.         Hon. Sixto C. Marella, Jr., Presidential Adviser, PJA, Executive Judge, Makati City, RTC Branco 138, Makati City

18.     Hon. Marisa Guillen, Treasurer, PJA, RTC Branch 60, Makati City

19.     Hon. Ma. Theresa M. Arcega, Philippine Trial Judges League, MTC Bustos, Bulacan

20.     Hon. Augustus C. Diaz, President, Metropolitan and City Judges Association, Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 37, Quezon City

Public Information Office:

21.     Atty. Ma. Victoria Gleoresty Guerra

22.     Atty. Marlon Anthony Tonson

23.     Mr. Francisco Gutierrez

Program Management Office:

24.     Director Evelyn Toledo-Dumdum, Program Management Office

25.     Ms. Susana N. Gavino, Program Management Office

26.     Atty. Bernadette Ann Villa, Program Management Office

Support Staff:

27.     Mr. Henry Mandocdoc, Program Management Office

28.     Ms. Paula Cheryl Dumlao, Program Management Office

29.     Ms. Agnes Alamares, Program Management Office

Participation in the Action Planning Workshop shall be on official time.

City of Manila, 29 July 2004.