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PCGG vs. Office of the Ombudsman

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT, PETITIONER, V. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, ROBERTO S. BENEDICTO, ANTONIO M. DIAZ, ISMAEL M. REINOSO, SIMEON G. MIRANDA. RENATO D. TAYAG, JUAN F. TRIVINIO, CESAR VIRATA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, JOSE MACARIO LAUREL IV, JOSE J. LEIDO, JR. (ALL FORMER DIRECTORS OF PNB 304 EL HOGAR FIL. BLDG., 115 JUAN LUNA ST., BINONDO, MANILA), RAFAEL G. PEREZ, FELICISIMO R. GONZALES[*] (BOTH FORMER MANAGERS OF PNB DUMAGUETE BRANCH, DUMAGUETE CITY), RAMON V. ESCAÑO, EVELINA TEVES, HERMINIO V. TEVES, LORENZO G. TEVES, CATALINO NOEL, AND LAMBERTO MACIAS (ALL FORMER OFFICERS OF TOLONG SUGAR MILLING COMPANY, INC.), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 194619 | 2019-03-20

D E C I S I O N
 
J. REYES, JR., J.:
 
This is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court which seeks to set aside the Resolution[1] dated December 29, 2006, and the Order[2] dated April 21, 2009, of the respondent Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) in OMB-C-C-03-0252-D, which, respectively, dismissed for lack of probable cause the criminal complaints against herein private respondents; and denied the motion for reconsideration thereon.
 
The Facts
 
On December 5, 2002, herein petitioner Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), through its then Commissioner Victoria A. Avena,...