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Department of Justice vs. Gatdula

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROSECUTOR GENERAL CLARO A. ARELLANO; DOJ PANEL OF PROSECTUORS, PER OFFICE ORDER NO. 106 DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2012, NAMELY: ASSISTANT STATE PROSECUTOR JUAN PEDRO C. NAVERA, ASSISTANT STATE PROSECUTOR IRWIN A. MARAYA, AND ASSISTANT STATE PROSECUTOR HAZEL C. DECENA-VALDEZ, PETITIONERS, V. MAGTANGGOL B. GATDULA RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 212215 | 2019-10-09

D E C I S I O N
 
J. REYES, JR., J.:
 
Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking to reverse and set aside the March 5, 2013 Decision[1] and the April 7, 2014 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 126597.
 
Factual Antecedents
 
In his column "On Target" for the December 2, 2011 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Ramon Tulfo (Tulfo) wrote about the alleged kidnapping and extortion of Noriyo Ohara (Ohara), a Japanese national. It was purportedly committed by several agents of the National Bureau of Investigation...