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Balao etc. vs. Ermita etc.

ARTHUR BALAO, WINSTON BALAO, NONETTE BALAO, JONILYN BALAO-STRUGAR, AND BEVERLY LONGID, PETITIONERS, VS. EDUARDO ERMITA, GILBERTO TEODORO, RONALDO PUNO, NORBERTO GONZALES, GEN. ALEXANDER YANO, GEN. JESUS VERZOSA, BRIG. GEN. REYNALDO MAPAGU, LT. P/DIR. EDGARDO DOROMAL, MAJ. GEN. ISAGANI CACHUELA, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE AFP-ISU BASED IN BAGUIO CITY, PSS EUGENE MARTIN, AND SEVERAL JOHN DOES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 186059] EDUARDO SECRETARY TEODORO, RONALDO SECRETARY GONZALES, SECRETARY ERMITA, GILBERTO SECRETARY PUNO, NORBERTO GEN. ALEXANDER YANO, P/DGEN. JESUS VERZOSA, BRIG. GEN. REYNALDO MAPAGU, MAJ. GEN. ISAGANI CACHUELA, AND POL. SR. SUPT. EUGENE MARTIN, PETITIONERS, VS. ARTHUR BALAO, WINSTON JARDELEZA, AND BALAO, NONETTE BALAO, CAGUIOA, JJ. JONILYN BALAO-STRUGAR, AND BEVERLY LONGID, RESPONDENTS.**

G.R. No. 186050 | 2016-06-21

R E S O L U T I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
For the Court's resolution are the recommendations in the Final Report[1] dated January 15, 2016 submitted by the Regional Trial Court of La Trinidad, Benguet, Branch 63 (RTC) in compliance with the directives in the Court's Decision[2] dated December 13, 2011 (December 13, 2011 Decision) in the above-captioned consolidated cases.
 
The Facts

The instant case arose when James M. Balao (James), founding member of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), a coalition of non­government organizations working for the cause of indigenous peoples in the Cordillera Region,[3] was...