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Balao vs. Ermita et al.

ARTHUR BALAO, WINSTON BALAO, NONETTE BALAO, JONILYN BALAO-STRUGAR, and BEVERLY LONG ID, Petitioners, vs. EDUARDO ERMITA, GILBERTO TEODORO, RON ALDO PUNO, NORBERTO GONZALES, Gen. ALEXANDER YANO, Gen. JESUS VERZOSA, Brig. Gen. REYNALDO MAPAGU, Lt. P/Dir. EDGARDO DOROMAL, Maj. Gen. ISA GANI CACHUELA, Commanding Officer of the AFP-ISU based in Baguio City, PSS EUGENE MARTIN, and several JOHN DOES, Respondents. x----------------------------------------x G.R. No. 186059 SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA, SECRETARY GILBERTO TEODORO, SECRETARY RONALDO PUNO, SECRETARY NORBERTO GONZALES, 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 BALAO, NONETTE BALAO, JONILYN BALAO-STRUGAR, and BEYERLY LONGID, Respondents. Present: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, MENDOZA, PERLAS-BERNABE, JARDELEZA, ** LEONEN, CAGUIOA, *** MAR TIRES, TIJAM, and REYES, JR., JJ.

G.R. No. 186050 | 2017-08-01

RESOLUTION
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Before the Court is the Report1 dated June 13, 2017 submitted by the Regional Trial Court of La Trinidad, Benguet, Branch 63 (RTC) in compliance with the Court's directives contained in the Resolution2 dated June 21, 2016 in the above-captioned consolidated cases.
 
The Facts
 
The present matter arose from a petition for the issuance of a writ of amparo filed by the relatives of James M. Balao (James) before the RTC, alleging that he was abducted by five (5) unidentified men on September 17, 2008 in La Trinidad, Benguet because of his activist/political leanings as founding member of the...