REPUBLIC OF TIIE PHILIPPINES Supreme @ourt Manila TIIIRD DTVISION Sirs/Mesdames: Quoted hereunder,for your information,is a resolutionof thisCourt dated 10August2009: A.M. No.09-6-257-RTC (Request for Transferof Venueof Criminal ' CaseNo. 2049-200) - TheCobrt NOTES the Report dated 10 June2009 of the Office of the Court Administrator[OCA] on the letter-requestdated L7 March2009 of Nilo A. Labares,private complainant in Crim. CaseNo. 2009- 200,for the transferof venuefrom RegionalTrial Court,Branch 21, Capayan de Oro City, to the propercourt in Manila and letter-requestdated 18 March ' 2009of JoseL. Pavia,Chair, Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists,also for the transferof venueof the subjectcase, but from Cagayande Oro City to Makati City or Cebu City, finding that the perceivedfear for the lives and securityof the witnessesis actualand real and that the groundscited by the petitionerappear to bewell-founded and the violence feared is highly possible. Uponthe recommendation of the OCA, theCourt resolves to: . (1) GRANT the requestfor the transferof venueof Criminal Case No. 2009-200from the RTC, Branch21, Cagayande Oro City, to anyproper court in MakatiCity; (2) RELIEW Hon. Gil G. Bollozos, PresidingJudge of RTC, Branch21, Cagayande Oro City, of his authorityto hear and decidethe subject case; (3) DIRECT the Branch Clerk of Court of RTC, Branch 21, Cagayande Oro City, to IMMEDIATELY FORWARD the recordsof the subjectcase to the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, MakatiCity; (4) DIRECT the Executive Judge of RTC, Makati City, to IMMEDIATELY MFFLE the subjectcase among the proper branchesin his station;and (5) DIRECT the Judgeof the branchto whom the subjecrcase is raffledto try anddecide the subjectcase with dispatch. (104) W I Resolution 09-6-257-RTC 10August 2009 I4ry?NESS the Honorable Minita V. Chico-Nazario (Acting Chairpersonper SpecialOrder No. 678 dated03 August2009), Honorable ConchitaCarpio Morales(designated metnber per SpecialOrder No. 679 dated 03 August 2009), PresbiteroJ. Velasco, Jr., Antonio Eduardo B. Nachuraand DiosdadoM. Peralt4 Members,Third Division, this 10' day of Aueust2009. Very truly yours, LUCITA ABJELINA.SORIANO Clerk of Court TheBranch Clerk of Court Mr. JoseL Favia RegionalTrial Court Centerfor MediaFreedom & Responsibility Branch21, Cagayande Oro City 2,/FAteneo Professional Scholars 130H.V. delaCosia St., Salcedo village Hon. Gil G. Bollozos Makati City RegionalTrial Court Branch21, Cagayande OroCity Hon. JoseP. Perez Cout Adminislrator The ExecutiveJudge SupremeCourt, Manila RegionalTrial Court MakatiCity Hon.Antonio H. Dujua Hon. Nimfa C. Vilches Officeof the Clerkof Court Hon.Jose Maidas P. Marquez RegionalTrial Court Deputycru Administmtors MakatiCity SupremeCourt, Manila Mr. Nils A. l.abares Hon.Edwin A. Villasor Block 1, I-ot 1, BuenaOro Hon.Thelma C. Bahia Macasandig,Cagayan de Oro City AssistantC-ourt Administrators SupremeCourt, Manila Atty. EleazarS. Boycillo Counselfor Accused 2/F ExecutiveCentrum Bldg. JR Borja St.,Cagayan de Orc City Officeof theRegional State Prosecutor 2/F Hall of Justice 9000Cagayan de Oro City 09-6-257-RTC (104).