TL;DR — Ruling
WHEREFORE, it is hereby ordered that - (1) Hon. Alberto V. Benesa, Acting Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 1, Bangued, Abra, be, as he is hereby so, DIRECTED to: (a) INFORM this Court through the Office of the Court Administrator, within ten (10) days from notice, whether or not his decision in Criminal Case No.
WHEREFORE, it is hereby ordered that - (1) Hon. Alberto V. Benesa, Acting Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 1, Bangued, Abra, be, as he is hereby so, DIRECTED to: (a) INFORM this Court through the Office of the Court Administrator, within ten (10) days from notice, whether or not his decision in Criminal Case No. 1115 was promulgated as so scheduled; (b) DECIDE the following sixteen cases (7 criminal cases and 9 civil/other cases) which he partly or totally tried, to wit: Criminal Cases No. 798, 799, 1071, 1186, 1187, 1221 and 1301, and Civil/Other Cases No. 655, 751, 1143, 1321, 1472, 1499, 1560, 1611 and LRC-N-71, and RESOLVE the incidents for resolution in the following six cases (4 criminal cases and 2 civil cases), to wit: Criminal Cases No. 1304, 1305, 99-298 and 99-339, and Civil Cases No. 1525 and 1675, both within thirty (30) days from the completion of the transcripts of the stenographic notes; and (c) SUBMIT to this Court through the Office of the Court Administrator copies of the decisions/orders pertaining to the aforementioned cases, within five (5) days after their promulgation/release. (2) Upon her assumption to office, Hon. Charito B. Gonzales, the newly appointed Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 1, Bangued, Abra, be, as she is hereby so, DIRECTED to: (a) DECIDE with dispatch, upon the completion of the stenographic notes, the following forty-seven cases (20 criminal and 27 civil/other cases) which she inherited from her predecessors, to wit: Criminal Cases No. 121, 399, 409, 489, 525, 686, 753, 758, 807, 828, 992, 1005, 1009, 1059, 1104, 1214, 1240, 1253, 1553 and 1585, and Civil/Other Cases No. 1535, 1645, 1739, 207, 233, 285, 297, 305, 315, 321, 351, 361, 363, 367, 399, 417, 453, 482, 489, 761, 803, 902, 977, 985, SP-299 and LRC-N-09, and RESOLVE with dispatch the incidents pending resolution in the following six cases (3 criminal cases and 3 civil cases), to wit: Criminal Cases No. 556, 713 and 1700, and Civil Cases No. 261, 469 and 484; (b) DECIDE with dispatch, upon completion of the transcripts of stenographic notes, the following nine cases submitted for decision which are the subject of inhibition by Judge Benesa, to wit: Criminal Cases No. 411, 423, 586, 628, 820, 866, 871, 1152 and 1255, and RESOLVE with dispatch the matter for resolution in Criminal Case No. 1275; (c) SUBMIT to this Court, through the Office of the Court Administrator, copies of the decisions/orders pertaining to the aforementioned cases, within five (5) days after their promulgation/release; (d) TAKE COGNIZANCE of the other cases which are likewise the subject of voluntary inhibition by Judge Benesa; (e) TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION on the following one hundred and forty-five cases (67 criminal cases and 78 civil/other cases) which were not acted on or set in the calendar despite the lapse of a considerable length of time, to wit: Criminal Cases No. 463, 926, 1089, 1225, 1341, 1446, 1470, 1505, 1508, 1513, 1514, 1516,