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RTC Judge Fe Albano-Madrid vs Stenographers Maripi A. Apolonio And Andrealyn M. Andres, Branch 2, Mtcc, Santiago City, Isabela; Process Server Eugenio Taguba And Clerk Ronaldo Valdez, Both Of The Same Court; Cash Clerk Villamor Bautista And Process Server Demetrio Tolentino, Jr., Both Of The Office Of The Clerk Of Court, Mtcc, Santiago City, Isabela

RTC JUDGE FE ALBANO-MADRID, complainant, vs. Stenographers MARIPI A. APOLONIO and ANDREALYN M. ANDRES, Branch 2, MTCC, Santiago City, Isabela; Process Server EUGENIO TAGUBA and Clerk RONALDO VALDEZ, both of the same court; Cash Clerk VILLAMOR BAUTISTA and Process Server DEMETRIO TOLENTINO, JR., both of the Office of the Clerk of Court, MTCC, Santiago City, Isabela, respondents.

A.M. No. P-01-1517 | 2003-02-07

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In a letter-report[1] dated October 8, 2001, the complainant charged respondents Maripi A. Apolonio, Andrealyn M. Andres, Eugenio Taguba, Ronaldo Valdez, Villamor Bautista, and Demetrio Tolentino, Jr., court personnel of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) of Santiago, Isabela, with misconduct for gambling inside the chambers of MTCC Judge Ruben Plata.

On July 25, 2001, the tabloid Remate featured an article captioned: "CHAMBER NG JUDGE NI-RAID NG NBI, 6 GAMBLERS NADAKIP."[2] The article reported that the raid was pursuant to an information received by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Agent...