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Ignacia Balicas vs Fact-Finding & Intelligence Bureau and Ombudsman

IGNACIA BALICAS, Petitioner, versus FACT-FINDING & INTELLIGENCE BUREAU (FFIB), OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 145972 | 2004-03-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari assails the Court of Appeals' decision[1] dated August 25, 2000 and resolution[2] of November 13, 2000 in CA-G.R. SP No. 56386, which affirmed the Ombudsman's decision[3] dismissing petitioner from government service for gross neglect of duty in connection with the tragedy at the Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo City on August 3, 1999.

The antecedent facts as summarized in the Ombudsman's decision are as follows:

Based on the evidence adduced by the complainant, the following is the chronological series of events which led to the development of the CHS (Cherry...