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Teresita L. Vertudes vs. Julie Buenaflor, et al.

TERESITA L. VERTUDES,[1] Petitioner, versus JULIE BUENAFLOR and BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 153166 | 2005-12-16

D E C I S I O N 


PUNO, J.: 

Before us is a petition for review by certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to review and set aside the decision[2] and resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA), which affirmed the decision of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) finding petitioner guilty of grave misconduct and dismissing her from government service. 

Petitioner Teresita L. Vertudes was a fingerprint examiner at the Alien Registration Division of the Bureau of Immigration (BI). In a facsimile letter[4] dated July 27, 1998, a certain Peng Villas, a news editor of the Philippine Weekly Newspaper, referred to then BI...