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Ombudsman vs Madriaga

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, versus GERTRUDES MADRIAGA and ANA MARIE BERNARDO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 164316 | 2006-09-27

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.: 
 
The Court of Appeals having declared, by Decision of May 28, 2004, that the six-month suspension meted out by the Office of the Ombudsman to respondent Gertrudes Madriaga (Gertrudes), school principal of San Juan Elementary School, San Juan, Metro Manila, and her co-respondent Ana Marie Bernardo (Ana Marie), a classroom teacher who was designated as Canteen Manager of the same school, is merely recommendatory to the Department of Education, the Office of the Ombudsman filed the present Petition for Review on Certiorari. 
 
The factual antecedents of the...