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OCA vs. Merlinda T. Cuachon and Fe P. Alejano

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. MERLINDA T. CUACHON, Clerk of Court, and FE P. ALEJANO, Court Stenographer, both of the MCTC, Ilog-Candoni, Negros Occidental, Respondents.

A.M. No. P-06-2179 (Formerly A.M. No. 06-5-169-MCTC) | 2011-01-12

THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
For consideration are the findings and recommendations of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) in its Memorandum of August 26, 20081 on the financial audit conducted in the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Ilog-Candoni, Negros Occidental. A financial audit was conducted because of respondent Clerk of Court Merlinda T. Cuachon’s (Cuachon) compulsory retirement on November 25, 2005. The audit covered transactions from September 1, 2000 to September 30, 2005, and included the books of account of respondent Fe P. Alejano (Alejano), Court Stenographer and designated...