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OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. MS. FLORED L. NICOLAS, FORMER COURT INTERPRETER AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE; MS. ERLINDA U. CABRERA, FORMER CLERK OF COURT II; AND MR. EDWIN SANTOS, CLERK OF COURT II, ALL OF THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, GUIGUINTO, BULACAN, RESPONDENTS.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. MS. FLORED L. NICOLAS, FORMER COURT INTERPRETER AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE; MS. ERLINDA U. CABRERA, FORMER CLERK OF COURT II; AND MR. EDWIN SANTOS, CLERK OF COURT II, ALL OF THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, GUIGUINTO, BULACAN, RESPONDENTS.

A.M. No. P-10-2840 (Formerly A.M. No. 10-7-87-MTC) | 2015-06-23

EN BANC
 
DECISION

PER CURIAM:

Sometime in 2004, a financial audit was conducted on the books of accounts of the Municipal Trial Court of Guiguinto, Bulacan (Guiguinto MTC) covering the period March 1985 to July 31, 2004 under then Clerk of Court II Erlinda U. Cabrera. The 2004 audit revealed that Cabrera incurred shortages amounting to P1,483,351.85 which served as the basis of the administrative cases[1] filed against her docketed as A.M. Nos. P-05-2027 and P-05-2028.
 
To prevent further dissipation of court funds, Cabrera was relieved from her duty as collecting officer. Pending the resolution of Cabrera's administrative cases,...