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OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. BEATRIZ E. LIZONDRA, COURT INTERPRETER II AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, CLERK OF COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, TABUK CITY, KALINGA, RESPONDENT.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. BEATRIZ E. LIZONDRA, COURT INTERPRETER II AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, CLERK OF COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, TABUK CITY, KALINGA, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. P-12-3101 | 2015-07-01

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case
 
This administrative case stemmed from a financial audit of the books of accounts of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities of Tabuk City, Kalinga (MTCC Tabuk) conducted by the audit team from the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA). The audit covered the accountabilities of: (1) the late Clerk of Court II Nicasio B. Balinag, Jr. (Balinag) from October 1990 to May 2004, and from October 2004 to September 2008; and (2) Court Interpreter II and Officer-in-Charge, Clerk of Court Beatriz E. Lizondra (Lizondra) from June 2004 to September 2004, and from October 2008 to February...