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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Alinea

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. JUDGE CONRADO O. ALINEA, JR., MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, IBA, ZAMBALES, Respondent. Present: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR.,* LEONARDO-DE CASTRO,** PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO,* PERLAS-BERNABE,** LEONEN, JARDELEZA *** CAGUIOA, MARTIRES, TIJAM, REYES, JR., and GESMUNDO, JJ.

A.M. No. MTJ-05-1574 (Formerly A.M. No. 04-8-199-MTC) | 2017-11-07

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC 
 
DECISION
 
PERCURIAM:
 
This administrative matter filed by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) stemmed from a news report in the June 19, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer1 regarding an entrapment operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against Respondent Judge Conrado O. Alinea, Jr. (Judge Alinea) of the Municipal Trial Court of Iba, Zambales (MTC), for demanding and receiving the amount of P15,000.00 from the plaintiffs in a land dispute case pending in the said court. 
 
The undisputed facts, as borne by...