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Re: report on the judicial audit conducted in the Regional Trial Court.

RE: REPORT ON THE JUDICIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED IN THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 2, Borongan, Eastern Samar

A.M. No. 06-4-220-RTC | 2006-10-19

FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PANGANIBAN, CJ:
 
For so many times, judges and other judicial personnel have been enjoined to abide by three qualities code-named DHL: (1) dedication to duty, (2) honesty in every way, and (3) loyalty to the judiciary. For failing to heed this exhortation, particularly the first tenet, the present respondents are sanctioned by this Court.
 
The Case and the Facts
 
This administrative case is rooted in a judicial audit conducted on October 4 to 9, 2004, by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) at the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 2 of Borongan, Eastern Samar. Charged are Presiding...