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In Re: Affidavit of Frankie N. Calabines etc

IN RE AFFIDAVIT OF FRANKIE N. CALABINES, A MEMBER OF THE CO-TERMINUS STAFF OF JUSTICE JOSEFINA GUEVARRA-SALONGA, RELATIVE TO SOME ANOMALIES RELATED TO NO. 73287 "CANDY MAKER, INC. v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES." / FRANKIE N. CALABINES, Utility Worker I-CT, Complainant-Respondent, versus LUIS N. GNILO, Utility Worker I, Respondent. / DOLOR M. CATOC, Complainant, versus FELICIANO S. CALINGA, Utility Worker I; EVELYN L. CAGUITLA, Court Stenographer IV; LUIS N. GNILO, Utility Worker I; and ATTY. EDWIN MICHAEL P. MUSICO, Court Attorney IV-CT, Respondents.

A.M. No. 04-5-20-SC | 2007-03-14

DECISION
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This involves an investigation of a "case-fixing" incident in the Court of Appeals.
 
As recounted by Investigating Justice Martin S. Villarama, Jr., in his Report and Recommendation, dated March 4, 2004, the facts are as follows:
 
Sometime in December 2003, a phone call from an unidentified woman was received by the Office of Justice Josefina Guevara-Salonga verifying the status of a pending civil case in which a decision had supposedly already been rendered or about to be promulgated. The case is entitled "Candy Maker, Inc. represented by Ong Yee See vs. Republic of the...