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A Very Concerned Employee & Citizen Vs. Lourdes S. De Mateo, etc.

A VERY CONCERNED EMPLOYEE AND CITIZEN, Complainant, versus LOURDES S. DE MATEO, CLERK III, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT in CITIES, KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-05-2100 | 2007-12-27

RESOLUTION


PER CURIAM:

In a period of one year, Lourdes S. de Mateo, Clerk III of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Koronadal City, South Cotabato, found herself at the receiving end of several anonymous letter-complaints specifically charging her with falsification, dishonesty and grave misconduct.

According to the letter-complaints, respondent was habitually tardy but she falsified her Daily Time Records (DTRs). She habitually reported for work between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon, but entered in her DTR that she regularly reported 8:00 a.m.[1] Further, her absences were not reflected in her DTR. The complaints also charged...