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Complaint Against Emiliana A. Lumilang, Court Interpreter III, Regional Trial Court, Branch 10, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.

COMPLAINT AGAINST EMILIANA A. LUMILANG, COURT INTERPRETER III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 10, MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON.

A.M. No. P-14-3259 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 14-4302-P) | 2019-11-28

D E C I S I O N
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
The Case and the Proceedings Below
 
On October 7, 2008, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) received an anonymous complaint[1] charging respondent Emiliana A. Lumilang with incompetence and misconduct relative to the performance of her duties and functions as Court Interpreter III of the Regional Trial Court (RTC)-Branch 10, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.

The complaint essentially alleged: Respondent cannot be relied upon to properly translate into English the testimonies of litigants and witnesses using the Visayan dialect as she has a very poor command of the English language....