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All officials and personnel of the Judiciary, as public servants, are held to a higher standard of conduct. This resolves the Complaint Affidavit 1 filed by Joseph Dominic M. Capule (Capule) against Conrado T. Felipe (Felipe), Utility Worker II of the Office of the Clerk of Court
This is an administrative case against Judge Elmer R. Bernardo (Judge Bernardo), presiding judge of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities of Batac City, Ilocos Norte (MTCC), for prejudicial conduct that gravely besmirches or taints the reputation of the service. The Court, through
For the Court's consideration is the Amended Report and Recommendation 1 dated July 1, 2025 of the Office of the Executive Director of the Judicial Integrity Board (OED-JIB [now the Judicial Integrity Office (JIO)]), which recommended that Luzviminda G. Hernandez (Luzviminda), Cl
The controversy arose from an anonymous Complaint 1 dated February 2020 which alleged that anomalous weddings were being conducted at Branch 91 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City. The complaint averred that applications for marriages were being brought by "fixers" d
The present case stemmed from the Court's Decision 1 dated September 13, 2017 in Team Image Entertainment, Inc. and Felix S. Co v. Solar Team Entertainment, Inc ., docketed as G.R. Nos. 191652 and 191658. In the said Decision, the Court resolved, among others, to refer to the Off
For the Court's consideration is Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament Resolution No. 458 1 dated May 22, 2024, requesting the Court to facilitate the immediate organization of the Shari'ah High Court. The BTA Parliament proffers the following reasons for their request
A court employee who tests positive for the use of prohibited drugs must first be given the opportunity to undergo treatment and rehabilitation, consistent with the policy that "drug use, and resultant addiction or dependence, is considered a sickness or disease rather than simpl
Before the Court are the consolidated 1 applications for compulsory retirement of Atty. Maria Carina A. Matammu-Cunanan 2 (Atty. Cunanan), Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Administrative Services (OAS), Supreme Court, and Atty. Maria Teresa B. Sib
This administrative case stemmed from the Letter 1 dated October 11, 2022, filed before the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) by complainant Presiding Judge Alvyn R. Lopena (Judge Lopena), Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Aloran-Panaon-Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, char
Every prospective appointee to the judiciary has a continuing obligation to promptly inform the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), and the Office of the President (OP) of any matter within their knowledge, that may affect their fitness for judicial office, from the time of their app
These are authority and administrative cases against Atty. Adoracion A. Arceo (Atty. Arceo), then Clerk of Court VI, Office of the Clerk of Court, Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Makati City for gross misconduct, grave abuse of authority, and conduct prejudicial that gravely bes
This resolves the administrative complaint against Judge Wilfredo Oca ( Judge Oca ), Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court ( MTC ), Real, Quezon ( Judge Oca ), which stemmed from a Memorandum, 1 dated June 10, 2024, issued by the Office of the Court Administrator ( OCA ) a
This Court resolves the Report and Recommendation 1 submitted by the Judicial Integrity Board (JIB), acting on the September 20, 2024 Letter 2 of Hon. Vicente V. Go (Judge Go), Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of P.D. Monfort North, Dumangas, Iloilo, in relation
Before this Court is the Memorandum 1 dated January 22, 2025, from the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) concerning the proposal of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to transfer persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) sentenced to imprisonment of three years or l
This administrative matter concerns Ms. Mailyn E. Miras (Ms. Miras), Court Stenographer III of Branch 65, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Infanta, Quezon. Records of the Employees' Leave Division (ELD), Office of Administrative Services (OAS) of the Office of the Court Administrator
Before Us is a Complaint 1 dated August 20, 2021 filed by complainant Atty. Pablo B. Francisco (Atty. Francisco) against respondent Presiding Judge Miguel S. Asuncion (Judge Asuncion), Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 99, Antipolo City, Rizal for neglect of duty in rendering a d
Before the Court is the July 15, 2024 Letter 1 addressed to Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo from Secretary-General Raby B. Angkal of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament (BTA Parliament), transmitting a copy of BTA Parliament Resolution No. 457 dated May 22, 2024 to
This Court resolves the letter-query 1 of Atty. Dyann Isabel M. Aguilar (Atty. Aguilar), Clerk of Court V of Branch 32, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Dumaguete City (RTC-Branch 32) addressed to the Office of the Court Administrator, where she requested to appear as the assisting pr
This administrative controversy has its provenance in the financial audit conducted by the Fiscal Monitoring Division of the Court Management Office, Office of the Court Administrator on the books of account of the Municipal Trial Court of Abucay, Bataan. A team from the Fiscal M
The instant administrative case has its provenance in an anonymous complaint 1 for gross dishonesty and acts prejudicial to the best interest of the judicial service filed by the employees of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) of Baguio City against: 1) Executive Judge Gl
