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Nuez v. Cruz-Apao
Nuez v. Cruz-Apao
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PER CURIAM:
What brings our judicial system into disrepute are often the
actuations of a few erring court personnel peddling influence to
partylitigants, creating the impression that decisions can be
bought and sold, ultimately resulting in the disillusionment of the
public. This Court has never wavered in its vigilance in
eradicating the socalled “bad eggs” in the judiciary. And
whenever warranted by the gravity of the offense, the supreme
penalty of dismissal in an administrative case is meted to erring
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personnel.
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1 Mendoza vs. Tiongson, 333 Phil. 508; 265 SCRA 653 (1996).
2 Ibid.
3 CA Records, Vol. 1, p. 47.
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4 Id., at p. 13.
5 Id., at p. 1.
6 Id., at p. 14.
7 Id., at p. 15.
8 Id., at pp. 1, 17, 19.
9 Id., at pp. 12.
10 Composed of Justice Rodrigo V. Cosico as Chairman and Justices
Remedios SalazarFernando and Japar B. Dimaampao as members.
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11 Supra note 9.
12 CA Records, pp. 9296.
13 Id., at pp. 9596.
14 Ad Hoc Investigating Committee Report, pp. 147.
15 TSN, 18 October 2004, pp. 117118.
16 Id., at pp. 129132.
17 Id., at p. 91.
18 Short Message Sending.
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34 Id., at p. 18.
35 Id., at p. 87.
36 TSN, 12 October 2004, p. 24; CA Records, p. 85; Id., at p. 18; CA
Records, p.146.
37 TSN, 18 October 2004, pp. 25, 8788; CA Records, p. 153.
38 Id., at p. 32; CA Records, p. 160.
39 TSN, 18 October 2004, pp. 45, 5960.
40 TSN, 22 October 2004, pp. 2122.
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60 Ibid.
61 Id., at p. 7.
62 Ibid.
63 CA Records, p. 5.
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79 Ibid.
80 225 SCRA 77 (1993).
81 Ibid.
82 Re: Memorandum dated 27 Sept. 1999 of Ma. Corazon M. Molo, OIC,
OAS, OCA, A.M. No. SC006P, 16 October 2003, 413 SCRA 520.
83 Cana vs. Santos, 234 SCRA 17 (1994).
84 Caguioa vs. Flora, 360 SCRA 12 (2001).
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SO ORDERED.
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