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2008-08-26 |
REYES, R.T., J. |
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| The CSC found petitioner guilty of dishonesty. It is categorized as "an act which includes the procurement and/or use of fake/spurious civil service eligibility, the giving of assistance to ensure the commission or procurement of the same, cheating, collusion, impersonation, or any other anomalous act which amounts to any violation of the Civil Service examination."[34] Petitioner impersonated Decir in the PBET exam, to ensure that the latter would obtain a passing mark. By intentionally practicing a deception to secure a passing mark, their acts undeniably involve dishonesty.[35] | |||||
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2006-08-22 |
CALLEJO, SR., J. |
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| During the intervening period therefor, from April 2001 up to May 2, 2003, the public, not only the residents of Murcia, Negros Occidental, had to endure the inconvenience of passing through the unfinished portion of the road. Certainly, respondents' certifying the project as 100% complete when in fact the contractor still had unfinished work denigrates their integrity as public servants and mars the faith and confidence of the public in the government. It is well-enshrined that public office is a public trust.[57] Government officials and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the people and serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency.[58] To reiterate, respondents' act of certifying the project as 100% complete, when the truth is it was not, is totally unacceptable. We quote, with approval, the following findings of petitioner Office of the Ombudsman:Evidently, Engr. Jose C. Maravilla and Engr. Jaime S.J. Javellana, on orders of their supervisors District Engineer Rogelio Q. Tongson and Asst. District Engineer Sanny Boy Oropel inspected the work accomplishments of Korona Construction and reported that the project has been completed. It turned out that there was still a 20% work deficiency in the project. They admitted that there was an error in the computation of the area coverage of the project from Sum-ag Bridge up to Caliban Bridge, resulting in the work deficit and premature disbursement of public funds. Apparently, such mistake is imputable to them. It could have been avoided | |||||