[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 102-2018, May 29, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 102-2018, May 29, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 102-2018, May 29, 2018 ]

TO : THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : FINALITY OF DECISION DATED 26 JANUARY 2016 RELATIVE TO SUSPENSION OF ATTY. SYLVESTER C. PARADO AND HIS PERMANENT DISQUALIFICATION AS NOTARY PUBLIC

Quoted hereunder, for your information and guidance, is the dispositive part of the per curiam Decision dated 26 January 2016 of the Court En Banc in A.C. No. 10859 [Formerly CBD Case No. 09-2514], entitled "Maria Fatima Japitana v. Atty. Sylvester C. Parado," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Sylvester C. Parado is SUSPENDED from the practice of law for two (2) years and PERMANENTLY DISQUALIFIED from being commissioned as Notary Public.

This order is IMMEDIATELY EXECUTORY.

In a Resolution dated 26 July 2016, the Court DENIED the respondent's earnest motion for reconsideration, there being no substantial matters raised to warrant the reversal of the questioned Decision. Further, the Court, in its Resolution dated 6 December 2016 DENIED the respondent's second motion for reconsideration, for the same reason.

29 May 2018

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator