MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a Negros Occidental court stenographer for forging her superior's signature in a falsified court paper issued in exchange for PHP10,000 from a litigant. In its 14-page per curiam decision published online on March 4, the SC found Bago City, Negros Occidental regional trial court stenographer Evelyn G. Montoyo guilty of two counts of prejudicial conduct, serious dishonesty, and acts of graft, three years away from reaching the compulsory retirement age of 65. She was ordered dismissed immediately from the service with the forfeiture of all benefits and perpetual disqualification from a government position. In exchange for the fee, Montoyo made it appear that a petition for cancellation of encumbrance was filed by a complainant and that evidence was submitted. To complete the process, she falsified a court order supposedly granting the petition for cancellation of encumbrance. The spurious March 2012 order and a certificate of finality we
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