Security v. Security

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC A.M. No. CA-15-31-P June 16, 2015 (formerly OCA LP.I. No. 13-218-CA-P) COMMITTEE ON SECURITY and SAFETY, COURT OF APPEALS, Complainant, vs. REYNALDO V. DIAN CO - Chief Security, JOVEN O. SORIANOSOS - Security Guard 3, and ABELARDO P. CATBAGAN - Security Guard 3, Respondents. PER CURIAM: We resolve in this Decision the administrative case for dishonesty and misconduct against the respondent Reynaldo V. Dianco (Dianco); for simple dishonesty and simple misconduct against the respondent SG3 Joven O. orianosos (Sorianosos); and for simple neglect of duty against the respondent SG3 Abelardo P. Catbagan (Catbagan ). The Factual Antecedents Dianco was the former Chief of the Court of Appeals (CA) Security.

Sorianosos and Catbagan, on the other hand, were among Dianco's subordinates. On March 19, 2011, the respondents together with other members of the CA Security Group went on an excursion at the Village East Clubhouse in Cainta, Rizal. Catbagan was tasked to head the Food Committee while Sorianosos was assigned to head the Money Collection and Budget and Games Committee.

During the planning and in the morning of the actual excursion, Justice Normandie B. Pizarro (Pizarro), then Chairman of the Committee on Security and Safety, emphatically reminded the respondents to monitor the use of the funds. He also informed them of the subdivision's policy prohibiting the drinking of alcoholic beverages in the premises. To make it easier to keep track of the transactions, each participant was given a meal stub worth Three Hundred Pesos (₱300.00) with the food payment to be based on the number of meal stubs surrendered to the food concessionaire.

Records show, however, that Dianco and Sorianosos, violated prohibition on the consumption of alcohol in the premises. There were also irregularities in the use of funds. In particular, the food concessionaire's initial computation only amounted to ₱16,850.00, broken down as follows: Stubs = Php 12,500.00 Snacks (siopao and mami for 87 persons at Php 50.00 each) = 4,350.00