MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 404, April 01, 1977 ]

ORDERING THE REINSTATEMENT WITH PROPER PENALTY OF THREE (3) EMPLOYEES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1975

WHEREAS, on September 19, 1975, some 2,000 officials and employees in the government were ordered separated from the service;

WHEREAS, errors were committed in the assessment and evaluation of some of the cases of said officials and employees;

WHEREAS, to correct such errors, Administrative Order No. 370 dated October 24, 1975, was issued, creating a Committee to take cognizance of petitions for reconsiderations of dismissed officials and employees and to conduct a review of all the cases of these officials and employees;

WHEREAS, upon a careful review of the cases of the dismissed officials and employees and an evaluation of the evidence in support of their dismissal, the Committee found that three (3) employees in the Philippine National Bank deserve to be meted out penalties less than outright dismissal.£A⩊phi£

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order the immediate reinstatement of the following three (3) employees of the Philippine National Bank, provided, however, that during the period from September 19, 1975, up to the date of their reinstatement in accordance with this Order, they shall be considered under suspension without pay:

 1. CATAMA, PETRONIO A. Assistant Agent, Mangarin, Agency
 2. GUZMAN, LAURO L. Inspector-Collector, Dipolog Branch
 3. QUINONES, VIRGINIA Teller, La Union Branch

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant


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