Calamba registrar of deeds suspended

Ombudsman Merceditas Gu­tierrez yesterday ordered the six-month preventive suspension of the registrar of deeds of Calamba, Lagu­na for allowing the registration of a defective and fraudulent deed of absolute sale.

The suspension without pay of lawyer Edgar Santos stemmed from the complaint of Ve­dasto Gesmundo, who alleged that a transfer certificate of title for his property was issued and released to Lolita Rel­lama on a basis of a deed of sale supposedly executed by his late wife, Nelly Nave, on Oct. 2, 1992.

Gesmundo claimed that the documents used by Rellama for the issuance of the new TCT were fake and defective.

In her nine-page order, Gutierrez said the evidence against Santos for grave misconduct is strong and warrants his preventive suspension. – Sandy Araneta