Upon further consideration of the administrative case against Foreign Affairs Officer Jose Q. Tabora, who was ordered to be transferred under Administrative Order No. 264 dated December 29, 1953, I am satisfied that there was a substantial compliance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 708 regarding the procedure to be followed before a foreign affairs officer may be separated from the service. It is also believed that under the circumstances of the case the respondent deserves to be suspended for one month at least.

Accordingly, the reference in the order to the alleged absence of hearing conformably to law should be considered deleted therefrom and the respondent is hereby suspended from office for a period of one month without pay, in addition to the penalty provided in said order.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary