5/28/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [12] Id. at 64-65. [13] Supra note 5. [14] Supra note 4. [15] Rollo, p. 104. [16] Id. at 100. [17] Id. at 107-111. [18] Id. at 113-116. [19] Id. at 117-133. [20] Supra note 2. [21] Supra note 15. [22] Id. at 167-170. [23] Montoya v. Transmed Manila Corp./Mr. Ellena, et al., 613 Phil. 696, 707 (2009). [24] Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. v. Tanawan, G.R. No. 160444, August 29, 2012, 679 SCRA 255, 265. [25] Ibid., citing Coastal Safeway Marine Services, Inc. v. Delgado, G.R. No. 168210, June 17, 2008, 554 SCRA 590, 596. [26] Ibid. [27] POEA Memorandum Circular No. 09, Series of 2000. Note the POEA Memorandum Circular No. 10, Series of 2010 that the POEA issued amending for the purpose the 2000 POEA-SEC. [28] Section 20(B)(3), 2000 POEA-SEC. [29] If the maximum 240-day medical treatment period expires without a declaration of the existence of a permanent disability (or fitness to work), permanent disability is deemed to exist (Vergara v. Hammonia Maritime Services, Inc., et al., 588 Phil. 895, 913 [2008]). The 120-day period of temporary total disability may be extended up to a maximum of 240 days if no declaration is made (that the seafarer is fit to work or that his temporary disability is permanent) because the seafarer requires further medical attention. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/57200 11/13