been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court’s Division.     ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBAN Chief Justice [1]                Penned by Associate Justice Ramon A. Barcelona (retired) and concurred in by Associate Justices Rodrigo V. Cosico and Alicia L. Santos (retired) of the Eighth Division of the Court of Appeals; rollo, pp. 36-42.  [2]                Docketed as POEA Case No. (M) 90-01-041. [3]                NLRC Decision, NLRC-NCR-CA-001457-91. [4]                NFD International Manning Agents, Inc. v. NLRC, 336 Phil. 466 (1997). [5]                NLRC Decision dated December 23, 1998. [6]                Manotok Realty, Inc. v. CLT Realty Development Corporation, G.R. No. 123346, Araneta Institute of Agriculture, Inc. v. Heirs of Jose B. Dimson, G.R. No. 134385 andSto. Niño Kapitbahayan Association, Inc. v. CLT Realty Development Corporation, G.R. No. 148767, 29 November 2005. [7]                Id.