6/5/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [*] Designated acting member per Special Order No. 2079 dated 29 June 2015. [1] Penned by Associate Justice Leoncia Real-Dimagiba, with Associate Rosmari D. Carandang and Ricardo R. Rosario concurring. Rollo, pp. 2-33. Justices [2] Records, p. 1. [3] Id. at 4. [4] Id. at 7. [5] Id. at 10. [6] Id. at 12. [7] Id. at 15. [8] Private complainants Orlando Layoso, Donna Magboo, and Jimmy Lejos were presented as witnesses for the prosecution, while Marcelino Lejos adopted his Joint Affidavit of Complaint as his direct testimony. [9] CA rollo, pp. 30-31. [10] Article 13(f) of the Labor Code defines authority as "a document issued by the Department of Labor authorizing a person or association to engage in recruitment and placement activities as a private recruitment entity." [11] People v. Ballesteros, 435 Phil. 205 (2002). [12] AN ACT TO INSTITUTE THE POLICIES OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND ESTABLISH A HIGHER STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Approved on 7 June 1995 and took effect on 15 July 1995. [13] People v. Nogra, 585 Phil. 712 (2008). [14] Article 34 of the Labor Code reads: ART. 34. Prohibited practices. - It shall be unlawful for any individual, entity, licensee, or holder of authority: (a) To charge or accept directly or indirectly any amount greater than that specified in the schedule of allowable fees prescribed by the Secretary of elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/60550 16/19