G.R. No. 167938 9 of 9 [10] [11] [12] [13] http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/feb2009/167938.htm Id. at 100-104. Id. at 146-147. Id. at 50. Id. at 15-16. [14] SECTION 1. Petition for certiorari. When any tribunal, board or officer exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions has acted without or in excess of its or his jurisdiction, or with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction, and there is no appeal, nor any plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law, a person aggrieved thereby may file a verified petition in the proper court, alleging the facts with certainty and praying that judgment be rendered annulling or modifying the proceedings of such tribunal, board or officer, and granting such incidental reliefs as law and justice may require. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified true copy of the judgment, order or resolution subject thereof, copies of all pleadings and documents relevant and pertinent thereto, and a sworn certification of non-forum shopping as provided in the third paragraph of section 3, Rule 46. [15] SECTION 1. Filing of petition with Supreme Court. A party desiring to appeal by certiorari from a judgment or final order or resolution of the Court of Appeals, the Sandiganbayan, the Regional Trial Court or other courts whenever authorized by law, may file with the Supreme Court a verified petition for review on certiorari. The petition shall raise only questions of law which must be distinctly set forth. [16] Davao Merchant Marine Academy v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 144075, April 19, 2006, 487 SCRA 396, 404. [17] Fortune Guarantee and Insurance Corporation v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 110701, March 12, 2002, 379 SCRA 7, 14. [18] 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 June 7, 1995. [19] G.R. No. 109311, June 17, 1997, 273 SCRA 498. [20] Rollo, pp. 315-316. [21] GUIDELINES TO BE OBSERVED IN APPEALS TO THE COURT OF APPEALS AND TO THE SUPREME COURT (March 9, 1990). [22] Sea Power Shipping Enterprises, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 138270, June 28, 2001, 360 SCRA 173, 180. [23] VMC Rural Electric Service Cooperative, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 153144, October 16, 2006, 504 SCRA 336, 351. [24] Danzas Corporation v. Abrogar, G.R. No. 141462, December 15, 2005, 478 SCRA 80, 87, citing Land Bank of the Philippines v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 129368, August 25, 2003, 409 SCRA 455, 482. [25] Hanjin Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 165910, April 10, 2006, 487 SCRA 78, 97. 1/25/2016 2:57 PM

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