6/5/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly The Court commiserates with respondents, but absent substantial evidence from which reasonable basis for the grant of benefits prayed for can be drawn, the Court is left with no choice but to grant the petition, lest an injustice be caused to petitioners.[37] Otherwise stated, while it is true that labor contracts are impressed with public interest and the provisions of the POEA-SEC must be construed logically and liberally in favor of Filipino seamen in the pursuit of their employment on-board ocean-going vessels, still the rule is that justice is in every case for the deserving, to be dispensed with in the light of established facts, the applicable law, and existing jurisprudence.[38] WHEREFORE, the instant petition is GRANTED. The Decision and Resolution of the Court of Appeals, dated August 17, 2007 and May 19, 2008, respectively, in CA-G.R. SP No. 94357 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission, dated April 18, 2005, which dismissed respondents' Complaint, is REINSTATED. SO ORDERED. Velasco, Jr., (Chairperson), Villarama, Jr., Reyes, and Jardeleza, JJ., concur. April 24, 2015 N O T I C E OF J U D G M E N T Sirs/Mesdames: Please take notice that on ___March 16, 2015___ a Decision, copy attached herewith, was rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was received by this Office on April 24, 2015 at 3:10 p.m. Very truly yours, (SGD) WILFREDO V. LAPITAN Division Clerk of Court [1] Penned by Associate Justice Rosmari D. Carandang, with Associate Justices Marina L. Buzon and Mariflor P. Punzalan Castillo, concurring; Annex "A" to Petition, rollo, pp. 31-43. [2] Penned by Associate Justice Rosmari D. Carandang, with Associate Justices Amelita elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/59749 7/9