5/28/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 735 PHIL. 270 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 197005, June 04, 2014 ] PRINCESS JOY PLACEMENT AND GENERAL SERVICES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. GERMAN A. BINALLA, RESPONDENT. RESOLUTION BRION, J.: We resolve the motion for reconsideration[1] of the Court’s Resolution[2] dated August 8, 2011 denying the petition for review on certiorari[3] filed by Princess Joy Placement and General Services, Inc. (Princess Joy) for failure to sufficiently show any reversible error in the decision[4] dated May 6, 2010 and resolution[5] dated May 23, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 102285. The Antecedents On August 9, 2004, respondent German A. Binalla filed a complaint[6] against local manning agent CBM Business Management and Manpower Services (CBM) and/or Princess Joy/Al Adwani General Hospital (Al Adwani) for various money claims arising from his employment with Al Adwani, in Taif, Saudi Arabia from April 19, 2002 to April 28, 2004. Binalla, a registered nurse, alleged that in April 2002, he applied for employment with Princess Joy who referred him to Reginaldo Paguio and Cynthia Latea for processing of his papers. After completing his documentary requirements, he was told that he would be deployed to Al Adwani. On April 12, 2002, he signed a four-year contract[7] with Al Adwani as staff nurse. He paid Latea P4,500.00 and Paguio, P3,000.00, although no receipts were issued to him. Later, he was given a telegram notifying him of his departure on April 19, 2002. Binalla further alleged that on the day of his departure, Paguio met him at the airport and gave him a copy of his employment contract, plane ticket, passport, a copy of his Overseas Employment Certificate from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and other documents. It was only after boarding his Saudi Arabia Airlines plane that he examined his papers and discovered that CBM was his deploying agency. Under the contract certified by the POEA,[8] his salary was supposed to be US$550.00 for twenty-four (24) months or for two years. Binalla also saw that under the four-year contract he signed, his monthly salary was only 1,500 Saudi Riyals (SR) equivalent to $400. Left with no choice as he was then already bound for Saudi Arabia, he worked under his contract for only two years and elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/57076 1/12

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