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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
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