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priority action its home office or foreign posts, shall take priority action or make representation with the foreign
authority concerned to protect the rights of migrant workers and other overseas Filipinos and extend immediate
assistance including the repatriation of distressed or beleaguered migrant workers and other overseas Filipinos;
(b) Department of Labor and Employment - The Department of Labor and Employment shall see to it that
labor and social welfare laws in the foreign countries are fairly applied to migrant workers and whenever
applicable, to other overseas Filipinos including the grant of legal assistance and the referral to proper medical
centers or hospitals:
(b.1) Philippine Overseas Employment Administration - Subject to deregulation and phase out as provided
under Sections 29 and 30 herein, the Administration shall regulate private sector participation in the recruitment
and overseas placement of workers by setting up a licensing and registration system. It shall also formulate and
implement, in coordination with appropriate entities concerned, when necessary employment of Filipino workers
taking into consideration their welfare and the domestic manpower requirements.
(b.2) Overseas Workers Welfare Administration - The Welfare Officer or in his absence, the coordinating
officer shall provide the Filipino migrant worker and his family all the assistance they may need in the enforcement
of contractual obligations by agencies or entities and/or by their principals. In the performance of this functions, he
shall make representation and may call on the agencies or entities concerned to conferences or conciliation
meetings for the purpose of settling the complaints or problems brought to his attention.
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[29]
[30]
G.R. No. 115497, September 16, 1996, 261 SCRA 757.
Id. at 772.
See Tiongco v. Deguma, G.R. No. 133619, October 26, 1999, 317 SCRA 527.
[31]
Royal Crown Internationale v. NLRC, G.R. No. 78085, October 16, 1989, 178 SCRA 569, 580-581, cited in Philippine National
Bank v. Cabansag, G.R. No. 157010, June 21, 2005, 460 SCRA 514.
[32]
Civil Code, Article 1700.
[33]
Id., Article 1701.
[34]
Id., Article 1702.
[35]
Art. 2219. Moral damages may be recovered in the following and analogous cases:
(1) A criminal offense resulting in physical injuries;
(2) Quasi-delicts causing physical injuries;
(3) Seduction, abduction, rape, or other lascivious acts;
(4) Adultery or concubinage;
(5) Illegal or arbitrary detention or arrest;
(6) Illegal search;
(7) Libel, slander or any other form of defamation;
(8) Malicious prosecution;
(9) Acts mentioned in Article 309;
(10) Acts and actions referred to in Articles 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, and 35.
[36]
Maneja v. National Labor Relations Commission, G.R. No. 124013, June 5, 1998, 290 SCRA 603.
[37]
Sevillana v. I.T. (International) Corp., G.R. No. 99047, April 16, 2001, 356 SCRA 451.
[38]
R.A. 8042, Section 10.
[39]
G.R. No. 117056, February 24, 1998, 286 SCRA 454.
[40]
Civil Code, Article 1236.
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