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[14] Citations omitted.
[15] Penned by Commissioner Vicente S.E. Veloso, with Presiding Commissioner Roy V.
Señeres and Commissioner Romeo L. Go, concurring.
[16] Rollo, pp. 220-228. Penned by Commissioner Ernesto S. Dinopol, with Presiding
Commissioner Roy V. Señeres and Commissioner Romeo L. Go, concurring.
[17] Id. at 224-227. (Citations omitted).
[18] Id. at 42-43.
[19] Sec.20 (B)
2. x x x the seafarer shall submit himself to a post-employment medical examination by a
company-designated physician within three working days upon his return except when he is
physically incapacitated to do so, in which case, a written notice to the agency within the
same period is deemed as compliance. Failure of the seafarer to comply with the mandatory
reporting requirement shall result in his forfeiture of the right to claim the above benefits.
[20] 376 Phil. 738 (1999).
[21] Rollo, pp. 174-175.
[22] SECTION 18. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
B. The employment of the seafarer is also terminated when the seafarer arrives at the point
of hire for any of the following reasons:
1. when the seafarer signs-off and is disembarked for medical reasons pursuant to Section
20 (B)[5] of this Contract.
x x x.
[23] Prudential Shipping and Management Corporation v. Sta. Rita, G.R. No. 166580,
February 8, 2007, 515 SCRA 157, 167.
[24] Southeastern Shipping Group, Ltd. v. Navarra, Jr., G.R. No. 167678, June 22, 2010,
621 SCRA 361, 369.
[25] “Adjustment in Rates of Compensation and Other Benefits Provided Under the POEA
Standard Employment Contract for Seafarers.”
[26] Jebsens Maritime Inc. v. Undag, G.R. No. 191491, December 14, 2011, 662 SCRA 670,
678-679.
[27] Aya-ay, Sr. v. Arpaphil Shipping Corporation, 516 Phil. 628, 642, (2006), citing De
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