THIRD DIVISION
SUNACE INTERNATIONAL
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Petitioner,
- versus -
G.R. No. 161757
Present:
QUISUMBING, J., Chairperson,
CARPIO,
CARPIO MORALES, and
TINGA, JJ.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
COMMISSION,
Second
Division; HON.
ERNESTO
S.
DINOPOL, in his capacity as Labor
Arbiter, NLRC; NCR, Arbitration
Branch, Quezon City and DIVINA A.
MONTEHERMOZO,
Promulgated:
Respondents.
January 25, 2006
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DECISION
CARPIO MORALES, J.:
Petitioner, Sunace International Management Services (Sunace), a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Philippines,
deployed to Taiwan Divina A. Montehermozo (Divina) as a domestic helper under
a 12-month contract effectiveFebruary 1, 1997. The deployment was with the
assistance of a Taiwanese broker, Edmund Wang, President of Jet Crown
International Co., Ltd.
After her 12-month contract expired on February 1, 1998, Divina continued
working for her Taiwanese employer, Hang Rui Xiong, for two more years, after
which she returned to the Philippines on February 4, 2000.
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