[1]
Penned by Associate Justice Juan Q. Enriquez, Jr., with Associate Justices Delilah Vidallon Magtolis and
Candido V. Rivera, concurring; Rollo, pp. 32-39.
[2]
Rollo, p. 28.
[3]
Poquiz, LABOR STANDARDS LAW, 2005 ed., p. 73, citing Rule II, Book V, Rules and Regulations Governing
Overseas Employment.
[4]
Respondents memorandum, pp. 18-19, Rollo, pp. 129-130.
[5]
CA decision, Rollo, p. 33.
[6]
CA Decision, p. 3, Rollo, p. 34.
[7]
CA Decision, p. 4, Rollo, p. 35.
CA Decision, pp. 1-2, Rollo, pp. 32-33.
[9]
CA Rollo, pp. 56-57.
[10]
See Note #1, supra.
[11]
See Note #2, supra.
[12]
Rollo, pp. 10-11.
[13]
Art. 1306 of the Civil Code; Lagunsad vs. Soto, 92 SCRA 476 and other cases.
[14]
Brent School vs. Zamora, 181 SCRA 702 [1990].
[15]
PD No. 442, as amended.
[16]
Art. 17, Labor Code of the Phil.
[17]
Poquiz, LABOR STANDARDS LAW, 2005 ed., p. 73.
[18]
(Sec. 2(B) of the POEA Standard Employment Contract provides that [A]ny extension of the contract of
employment [between the employer and the seafarer] shall be subject to the mutual consent of both parties.
[19]
385 SCRA 306 [2002].
[20]
Sec. 2 (A) The employment contract between the employer and the seafarer .shall be effective until the seafarers
date of arrival at the point of hire upon the termination of his employment pursuant to Section of the
Contract. .
[21]
Sec. 18. The employment of the seafarer shall cease when the seafarer completes his period of contractual service
. . . signs off from the vessel and arrives at the point of hire.
[22]
Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th ed., p. 1299.
[23]
CA decision, p. 2, Rollo, p. 33.
[24]
Millares vs. NLRC, supra.
[25]
Metropolitan Development Authority v. JANCOM Environmental Corporation, 375 SCRA 320 [2002];
citing Bugatti v. Court of Appeals, 343 SCRA 335 [2000]; Romago Electric Co., Inc., v. Court of Appeals,
333 SCRA 291 [2000]; and Royal Lines, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 143 SCRA 608 [1986].
[26]
PAL vs. Miano, 242 SCRA 235 [1995]; Scott Consultants & Resource Development Corp. vs. CA 242 SCRA 393
[1995].
[27]
DBP vs.CA, 262 SCRA 245 [1996], citing Mirasol vs. De la Cruz, 84 SCRA 337 and other cases.
[28]
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. vs. Ines Chaves, 18 SCRA 356 [1966] and other cases.
[8]