People v. Benemerito, G.R. No. 120389, November 21, 1996, 264 SCRA 677 citing People v. Manugas, 231 SCRA 1, 8 (1994). xxiii[23] Ibid., citing People v. Bautista, 241 SCRA 216, 222 (1995) citing People v. Turda, 233 SCRA 702 (1994). xxiv[24] xxv[25] People v. Cabacang, G.R. No. 113917, July 17, 1995, 246 SCRA 530. xxvi[26] People v. Duque, G.R. No. 100285, August 13, 1992, 212 SCRA 607. xxvii[27] Arts. 38 and 39, Labor Code. xxviii[28] G.R. No. 104576, January 20, 1995, 240 SCRA 348, 355. xxix[29] G.R. No. 88709, February 11, 1992, 206 SCRA 127. xxx[30] Ibid., on p.132. xxxi[31] L-39721, July 15, 1975, 65 SCRA 96, 98-99. xxxii[32] RTC Decision dated August 28, 1992, p. 6; Rollo, p. 19. People v. Bautista, G.R. No. 113547, February 9, 1995, 241 SCRA 216; People v. Benemerito, supra, pp. 691-692. xxxiii[33] xxxiv[34] RTC Decision, p. 6.