SERENO,*** JJ.     GIL A. FLORES, Promulgated:   Respondent. October 6, 2010 x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x     DECISION     PERALTA, J.:   Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to set aside the Decision1[1] dated February 28, 2003, of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CAG.R. SP. No. 55512, entitled Varorient Shipping Co., Inc. and Aria Maritime Co., Ltd. v. National Labor Relations Commission, Third Division and Gil A. Flores, which affirmed with modification the Decision 2[2] dated May 25, 1999, and ****** Designated as an additional member in lieu of Associate Justice Roberto A. Abad, per Special Order No. 903, dated September 28, 2010. 1[1] Penned by Associate Justice Regalado E. Maambong, with Associate Justices Delilah Vidallon-Magtolis and Andres B. Reyes, Jr., concurring; rollo, pp. 34-48.

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