4/15/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 1.8 Collective Bargaining Agreement, if any:[6] On June 25, 2013, Manuel joined the vessel M/V Sealord and commenced his duties.[7] On October 8, 2013, while M/V Sea Lord was cruising along the waters of Brazil towards Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Manuel was found lifeless inside the toilet of the vessel's hospital cabin. Because of this tragic incident, the vessel changed course and set sail to Galle, Sri Lanka instead, where Manuel's remains were unloaded.[8] On October 18, 2013, Senior Counsel Murshid Maharoof (Maharoof) and Junior Counsel Shamir Zavahir (Zavahir) conducted an investigation on the death of Manual. In the Investigation Report on the Death of Manuel Augastine Borreta, Jr.[9] (Investigation Report) they prepared, the investigators stated that the statements of the master, chief officer, crew members, logged in the vessel log book as well as the details on the medical assistance record showed that Manuel had not been acting like his usual self. On October 7, 2013, he failed to report for work and locked himself in the vessel's gymnasium and then later shut himself inside the hospital. When they tried to communicate with him, Manuel sounded distraught, talked non-sense and fearful that someone was going to kill him. They could only talk to him through the ship's phone. Manuel was offered food the following day but he refused to partake of the same. When Manuel stopped communicating with them, the crew decided to force open the door to the hospital room but found it unlocked and empty. The crew eventually found Manuel inside the vessel's hospital lavatory, with a nylon cord tied around his neck and hanging on a hook, dead. These facts notwithstanding, the investigators failed to identify the cause of Manuel's death. As such, the Death Certificate that was issued indicated the cause of death as "Under investigations."[10] On October 23, 2013, the remains of Manuel was repatriated to the Philippines.[11] Upon the request of the sister of the deceased, Dr. Roberto Rey C. San Diego, M.D., Medico-Legal Officer of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), autopsied the remains of Manuel on October 24, 2013.[12] In Autopsy Report No. N-13-1056 that was subsequently issued, the NBI stated that the cause of death was "CONSISTENT WITH ASPHYXIA BY LIGATURE."[13] On December 7, 2013, Dr. Rohan Ruwanpura (Dr. Ruwanpura), Consultant Judicial Medical Officer at Galle, Sri Lanka issued a post-mortem report on the post-mortem examination he conducted on Manuel on October 19, 2013,[14] with the following observations: A ligature prepared from white twisted nylon rope was present around the upper neck. It was tied around the neck with a sliding knot [running noose] positioned over the left mastoid region of back of the head. Removal of the ligature revealed a parchment like abraded mark, mostly regular in shape and about 0.5 cm in width. The mark was deeper and mostly horizontal on right side of the neck, then taking upwards course on front and back aspect of upper part of the neck to form united inverted "V" mark over left mastoid region, in relation to position of the knot.[15] https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66237 2/37