CERTIFICATION   Pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution, and the Division Chairperson's Attestation, it is hereby certified that the conclusions in the above decision were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court.       REYNATO S. PUNO Chief Justice [1] [2]  Rollo, pp. 165-174.  Id. at 181.   [3]  Id. at 101.  Id. at 102. [5]  Id. at 103.   [6]  Id. at 65-74. [7]  Id. [8]  Id. at 48. [9]  Id. at 65-74. [10]  Id. at 76-81. [11]  Id. at 81. [12]  Id. at 113-132. [13]  Id. at 132. [14]  Id. at 138-139. [15]  Id. at 165-174. [16]  Id. at 175-179. [17]  Id. at 181. [18]  Id. at 233. [19]  PCL Shipping Philippines, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, G.R. No. 153031, December 14, 2006. [20]  Lopez Sugar Corporation v. Franco, G.R. No. 148195, May 16, 2005, 458 SCRA 515, 528. [21]  Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, 376 Phil. 738, 747 (1999); More Maritime Agencies, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, 366 Phil. 646, 654 (1999). [22]  G.R. No. 159146, January 28, 2005, 449 SCRA 525. [23]  Id. at 542. [24]  Id. at 103. [25]  PCL Shipping Philippines, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, supra note 19. [4]