G.R. No. 152318 http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/april2009/152318.htm [13] See id. at 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84. [14] Rollo, pp. 156-158. [15] Id. at 157. Emphasis in the original. [16] Id. at 159, 160, 161, 162, 163 & 164. Emphasis not ours. [17] Id. at 165. [18] Id. at 168-173. [19] See id. at 204-205. Order penned by Labor Arbiter Ariel Cadiente Santos, the Labor Arbiter who heard and eventually decided the complaint for illegal dismissal. [20] See id. at 206-211. [21] Id. at 212-223. [22] Id. [23] Id. at 219. [24] Id. at 220-221. [25] Docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 67794. [26] Rollo, pp. 48-49. Resolution penned by Associate Justice Salvador T. Valdez, Jr. of the Court of Appeals Former Fifteenth Division, and concurred in by Associate Justices Mercedes Gozo-Dadole and Sergio L. Pestao. [27] Id. at 45. [28] The Resolution denying the Motion for Reconsideration was promulgated on 4 March 2002. [29] 354 Phil. 905 (1998). [30] Id. at 916-917. [31] 325 Phil. 1028 (1996). [32] G.R. No. 101949, 1 December 1994, 238 SCRA 524 [33] Id. at 536. [34] See Syquia v. Almeda Lopez, 84 Phil. 312 (1949). [35] I. CRUZ, PHILIPPINE POLITICAL LAW (2002 ed.) at 43. Emphasis supplied. See also Metran v. Paredes, 79 Phil. 819 (1948). [36] See Traders Royal Bank v. Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. 68514, 17 December 1990, 192 SCRA 305, 310. [37] See Fontanilla v. Maliaman, G.R. Nos. 55963 & 61045, 27 February 1991, 194 SCRA 486. [38] See Arcega v. Court of Appeals, 160 Phil. 919 (1975); Olizo v. Central Bank, 120 Phil. 355 (1964). 18 of 19 1/26/2016 4:07 PM