[4]                Original records, p. 138.                Id. at.174. [6]                CA rollo, p. 2. [7]                Id. at 108. [8]                Id. at 151. [9]                Rollo, pp. 17, 23 and 26. [10]              Lopez Sugar v. Franco, G.R. No. 148195, May 16, 2005, 458 SCRA 515, 528. [11]              Gerlach v. Reuters Ltd., Phil., G.R. No. 148542, January 17, 2005, 448 SCRA 535, 545. [12]              Id. at 545. [13]              Lopez Sugar v. Franco, supra at 528. [14]              Cosmos Bottling Corp. v. National Labor Relations Commission, 453 Phil. 151, 157 (2003). [15]              OR, p. 155. [16]              Id. at 156. [17]              OR, p. 43. [18]              Annex “C”, OR, p. 43. [19]              Singa Ship Management Philippines, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, 342 Phil. 161, 169 (1997). [20]              Philippine Long Distance Telecommunication v. Tiamson, G.R. Nos. 164684-85, November 11, 2005, 474 SCRA 761, 771. [21]              Litton Mills, Inc. v. Sales, G.R. No. 151400, September 1, 2004, 437 SCRA 488, 500. [22]              This Circular was issued pursuant to Department Order No. 33, Series of 1996 of the Department of Labor and Employment revising POEA Memorandum Circular No. 41, Series of 1989. [23]              OR, pp. 4-8. [24]              Section 2, Rule 9 of the old Rules as amended by Section 1, Rule 9 of the present Rules of Court. [25]              The same provision can be found in the 2005 Revised Rules of Procedure of the NLRC. [26]              Pondoc v. National Labor Relations Commission, 331 Phil. 134, 145 (1996). [27]              Triple Eight Integrated Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, 359 Phil. 955, 968-969 (1998). [28]              Id. [29]              Stolt-Nielsen Marine Services (Phils.), Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, 332 Phil. 340, 352 (1996); Reta v. National Labor Relations Commission, G.R. No. 112100, May 27, 1994, 232 SCRA 613, 617; Seahorse Maritime Corporation v. National Labor Relations Commission, G.R. No. 84712, May 15, 1989, 173 SCRA 390, 394. [30]              OR, p. 42. [31]              Stolt-Nielsen Marine Services (Phils.), Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission, supra at 353. [32]              456 Phil. 520, 539-540 (2003) citing Traders Royal Bank Employees Union-Independent v. National Labor Relations Commission, 336 Phil. 705, 712 (1997) [33]              Id. at 539-540. [5]