G.R. No. 178127 http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/april2009/178127.htm CERTIFICATION Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, and the Division Chairpersons Attestation, I certify that the conclusions in the above decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Courts Division. REYNATO S. PUNO Chief Justice [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 12 of 13 Penned by Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes with the concurrence of Associate Justices Roberto A. Barrios and Juan Q. Enriquez. NLRC records, p. 39 (Annex D to Complainants [respondent] Position Paper). Id. at p. 11 (Exhibit 2 of Respondents [petitioners] Position Paper). Id. at p. 33 (Annex C to Complainants [respondent] Position Paper). (2) If the injury or illness requires medical and/or dental treatment in a foreign port, the employer shall be liable for the full cost of such medical, serious, dental, surgical and hospital treatment as well as board and lodging until the seafarer is declared fit to work or to be repatriated. 1/27/2016 2:14 PM