6/8/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly liberally construed in favor of Filipino seafarers and their dependents.[22] We commiserate with respondents for the unfortunate fate that befell their loved one; however, we find that the factual circumstances in this case do not justify the grant of death benefits as prayed for by them as beneficiaries of Salvador. WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The Decision of the Court of Appeals in CAG.R. SP No. 100113 dated February 14, 2008 and its July 8, 2008 Resolution denying the motion for reconsideration are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The March 30, 2007 Decision and May 24, 2007 Resolutions of the National Labor Relations Commission in NLRC NCR CA NO. 038741-04 reversing the October 28, 2003 Decision of the Labor Arbiter are hereby REINSTATED and AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED. Chico-Nazario, Velasco, Jr., Nachura, and Peralta, JJ., concur. [1] Rollo, pp. 13-25; penned by Associate Justice Jose L. Sabio, Jr. and concurred in by Associate Justices Jose C. Reyes, Jr. and Myrna Dimaranan Vidal. [2] Id. at 28-29. [3] Id. at 14-17. [4] Id. at 25. [5] Id. at 45. [6] NFD International Manning Agents v. National Labor Relations Commission, 348 Phil. 264, 273 (1998). [7] Lapid v. National Labor Relations Commission, 366 Phil. 10, 17 (1999). [8] La Rosa v. Ambassador Hotel, G.R. No. 177059, March 13, 2009. [9] Rollo, p. 23. [10] Id. at 110. [11] Id. at 97. [12] Id. [13] Id. at 97 and 103. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/49727 7/8