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is no longer used as currency, and from Euro to Philippine Peso, which is
ultimately the currency that the money judgment was made payable in the
judgment sought to be executed. Hence, the writ of execution did not
deviate, but is all the more in accordance with the final and executory
judgment.[41]
Finally, Sameer likewise questions the validation given by the Court of Appeals to the
manner by which the Labor Arbiter has come by the re-computation of the monetary
award. Yet inasmuch as it thereby would have this Court look into a deeply technical
matter which is best left to the sound judgment of the labor tribunal below, we decline
to address this issue further. Suffice it to say that mathematical computations are
painted in jurisprudence as factual determinations[42] and, thus, generally beyond the
province of this Court, especially when supported by substantial evidence and affirmed
by the appellate court.[43] Well-recognized exceptions[44] to this rule abound, but not
one is applicable in this instant petition.
WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED.
SO ORDERED.
Carpio, Acting C.J., (Chairperson), Perlas-Bernabe, Caguioa, and Lazaro-Javier, JJ.,
concur.
[1] Under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court.
[2] Penned by Associate Justice Ramon Cruz, with Associate Justices Rebecca De Guia-
Salvador and Marlene Gonzales-Sison, concurring; rollo, pp. 36-47.
[3] Signed by the same Third Division members, except Associate Justice Rebecca De
Guia-Salvador who retired in the interim and replaced by Associate Justice Remedios
Salazar-Fernando; id. at 33-34. rollo, pp. 33-34.
[4] Sameer Overseas Placement Agency, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission
Sixth Division and Josefa Gutierrez.
[5] Sameer was declared solidarity liable with Rizalina Lamzon and the Irish Nursing
Home Organization Limited. Note that among the issues that had been raised since the
execution stage was the fact that the writ of execution as well as the final decision in
the illegal dismissal case omitted the corporate identifier "Inc." to identify Sameer. It
argued that there had been an erroneous service of the writ as it had been directed to
a wrong party. This issue, however, has already been settled by the appellate court,
thus, released from the main issues in the present petition.
[6] Signed by Labor Arbiter Natividad M. Roma, rollo, pp. 65-66.
[7] Id.
[8] Via a petition for review on certiorari docketed as GR. No. 188231.
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