iii[3] Id.,pp. 50-55. iv[4] Id.,pp. 58-65. v[5] Id.,pp. 74-75. vi[6] Id.,p. 75. The second division of the respondent commission was composed of Comms. Rogelio I. Rayala, ponente; Edna Bonto-Perez, presiding commissioner; and Domingo Zapanta. vii[7] viii[8] ix[9] Rollo, p. 29. Ibid.,p. 24. The case was deemed submitted for resolution after the Court in its Resolution dated March 4, 1996 granted private respondents motion for leave to admit his delayed memorandum, and thereafter noted said memorandum. x[10] xi[11] Rollo, pp. 330-331. xii[12] Rollo, p. 304. Alliance of Democratic Free Labor Organization vs. Laguesma, 254 SCRA 565, 572-573, March 11, 1996, per Panganiban, J. xiii[13] Pepsi Cola Distributors of the Philippines, Inc. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, 247 SCRA 386, 394, August 15, 1995; and Salonga vs. National Labor Relations Commission, 254 SCRA 111, 114115, February 23, 1996. xiv[14] xv[15] Salonga vs. NLRC, ibid. Concerned Officials of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System vs. Vasquez, 240 SCRA 502, 518, January 25, 1995, per Vitug, J. xvi[16] Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila vs. Civil Service Commission, 241 SCRA 506, 516, February 21, 1995, per Vitug, J. xvii[17] POEA Rules and Regulations of 1991 was signed on May 31, 1991 by Secretary of Labor and Employment Ruben D. Torres. xviii[18] Section 6. Nature of proceedings. The proceedings before the Hearing Officer shall be non-litigious in nature, subject to the requirements of due process. The technicalities of law and procedure and the rules obtaining in the courts of law shall not strictly apply thereto. xix[19]