Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, it is hereby certified that the conclusions in the above Decision were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Courts Division. HILARIO G. DAVIDE, JR. Chief Justice [1] Rollo, p. 20. Penned by Associate Justice Delilah Vidallon-Magtolis, with Associate Justices Candido V. Rivera, and Sergio L. Pestao concurring. [2] Id. at 22. [3] Id. at 23. [4] Id. at 36. [5] Id. at 9. [6] Art. 1155. The prescription of action is interrupted when they are filed before the court, when there is a written extrajudicial demand by the creditors, and when there is any written acknowledgment of the debt by the debtor. [7] SECTION 28. JURISDICTION. xxx Recognizing the peculiar nature of overseas shipboard employment, the employer and the seafarer agree that all claims arising from this contract shall be made within one (1) year from the date of seafarers return to the point of hire. [8] REVISED STANDARD EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS ON BOARD OCEAN-GOING VESSELS. [9] G.R. Nos. 104776 & 104911-14, 5 December 1994, 238 SCRA 721. [10] Serrano v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 139420, 15 August 2001, 363 SCRA 223, 232. [11] Videogram Regulatory Board v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 106564, 28 November 1996, 265 SCRA 50, 58. [12] Casim v. Flordeliza, G.R. No. 139511, 23 January 2002, 374 SCRA 386, 393. [13] El Reyno Homes, Inc. v. Ong, G.R. No. 142440, 17 February 2003, 397 SCRA 563, 570. [14] Villaruel, Jr. v. Fernando, G.R. No. 136726, 24 September 2003, 412 SCRA 54, 65. [15] Schulz v. Flores, A.C. No. 4219, 8 December 2003, 417 SCRA 159, 166.