SO ORDERED. ANGELINA SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ Associate Justice WE CONCUR: ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBAN Associate Justice Chairman RENATO C. CORONA CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES Associate Justice Associate Justice CANCIO C. GARCIA Associate Justice ATTESTATION I attest that the conclusions in the above Decision were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court's Division. ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBAN Associate Justice Chairman, Third Division CERTIFICATION Pursuant to Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution, and the Division Chairman's Attestation, 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 Court. HILARIO G. DAVIDE, JR. Chief Justice Footnotes 1 Teknika Skills and Trade Services, Inc. vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 100399, August 4, 1992, 212 SCRA 132, 140-141. 2 Penned by Justice Romeo A. Brawner (now Commissioner of the Commission on Elections), and concurred in by Justice Mario L. Guariña III and Justice Danilo B. Pine, Annex "H" of the Petition for Review, Rollo at 109-116. 3 Annex "J", id. at 140. 4 Noel delos Reyes was immediately repatriated by petitioner to the Philippines after being diagnosed with fecal parasitic infection and failing the medical examination conducted by the Taiwanese Health Authorities. 5 Section 10, RA 8042 provides for the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the Labor Arbiters and the NLRC over claims arising by virtue of any contract involving Filipino workers for overseas deployment. It also provides for the joint and several liability of the principal/employer, such as Formosa Plastics Corporation, and the recruitment/placement agency, petitioner herein, thus: