x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x   DECISION   CARPIO MORALES, J.:   Seafarer Silvino Nazam (respondent) was hired by petitioner Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc. (Transmarine) on behalf of its principal-co-petitioner Global Navigation, Ltd. for the position of Bosun under a 9-month contract,1[1] with a salary of US$535 per month.   Respondent was deployed on August 26, 2004 at Ulsan, South Korea on board the vessel M/V Maersk Durban, but was repatriated to the Philippines twenty three days later or on September 18, 2004, pursuant to his handwritten letter 2[2] dated September 16, 2004 requesting that he be relieved. The letter stated, quoted verbatim:   SEPT 16 2004 1 [1] Annex “C” of Petition, rollo, p. 91. 2 [2] NLRC records, p, 36.