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 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 Records at 28. 2 Id. at 29. Note however that respondent’s POEA Overseas Employment Certificate is only for 12 months (Records at 5). 3 Id. at 24. 4 Id. at 28. 5 Id. at 24. 6 Ibid. 7 Id. at 1. 8 With the passage of Republic Act No. 8042 otherwise known as "The Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995," it is now the NLRC and not the POEA which has original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide claims arising out of an employer-employee relationship or by virtue of any law or contract involving Filipino workers for overseas deployment including claims for actual, moral, exemplary and other forms of damages. 9 Records at 24. 10 Ibid. 11 Ibid. 12 Ibid. 13 Ibid. 14 Ibid. 15 Id. at 25. 16 Id. at 36-37. 17 Id. at 112-117. 18 This is the period during which he claims he was jobless. 19 Id. at 114-117.