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Inter-Orient Maritime Enterprises, Inc., Et Al. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

INTER-ORIENT MARITIME ENTERPRISES, INC., SEA HORSE SHIP MANAGEMENT, INC. and TRENDA WORLD SHIPPING (MANILA), INC., petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and RIZALINO D. TAYONG, respondents.

G.R. No. 115286 | 1994-08-11

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

Private respondent Rizalino Tayong, a licensed Master Mariner with experience in commanding ocean-going vessels, was employed on 6 July 1989 by petitioners Trenda World Shipping (Manila), Inc. and Sea Horse Ship Management, Inc. through petitioner Inter-Orient Maritime Enterprises, Inc. as Master of the vessel M/V Oceanic Mindoro, for a period of one (1) year, as evidenced by an employment contract. On 15 July 1989, Captain Tayong assumed command of petitioners' vessel at the port of Hongkong. His instructions were to replenish bunker and diesel fuel, to said forthwith to Richard Bay, South Africa, and...