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Conference of Maritime Manning Agencies, Inc. vs. POEA

THE CONFERENCE OF MARITIME MANNING AGENCIES, INC., ALSTER INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, INC., CREAMSHIP MANAGEMENT, INC., EL GRANDE SHIPPING CORP., EASTGATE (INT'L.) MARITIME AGENCIES, INC., FILIPINAS KALAYAAN OVERSEAS SHIPPING CORP., INTERWORLD SHIPPING CORP., JZEL COMPANY, INC., LAINE SHIPPING AGENCY CORP., MARINERS SERVICES, CORP., MARITIME SERVICES & MGT., INC., MID OCEAN (PHILS.) MARINE AGENCY, OCEAN EAST AGENCY CORP., PASIA-PHIL. GROUP, INC., PHIL. MARINE CONSULTANT INC., SEASTAR MARINE SERVICES, INC., TSM SHIPPING (PHILS.) INC., TRANS-MED (MANILA) CORPORATION, petitioners, vs. PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, HON. NIEVES CONFESSOR AND THE HON. FELICISIMO JOSON, respondents.

G.R. No. 114714 | 1995-04-21

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Petitioner Conference of Maritime Manning Agencies, Inc., and incorporated association of licensed Filipino manning agencies, and its co-petitioners, all licensed manning agencies which hire and recruit Filipino seamen for and in behalf of their respective foreign shipowner-principals, urge us to annul Resolution No. 01, series of 1994, of the Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Memorandum Circular No. 05, series of 1994, on the grounds that:

(1) The POEA does not have the power and authority to fix and promulgate rates affecting death and workmen's compensation of...