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Philimare Shipping & Equipment Supply vs NLRC and Ramon Zulueta

PHILIMARE SHIPPING & EQUIPMENT SUPPLY INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and RAMON ZULUETA, respondents.

G.R. No. 126764 | 1999-12-23

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

PHILIMARE SHIPPING & EQUIPMENT SUPPLY, INC., in this petition for certiorari,[1] seeks to annul and set aside the Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission[2] which affirmed the Labor Arbiter's finding that private respondent Ramon Zulueta was illegally dismissed from his employment.

Respondent Ramon Zulueta was employed as Chief Cook of M/V Mico, a Bahamas registered ship, through its local manning agent, petitioner Philimare Shipping & Equipment Supply (PHILIMARE), with a basic monthly salary of US $510.00 for a duration of twelve (12) months.

On 30 June 1995 at around 11:30 p.m. while on...