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Philippine Transmarine vs. Northern Marine Management

PHILIPPINE TRANSMARINE CARRIERS, INC. AND NORTHERN MARINE MANAGEMENT, PETITIONERS, VS. JOSELITO A. CRISTINO, DECEASED AND REPRESENTED BY HIS WIFE SUSAN B. BERDOS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 188638 | 2015-12-09

 
DECISION
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
The Court is confronted once more with a dispute concerning a seafarer's entitlement to compensation and benefits for illness. The regulation is in the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Standard Employment Contract for Seafarers (Contract).[1]

Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] are the Court of Appeals Decision[3] dated February 27, 2009 and its July 10, 2009 Resolution[4] in CA-G.R. SP No. 106430, which affirmed in toto the July 28, 2008 Decision[5] and the September 30, 2008 Resolution[6] of the National Labor Relations...