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Bagong Filipinas Overseas Corp. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission

BAGONG FILIPINAS OVERSEAS CORPORATION and GOLDEN STAR SHIPPING, LTD., petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, DIRECTOR PATRICIA SANTO TOMAS and PROSERFINA PANCHO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-66006 | 1985-02-28

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

The issue in this case is whether the shipboard employment contract or Hongkong law should govern the amount of death compensation due to the wife of (Guillermo Pancho who was employed by Golden Star Shipping, Ltd., a Hongkong based firm.

The shipboard employment contract dated June 1, 1978 was executed in this country between Pancho and Bagong Filipinas Overseas Corporation, the local agent of Golden Star Shipping. It was approved by the defunct National Seamen Board. Pancho was hired as an oiler in the M/V Olivine for 12 months with a gross monthly wage of US $195.

In October, 1978, he had a cerebral...