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Associated Anglo-American Tobacco Corporation, Petitioner, Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Third Division, Labor Arbiter Ricardo N. Olairez, Ruben De La Cruz Romano And Lucio L. Maggay, Respondents.

ASSOCIATED ANGLO-AMERICAN TOBACCO CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, THIRD DIVISION, LABOR ARBITER RICARDO N. OLAIREZ, RUBEN DE LA CRUZ ROMANO and LUCIO L. MAGGAY, respondents.

G.R. No. 125602 | 1999-04-29

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

The crux of the present controversy is whether the appeal from the decision of the Labor Arbiter to the National Labor Relations Commission was perfected within the reglementary period.

On 6 October 1995 private respondent Ruben de la Cruz Romano filed before the Regional Arbitration Branch No. II of Tuguegarao, Cagayan, a complaint against petitioner Associated Anglo-American Tobacco Corporation, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the Philippines manufacturing and selling cigarette products, claiming that he was employed as truck driver by petitioner from 1 October 1973 to 14 December 1994;...