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Petroleum Shipping Ltd. vs. NLRC

PETROLEUM SHIPPING LIMITED (formerly ESSO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING (BAHAMAS) CO., LTD.) and TRANS-GLOBAL MARITIME AGENCY, INC., Petitioners, versus NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and FLORELLO W. TANCHICO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148130 | 2006-06-16

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO, J.
 
The Case 
 
Before the Court is a petition for review [1] assailing the 25 January 2001 Decision [2] and 7 May 2001 Resolution [3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 54756. 
 
The Antecedent Facts 
 
On 6 March 1978, Esso International Shipping (Bahamas) Co., Ltd., ("Esso") through Trans-Global Maritime Agency, Inc. ("Trans-Global") hired Florello W. Tanchico ("Tanchico") as First Assistant Engineer. In 1981, Tanchico became Chief Engineer. On 13 October 1992, Tanchico returned to the Philippines for a two-month...