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Philimare, Inc. / Marlow Navigation Co. Ltd., Bonifacio & Alberto Gomez Vs. Benedicto F. Suganob

PHILIMARE, INC./MARLOW NAVIGATION CO., LTD., BONIFACIO GOMEZ and ALBERTO GOMEZ, Petitioners, versus BENEDICTO F. SUGANOB, Respondent.

G.R. No. 168753 | 2008-07-09

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review assails the Decision[1] dated April 29, 2005 and the Resolution[2] dated June 29, 2005 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 86350. Also assailed is the appellate court's Resolution[3] dated September 23, 2004, which had treated respondent's petition for review under Rule 43 as a petition for certiorari under Rule 65.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Respondent Benedicto F. Suganob was employed as Chief Cook for petitioners for almost ten years on board various vessels of petitioners. His last employment contract with petitioners was on board M/V Mekong Star where he was hired...