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Traveo, et al. vs. Bobongon Banana Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, et al.

OLDARICO S. TRAVEO, ROVEL A. GENELSA, RUEL U. VILLARMENTE, ALFREDO A. PANILAGAO, CARMEN P. DANILA, ELIZABETH B. MACALINO, RAMIL P. ALBITO, REYNALDO A. LADRILLO, LUCAS G. TAMAYO, DIOSDADO A. AMORIN, RODINO C. VASQUEZ, GLORIA A. FELICANO, NOLE E. FERMILAN, JOSELITO B. RENDON, CRISTETA D. CA?A, EVELYN D. ARCENAL and JEORGE M. NONO, Petitioners, versus BOBONGON BANANA GROWERS MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE, TIMOG AGRICULTURAL CORPORATION, DIAMOND FARMS, INC., and DOLE ASIA PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 164205 | 2009-09-03

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

By the account of petitioner Oldarico Traveño and his 16 co-petitioners, in 1992, respondent Timog Agricultural Corporation (TACOR) and respondent Diamond Farms, Inc. (DFI) hired them to work at a banana plantation at Bobongon, Santo Tomas, Davao Del Norte which covered lands previously planted with rice and corn but whose owners had agreed to convert into a banana plantation upon being convinced that TACOR and DFI could provide the needed capital, expertise, and equipment. Petitioners helped prepare the lands for the planting of banana suckers and eventually carried out the planting as well.[1]

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