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Gregorio V. Tongko Vs. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Phils.) Inc. and Renato A. Vergel De Dios [DISSENTING OPINION VELASCO]

GREGORIO V. TONGKO, Petitioner, versus THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO. (PHILS.), INC. and RENATO A. VERGEL DE DIOS, Respondents. [DISSENTING OPINION VELASCO]

G.R. No. 167622 | 2010-06-29

D I S S E N T I N G     O P I N I O N 
 
 
VELASCO, JR., J.: 
 
By Decision dated November 7, 2008, the Court, on the finding that petitioner Gregorio V. Tongko was illegally dismissed as employee of respondent Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Phils.), Inc. (Manulife), awarded him full backwages and separation benefits, in lieu of reinstatement. 
 
Manulife, via this Motion for Reconsideration, urges the Court to reconsider and set aside its aforementioned Decision by declaring, in effect, that Tongko had never been its employee.[1] As Manulife avers, the subject Decision effectively "converted...