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Eddie started working as a seafarer in the 1980s. 5He has two children, namely, Bryan and James Christopher R. Dizon (James).6 Eddie and Verona Juana Pascua-Dizon (Verona) (collectively, the Spouses Dizon) got married on March 8, 1995.7 Verona was a housewife.8 She and her mother, together with…
Read decisionOn August 16, 2000, petitioner Iloilo Jar Corporation (Iloilo Jar), as lessor, and respondent Comglasco Corporation/Aguila Glass (Comglasco), as lessee, entered into a lease contract over a portion of a warehouse building, with an estimated floor area of 450 square meters, located on a parcel of…
Read decisionGrand Placement and General Services Corp. (GPGS) is a licensed recruitment or placement agency in the Philippines while Saudi Aramco (Aramco) is its counterpart in Saudi Arabia. On the other hand, Industrial & Management Technology Methods Co. Ltd. (ITM) is the principal of GPGS, a company existing…
Read decisionOn August 28, 2004, the petitioner, a domestic corporation operating a resort complex in Nasugbu, Batangas, hired the respondents as Account Executives on probationary status.4 On June 28, 2005, the respondents were promoted to Account Managers effective July 1, 2005, with the monthly salary rate of…
Read decisionTogether with Felicitas Dionisio-Juguilon and Adelaida Dionisio, petitioners Fortunato C. Dionisio, Jr, (Fortunato) and Franklin C. Dionisio (Franklin) owned FCD Pawnshop and Merchandising Company, which in turn was the registered owner of a pared of fond in Makati under Transfer Certificate of…
Read decisionPetitioners Atty. Reyes G. Geromo (Geromo), Florencio Buentipo, Jr. (Buentipo), Ernaldo Yambot (Yambot), and Lydia Bustamante (Bustamante) acquired individual housing units of Adelina 1-A Subdivision (Adelina) in San Pedro, Laguna from La Paz, through GSIS financing, as evidenced by their deeds of…
Read decisionThis controversy is an offshoot of an illegal dismissal case filed by the respondent against the petitioners. In its June 16, 2008 Decision, the LA recognized respondent's right to receive from the petitioners backwages and separation pay in lieu of reinstatement. Thus, it ordered the petitioners to…
Read decisionOn January 4, 2010, Emma Concepcion L. Lin (Lin) filed a Complaint9 for Collection of Sum of Money with Damages against Malayan Insurance Co., Inc. (Malayan), Yvonne Yuchengco (Yvonne), Atty. Emmanuel Villanueva, Sonny Rubin, Engr. Francisco Mondelo, Michael Angelo Requijo (collectively, the…
Read decisionPetitioners hired Feliciano Z. Pajaron (Pajaron) in May 2007 as service crew and Larry A. Carbonilla (Carbonilla) in April 2007 as head crew. On April 15, 2010, Pajaron and Carbonilla filed their respective Complaints5 for constructive and actual illegal dismissal, non-payment of overtime pay,…
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