gamogamo vs. pnoc shipping and transport corp., 381 scra 742(2002

7/25/2019 Gamogamo vs. PNOC Shipping and Transport Corp., 381 SCRA 742(2002

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SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED

Gamogamo vs. PNOC Shipping and Transport Corp.

G.R. No. 47!7. Ma" 7# 2!!2.$

CA%O G. GAMOGAMO# p&tition&r# vs. PNOC S'(PP(NG AND TRANSPORT CORP.#r&spond&nt.

Civi) S&rvi*& +a,- R&tir&m&nt- R&tir&m&nt r&s)ts /rom a vo)ntar" agr&&m&nt0&t,&&n th& &mp)o"&r and th& &mp)o"&& ,h&r&0" th& )att&r a/t&r r&a*hing a *&rtainag& agr&&s to s&v&r his &mp)o"m&nt ,ith th& /orm&r.1(t is *)&ar th&r&/rom that th&*r&dita0)& s&rvi*& r&/&rr&d to in th& R&tir&m&nt P)an is th& r&tir&&s *ontinos "&arso/ s&rvi*& ,ith R&spond&nt. R&tir&m&nt r&s)ts /rom a vo)ntar" agr&&m&nt 0&t,&&nth& &mp)o"&r and th&

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&mp)o"&& ,h&r&0" th& )att&r a/t&r r&a*hing a *&rtain ag& agr&&s to s&v&r his&mp)o"m&nt ,ith th& /orm&r. Sin*& th& r&tir&m&nt pa" so)&)" *om&s /romR&spond&nts /nds# it is 0t natra) that R&spond&nt sha)) disr&gard p&tition&rs)&ngth o/ s&rvi*& in anoth&r *ompan" /or th& *omptation o/ his r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8ts.

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Ann&; HE#I Ro))o# CAG.R. SP No. JJ2# 77.

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On F Nov&m0&r F77# p&tition&r ,as hir&d as *ompan" d&ntist 0" +KonSt&v&doring Corporation >+USTE5ECO?# a privat& dom&sti* *orporation.2S0s&:&nt)"# r&spond&nt PNOC Shipping and Transport Corporation >h&r&a/t&rR&spond&nt? a*:ir&d and too@ ov&r th& shipping 0sin&ss o/ +USTE5ECO# and on Agst F7F# p&tition&r ,as among thos& ,ho opt&d to 0& a0sor0&d 0" th&R&spond&nt.6 Ths# h& *ontin&d to ,or@ as *ompan" d&ntist. (n a )&tt&r dat&d Agst F7F# R&spond&nt assm&d ,ithot int&rrption p&tition&rs s&rvi*& *r&dits

,ith +USTE5ECO#4 0t it did not ma@& r&/&r&n*& to nor assm&d p&tition&rs s&rvi*&*r&dits ,ith th& DO'.

On ! n& FF6# th&n Pr&sid&nt id&) 5. Ramos iss&d a m&morandmJ approvingth& privatiKation o/ PNOC s0sidiari&s# in*)ding R&spond&nt# prsant to th&provisions o/ S&*tion (((>L? o/ th& Gid&)in&s and R&g)ations to imp)&m&nt E;&*tiv&Ord&r No. 67. A**ording)"# R&spond&nt imp)&m&nt&d a Manpo,&r R&d*tionProgram to gov&rn &mp)o"&&s ,hos& r&sp&*tiv& positions hav& 0&&n *)assi8&d asr&dndant as a r&s)t o/ R&spond&nts d&*r&as& in op&rations and th& do,nsiKing o/th& organiKation d& to )a"p and sa)& o/ its v&ss&)s prsant to its dir&*tion

to,ards privatiKation.7 Und&r this program# r&tr&n*h&d &mp)o"&&s sha)) r&*&iv& at,omonth pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*&.

Som&tim& in FFJ# p&tition&r r&:&st&d to 0& in*)d&d in th& n&;t r&tr&n*hm&nts*h&d)&. 'o,&v&r# his r&:&st ,as trn&d do,n /or th& /o))o,ing r&asons


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. As a *ompan" d&ntist h& ,as ho)ding a p&rman&nt position-

2. '& ,as a)r&ad" d& /or mandator" r&tir&m&nt in Apri) FFJ nd&r hisr&tir&m&nt p)an >8rst da" o/ th& month /o))o,ing his !th 0irthda" ,hi*h ,as on 7Mar*h FFJ?.

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2 Ann&; H#I Ro))o# CAG.R. SP No. JJ2# 7.

6 Ann&; HG#I (d.# 7F.

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Entit)&d HR&stating th& PrivatiKation Po)i*" o/ th& Gov&rnm&nt.I

7 Ann&; HD#I (d.# J7.

P&tition in th& Cort o/ App&a)s# (d.# !.

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Ev&nta))"# p&tition&r r&tir&d a/t&r s&rving th& R&spond&nt and +USTE5ECO /or 7"&ars and 4 months pon r&a*hing his !th 0irthda"# on Apri) FFJ. '& r&*&iv&d ar&tir&m&nt pa" o/ PJ2#J24.J#F ,hi*h is &:iva)&nt to on& month pa" /or &v&r""&ar o/ s&rvi*& and oth&r 0&n&8ts.

On 6! Agst FFJ# Admira) Car)ito %. Cnanan# R&pond&nts pr&sid&nt# di&d o/D&ng& &v&r and ,as /orth,ith r&p)a*&d 0" Dr. N&m&sio E. Prd&nt& ,ho assm&doB*& in D&*&m0&r FFJ. Th& n&, pr&sid&nt imp)&m&nt&d signi8*ant *ostsavingm&asr&s. (n FF# a/t&r p&tition&rs r&tir&m&nt# th& *as&s o/ Dr. Rog&)io T. L&na>*ompan" do*tor? and Mrs. +K C. R&"&s >t&)&phon& op&rator?# ,ho ,&r& ho)dingp&rman&ntnonr&dndant positions 0t ,&r& ,i))ing to 0& r&tr&n*h&d nd&r th&program ,&r& 0roght to th& att&ntion o/ th& n&, pr&sid&nt ,ho ord&r&d that astd" on th& *ost&=&*t o/ th& r&tr&n*hm&nt o/ th&s& &mp)o"&&s 0& *ond*t&d.A/t&r a thorogh std"# R&spond&nts Loard o/ Dir&*tors r&*omm&nd&d th& approva)o/ th& r&tr&n*hm&nt. Th&s& t,o &mp)o"&&s ,&r& r&tr&n*h&d and paid a 2months&paration pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*& nd&r R&spond&nts Manpo,&r R&d*tionProgram.!

(n vi&, o/ th& a*tion ta@&n 0" R&spond&nt in th& r&tr&n*hm&nt o/ Dr. L&na andMrs. R&"&s# p&tition&r 8)&d a *omp)aint at th& Nationa) +a0or R&)ations Commission>N+RC? /or th& /)) pa"m&nt o/ his r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8ts. P&tition&r arg&d that hiss&rvi*& ,ith th& DO' sho)d hav& 0&&n in*)d&d in th& *omptation o/ his "&ars o/s&rvi*&. '&n* ,ith an a**m)at&d s&rvi*& o/ 62 "&ars h& sho)d hav& 0&&n paida t,omonth pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*& p&r th& r&tir&m&nt p)an and ths sho)dhav& r&*&iv&d at )&ast P#66#F2!.!!.

Th& +a0or Ar0it&r dismiss&d p&tition&rs *omp)aint. On app&a)# ho,&v&r# th&N+RC r&v&rs&d th& d&*ision o/ th& +a0or Ar0it&r. (n its d&*ision2 o/ 2 Nov&m0&rFF7# th& N+RC r)&d

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F Ann&; H(#I Ro))o# CAG.R. SP No. JJ2# .

! P&tition in th& Cort o/ App&a)s# Ro))o# CAG.R. SP No. JJ2# 24.

Ro))o# CAG.R. SP No. JJ2# F!F7.


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4? "&ars is h&r&0" *onsid&r&d *r&dita0)& s&rvi*& /or prpos&so/ *ompting his r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8ts-

>2? *r&diting his /ort&&n >4? "&ars s&rvi*& ,ith th& D&partm&nt o/ '&a)th#tog&th&r ,ith his n&ar)" &ight&&n >? "&ars o/ s&rvi*& ,ith th& r&spond&nt#*omp)ainant th&r&/or& has a)most thirt"t,o >62? "&ars s&rvi*& pon ,hi*h hisr&tir&m&nt 0&n&8ts ,o)d 0& *ompt&d or 0as&d on-

>6? *omp)ainant is &ntit)&d to th& /)) pa"m&nt o/ his r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8ts prsantto th& r&spond&nts R&tir&m&nt +a, or th& r&tr&n*hm&nt program >Manpo,&rR&d*tion Program?. (n an" *as h& is &ntit)&d to t,o >2? monthsr&tir&m&nts&paration pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*&.

>4? a)) oth&r *)aims ar& D(SM(SSED.

SO ORDERED.

R&spond&nt 8)&d a motion /or r&*onsid&ration 0t it ,as d&ni&d.6

Unsatis8&d ,ith th& r&v&rsa)# R&spond&nt 8)&d ,ith th& Cort o/ App&a)s a sp&*ia)*ivi) a*tion /or *&rtiorari ,hi*h ,as do*@&t&d as CAG.R. SP No. JJ2. (n itsd&*ision4 o/ Nov&m0&r FFF# th& Cort o/ App&a)s s&t asid& th& N+RC dgm&ntand d&*r&&d


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Program# h& sho)d hav& 0&&n paid t,o months pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ his 6 "&ars

o/ s&rvi*&.

P&tition&r )i@&,is& ass&rts that th& prin*ip)& o/ ta*@ing is an*hor&d on R&p0)i* A*tNo. 7FF.7

P&tition&r *on*)d&s that th&r& ,as dis*rimination ,h&n his app)i*ation /or *ov&rag&nd&r th& Manpo,&r R&d*tion Program ,as disapprov&d. 'is app)i*ation ,asd&ni&d 0&*as& h& ,as ho)ding a p&rman&nt position and that h& ,as d& /orr&tir&m&nt. 'o,&v&r# R&spond&nt grant&d th& app)i*ation o/ Dr. Rog&)io L&na# ,ho,as )i@&,is& ho)ding a p&rman&nt position and ,as a)so a0ot to r&tir&. P&tition&r,as on)" giv&n on&month pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*& nd&r th& r&g)arr&tir&m&nt p)an ,hi)& Dr. L&na ,as giv&n a 2month pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*&nd&r th& Manpo,&r R&d*tion Program.

(n its Comm&nt to th& p&tition# R&spond&nt maintains that a)thogh it is agov&rnm&nto,n&d and *ontro))&d *orporation# it has no origina) *hart&r. '&n* it isnot ,ithin th& *ov&rag& o/ th& Civi) S&rvi*& +a,. (t *it&s th& d&*ision in PNOCEDC v.+&ogardo# ,h&r&in ,& h&)d that on)" *orporations *r&at&d 0" sp&*ia) *hart&rs ar&s0&*t to th& provisions o/ th& Civi) S&rvi*& +a,. Thos& ,ithot origina) *hart&rs ar&*ov&r&d 0" th& +a0or Cod&. R&spond&nt a)so ass&rts that R.A. No. 7FF is notapp)i*a0)&. Und&r this )a, an &mp)o"&& ,ho has ,or@&d in 0oth th& privat& andp0)i* s&*tors and has 0&&n *ov&r&d 0" 0oth th& Gov&rnm&nt S&rvi*& (nsran*&S"st&m >GS(S? and th& So*ia) S&*rit" S"st&m >SSS?# sha)) hav& his *r&dita0)&s&rvi*&s or *ontri0tions in 0oth S"st&ms *r&dit&d to his s&rvi*& or *ontri0tionr&*ord in &a*h o/ th& S"st&ms# ,hi*h sha)) 0& smm&d p /or prpos&s o/ o)d agdisa0i)it"# srvivorship and oth&r 0&n&8ts in *as& th& *ov&r&d m&m0&r do&s not:a)i/" /or s*h 0&n&8ts in &ith&r or 0oth S"st&ms ,ithot th& tota)iKation.

R&spond&nt /rth&r *ont&nds that p&tition&r ,as not dis*riminat&d pon ,h&n hisapp)i*ation nd&r th& Manpo,&r R&d*tion Program ,as d&ni&d. At th& tim& o/ hisr&tir&m&nt in FFJ# r&dn

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>!th? 0irthda". To 0& &)igi0)& /or th& r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8t d&s*ri0&d nd&r S&*. 4.2#th& &mp)o"&& mst hav& r&nd&r&d at )&ast t&n >!? "&ars o/ *ontinos s&rvi*& ,ithth& Compan". (n *as& th& r&tiring &mp)o"&& has r&nd&r&d )&ss than t&n >!? "&ars o/s&rvi*& ,ith th& Compan"# h& sha)) 0& &ntit)&d to on& >? months 8na) month)"0asi* sa)ar" >22? /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*&.

SEC. 4.2. Norma) R&tir&m&nt L&n&8t.1Th& r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8t sha)) 0& pa"a0)& in)mp sm pon r&tir&m&nt ,hi*h sha)) 0& d&t&rmin&d on th& 0asis o/ th& r&tir&&s8na) month)" 0asi* sa)ar" >42? as /o))o,s

>a? On& >? months pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*& /or thos& ,ho hav& *omp)&t&dat )&ast t,&nt" >2!? "&ars o/ *ontinos s&rvi*& ,ith th& Compan".

>0? On& and on&ha)/ > 2? months pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*& /or thos& ,hohav& *omp)&t&d t,&nt"on& >2? to thirt" >6!? *ontinos "&ars o/ s&rvi*& ,ith th&

Compan".

>*? T,o >2? months pa" /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*& /or thos& ,ho hav& *omp)&t&dat )&ast thirt"on& >6? "&ars o/ s&rvi*& ,ith th& Compan".

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(t is *)&ar th&r&/rom that th& *r&dita0)& s&rvi*& r&/&rr&d to in th& R&tir&m&nt P)an isth& r&tir&&s *ontinos "&ars o/ s&rvi*& ,ith R&spond&nt.


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R&tir&m&nt r&s)ts /rom a vo)ntar" agr&&m&nt 0&t,&&n th& &mp)o"&r and th&&mp)o"&& ,h&r&0" th& )att&r a/t&r r&a*hing a *&rtain ag& agr&&s to s&v&r his&mp)o"m&nt ,ith th& /orm&r.2!

Sin*& th& r&tir&m&nt pa" so)&)" *om&s /rom R&spond&nts /nds# it is 0t natra)that R&spond&nt sha)) disr&gard p&tition&rs )&ngth o/ s&rvi*& in anoth&r *ompan"/or th& *omptation o/ his r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8ts.

P&tition&r ,as a0sor0&d 0" R&spond&nt /rom +USTE5ECO on Agst F7F.Ordinari)"# his *r&dita0)& s&rvi*& sha)) 0& r&*@on&d /rom s*h dat&. 'o,&v&r# sin*&R&spond&nt too@ ov&r th& shipping 0sin&ss o/ +USTE5ECO and agr&&d to assm&,ithot int&rrption a)) th& s&rvi*& *r&dits o/ p&tition&r ,ith +USTE5ECO#2p&tition&rs *r&dita0)& s&rvi*& mst start /rom F Nov&m0&r F77 ,h&n h& start&d,or@ing ,ith +USTE5ECO22 nti) his da" o/ r&tir&m&nt on Apri) FFJ. Ths#

p&tition&rs *r&dita0)& s&rvi*& is 7.6666 "&ars.

L?#S&*tion 2 paragraph o/ th& F7 Constittion stat&s1

S&*. 2. >? Th& *ivi) s&rvi*& &m0ra*&s a)) 0ran*h&s# s0divisions# instrm&nta)iti&s#and ag&n*i&s o/ th& Gov&rnm&nt# in*)ding gov&rnm&nto,n&d or *ontro))&d

*orporations ,ith origina) *hart&rs.

(t is not at a)) dispt&d that ,hi)& R&spond&nt and +USTE5ECO ar& gov&rnm&nto,n&d and *ontro))&d *orporations# th&" hav& no origina) *hart&rs- h&n*& th&" ar&not nd&r th& Civi) S&rvi*& +a,. (n Phi)ippin& Nationa) Oi) Compan"En&rg" D&v&)op

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2! Prod*&rs Lan@ o/ th& Phi)ippin&s v. Nationa) +a0or R&)ations Commission# 2FSCRA J7# J24 FF.

2 Ann&; HG#I Ro))o# CAG.R. SP No. JJ2# 7F.


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m&nt Corporation v. Nationa) +a0or R&)ations Commission#26 ,& r)&d

; ; ; HThs nd&r th& pr&s&nt stat& o/ th& )a,# th& t&st in d&t&rmining ,h&th&r agov&rnm&nto,n&d or *ontro))&d *orporation is s0&*t to th& Civi) S&rvi*& +a, ar&si* th& mann&r o/ its *r&ation# s*h that gov&rnm&nt *orporations *r&at&d 0"sp&*ia) *hart&r>s? ar& s0&*t to its provisions ,hi)& thos& in*orporat&d nd&r th&G&n&ra) Corporation +a, ar& not ,ithin its *ov&rag&.I

Cons&:&nt)"# R&spond&nt ,as not 0ond 0" th& opinion o/ th& Civi) S&rvi*&Commission o/ Ma" FF6.

P&tition&rs *ont&ntion that th& prin*ip)& o/ ta*@ing o/ *r&dita0)& s&rvi*& ismandat&d 0" R&p0)i* A*t No. 7FF is 0as&)&ss. S&*tion 6 o/ R&p0)i* A*t No. 7FFr&ads

SEC. 6. Provisions o/ an" g&n&ra) or sp&*ia) )a, or r)&s and r&g)ations to th&*ontrar" not,ithstanding# a *ov&r&d ,or@&r ,ho trans/&r>s? &mp)o"m&nt /rom on&

s&*tor to anoth&r or is &mp)o"&d in 0oth s&*tors# sha)) hav& his *r&dita0)& s&rvi*&sor *ontri0tions in 0oth s"st&ms *r&dit&d to his s&rvi*& or *ontri0tion r&*ord in&a*h o/ th& S"st&ms and sha)) 0& tota)iK&d /or prpos&s o/ o)dag disa0i)it"#srvivorship# and oth&r 0&n&8ts in *as& th& *ov&r&d &mp)o"&& do&s not :a)i/" /ors*h 0&n&8ts in &ith&r or 0oth S"st&ms ,ithot tota)iKation Provid&d# ho,&v&r# Thatov&r)apping p&riods o/ m&m0&rship sha)) 0& *r&dit&d on)" on*& /or prpos&s o/tota)iKation >nd&rs*oring# ors?.


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O0vios)"# tota)iKation o/ s&rvi*& *r&dits is on)" r&sort&d to ,h&n th& r&tir&& do&snot :a)i/" /or 0&n&8ts in &ith&r or 0oth o/ th& S"st&ms. '&r p&tition&r is :a)i8&dto r&*&iv& 0&n&8ts grant&d 0" th& Gov&rnm&nt S&*rit" (nsran*& S"st&m >GS(S?# i/s*h right has not "&t 0&&n &;&r*is&d. Th& p&rtin&nt provisions o/ )a, ar&

SEC. 2. O)d Ag& P&nsion.1>a? ; ; ;

>0? A m&m0&r ,ho has r&nd&r&d at )&ast thr&& "&ars 0t )&ss than 8/t&&n "&ars o/s&rvi*& at th& tim& o/ s&paration sha))# pon r&a*hing si;t" "&ars o/ ag& or pons&paration a/t&r ag& si;t"# r&*&iv& a *ash pa"m&nt &:iva)&nt to on& hndr&dp&r*&nt o/ his av&rag& month)" *omp&nsation /or &v&r" "&ar o/ s&rvi*& ,ith an&mp)o"&r >Pr&sid&ntia) D&*r&& No. 4#

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as am&nd&d# oth&r,is& @no,n as th& Gov&rnm&nt S&rvi*& (nsran*& A*t o/ F77?.

SEC. 4. A)) *ontri0tions paid 0" s*h m&m0&r p&rsona))"# and thos& that ,&r& paid0" his &mp)o"&rs to 0oth S"st&ms sha)) 0& *onsid&r&d in th& pro*&ssing o/ 0&n&8ts,hi*h h& *an *)aim /rom &ith&r or 0oth S"st&ms Provid&d# ho,&v&r# That th&amont o/ 0&n&8ts to 0& paid 0" on& S"st&m sha)) 0& in proportion to th& nm0&r o/*ontri0tions a*ta))" r&mitt&d to that S"st&m >R&p0)i* A*t No. 7FF?.


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(n an" *as p&tition&rs /ort&&n "&ars o/ s&rvi*& ,ith th& DO' ma" not r&mainn*omp&nsat&d 0&*as& it ma" 0& r&*ogniK&d 0" th& GS(S prsant to th&a/or&:ot&d S&*tion 2# as ma" 0& d&t&rmin&d 0" th& GS(S. Sin*& p&tition&r ma" 0&&ntit)&d to som& 0&n&8ts /rom th& GS(S# h& *annot avai) o/ th& 0&n&8ts nd&r R.A.

No. 7FF.

(t ma" a)so 0& point&d ot that pon his r&*&ipt o/ th& amont o/ PJ2#J24.J /romR&spond&nt as r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8t prsant to its r&tir&m&nt s*h&m p&tition&rsign&d and d&)iv&r&d to R&spond&nt a R&)&as& and Und&rta@ing ,h&r&in h& ,aiv&sa)) a*tions# *as&s o/ a*tions# d&0ts# d&s# moni&s and a**onts in *onn&*tion ,ithhis &mp)o"m&nt ,ith R&spond&nt.24 This :it*)aim r&)&as&s R&spond&nt /rom an"oth&r o0)igation in /avor o/ p&tition&r.


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into signing th& R&)&as& and Und&rta@ing. N&ith&r ar& ,& *onvin*&d that th&*onsid&ration /or th& :it*)aim is n*ons*iona0)& 0&*as& it is a*ta))" th& /))amont o/ th& r&tir&m&nt 0&n&8t provid&d /or in th& *ompan"s r&tir&m&nt p)an.

(n )ight o/ th& /or&going# ,& n&&d not dis*ss an" /rth&r th& iss& o/ ,h&th&rp&tition&r ,as dis*riminat&d 0" R&spond&nt in th& imp)&m&ntation o/ th& Manpo,&rR&d*tion Program. (n an" &v&nt# that iss& is /a*ta) and p&tition&r has /ai)&d tod&monstrat& that# ind&&d# h& ,as dis*riminat&d pon.

gamogamo vs. pnoc shipping and transport corp., 381 scra 742(2002

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