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CARPIO, J.:
The Case
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1 Under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court.
2 Rollo, pp. 73-83. Penned by Associate Justice Magdangal M. De Leon
with Associate Justices Jose C. Reyes, Jr. and Ricardo R. Rosario,
concurring.
3 Id., at pp. 85-86. In the same resolution, the Court of Appeals granted
the Motion to Withdraw motion for reconsideration filed by Renato
Guevarra, another referee and petitioner’s co-respondent in the Court of
Appeals, rendering the decision of the Court of Appeals final as to him.
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The Facts
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The rest of the claims are hereby dismissed for lack of merit or basis.
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4 Id., at pp. 74-75.
5 Id., at pp. 111-147.
6 Teresita D. Castillon-Lora.
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SO ORDERED.”7
In its 28 January 2008 Decision,8 the NLRC affirmed
the Labor Arbiter’s judgment. The dispositive portion of the
NLRC’s decision reads:
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“While the NLRC agreed that the PBA has no control over the
referees’ acts of blowing the whistle and making calls during
basket-
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7 Rollo, p. 147.
8 Id., at pp. 87-94. Penned by Presiding Commissioner Gerardo C. Nograles
with Commissioners Perlita B. Velasco and Romeo L. Go, concurring.
9 Id., at p. 93.
10 Id., at p. 83.
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ball games, it, nevertheless, theorized that the said acts refer to
the means and methods employed by the referees in officiating
basketball games for the illogical reason that said acts refer only
to the referees’ skills. How could a skilled referee perform his job
without blowing a whistle and making calls? Worse, how can the
PBA control the performance of work of a referee without
controlling his acts of blowing the whistle and making calls?
Moreover, this Court disagrees with the Labor Arbiter’s finding
(as affirmed by the NLRC) that the Contracts of Retainer show
that petitioners have control over private respondents.
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Neither do We agree with the NLRC’s affirmance of the Labor
Arbiter’s conclusion that private respondents’ repeated hiring
made them regular employees by operation of law.”11
The Issues
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11 Id., at pp. 78-79, 81.
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12 Id., at p. 150.
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only that the notice was issued or sent but also as to how,
when and to whom the delivery and receipt was made. The
mailman may also testify that the notice was actually
delivered.17
In this case, petitioner failed to present any concrete
proof as to how, when and to whom the delivery and receipt
of the three notices issued by the post office was made.
There is no conclusive evidence showing that the post office
notices were actually received by respondents, negating
petitioner’s claim of constructive service of the Labor
Arbiter’s decision on respondents. The Postmaster’s
Certification does not sufficiently prove that the three
notices were delivered to and received by respondents; it
only indicates that the post office issued the three notices.
Simply put, the issuance of the no-
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13 Philemploy Services and Resources, Inc. v. Rodriguez, G.R. No.
152616, 31 March 2006, 486 SCRA 302, 321.
14 Id.; Spouses Aguilar v. Court of Appeals, 369 Phil. 655, 661; 310
SCRA 393, 398 (1999).
15 Spouses Aguilar v. Court of Appeals, supra at 662; p. 398, citing De
la Cruz v. De la Cruz, 160 SCRA 361 (1988).
16 Spouses Aguilar v. Court of Appeals, supra at p. 662; p. 398, citing
Barrameda v. Castillo, 168 Phil. 170; 78 SCRA 1 (1977).
17 Barrameda v. Castillo, 168 Phil. 170, 173; 78 SCRA 1, 4 (1977).
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18 Sycip Gorres Velayo & Company v. De Raedt, G.R. No. 161366, 16
June 2009, 589 SCRA 160, 167.
19 Id.; Sonza v. ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, G.R. No. 138051,
10 June 2004, 431 SCRA 583, 594-595.
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20 Rollo, p. 78.
21 Supra note 19.
22 Id., at pp. 603-604.
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23 Case No. 09 C 4280, 22 June 2011 (citations omitted).
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24 Not Reported in S.W.3d, 2009 WL 4878614 Tenn.Ct.App., 2009. No.
M2009-00504-COA-R3-CV, 16 December 2009.
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SO ORDERED.
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