FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 233005. November 20, 2017.]
JONAS M. BRIONES, JR., petitioner,vs. TRIPLE 888 SECURITY SERVICES, INC. AND/OR REMEDIOS N. BELARMINO, EMILIANO BELARMINO, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution datedNovember 20, 2017, which reads as follows: AaCTcI
"G.R. No. 233005 (Jonas M. Briones, Jr. v. Triple 888 Security Services, Inc. and/or Remedios N. Belarmino, Emiliano Belarmino). — The Court resolves to DENY the petition and AFFIRM the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision dated March 21, 2017 in CA-G.R. SP No. 140824 for failure to show that the CA committed any reversible error in affirming the Decisions of both the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and Labor Arbiter which found that the payrolls presented by respondents showed that petitioner had been paid his monetary claims.
The Court notes with approval the Labor Arbiter's observation that petitioner failed to specify the dates, time and amount of the alleged underpayment or non-payment of wages and benefits. Thus, the Court has no factual and legal bases to award the said claims. Furthermore, to accept petitioner's argument that the signatures appearing on the payrolls were not his signatures will require the Court to weigh evidence. Time and again we have held that this Court is not a trier of facts, and this applies with greater force in labor cases. Factual findings of quasi-judicial bodies like the NLRC, particularly when they coincide with those of the Labor Arbiter and if supported by substantial evidence, are accorded respect and even finality by this Court.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETA}