FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 235872. April 4, 2018.]
FREDDIE ARENZANA MOLANO AND GLENN V. CALIXTERIO, petitioners,vs. GARDENIA BAKERIES [PHILIPPINES], INC. AND SIMPLICIO JUN UMALI, JR., respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution datedApril 4, 2018which reads as follows: HEITAD
"G.R. No. 235872 — Freddie Arenzana Molano and Glenn V. Calixterio v. Gardenia Bakeries [Philippines], Inc. and Simplicio Jun Umali, Jr.
This Court has carefully reviewed the allegations, issues, and arguments adduced in the instant Petition for Review on Certiorari and accordingly resolves to DENY the same for: (1) raising purely factual issues; (2) failure of the petition to show extraordinary circumstances justifying a departure from the established doctrine that "findings of facts of administrative agencies and quasi-judicial bodies, which have acquired expertise because their jurisdiction is confined to specific matters, are generally accorded not only respect, but finality when affirmed by the Court of Appeals"; 1 and (3) failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals (CA) committed any reversible error in dismissing petitioners' Petition for Certiorari in CA-G.R. SP No. 143758.
It is well settled that in labor cases, the factual findings of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) are accorded respect and even finality by this Court when they coincide with those of the Labor Arbiter (LA) and are supported by substantial evidence. 2 The application of the abovementioned rule is evident here as the CA likewise affirmed the factual findings of the labor tribunal.
It is worthy to note that petitioners' arguments before this Court are the same ones they have persistently been raising before the LA, the NLRC, and the CA. Apart from the fact that the instant appeal by certiorari violates the rule that petitions for review on certiorari, such as this one, must only raise questions of law, we deem it necessary to likewise stress that there should be an end to litigation by the parties where the subject has already been fully and fairly adjudicated. ATICcS
ACCORDINGLY, the Court resolves to AFFIRM the Decision dated June 27, 2017 and Resolution dated November 23, 2017 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 143758.
Petitioners' counsel is directed to submit his contact details (i.e., telephone number, fax number, cellular phone number, and/or e-mail address) pursuant to A.M. No. 07-6-5-SC 3 dated July 10, 2007 within five (5) days from notice.
SO ORDERED." Sereno, C.J., on leave; De Castro, J., designated as Acting Chairperson of the First Division per Special Order No. 2540 dated February 28, 2018.
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) LIBRADA C. BUENADeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Reyes v. NLRC (5th Div.), 556 Phil. 317, 330 (2007).
2.Grande v. Philippine Nautical Training College, G.R. No. 213137, March 1, 2017, citing Mobile Protective & Detective Agency v. Ompad, 497 Phil. 621, 628 (2005).
3. Re: Statement of Contact Details of Parties or Their Counsels in All Papers and Pleadings Filed with the Supreme Court.