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	GR No. 188638 2015-12-09	PHILIPPINE TRANSMARINE CARRIERS v. JOSELITO A. CRISTINO PEREZ, J.
As a general rule, only questions of law raised via a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court[54] are reviewable by this Court.[55] Factual findings of administrative or quasi-judicial bodies, including labor tribunals, are accorded much respect by this Court as they are specialized to rule on matters falling within their jurisdiction especially when these are supported by substantial evidence.[56] However, a relaxation of this rule is made permissible by this Court whenever any of the following circumstances is present: [W]hen the findings are grounded entirely on speculations, surmises or conjectures;
	GR No. 196853 2015-07-13	ROBERT CHUA v. PEOPLE DEL CASTILLO, J.
"Under the Rules of Court, the requisites for newly discovered evidence are: (a) the evidence was discovered after trial; (b) such evidence could not have been discovered and produced at the trial with reasonable diligence; and (c) it is material, not merely cumulative, corroborative or impeaching, and is of such weight that, if admitted, will probably change the judgment."[44]