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LEGAL HEIRS OF LATE EDWIN B. DEAUNA v. FIL-STAR MARITIME CORPORATION

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GR No. 190161
2014-10-13
CANUEL v. MAGSAYSAY MARITIME CORPORATION
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.
However, a strict and literal construction of the 2000 POEA-SEC, especially when the same would result into inequitable consequences against labor, is not subscribed to in this jurisdiction. Concordant with the State's avowed policy to give maximum aid and full protection to labor as enshrined in Article XIII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution,[53] contracts of labor, such as the 2000 POEA-SEC, are deemed to be so impressed with public interest that the more beneficial conditions must be endeavoured in favor of the laborer.[54] The rule therefore is one of liberal construction. As enunciated in the case of Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc. v. NLRC:[55]