BANAHAW BROADCASTING CORPORATION, VS. CAYETANO PACANA III, NOE U. DACER, JOHNNY B. RACAZA, LEONARDO S. OREVILLO, ARACELI T. LIBRE, GENOVEVO E. ROMITMAN, PORFERIA M. VALMORES, MENELEO G. LACTUAN, DIONISIO G. BANGGA, FRANCISCO D. MANGA, NESTOR A. AMPLAYO, LEILANI B. GASATAYA, LORETA G. LACTUAN, RICARD

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered ordering the respondent Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation to pay complainants the following: 1. Cayetano Pacana III P 1,730,535.75 2. Noe U.Dacer 886,776.43 3. Johnny B. Racaza 1,271,739.34 4. Leonardo S. Orevillo 1,097,752.70 5. Araceli T.Libre 543,467.22 6. Genovevo E. Romitman 716,455.72 7. Porferia M. Valmores 562,564.78 8. Meneleo G. Lactuan 678,995.91 9. Dionisio G. Bangga 580,873.78 10. Francisco D. Manga 29,286.65 11. Nestor A. Amplayo 583,798.51 12.Leilani B. Gasataya 42,669.75 13. Loreta G. Lactuan 757,252.52 14. RicardoB.Pido 756,835.64 15. Resigolo M. Nacua 887,344.75 16. Anacleto C. Remedio 887,345.39 GRAND TOTAL P 12,002,157.28 Respondent is likewise ordered to pay 10% of the total award as attorney's fee. [8] Both BBC and respondents appealed to the NLRC anew. The appeal was docketed as NLRC CA No, M-004419-98. In their appeal, the DXWG personnel reasserted their claim for the remaining CBA benefits not awarded to them, and alleged error in the reckoning date of the computation of the monetary award. BBC, in its own Memorandum of Appeal, challenged the monetary award itself, claiming that such benefits were only due to IBC, not BBC, employees. [9] In the same Memorandum of Appeal, BBC incorporated a Motion for the Recomputation of the Monetary Award (of the Labor Arbiter), [10] in order that the appeal bond may be reduced. On September 16, 1999, the NLRC issued an Order [11] denying the Motion for the Recomputation of the Monetary Award. According to the NLRC, such recomputation would result in the premature resolution of the issue raised on appeal. The NLRC ordered BBC to post the required bond within 10 days from receipt of said Order, with a warning that noncompliance will cause the dismissal of the appeal for non-perfection. [12] Instead of complying with the Order to post the required bond, BBC filed a Motion for Reconsideration, [13] alleging this time that since it is wholly owned by the Republic of the Philippines, it need not post an appeal bond. On November 22, 1999, the NLRC rendered its Decision [14] in NLRC CA No. M-004419-98. In said Decision, the NLRC denied the Motion for Reconsideration of BBC on its September 16, 1999 Order and accordingly dismissed the appeal of BBC for non-perfection. The NLRC likewise dismissed the appeal of the DXWG personnel for lack of merit in the same Decision. BBC filed a Motion for Reconsideration of the above Decision. On January 13-, 2000, the NLRC issued a Resolution [15] denying the Motion. BBC filed with the Court of Appeals a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the above dispositions by the NLRC. The Petition was docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 57847. On April 15, 2005, the Court of Appeals rendered the assailed Decision denying BBC's Petition for Certiorari . The Court of Appeals held that BBC, though owned by the government, is a corporation with a personality distinct from the Republic or any