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Practice question: Jurisdiction in Seafarer Cases (RA 12021, Ch. XI; DO 247, s. 2025)

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Practice question

Does DO247-2025 make every overseas seafarer dispute exclusively a voluntary-arbitrator case regardless of its legal basis?
  1. Yes, it abolishes all Labor Arbiter jurisdiction
  2. Yes, it abolishes all special social-security forums
  3. No; it recognizes the Labor Arbiter or voluntary-arbitration route as applicable and preserves specified special-law jurisdiction
  4. Yes, every tax claim becomes voluntary arbitration
  5. Yes, a party’s label alone determines jurisdiction

Legal references

  • DO247-2025, RuleIII Section1: https://naro.law.upd.edu.ph/storage/01K1SSVPVBDS1BF4ANAZXA3703.pdf

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