This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the September 1, 2008 Decision¹ and the January 7, 2009 Resolution² of the Court of Appeals (CA), affirming with modification the November 29, 2007 resolution³ of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), which held that respondent Benedict Castro was not illegally dismissed. The CA,however, awarded respondent's money claims, viz.:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant Petition is PARTLY GRANTED. The Resolutions dated 29 November 2007 and 23 January 2008 of the National Labor Relations Commission (Third Division) in NLRC CN. RAB-CAR-02-0091-07 LAC NO. 08-002207-07 are AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION in that the monetary awards of Executive Labor Arbiter Vito C. Bose in his Decision dated 29 June 2007, as computed in Annex A