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On October 17, 2011, the PDRCI Board of Trustees unanimously approved Administrative Guidelines No. III on the confirmation of arbitrators and the selection of the PDRCI as appointing authority for ad hoc arbitration. Under the Guidelines, the appointment of a sole arbitrator, party-nominated arbitrator, presiding arbitrator or replacement arbitrator shall be confirmed by the PDRCI [...]

PDRCI elected a new Board By Juan Paolo E. Colet of Trustees for the 2011 term at its general membership meeting held on August 15, 2011 at Brasserie 21, Security Bank Center in Makati City. Nineteen of the current trustees were reelected. Donemark Calimon, a litigation partner of Quisumbing Torres and regular contributor of The [...]

PDRCI approved a new schedule of administrative fees and arbitrators’ honoraria effective as of May 1, 2011. The new administrative fee ranges from P30,000.00 to P2,500,000.00 depending on the sum in dispute (SID). The SID is the total monetary claim of the claimant against the respondent or the amount of the respondent’s counterclaim. Upon filing [...]

Please accept our deepest gratitude for institutionalizing arbitration in the country,” Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose P. Perez said during his keynote speech at the inauguration of PDRCI’s new office on June 16, 2011 at the Commerce & Industry Plaza at the McKinley Town Center in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Justice Perez added that PDRCI [...]

The Supreme Court has approved the rules governing mediation of cases filed with the Court of Tax Appeals. Under A.M. No. 11-1-5-SC-PHILJA dated January 18, 2011 or the Interim Guidelines for Implementing Mediation in the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA Mediation Guidelines), cases within the jurisdiction of the CTA may be referred to mediation. Excluded [...]

PDRCI will soon move to its new office under a special lease agreement with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). PCCI President Dr. Francis Chua confirmed during his meeting with PDRCI President Victor P. Lazatin on April 7, 2011 that PCCI will not charge rent to PDRCI for the latter’s new office at [...]

In March 22, 2011, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) promulgated the Rules on Alternative Dispute Resolution for Disputes between National Government Agencies. In enacting the Rules, the OSG relied on its authority under Presidential Decree No. 242 (1973), in relation to Sections 66-71, Chapter 14 of Executive Order No. 292 (1987), to settle [...]

The Philippines became the 111th member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) last September 11, 2010. Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary J. Eduardo Malaya, in his article “International dispute resolution through arbitration” published on March 4, 2011 in www.philstar.com, reported that the Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands deposited the country’s Act of Accession [...]

In its Investing Across Borders 2010 report, the World Bank gave high marks in arbitration to the Philippines based on its arbitration laws and jurisprudence. It further acknowledged the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI) as the country’s main arbitral institution. However, it found that enforcement of arbitral awards in the country is slow, as [...]

PDRCI will soon open its new of- fice at the Commerce & Industry Plaza in Bonifacio Global City, which is developing into the newest central business district in Metro Manila. The move to a new location was made possible by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., which will host the new office. The [...]