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The Philippine business climate is hampered by major challenges facing the country’s judicial system despite attempts at reforms in recent years. This is the thesis of Arangkada Philippines Forum’s report on the Philippine judicial system in its Fifth Anniversary Assessment as it calls for more intensified reforms. One of the proposed reforms is to make [...]

PDRC Asst. Sec. Gen.Francisco Pabilla, Jr.(second from left) with(from left) PCCI Governorfor Reg. IV, Virgilio Lorenzo;Antonio Ortega, NationalCenter for Mediation;and Clarine Tobias, PCCIGovernor for Reg. V. PDRC has rolled out its domestic road show beginning with the 25th South Luzon Area Business Conference (SLABC) on March 18 and 19, 2016 in Boac, Marinduque. The confab, [...]

The Board of Trustees approved PDRC’s new website at the meeting of the Board on December 14, 2015. During the presentation by Asst. Secretary General Francisco Pabilla, Jr., the Trustees suggested some changes to enhance the website features. The new PDRC website went live last January 19, 2016. It contains news on developments and upcoming [...]

PIArb President Teodoro Kalaw IV, PDRC President Gregorio Navarro and DRBF Phil. Rep. Salvador Castro signthe MOU. Witnessing the signing are incoming PIArb President Ricardo Ongkiko (left) and PDRC Sec. Gen.Roberto Dio (right). The Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (PIArb), and the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...]

The Philippine Dispute Resolution Center has joined hands with the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) and the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (PIArb) to promote dispute adjudication as a mode of avoiding or resolving commercial disputes. On November 11, 2015, PDRC President Greg Navarro signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Engr. Salvador Castro, Jr., DRBF [...]

The Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution ( OADR) , a s t a t u t o r y o f fi c e c r e a t e d u n d e r R e p ub l i c Act No. 9285 (2004) or the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004 [...]

  In a Decision dated July 24, 2015 released last month, the Court of Appeals dismissed Airfreight 2100, Inc.’s (“A21”) appeal from the National Capital Regional Trial Court’s resolution dismissing its petition, which sought to nullify PDRC’s rejection of A21’s challenge to the appointment of Atty. Salvador Panga, Jr. as part of a three-man arbitration [...]

PDRCI SECRETARY GENERAL ROBERTO DIO SPOKE ON PRE-HEARING CONSIDERATIONS.   PDRCI successfully trained 49 new arbitrators during its four-day training seminar held on July 13 to 16, 2015. The training, held at PDRCI’s office at the Trade & Commerce Plaza at Fort onifacio in Taguig City, covered (a) introduction to arbitration by Atty. Arthur P. [...]

The Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI) and the Singapore International Mediation Center (SIMC) signed on July 7, 2015 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in promoting international commercial mediation and mediation services and the use of their respective mediation facilities in their respective jurisdictions. The MOU was signed by PDRCI President Gregorio S. [...]

PDRCI will join the panel discussion “Where do I arbitrate? Pros and Cons of Various Arbitration Institutions” at the 2015 In-House Congress to be held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel on July 8, 2015. The panel discussion (Practice Area Workshop A) aims to address how to select an international arbitration institution and the advantages and [...]