PDRCI Secretary General Roberto N. Dio discussed how the Philippines can become a center of excellence in international arbitration at the ASEAN Integration Seminar and Workshop held on January 30, 2016 at the recently concluded 22nd House of Delegates Convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in General Santos City. Mr. Dio began with [...]
All these factors should be taken into account. A risk-aware Windows user can probably survive without any anti-virus software at all. I ran Windows XP for a year to try to prove it.
I am no longer sure that a third-party AV program is essential, and some of them may be detrimental. Of course, needs vary. Some people are more accident-prone than others.
All these factors should be taken into account. A risk-aware Windows user can probably survive without any anti-virus software at all. I ran Windows XP for a year to try to prove it.
The Philippine Dispute Resolution Center (PDRC) successfully held back-to-back road shows last month in Davao City and Gen. Santos City to generate interest in and promote alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as an alternative to costly litigation. The first road show was on Februar y 7, 2020 in Davao City in partnership with the School of [...]
PDRC Sec. Gen. Roberto Dio PDRC Secretary General Roberto Dio spoke on the domestic application of the Singapore Convention on Mediation in the Philippines at a colloquium hosted by the Department of Justice on December 9, 2019 at the Diamond Hotel Manila. The colloquium aimed to generate awareness of the benefits of adopting the United [...]
By Lindolf F. de Castro In its January 2020 issue, Financier Worldwide reported that U.S. federal courts now allow parties to apply discovery procedure in U.S. courts to produce evidence in a foreign or international tribunal through 28 U.S.C. Section 1782. Section 1782 grants a petitioner the right to request a U.S. federal court to [...]
Atty. Salvador Panga, Jr. responding to a question by one of the participants. PDRCI has collaborated with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPhl) in holding a five-day intellectual property (IP) and arbitration seminar for lawyers and non-lawyers. Sixty-three participants, most of them lawyers who earned mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) credits, joined the [...]
By: Francisco Pabilla, Jr. In his speech at the PDRCI General Membership Meeting on July 11, 2019, Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin affirmed that arbitration offers a better alternative than litigation in settling disputes for business and industry. The Chief Justice said that while the benefits of alternative modes of dispute resolution (ADR) like arbitration had [...]
On July 17, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the 2019 Rules on Mediation in the National Prosecution. Under the new rules, the civil aspect of criminal complaints for simple theft, qualified theft, estafa, criminal negligence resulting in damage to property, and violations of the Bouncing Checks Law shall be referred to mandatory mediation when [...]
2019-2020 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. From left: Teodoro Kalaw IV, Roberto Dio, Eduardo Ong, RogerNicandro, Victoriano Orocio, Salvador Panga, Jr., Victor Lazatin, Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin, EdmundoTan, Arthur Autea, Beda Fajardo, Patricia-Ann Prodigalidad, Mario Valderrama, Charlie Ho, Joenar Puebloand Salvador Castro, Jr. The Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. held its annual general membership meeting on [...]
PDRCI recently held its 17th commercial arbitration training seminar (CATS) on June 24 to 28, 2019 at the University of the Philippines College of Law at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City. Sixty-six participants attended the training. The five-day intensive training began with an introduction to arbitration by Prof. Mario E. Valderrama. This was followed by a discussion [...]
The Philippine Dispute Resolution Center (PDRC) recently renewed its Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). PDRC President Edmund Tan and IPOPHL Director General Josephine Santiago signed the MOA in a formal ceremony on June 7, 2019 at the Board Room of the IPOPHL in Taguig City. Nathaniel Arevalo. Back, L-R: Attys. Salvador Panga, Jr., Ray Anthony Pinoy, Teresa Pascual, and Christine Canlapan, Dr. Frederick Romero, Atty. [...]
Citing its mandate to improve the administration of justice, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) recently launched its new alternative dispute resolution (ADR) center, the Philippine International Center for Conflict Resolution (PICCR). PICCR will provide commercial arbitration and other ADR services and facilities while creating opportunities for professional training, development, and accreditation for advocates [...]
