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PALEA OKs CA mediation, calls on PAL to reinstate workers

"The Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) yesterday submitted a manifestation to the Court of ...

C. Visayas produces the 1st grads of DAR mediators nationwide

"CEBU CITY, Jan. 2 (PIA) – Central Visayas produced the first graduates of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) trainings nationwide conducted by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)."

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Banks OK job outsourcing

"The highly profitable banking sector became the first industry in the Philippines to acknowledge and legitimize labor outsourcing, a significant development in the labor front that will affect thousands of jobs.

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Sotto hit over anti-RH remarks

"MANILA, Philippines – To a former trial court judge, Sen. Vicente Sotto III’s tirades against those supportive of the Reproductive Health bill could be considered as attacks on the person rather than the argument.

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'Justice On Wheels'

"The program also conducts mobile court-annexed mediation and legal aid clinics assisted by members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, as well as medical and dental missions for inmates."

Unity In Judicial Reform

"In 2008, for example, the Court promulgated the Rule of Procedure for Small Claims Cases to accelerate the resolution of civil cases involving the poor and the oppressed. In 2009, it promulgated the Special Rules of Court on Alternative Dispute Reso...

Corona Adopts Justice On Wheels

"The mobile court is a custom-built bus partitioned to efficiently serve both as a court room and a mediation center. The bus is equipped with all the amenities needed by the judge, the court personnel, the litigants and their lawyers for the proper ...

Justice On Wheels Frees 6 Inmates Of Abra Jail

"Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno ordered recently the release of six prisoners of the Abra Provincial Jail during the launching of the Justice on Wheels in this capital town."

25 IKalingas Trained To Mediate Tribal Disputes

"Elders in the province were trained on theories and skills of effective mediation. Apart from the traditional approaches of solving conflicts among sub-tribes, 25 mansasakusaks (mediators) learned to integrate applied theories vis-à-vis the c...

DOLE Inducts New TIPC Officers In Isabela City

"It aims to foster the principle of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This is an interest-based method of solving problems between labor and management without having to go to the NLRC for dispute resolution. Under this method, workers who feel a...