OCA Holds Conference with Stakeholders on Court-Annexed Mediation
December 11, 2023
(Seated, from left) Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva poses for posterity with Gingoog City Mayor Erick G. Cañosa; Gingoog City Vice Mayor Thaddeus P. Lugod; Executive Judge Mirabeaus A. Undalok of the Regional Trial Court, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental; (standing, rightmost) Atty. Marilou Marzan-Anigan, Chief of Office, Office of the Court Administrator-Court Management Office (OCA-CMO); Mr. Jose Name, Philippine Mediation Center Division Chief; and some participants at the first Orientation Conference with Stakeholders on Court-Annexed Mediation held on November 29, 2023 at the Penthouse, City Hall of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. (Photo courtesy of the OCA-CMO, Caption courtesy of the Supreme Court Public Information Office)
The Office of the Court Administrator, under the leadership of Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva, successfully conducted the first Orientation Conference with Stakeholders on Court-Annexed Mediation (CAM) on November 29, 2023 at the Penthouse, City Hall of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental.
The Conference, which is in line with the Supreme Court’s Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027, is the initial activity for the Expansion of the Court-Annexed Mediation Program of the Philippine Mediation Center (PMC) which aims to gain support for the establishment of PMC units in Gingoog City, Medina, Initao and Camiguin.
Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva discussed the salient features on the Rules on Mediation and the role of the Court Administrator, judges and court personnel in the conduct of CAM.
The Chief of the Court Management Office, Atty. Marilou Marzan-Anigan, provided an overview of the programs being implemented by the PMC, while Executive Judge Mirabeaus A. Undalok of the Regional Trial Court, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, delivered the welcome remarks. PMC Division Chief Mr. Jose Name moderated the open forum.
The event was attended by more than 100 participants including judges, clerks of court, lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Public Attorney’s Office, prosecutors, and representatives from local government units, academe, business community, non-governmental organizations, and media. Also in attendance to show their support were Gingoog City Mayor Erick G. Cañosa and Gingoog City Vice Mayor Thaddeus P. Lugod. (Courtesy of the Office of the Court Administrator – Court Management Office)
Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva discusses the salient features of the Rules on Mediation and the Role of the Court Administrator, judges and court personnel in Court-Annexed Mediation (CAM) at the first Orientation Conference with Stakeholders on CAM held on November 29, 2023 at the Penthouse, City Hall of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. (Photo courtesy of the OCA-CMO, Caption courtesy of the Supreme Court Public Information Office)