ACCREDITED VOLUNTARY ARBITRATORS

1. AGCAOILI, OSWALDO D.
- Former Assistant Solicitor General who handled
various political and constitutional cases
- Former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals
- An academician, a Bar Reviewer and Lecturer on
Political Law
- An authority in Land Titles and Deeds and Land
Registration
2. AGLIBUT, LITA V.
3. ALENSUELA, NORBERTO M. SR.
4. ALIGAEN, ARTURO L.
5. ANCHETA, ANGEL A.
6. ANG, LEVY EDWIN C.
- A graduate of Ateneo De Manila University in 1998
and has been a labor lawyer for Sentrong
Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN) for 8 years
from 1999 to 2007.
7. AQUINO, JAIME C.
8. AQUINO, RAUL T.
9. ARBUES, ROLANDO R.
10. ASPILLAGA, RODOLFO A.
- Master Mariner and Maritime Expert
- President, Masters and Mates Association of the
Philippines, February 2010 Present (5 years 3
months)
- Chief Operations Officer, Supply Oilfield and Marine
Personnel Services, Inc., October 2001 September
2011 (10 years)
- Operations Manager, Phil Hanse Ship Agency, Inc.,
1984 2001 (17 years)
11. BAGABALDO, ANIANO G.
12. BAGABALDO, FROILAN A.
- One of the senior partners of Laguesma, Magsalin,
Consulta and Gastardo Law Office
- Acquired his degree in law at the University of the
Philippines
- Civil Service Eligible
- Pharmacy Licensure Examination Board Passer
13. BAUTISTA, ROSA MARIA J.
14. BAYOT, NELSON

15. BELLO, SILVESTRE H., JR.

16. BELLO, RENATO Q.
- Worked with the Department of Labor and
Employment in various capacities, namely, as MedArbiter/Conciliator, Executive Assistant to the
Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR), and
Chief of the BLR Appeals and Review Division.
- Managing Partner of the Medialdea, Ata, Bello,
Guevarra and Suarez Law Offices, and heads its
Labor and Immigration Departments together with
Atty. Salvador C. Medialdea.
17. BIARES, GREGORIO C., JR.
18. BINGHAY, VIRGEL C.
- Associate Professor and Coordinator, Graduate
Studies Program, School of Labor and Industrial
Relations, University of the Philippines (UP-SOLAIR) in
Diliman where he teaches industrial relations and
human resource development courses to graduate
students
- He does consulting work with many organizations on
matters pertaining to industrial relations, human
capital management, human resource development,
and general management
- His areas of expertise include: people-handling skills,
customer service, training, coaching and mentoring,
career development, succession, team-building,
action research, organization development and
transformation, organization and job design, human
resource planning, human resource competencybased system, staffing (recruitment, selection and
placement),
executive
search
and
selection,
compensation and benefits management, job
evaluation
and
design
of
salary
structure,
performance management system, performancebased pay, skill-based pay, total compensation,
human resource policy formulation, supervisory and
management development, values clarification,
administrative investigation, employee discipline,
grievance handling, CBA negotiation, conflict
management,
labor-management
cooperation,
workplace cultural analysis, managing diversity,
stress management, quality management, strategic
planning, sales and marketing techniques, among
others
19. BOLOS, DANILO T.

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BUYCO, PURISIMO S.
CABATUANDO, JOSE A., SR.
CABIO, RUBEN L.
CAPUNO, JOSE S., JR.
- Port Engineer/Asst. Crewing Manager/ EX Ship Safety
Inspector / Ships Surveyor of Panama MA (105 ships
exp )
- SHIP SAFETY INSPECTOR/SURVEYOR, IBS/PANAMA
MARITIME AUTHORITY, January 2002 Present (13
years 4 months)
- PORT ENGINEER / ASST. CREWING MANAGER, ONE
SHIPPING CORPORATION, December 1997 Present
(17 years 5 months)
- SAFETY
INSPECTOR/SURVEYOR,
IBS/PANAMA
MARITIME AUTHORITY,
January 2002 October
2013 (11 years 10 months)
- CHIEF MARINE ENGINEER (RETIRED DEC.1995),
PHILIPPINES TRANSMARINE CORPORATION, December
1985 December 1995 (10 years 1 month)

24. CARAAN, HILARIO S.

- Asst. Professor, Commercial Law Dept. De La Salle
University, Commercial Law, Civil Law, Labor Law,
and Administrative Law
25. CRUZ, ROMEO C., JR.
26. CRUZ-CRUZ, ROSARIO P.
27. DAGOHOY, PATROCINIO
28. DEMAISIP, SALVADOR P.
29. DIAZ, LOURDES M.
30. DIWA, BAYANI G.
- President, National Confederation of Labor
31. DOLENDO, ARNEL Z.
- Chief legal Counsel, Philippine Trade and General
Workers Organization
32. DUMLAO, HERMENEGILDO C.
- Vice president for Luzon of Philconsa
- Executive Director of the North Luzon Growth
Quadrangle Area, with the rank of Undersecretary,
coordinating development projects in Regions 1, 2
and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
- He taught at the UP School of Labor and Industrial
Relations, and was also a professorial lecturer at the
Manuel L. Quezon University, the Technological
University of the Philippines, and at the Eulogio

(Amang) Rodriguez
Technology.

Institute

of

Science

and

33. EDRALIN, DANIEL L.

- Has been Secretary for Collective Bargaining and
Membership
Welfare
at
National
Secretariat
NUWHRANI- APL-IUF since l985.
- Served as Secretary for Research Education and
Communications at National Secretariat, NUWHRAIN
from 1 971 to 1984; Administrative Assistant at
Manila Hilton Labor Union-NUWHRAIN from 1975 to
1978; Electrical Tester for Quality and Quantity
Control Section at Phelps Dodge Philippines, Inc. from
1968 to 1975 and Office Assistant at ANSRIEL
Publications Manila since 1967.
- His current Trade Union Service Record includes: has
been Chairperson of Alliance of Progressive Labor
( APL) since 1994; Commissioner of Social Security
System (SSS) since 2010; Co-Convener of Coalition
for Labor Agenda ( CLA) since 2010; Member of
Tripartite Executive Committee (TEC) Tripartite
Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) since 1999; Alternate
Trustee
of
Hotel
and
Restaurant
Tripartite
Consultative Body (HRTCB) since 1992; Member (and
from time to time Chairperson or Treasurer) of the
Board of Trustees Tourism industry Board Foundation
Inc. (TlBFl) since 1970; Secretary General National
Union of Workers in Hotel, Restaurant and Allied
Industries (NUWHRAIN) since 1987 and previously
from 1975 to 1980 and its Deputy Secretary General
from 1984 to 1987; 1st Alienate Member
Representing Asia, World Executive Committee of
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel,
Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers
Associations (lUF) since 1993 and its Member
Representing Southeast Asia, Regional Committee for
Asia and Pacific, IUF since 2001 and previously from
1993 to 1997. His previous Trade Union Service
Record includes: Head of Philippine Delegation of 4,
1"t World Conference on Universal Social Security
System, Brasilia Brazil 1 to 5th December 2010 ; Vice
Chairperson for Formal Labor, National Anti-Poverty
Commission (NAPC) from 1999 to 2010 Formal Labor
and Migrant workers' Council (FLMWC); was Lone
Worker Representative for Philippines 1"t ILO
Tripartite Regional Meeting on Employment in the
Tourism Industry for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok,

Thailand, 15-17 September 2003; Delegate 3rd World

Social Forum ,Porto Alegre Brazil January 2003; Vice
Chairperson Executive Committee, 2000, Labor
Solidarity
Movement
(LSM);
Labor
Sector
Representative, Technical Education and Skills
Development Committee for National Capital Region
TESDA from 1997 to 2000.
34. ELBINIAS, VIRGINIA P.
35. ENTUNA, SAMUEL D.
36. ESPINA, RICARDO M.
- Partner of ESPINA & YUMUL-ESPINA LAW OFFICE
- Formerly, Asst. Legal Counsel and Assistant VicePresident of the PRYCE GROUP OF COMPANIES.
- Corporate Secretary of various Pryce Companies:
Pryce Plans, Inc. Philippine Pryce Assurance Corp.
Pryce Care, Inc. (now IntelliCare) Pryce Insurance
Consultants, Inc., Pryce Securities, Inc., Pryce Life
Accident & Health Systems, Inc., Wright Park Place
Condominium Corp.
- Accredited immigration attorney, labor and industrial
relations attorney, litigator, negotiator, he likewise
has considerable experience in real estate
transactions both in Condominium and Subdivision
Development
- Former Senior Associate Attorney of one of the oldest
law firms in the country BITO LOZADA ORTEGA &
CASTILLO (now Ortega Castillo Bacorro Odulio Calma
Cabonell Law Offices).
- Served as Hearing Officer at the DEPARTMENT OF
TRADE & INDUSTRY Head Office during the term of
Sec. Jose Concepcion & directly under the office of
Undersecretary Lilia R.Bautista, handling consumer
protection complaints, trademark violations, price
control violations
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FERNANDO, EDGAR P.
GACUTAN, ANGELITA A.
GACUTAN, CENON WESLEY P.
GASTARDO, ROBERT C.
GOLO, REYNALDO C.
HOFILENA, HECTOR L.
- Retired Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals

43. JAVEN, HERMINIGILDO HENDRIX C.

44. JIMENEZ, JOSEPHUS B.

- DIRECTOR FOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, San Miguel

Corporation, 1986 1998 (12 years)
45. KHAN, ISMAEL G., JR.
- Past President, Legal Management Council of the
Philippines (LMCP)
- Past President, People Management Association of
the Philippines (PMAP)
- Representative of the Arbitration Profession in the
ADR Council of the Department of Justice (DOJ)
46. LAGUESMA, BIENVENIDO E.
- Served as the Secretary of the Department of Labor
and Employment from 1998 to 2001.
- With
an
extensive
background
in
public
administration, labor laws and social legislation, and
non-government and government networking, Atty.
Laguesma during his stint as Labor Secretary
initiated programs that are still being implemented
by the agency to date, as it seeks a healthy balance
in protecting the rights of workers and employers.
- Undersecretary for Labor Relations, from 1990 to
1996
- Administrator of the National Conciliation and
Mediation Board, from 1987 to 1989
47. LORENZO, MANUELA F.
48. MACARAYA, BACH M.
- Professional lecturer of
Philippines,
School
of
Relations (UP-SOLAIR)

the University of the

Labor
and
Industrial

49. MAGSALIN, BUENAVENTURA C.

50. MAMARIL, GENEROSO T.
- Managing Director, Equal Marine
51. MENZON, PATERNO D.
52. MONTANO, ALLAN S.
53. MONTEALEGRE, JAIME B.
54. MONTENEGRO, EDUARDO G.
55. NAVARETTE-RECINA, AURORA
- President, World Federation of
Associations (Philippines)

United

Nations

56. NITURA, ELMER D.

- Concurrently the Head, Corporate Governance Office
of Smart Communications,Inc. (a subsidiary of the

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company

[PLDT]), as well as of PLDT Communications and
Energy Ventures, Inc..
- He is principally responsible for designing,
overseeing, evaluating and managing the ethics and
compliance programme of Smart and its subsidiaries
and affiliates.
- He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) of
the United States of America (representing the
Philippines/Asia), a founding Member of the Good
Governance Advocates and Practitioners of the
Philippines (GGAPP.
- He has attended international conventions on ebanking, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption,
and speaks on human resource management,
industrial/labor relations, ethics and corporate
governance issues.
57. ODSEY, DARROW P.
58. OFRENEO, RENE E.
- Professor, UP Solair, Labor Relations; Political
Economy; Labor Policy; Arbitration; Trade Unionism;
Human Resource Development; Journalism
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PALATTAO, RODOLFO G.
PANGANIBAN, RUSTICO V.
RABANES, GERARDO D.
RAMIREZ, NELSON P.
- President of the United Filipino Seafarers (UFS)

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66.

RECINA, EDGAR C.
ROJAS, PABLITO M.
SABLAN, LETICIA E.
SALES, EMMANUEL O.
- Associate Professor, Commercial Law Department
DLSU

67. SANCHEZ, NOEL G.

- Former Vice President for Human Resources
PHINMA Group
- Director and Corporate Secretary of various
corporations
- Areas of Specialization: General litigation, Labor
relations, labor standards compliance, unionization
issues, collective bargaining, disciplinary and
termination
cases,
employee
dismissal
and

separation, representation and advocacy before

DOLE, NCMB and NLRC. Corporate organization,
reorganizations,
intra-corporate
relations
and
government compliances, particularly on matters
before the SEC. Conducted legal due diligence and
implementation of acquisitions, mergers, joint
ventures, shareholder agreements for various
companies. Trademark registration and protection,
including inter-partes case before the Intellectual
Property Office (IPO), actions to enjoin infringement
of trademarks and unfair competition, accounting of
profits and imposition of criminal penalties. Estate
planning, maximizing the advantages of tax-free
transfers
to
minimize
the
burden
of
estate/inheritance tax liabilities upon heirs.
68. SANTOS, DARWIN B.
69. SANTOS, JOSE L.
70. SAULOG, LEONARDO B.
- Chairman, Certification and Licensing Committee,
Philippine Association of Manning Agencies and
Shipmanagers, Inc.
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SEMANA, TOMAS E.
SIALSA, GREGORIO B.
SILO, JESUS S.
SOBREVINAS, FRANCIS V.
- Managing Partner and Partner-in-Charge of the
Administrative Staff, Sobrevinas, Hayudini, Navarro &
San Juan Law Offices
- He is a professorial lecturer at the U.P. College of Law
and U.P. School of Labor and Industrial Relations and
a faculty member of the National Academy of
Voluntary Arbitrators.
- He is past president of the Philippine Association on
Voluntary Arbitration (PAVA)

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SUAREZ-FETESIO, ORLALYN F.
TANEO, SEBASTIAN P.
TARRIELA, VENANCIO M.
TARRIELLA, ROGELIO FLOR C.
TORRES, RUBEN D.
- President, BPO Workers Association of the Philippines
(BWAP), April 2013 Present (2 years 1 month)
- Vice President for International Affairs, Trade Union
Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), 2013 Present (2
years)

- Senior Partner, Torres Caparas Torres Law Office,

2013 Present (2 years)
80. TROVELA, MANUEL B.
81. UMALI, MARIANO M.
82. VILLARUZ, FRANCISCO H.
- Justice Francisco H. Villaruz, Jr. has been Independent
Director of Ginebra San Miguel Inc. since November
2014. Justice Villaruz previously held the position of
Presiding Justice of Sandiganbayan from October 10,
2011 to June 8, 2013.
83. VILLAZOR, WLAFREDO D.
84. UY, DELIA T.
85. YOUNG, ROMEO A.