The USAID-supported RBAP-MABS Program and Rule of Law Initiative, together with the Federation of Cavite Rural Banks, conducted a Small Claims Court seminar for more than twenty rural banks on March 16 at Bangko Mabuhay’s Head Office in Tanza, Cavite. The training event focused on the origin, scope, and procedures related to small claims in [...]
RBAP-MABS facilitates Small Claims Court training for Federation of Cavite Rural Bankers
March 17, 2011 By
Bringing small claims cases against delinquent microfinance clients
December 29, 2010 By
MABS Microfinance Specialists Mark Guillermo and Jennifer Sabianan share lessons learned at the RBAP-MABS Regional Roundtable Conference 2010 One of the lively topics presented during the recent RBAP-MABS Regional Roundtable Conferences was the small claims courts (SCC) presented to Luzon and Visayas bankers by Hon. Maria Filomena Singh of the Regional Trial Court 85, and [...]
What you need to know about Small Claims Courts
October 26, 2010 By
With the introduction of the Small Claims Courts (SCC), going to court for collection of small sums of money has been made simple. A joint project of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI), and the Supreme Court of the Philippines, the SCC has now [...]
First rural bank Small Claims Court case successfully settled
January 6, 2009 By
January 05, 2009 – The first small claims case hearing involving a rural bank in the Philippines was successfully conducted in twenty minutes and the case decided on in one-and-a-half hours in a Small Claims Court (SCC) in Davao. The case involved a microfinance client with an outstanding loan of Php 18,000 (from an original [...]
