Table 1.

Number of Newly Filed Cases In Lower Courts, By Type of Court:

2008 to 2011

Average Year-on-Year
Average Number
Growth Growth Rates
of Newly Filed Percent
Court 2008 2009 2010 2011 Rate
Cases Share
2008- 2008- 2009- 2010-
2008-2011
2011 09 10 2011

Total 337,946 324,517 326,897 351,488 335,212 100.0 1.32 -3.97 0.73 7.52

Regional
167,181 164,952 175,847 182,915 172,724 51.5 3.04 -1.33 6.60 4.02
Trial Courts
Metropolitan
64,027 60,676 54,729 57,060 59,123 17.6 -3.77 -5.23 -9.80 4.26
Trial Courts
Municipal
-
Trial Courts 62,840 54,916 58,355 68,320 61,108 18.2 2.83 6.26 17.08
12.61
in Cities
Municipal -
24,778 22,872 19,743 24,265 22,915 6.8 -0.69 -7.69 22.90
Trial Courts 13.68
Municipal
-
Circuits 18,787 20,707 17,787 18,452 18,933 5.6 -0.60 10.22 3.74
14.10
Trial Courts
Shari'a
-
District 43 60 84 57 61 0.0 9.85 39.53 40.00
32.14
Courts
Shari'a
Circuit 290 334 352 419 349 0.1 13.05 15.17 5.39 19.03
Courts

Source: Office of the Court Administrator, Supreme Court

Filed cases in the lower courts accelerate by 7.5 percent in 2012 from 0.7 percent in 2011

Cases filed in the lower courts have been increasing at an annual average rate of 1.3 % for the period 2008-2011. Regional

Trial Courts (RTCs) received the most number of filed cases, accounting for 51.5% of total filed cases in the lower courts,

followed by Municipal Trial Courts in Cities (MTCCs) and Metropolitan Trial Courts (MTCs) sharing 18.2% and 17.6%,

respectively (Table 1).

SOURCE: http://nap.psa.gov.ph/beyondthenumbers/2013/06132013_jrga_courts.asp

Table 7. Number of Actions Taken by the Lupong Tagapamayapa By Nature of Disputes , By Settled Cases By Region: 2011
Nature of Disputes Settled Cases
Region Concilia- Arbitra-
Criminal Civil Others Mediation
tion tion
Philippines 186,432 187,851 87,551 268,245 72,328 14,772
National Capital
46,094 53,680 18,328 48,108 25,156 5,743
Region
Cordillera
Administrative - - - - - -
Region
I Ilocos Region 2,120 2,733 933 4,507 848 48
II Cagayan Valley 4,070 6,064 4,000 8,466 1,462 417
III Central Luzon 21,013 29,681 17,199 40,312 14,321 1,771
IV-A CALABARZON 9,284 10,343 4,224 11,504 5,169 1,483
IV-B MIMAROPA 7,370 3,942 3,472 10,844 1,532 361
V Bicol Region 1,813 1,937 1,341 3,716 355 70
VI Western Visayas 6,859 6,984 3,442 16,269 2,426 513
VII Central Visayas 10,155 9,854 2,211 13,485 2,774 273
VIII Eastern Visayas 14,978 13,353 8,734 26,320 4,424 906
IX Zamboanga
14,525 4,126 6,968 14,851 2,897 935
Peninsula
X Northern
15,606 14,013 6,795 21,121 3,717 478
Mindanao
XI Davao Region 21,732 16,318 4,411 29,599 3,920 1,335
XII SOCCSKSARGEN 3,376 5,702 2,769 6,867 1,648 159
XIII Caraga 7,437 9,121 2,724 12,676 1,679 280

Proportion Estimated
Total
Total of cases Government Percent
Region settled
disputes settled Savings Share
cases
(%) (Peso)
Philippines 461,834 355,345 76.9 3,294,752,000 100.0
National Capital
118,102 79,007 66.9 750,166,500 22.8
Region
Cordillera
- - - - -
Administrative Region
I Ilocos Region 5,786 5,403 93.4 51,328,500 1.6
II Cagayan Valley 14,134 10,345 73.2 98,368,000 3.0
III Central Luzon 67,893 56,404 83.1 535,819,000 16.3
IV-A CALABARZON 23,851 18,156 76.1 172,482,000 5.2
IV-B MIMAROPA 14,784 12,737 86.2 120,954,000 3.7
V Bicol Region 5,091 4,141 81.3 49,406,000 1.5
VI Western Visayas 17,285 19,208 111.1 112,271,000 3.4
VII Central Visayas 22,220 16,532 74.4 157,054,000 4.8
VIII Eastern Visayas 37,065 31,650 85.4 300,675,000 9.1
IX Zamboanga
25,619 18,683 72.9 176,139,500 5.3
Peninsula
X Northern Mindanao 36,414 25,316 69.5 236,279,000 7.2
XI Davao Region 42,461 34,854 82.1 321,879,000 9.8
XII SOCCSKSARGEN 11,847 8,674 73.2 82,403,000 2.5
XIII Caraga 19,282 14,635 75.9 139,038,500 4.2