The Supreme Court (SC) has launched a centralized online platform to speed up and simplify how trial courts submit reports, aiming to improve efficiency across the judiciary.
The Court Management Office (CMO) Data Hub, formally unveiled on April 28, will serve as a centralized platform for over 2,700 trial courts to directly encode and transmit at least 23 different reports—including case statistics and compliance documents—to the Office of the Court Administrator.
The online system replaces manual report processing, enabling real-time submission and tracking while reducing data redundancies, delays, and errors.
With the new system, courts can now monitor their compliance status instantly, while the CMO can analyze consolidated data on court profiles and case aging, supporting evidence-based policy decisions.
SC Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, who chairs the SC Committee on Computerization and Library, stressed that streamlining administrative tasks through technology allows judges to focus more on adjudication.
“This will be the wave of the future—a lean and mean administration, no redundancy,” Justice Leonen said.
SC Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, head of the Committee on First- and Second-Level Courts’ Performance Evaluation, said the platform is a step toward improved court operations.
“The system would ultimately lead to better court management,” Justice Caguioa noted, urging courts to build capacity for full participation.
The CMO, under Chief Atty. Marilou Marzan-Anigan, will lead a phased rollout of the system, beginning with training pilot courts and targeting nationwide implementation by year’s end.
The platform was developed by the SC Management Information Systems Office (MISO) led by Atty. Jed Sherwin G. Uy, Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief Technology Officer, in collaboration with the CMO.
During the launch, the CMO and MISO teams demonstrated the system’s core features to participating judges and staff.
Among the courts selected for the initial orientation include branches from Las Piñas, Marikina, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Navotas, Malabon, and San Juan.
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