Foreign Arbitral Award Not Foreign Judgment.
Section 44
SEC. 44. Foreign Arbitral Award Not Foreign Judgment.—A foreign arbitral award when confirmed by a court of a foreign country, shall be recognized and enforced as a foreign arbitral award and not as a judgment of a foreign court. A foreign arbitral award, when confirmed by the Regional Trial Court, shall be enforced in the same manner as final and executory decisions of courts of law of the Philippines.