State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is planning to pursue 25-year concession arrangement under the privatization plan of the 932-megawatt Agus-Pulangui hydropower facilities in the Mindanao grid. “We have a plan - the plan is for concession agreement,”...
Featured image: NO BOUNDARIES Lawyer Nadine Karim Barrat believes we need more empowered women lead By Ayunan G. Gunting They say that Mindanao has a lot of untapped potential. I couldn’t agree more, especially when I had lived long enough to see how Muslims persevere to raise the bar and break...
The United States has launched technology-based education program in the Bangsamoro to help improve the quality of education of learners in the region. The program cost is estimated at P15 million. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Mission Director Rebekah Eubanks joined on...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) assured its support for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) digitalization initiative in its system of governance. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman made the statement at the recent conduct of consultation on BARMM...
Amid moves in Congress to change the current Constitution, Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. has proposed that 40 percent foreign ownership be allowed in mass media for its improvement. media In a statement, the lawmaker shared several of the amendments he submitted...
What happened to the decommissioning of weapons in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)? Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (center) (Facebook) House Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman had this question in mind amid the spate of violent...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has declared a gun ban in two provinces and 63 barangays in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following an ambush on Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr on Friday, Feb. 17, that left four people, three of them policemen, dead....
The progressive Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed a resolution calling for the “urgent revocation” of the resolutions designating leftist organizations and their armed wing as terrorists and urged the government to resume peace talks thereafter. Gabriela Women’s Party Rep....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, February 6 has sought an inquiry on the state of education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said the inquiry primarily seeks to address the low enrollment in BARMM...
Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman underscored the importance of good governance in his anniversary message Saturday, Jan. 21 on the historic founding of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). BARMM flag (Wikipedia) "Today, we celebrate the...
Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it is working in close coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to help facilitate the direct release of funds for various social welfare programs in the Bangsamoro...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Jan. 17, lauded the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for its continued support in the peace process and anti-terrorism efforts in southern Philippines. Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and JICA President Tanaka Akihiko (right) (OVP photo) In a...