The Government of Canada has donated approximately P757 million (Can$18.9 million) to fund seven new development assistance projects in the areas of education, health and good governance in the Philippines, specifically in the Bangsamoro region. Govenrment of Canada In a statement released...
DAVAO CITY - Indigenous Peoples (IP) groups in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have declared their support for the pending bills for the extension of the Bangsamoro transition period to 2025 through a manifesto signed by IP leaders on the day of President Rodrigo...
The ambitious solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) of former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is finally coming to fruition, with Mindanao’s first set of SPIS now up for commissioning. Piñol, who is now the chairperson of Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), said the first local...
VARIOUS groups of Bangsamoro people from the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and the cities of Marawi and Iligan staged a unity caravan, Wednesday, June 23, to call on the government to extend the term of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) until 2025. (Bonita L. Ermac) BALO-I,...
As the world commemorates World Refugee Day on Sunday, June 20, 2021, the Oxfam Philippines has joined other non-government organizations in calling for the immediate end of violence and hostilities in the Bangsamoro region, especially in Sulu, Basilan, Maguindanao and Tawi-Tawi, where armed...
EBRAHIM DAVAO CITY – The Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is keen on keeping the original number of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) representatives in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA). In a statement Thursday, June 17, Chief Minister Ahod...
DAVAO CITY - The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament approved on Thursday the Overseas Bangsamoro Workers Act of 2020. In a statement, Member of the Parliament and Labor Minister Romeo Sema, the principal author of the bill, said the passage of the Overseas Bangsamoro Workers Act of...
Government leaders, including President Duterte, still have not agreed on whether or not to push through with the elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) This was disclosed by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on...
Senate Majority Leader Juan MIguel Zubiri has suggested to his colleague, Senator Francis Tolentino, to make simple the measure that would postpone the elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindano (BARMM) from 2022 to 2025. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri (Albert...
The Senate committee on local government endorsed on Thursday, May 20, the approval of the bill that would postpone the first elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to 2025. Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Francis Tolentino, committee...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, May 14, asked the Senate to immediately decide on the proposals to postpone the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). (COMELEC) At the last hearing of the Senate local government committee on...
Presidential peace process adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday, May 14, warned legislators that pushing through with elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) next year could lead to more attacks and division among its residents. Presidential Peace Process Adviser...