DAVAO CITY – The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos in Davao region cried foul over social media content creator Crist Briand and issued a show-cause order against him over an insensitive remark on the concept of halal. In a statement, the NCMF-Davao expressed serious concern over a social...
A Maguindanaoan woman from Pikit, North Cotabato, placed second in the female recital category of the 64th International Al-Qur’an Recital and Memorization Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. NCMF Secretary Sabuddin N. Abdurahim (left) with Raihana G. Ambangala (middle), a Maguindanaoan from...
Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo (Dexter Barro II/MANILA Mindanao congressmen want the annual hajj to be "privatized" for the benefit of Filipino-Muslim pilgrims. Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo bared in a...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara has called on the Senate to look into the various complaints raised by Muslim Filipinos against the National Council on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF). Angara, who filed Senate Resolution No. 768, said the Upper Chamber should look into the reports of subpar...
A total of 279 Muslim pilgrims to Mecca was stranded in an airport in Saudi Arabia due to a cancellation of a Manila flight that was supposed to be on Monday night, July 10, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has disclosed. In a statement, the NCMF said the 279 Filipino pilgrims...
Several government agencies on Friday, June 16 raised concerns that members of the Taliban and other “splinter groups” would revive their propaganda once the Philippines gives in to the United States’ request for the government to temporarily house Afghan nationals in the country. ...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Monday, March 20, urged Philippine embassies in Muslim-majority countries to intercede on behalf of convicted overseas Filipinos, especially those facing the death penalty, this holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the lawmaker likewise called on the National...
Cities and municipalities with considerable Muslim populations will be compelled to establish their own Muslim public cemeteries if a proposed measure of a lawmaker from Mindanao becomes law. A woman walks through the Manila Islamic Cemetery and Cultural Hall in Manila. (AP) House Bill No. 3755 or...
House bills seeking to establish a medical center, a science high school, a multi-species hatchery, and a sports academy were among the first measures filed at the Lower Chamber by a congressman of the lone district of Basilan for his constituents in 19th Congress. Basilan Representative Mujiv...
A number of complaints of violations of the ban on hiring and transferring of personnel in the civil service during the election period has been received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Law Department. Comelec/MB In a statement on Tuesday, April 26, the Comelec Law Department said one such...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año congratulated Wednesday, April 13, the 93 lawyers of the department and its attached agencies who passed the 2020-2021 bar examinations. “To our new lawyers, I laud you for your diligence despite the difficulties and...
The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has denied irregularities in its management of funds for the 2019 Islamic Pilgrimage or Hajj in Saudi Arabia that was participated in by 7,243 Filipinos. Secretary Pangarungan Referring to the 2020 Annual Audit Report that flagged over P397 million...
