The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20, that it met with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to request assistance in supporting Sulu's transition through joint learning interventions. (Photo from DepEd) Education Secretary Sonny Angara met with UNICEF on...
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has filed a bill seeking to create a new autonomous region for the people of Sulu, following its exclusion from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Padilla filed on Tuesday, Nov. 19, Senate Bill 2879, which establishes the Basulta Autonomous...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (middle) flashes the "peace" sign with religious leaders in Mindanao during the Mindanao Religious Leaders Conference (MiRLeC) in Davao City last week. (Photo: OPAPRU) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) said on...
COTABATO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a barangay councilor and recovered three kilos of suspected shabu valued at P20 million in a buy-bust operation in Jolo, Sulu on Thursday, October 10. Gil Cesario Castro, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. leads the commemoration of the 47 th anniversary of the Patikul massacre in Sulu on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo: OPAPRU) The path to peace may be long and challenging but it is worth it. Hence, the fragility of the peace process must be protected at all cost. This was...
Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut (Rep. Tan-Tambut's office) Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut--who is on her third and final term as a congresswoman--has decided to run for vice mayor of her hometown of Maimbung in Sulu...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The exclusion of the province of Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will only have a “minimal impact” on the national government’s efforts to establish just and lasting peace in the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two escapees from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency detention facility here last May were arrested after they were wounded in a shootout with authorities during a law enforcement operation in Pandami, Sulu on Saturday, September 28. SUSPECTED shabu valued at...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino renewed his call to various government agencies to work together to come up with a transition fund to cover the expenses urgently needed by Sulu province. Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino urges government agencies to create a Sulu transition...
(Courtesy of Department of Tourism) In a landmark initiative to enhance local tourism, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco recently led the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in Patikul, Sulu. Frasco said the project is part of the Marcos...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will continue to shoulder the salaries of 5,700 government workers based in Sulu until the end of the year despite the Supreme Court’s decision to exclude the province from the region. PENDATUN BARMM spokesperson...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino expressed concern over Sulu's fiscal problem after the Supreme Court (SC) ruled to exclude the provicne from Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Sen. Francis Tolentino airs his concern on the reduced 2025 budget of the Department of...
