Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) checks the unlicensed firearms surrendered by residents in Basilan in exchange of agricultural tools and equipment as part of the ASPIRE program held in Sumisip, Basilan last week. (Photo: OPAPRU) To ensure that the first ever parliamentary...
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...
DAVAO CITY – Special Assistant to the President Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr. and South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., president of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, have denounced the corruption allegations leveled against the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Lagdameo and...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao denied on Tuesday, October 8, the corruption allegations aired by former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Secretary Suharto "Teng" Mangudadatu against Special Assistant to the President Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr. BARMM...
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...
Preparations for the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections next year are underway with officials underscoring its importance for the region’s peace process. BARMM (Wikipedia photo) Cabinet Secretary and BARMM spokesman Mohd Asnin Pendatun said...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (fifth from left) poses with Gawad Kapayapaan awardees namely Department of Budget and Management Sec. Amenah Pangandaman (sixth from left), Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer (center), and Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte Mayor Rommel Arnado (sixth from right) along with their...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is seeing “significant improvements” in terms of security situation and poverty level, the region’s spokesperson said Saturday, Sept. 28. BARMM spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Asnin Pendatun said that the region now has a...
The United States, Japan and Korea are contributing a total of P1.6 billion in a span of five years to help the Philippines improve the health services being offered in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Japan...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has expressed his desire for the 80-member Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to be filled for the elections in 2025 following Sulu's exclusion. Prior to this, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said they would...
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...
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...
