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...
European Union (EU) Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron on Monday, Jan. 16, underscored the role the regional bloc plays in bringing lasting peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) through key initiatives aimed at empowering the citizenry. (Photo from EU Ambassador...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has pushed for the creation of task forces that will address the "metering problems" of electric cooperatives (ECs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The government-run electrification agency announced that Task Force...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) –The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has welcomed a Supreme Court (SC) decision that dismissed a petition questioning the result of the 2019 plebiscite that included Cotabato City into the region. "We are elated to receive the decision of the SC...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has enumerated the positive qualities of Carlito Galvez Jr. that made him a good fit for the position of Department of National Defense (DND) secretary. Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) "Ikinagagalak natin pagkakahirang ni Peace Process...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The top police officer in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and 15 police colonels tendered their courtesy resignation in support of the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) effort to cleanse the Philippine National Police...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – An official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was killed while two others were unscathed in a gun attack in this city, a police official said Wednesday, Dec. 21. Major Amil Andungan Jr., Cotabato City Police Office Station 2 chief, identified the...
