The House of Representatives has sent a "strong message" on its commitment to ensuring sustainable socio-economic development and progress in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Valenzuela City 1st district Rep. Rex Gatchalian (Facebook) This, according to Valenzuela 1st...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) is seeking to establish more economic zones, especially for Halal hubs in the region, which is composed of six provinces and three cities. Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Deputy Director General...
Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) Chief Mohager Iqbal (front, left) cutting the ribbon with MBHTE Deputy Minister Haron Meling (front, right) UNICEF Mindanao Field Office Chief Radoslaw Rzehak (front, 2 nd from right) at the first ever BARMM Education Summit at the SMX...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri sought to institutionalize the Philippine Congress-Bangsamoro Parliament Forum (PCBPF) as there is much to be done for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) which is still in a transition stage. During the plenary session on Tuesday,...
A total of 16 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) localities were awarded with the ‘Gawad Kalasag’ for their disaster risk reduction and management initiatives, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Monday, Dec. 5. Gawad Kalasag is the...
The Office of the Vice President-Disaster Operations Center (OVP-DOC), through the Davao City Satellite Office, returned to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on November 24, Thursday, to deliver relief assistance for the victims of Typhoon Paeng. BARMM Ministry of the...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla described the first Philippine Congress-Bangsamoro Parliament Forum (PCBPF) in Pasay City earlier this week as a key step to ensure the progress of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Padilla said he and other participants at the forum...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has vowed to work closely with the Philippines on efforts to maintain peace, particularly in the island region of Mindanao. At the sidelines of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits here, Bolkiah said that...
Newly appointed DOH Undersecretary Camilo Pancratius Cascolan (Facebook / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) New Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Camilo Cascolan said that he was tasked to supervise the operations of the state health agency in the Visayas. In a television interview, Cascolan...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of P335.81 million as Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) share in taxes. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Thursday, Nov. 10, said that BARMM gets P335.81 million share from the taxes and other...
A Mindanao lawmaker appealed on Wednesday, Nov. 9, to the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to implement an “immediate ceasefire” to protect vulnerable civilians in Basilan. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Photo from Rep. Hataman’s Facebook page) Deputy Speaker and Basilan...
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...
