The first regular elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will not take place next year after all. (Screenshot from Facebook live) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed in a text message to Malacañang reporters Friday, Oct. 29 that President Duterte...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a mayoralty candidate who allegedly yielded P3.4 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in an anti-illegal drug operation in Midsayap, Cotabato on Thursday night, Oct. 21. (PDEA photo) The PDEA identified the suspect as Tom...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Thursday, Oct. 21 slammed the reductions in the over-all budget of state universities and colleges (SUCs) and on the capital outlay of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under their proposed 2022 national budget. At the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the...
The impoverished and far-flung areas in Mindanao have always been the focus of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Angat Buhay programs, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday, October 18, as she shrugged off accusations that her visit to Mindanao the past days was done to gain local...
The government is expecting P492.4 billion worth of investments if the oil and gas service contracts (SCs) to be awarded under the Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program (PCECP) designed by the Duterte administration will eventually reach commercial development and production phases....
The national government is looking at including additional programs in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under the proposed 2023 national budget, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. During a recent Intergovernmental Relations Body (IGRB) meeting, key officials of the...
Lawmakers from Mindanao have called on the leadership of the House of Representatives, as well as the executive department, to fund the operations of state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). House deputy speaker and Basilan...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), police, military and intelligence groups arrested six drug pushers and seized P13.6 million worth of ‘shabu’ in a buy-bust operation in Parang Sulu on Friday, Sept. 24. In a statement, the PDEA Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in...
The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines and French government will continue to provide meals to some 160,000 children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) despite the closure of schools for in-person classes due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, Sept. 21 ratified the bicameral committee report on the legislative proposal to reset the election of the /Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao from 2022 to 2025. BARMM logo The chamber unanimously voted on the report on the disagreeing versions...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 15 approved on third and final reading the bill proposing to reset next year’s elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to May, 2025. House of Representatives plenary With 187 affirmative and zero negative votes House Bill...
The Senate passed on third and final reading Monday, September 6, the bill that would reset the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from May, 2022 to May, 2025. Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) A total of 15 senators...
