President Marcos said he would sign the bill postponing the December 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to next year, citing the need to prioritize the country’s first-ever Bangsamoro Parliament elections in October. Marcos said this less than a week before the bill seeking...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is investigating alleged irregularities involving the use of funds allocated to local government units in the region, spokesperson Mohd Asnin Pendatun said on Wednesday. “We will conduct an investigation on the alleged misuse of funds and...
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has approved a new wage order raising the daily pay of private sector workers by P50 starting next month, officials said on Friday. In a statement, BARMM Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua said he approved the Wage Order...
COTABATO CITY – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua has asked all regional ministers, deputy ministers, and heads of offices to submit courtesy resignations by June 30. Macacua issued the memorandum on June 23 in the light of serious and grave...
COTABATO CITY – After months of covert operations, agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (NBI-BARMM) on Thursday arrested a suspected bomber linked to Mindanao bus bombings and bus burning in 2021. NBI-BARMM Director Jonathan Balite...
Senator Imee Marcos clarified on Monday, June 16 said that the postponement of the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) under the Congress-approved measure establishing fixed terms for barangay and SK officials is merely incidental. The bill is vastly different from R.A. 11935,...
COTABATO CITY – Three individuals in Cotabato City have tested positive for monkeypox, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to eight, health officials said Tuesday. Dr. Harris Ali, city health officer, said the three new...
DAVAO CITY – Three towns in Maguindanao del Sur have been placed under state of calamity due to massive flooding that has affected at least 300,000 individuals. A report from the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said...
Government anti-narcotics agents seized around P3.4 million worth of shabu on Tuesday, May 20, following the arrest of a high-value target (HVT) suspect during a buy-bust operation in Cotabato City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stated. PDEA Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro health ministry confirmed two mpox (monkeypox) cases in Maguindanao del Norte this week while monitoring six other potential infections, officials said Wednesday. Recovered patients were a 59-year-old woman from Sultan Kudarat and a 28-year-old woman from Datu Odin...
Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua has appealed to all stakeholders in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to set aside differences stemming from the recent midterm elections and work together to ensure a seamless and non-violent parliamentary elections in October. “In this coming...
DAVAO CITY – A massive flooding has affected at least 78,000 individuals in the low-lying towns of Maguindanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) due to torrential rains from the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) since May 14. A report dated May 17 from...
