COTABATO CITY – Lawyer Pangalian Balindong, speaker of the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), died around 1 a.m. Thursday in a hospital in Makati City due to illness. The BTA is the provisional lawmaking body of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Balindong,...
DAVAO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman Ahod Balawag Ebrahim has declined his appointment to the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). EBRAHIM “I have decided to respectfully decline said appointment,”...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. lauds the agency's international and private peace partners during the inaugural International and Private Partnerships Forum (IPPF) 2024 at the Manila Hotel on Nov. 14, 2024. (Photo by John Louie Abrina / MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed appointment by President Marcos...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led the filing of a bill to defer the first general elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), from May 12, 2025, to May 11, 2026. ...
DAVAO CITY – Various advocacy groups have expressed concern over the pending Indigenous Peoples (IP) Code being pushed by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority in the Bangsamoro region as it said to be far from what is being envisioned. TEDURAY farmers haul sacks of corn in a remote village in...
DAVAO CITY – Various Indigenous Peoples (IP) have urged the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) to pass an IP Code that truly reflects the aspirations of IPs in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). TEDURAY farmers work in their community farm in South Upi, Maguindanao...
DAVAO CITY – Guiamel Alim, a seasoned peace advocate, backed the indefinite extension of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA). "How long do we need to hold the extension? The answer is for as long as it is necessary. We don’t put a timeframe for peace. We work for it. The violence...
DAVAO CITY – Several Moro civil society organizations (CSOs) are calling for another three-year extension of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) as well as postponement of the elections in the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) next year for the sake of peace in the region....
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) The significance of the upcoming 2025 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) isn't lost to House Deputy Minority Leader Basilan lone Rep. Mujiv Hataman. "Ang...
COTABATO CITY – Members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) approved Thursday evening bills establishing eight municipalities comprising the 63 barangays in North Cotabato province that joined the autonomous setup in 2019. Residents from the 63 barangays, called the Special...
MARAWI CITY – The Bangsamoro Transition Authority, through its Committee on Rules, discussed the proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code in a public consultation on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Lanao del Sur provincial capitol gymnasium here. THE proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code is discussed in an...
Malacañang revealed that the former warring members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been finally united under one Bangsamoro autonomous government. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the oath taking of the newly-appointed...
