Senate Majority Leader Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino praised the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the quality of its preparations for the 2025 mid-term elections, including the first parliamentary polls in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “I am glad to hear from...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino renewed his call to various government agencies to work together to come up with a transition fund to cover the expenses urgently needed by Sulu province. Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino urges government agencies to create a Sulu transition...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) will be powering the industrialization goal cast by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for the Polloc freeport zone in Parang, Maguindanao. The two government agencies have sealed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino expressed concern over Sulu's fiscal problem after the Supreme Court (SC) ruled to exclude the provicne from Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Sen. Francis Tolentino airs his concern on the reduced 2025 budget of the Department of...
Senate Majority Leader Francis said on Saturday, Sept. 14, that vital social services must be sustained for Sulu after the province was virtually "orphaned" due to the recent ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) that excluded it from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). (Photo...
The Intergovernmental Fiscal Policy Board (IFPB) has approved guidelines for official development assistance (ODA) loans to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). In a statement on Tuesday, Sept. 3, Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that these guidelines will facilitate...
Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corporation has cemented tie-up with Australian and British firms for the bids it submitted for two petroleum blocks auctioned in the Sulu Sea basin by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE) of the Bangsamoro...
Hopes are raised for prospective discovery of new oil and gas resources in the country as well as for trailblazing native hydrogen ventures, with the eight qualified offers cornered by the Department of Energy (DOE) during an auction round concluded this week. In a statement to the media, the...
With the scheduled submission of applications by Aug. 27, the Department of Energy (DOE) has raised hopes that it can corner acceptable tenders for offered hydrogen investments as well as upstream petroleum ventures, especially in the pioneering auction round for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in...
President Marcos has called on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops in Sulu to ensure the peaceful conduct of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections next year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this as...
The nation’s economic agency is partnering with the Bangsamoro’s development group to improve the projects and programs in the region. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA) to aid the...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) House Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman says he is delighted over President Marcos’ pronouncement that the 2025 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in...
