Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri Dignitaries, legislators, and peace advocates trooped to the old Senate Session Hall at the National Museum of Fine Arts recently for the launch of Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri’s The Road to Peace: Crafting the Bangsamoro Organic Law . Senator Juan...
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) A technical working group (TWG) is needed to...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Parliament passed the long-awaited Bangsamoro Indigenous Peoples’ Act (BIPA) of 2024 on third and final reading during a special session on Dec. 10. The BIPA, also known as the Indigenous Peoples (IP) Code, was approved with 63 votes in favor, zero against, and...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The measure postponing the first regular elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from May 12, 2025 to May 11, 2026 is on the cusp of...
DAVAO CITY – The proposed Kutawato province, which is currently composed of newly created towns under the Special Geographic Area (SGA) in the Bangsamoro region, may not yet be possible as this does meet the requirements prescribed by Republic Act (RA) 7160 or the Local Government Code...
The signing into law of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in 2018 is a testament that conflict can be resolved and bring forth peace in the Mindanao region, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said. Zubiri pointed this out during the launching of “The Road to Peace: Crafting the Bangsamoro...
The passage into law of the bill seeking the creation of the Kutawato Province would greatly help advance the government’s goal of achieving long-lasting peace in Mindanao, Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said. At the hearing of the Senate Committee on Local Government on Senate Bill...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (PPAB) House Deputy Minority Leader Basilan lone Rep. Mujiv Hataman is pushing the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to secure the funds needed to finance the provincial government’s operations,...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (PPAB) Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has asserted that the proposed postponement of the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from 2025 to 2026 is a...
Amid growing calls to postpone the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections next year, President Marcos hinted that it might be best to push back the schedule to fix the issues regarding Sulu’s exclusion from the region. President Ferdinand...
A Muslim lawyer and head of a political party in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has urged the government to hold the region's first-ever parliamentary elections next year as scheduled in accordance with the law. Meanwhile, political observers claimed that extending the historic...
President Marcos said they are still studying the possible suspension of the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)in the light of the Supreme Court (SC) decision separating Sulu from the region. Marcos said the elections might not happen...
