The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed on Sunday, Aug. 16, to pursue those behind the attack on the convoy of BARMM Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua in Maguindanao del Norte as it intensified security operations in vulnerable areas across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) have called for restraint after armed men fired at the convoy of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua in...
A 561-member task force of the Philippine Army (PA) has been deployed to Maguindanao to help secure the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and protect voters from threats and intimidation, it was revealed on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The 1st Brigade...
The Philippine Army sent no less than 1,500 troops to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to strengthen election security more than a month before the region holds its first parliamentary elections on Sept. 14. PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala said the deployment of three...
With the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections drawing near, Secretary Mel Senen S. Sarmiento of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) said ensuring that voters can freely choose their leaders without fear or intimidation has become one of the...
President Marcos is determined to fulfill all government commitments under signed peace agreements with former rebel groups, with the formal completion of the Cordillera peace process and the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections among his administration 's immediate priorities, the Office...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Monday, July 20, that it has stepped up security operations in 27 areas under the highest election risk classification ahead of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 's (BARMM) first parliamentary elections in September. Police Gen....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, July 17, that it has not monitored any security threat since the implementation of the election gun ban for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as it intensified security preparations for the region 's first...
Preparations for the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro region and the continuation of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front 's (MILF) decommissioning process are among the immediate priorities facing newly appointed officials of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace,...
The filing period of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the District Representatives in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections (BPE) will begin on Tuesday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday. In a statement, the poll body said the filing...
Security officials are eyeing to limit the deployment of augmentation for soldiers and policemen already in Mindanao in the implantation of the peace and order measures for the first ever Parliamentary Elections at the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Police Brig. Gen....
The resetting of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is a strategic move to ensure a credible transition to self-governance. Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr....