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Ulama conference vows to campaign for BOL

STATEMENT OF SUPPORTOF THE NATIONAL ULAMA CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUCP) TO THE BANGSAMORO ORGANIC LAW (BOL) And help one another in goodness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression.

ARMM projects restore normalcy in most hostile Basilan town

BASILAN - Normalcy is back in the town where Islamic militants had killed more than 50 soldiers in a spate of encounters in recent years and brutally beheaded many of them.The barangay governments in Al-Barka, Basilan had also been restored, run by vigilant and armed elected officials now actively cooperating with the efforts of the police and military to prevent remnants of the Abu Sayyaf from coming back.Al-Barka was once the most troubled town in Basilan, a component province of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.The town hit the news many times over following the spate of deadly c

Duterte cite heroism of slain PDEA agents with posthumous medals

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao--- President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday awarded with posthumous citations the five anti-narcotics agents killed in an ambush in Lanao del Sur last Friday.Duterte and Director General Aaron Aquino of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency turned over to the families of the slain PDEA agents the Order of Lapu-Lapu Kalasag Medals during a simple 45-minute rite in the chapel of the Army’s 6thInfantry Division in Camp Siongco in Datu Odin, Maguindanao.Duterte huddled briefly with relatives of Kenneth Tabulo, Binzo Dipolla, Diobel Pacinio, Kristina Mae Torlao and Lauri

WestMinCom acts on alleged car rental and money market scam

COTABATO CITY - The military is now trying to account for hundreds of vehicles entrusted to soldiers by a now controversial money market outfit in exchange for cash investments.Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman of the Western Mindanao Command, said Wednesday uniformed lawyers are now helping resolve the problem, a result of a rent-a-car and money market scheme of the Lahdins Marketing in Cotabato City that went awry.Armed Forces chief Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr.

Noble clans unite for peaceful polls in Maguindanao next year

COTABATO CITY -- Inspired by lessons from the November 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre, rival datus on Monday anointed common candidates for provincial posts at stake during the 2019 elections.The filing of certificates of candidacy for local elective positions will commence this week.Conspicuously present in Monday’s event, first ever since the election-related massacre shook the nation to its core, were the new political figureheads of the Ampatuan clan whose erstwhile leaders are now being prosecuted for the atrocity.Representatives of Maguindanao’s ruling Mangudadatu, Mastura, Midtimbang

Vendetta angle eyed on Lanao Sur PDEA team ambush

LANAO DEL SUR - Local leaders want the police to check on a local drug ring that they blame for last week’s fatal ambush of five anti-narcotics agents in Kapai, Lanao del Sur.Meranao leaders told reporters Monday there are persistent feedback from their constituents, mostly residents of Lanao del Sur’s neighboring Kapai and Tagoloan towns, purporting that the ambushers were erstwhile henchmen of a former municipal mayor who was rumored to have once engaged in drug trafficking.Local officials said the ambush that resulted in the gory deaths of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency personnel Ken

Maguindanao ‘White House’ awaiting PRRD inauguration

COTABATO CITY
– The newly completed Maguindanao provincial capitol building, dubbed as the
White House of the South, is awaiting formal inauguration by President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte, local officials and stakeholders said on Sunday.

The new
capitol building is an essential part of trailblazing operations and reforms in
our provincial governance. Its inauguration by national dignitaries like the
President is fitting, Engr. Abdulrahman Asim, provincial administrator, said.

AFP chief sets foot inside MILF camp, vows to help BOL

CAMP
DARAPANAN, Maguindanao – Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr, the country’s highest
military official on Saturday visited the main camp of Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) where he vowed to help campaign for approval of Bangsamoro Organic
Law.

Galvez,
accompanied by Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega and 6th
Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, made the commitment
when he visited the MILF’s Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao where
he received a warm welcome.

ARMM gets new ISO certification

COTABATO CITY – The Office of the Regional Governor in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ORG-ARMM) passed the accreditation process and attained the quality management certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-9001:2015.Following a two-day intensive evaluation on the efficacy of the ORG’s quality management system(QMS) by the TUV Rheinland Philippines Inc., the certificate was awarded on Monday, October 1.Earning the ISO 9001:2015, the latest edition of ISO’s flagship QMS standard, means that the ORG-ARMM attained the international standard and requ

Good governance hailed in 23 ARMM LGUs

COTABATO CITY – Twenty-three (23) local government units (LGUs) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were conferred with 2018 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), awarded by the national Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).In an official statement released today, awardees from the region include the provincial government of Basilan, the city government of Lamitan, and 21 municipal governments acrosss the region.The ARMM ranks fifth in the country based on the number of SGLG awardees.

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