Thursday Mar, 28 2024 09:41:09 PM

BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

Read! Pres. Duterte's speech during Bangsamoro Assembly

SPEECH OFPRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTEDURING THE 1ST BANGSAMORO ASSEMBLY[Delivered at Old Provincial Capitol, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao | 27 November 2017]Kindly sit down. Thank you for your courtesy.Ang pagka-Maranao ko, ganun lang, medyo sa lola.Before I proceed, meron talagang prepared speech ang Presidente maski saan. Pero hindi ko ito trabaho, sabihin ko na sa inyo prangka-prangka.At as important as reconfiguring the territory, the local, it is not good just to deliver a two-page speech.Sabi ko kay --- sa kanila.

Cardinal Quevedo hopes BBL will solve Bangsamoro woes

MAGUINDANAO --- Orlando Cardinal Quevedo is optimistic the Bangsamoro Basic Law will correct prejudices against Muslims by fostering stronger ties among southern sectarian groups.Quevedo, who has overtly been supporting the efforts of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to end decades of secessionist conflicts in the south, announced this at the Bangsamoro Assembly in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Monday.

Officials renew support to peace process amid Bangsamoro Assembly

MAGUINDANAO --- Public officials on Monday reassured President Rodrigo Duterte of support to efforts of putting a negotiated closure to the now five-decade Moro rebellion.Their pledges were announced Monday, second day of the grand Bangsamoro Assembly in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao.The assembly, organized by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, is to show the solidarity of participating Moro communities in demanding passage of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law, now pending in Congress.The bill is the enabling measure for the implementation of the two compacts between the government and th

Duterte expected to attend Bangsamoro Assembly in Maguindanao

MAGUINDANAO — All is set for the Bangsamoro Assembly on Monday where Moro communities are to renew support to the peace overture between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.The assembly, an activity of the MILF, will be held at the old Maguindanao provincial capitol in Barangay Simuay in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.Members of the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces and personnel of the Army’s 603rd Brigade and the Maguindanao provincial police are now positioned around the venue of the activity.Ghazali Jaafar, first vice chairman of the MILF, said on Sunday that they are

DepEd starts rehabilitation of damaged Marawi public schools

LANAO DEL SUR --- The repair of school buildings damaged by the conflict in Marawi City has started and more campuses are expected to reopen soon in areas now secured by authorities.John Magno, regional education secretary of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said on Saturday their effort to restore the school buildings is supported by Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra and the local district engineering office.Classes in more than a dozen schools in Marawi City have resumed after President Rodrigo Duterte announced last month that state security forces have cleared all of its baranga

ARMM starts repair of schools damaged during the Marawi crisis

MARAWI CITY – The Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) will start the repair of seven damaged schools in Marawi City and 54 others in various parts of Lanao del Sur.Alfhadar Pajiji, DepEd-ARMM Assistant Secretary, revealed this development during the relief distribution and classrooms visit of ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman and other officials in Marawi City’s Amai Pakpak Central Elementary School on November 22. The (initial) budget for the repair, which is over P34 million, will come from the regular program of the DepEd, Pajiji said.

Gov't asked to arrest other Maguindanao massacre suspects who remained at large

MAGUINDANAO ---- Families of the 58 victims of the Nov. 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre on Thursday urged authorities to arrest the suspects in the carnage who are still at large.
Local officials, representatives from the police, the military and relatives of the victims commemorated on Thursday the eighth anniversary of the Massacre at Sitio Salman in Barangay Masalay in Ampatuan municipality.

Provincial jail escapee rearrested in Pikit

PIKIT, North Cotabato -- A team of police led by Chief Inspector Romy Castañares of the Pikit municipal policeand agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested on Tuesday Rolly Anok, one of more than a hundred inmates who escaped from the provincial jail in Kidapawan City during a jailbreak in early January.Castañares said the operation that resulted in the arrest of Anok was carried out with the help of vigilant barangay residents and community elders.Castañares said Anok shall be returned to the provincial jail, where he was detained for trafficking of methamphetamine hydrochl

Traditional mediation closes clan war among 7 Iranun families

MAGUINDANAO ---Leaders of seven heavily armed Iranun clans have sworn over the Qur’an end a bloody rido that exacted fatalities on all sides and maimed many many others.The term rido means vendetta clan feud in the Iranun, Maranaw and Maguindanaon dialects.The settlement of the decades-old rido between the Dagalangit, Malambut, Tomawis, Maricor and Aron families and their enemies, the Minis, Bangon, and Baroto families, was held in Buluan, the capital town of Maguindanao.All seven families are residing in the hinterland Barira and Matanog towns, both in the first district of Maguindanao.T

Malaysian, Indonesian naval officials tour Tawi-Tawi province

COTABATO CITY --- Residents of Tawi-Tawi are optimistic the three-day visit in the province of defense officials from Malaysia and Indonesia will improve trade relations of the local business sector with both states.Representatives from the Royal Malaysian Navy and Tentara Nacional Indonesia were in Tawi-Tawi from November 13 to 15 as part of the Trilateral Cooperative Agreement, or TRICA, of the two countries and Philippines.The agreement, crafted on July 14, 2016 in Jakarta, enjoins Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to cooperate in ensuring the safety of seafarers in each other’s co

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

UK: Bangsamoro one of world’s few successful peace processes

MANILA – The United Kingdom has hailed the creation of the Bangsamoro region as one of the world’s few successful peace processes as it joined...

Antipas LGU releases official list of victims of highway mishap

OFFICIAL list of victims of March 25, 2024 vehicular accident involving passenger van and cargo truck. The list is from the local government of...

Cotabato Light announces April 6 power service interruption

Cotabato Light announcement:  To all our valued customers, please be informed of the scheduled power interruption affecting a portion of...

BARMM has new police regional director

CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao Norte - Police Brig. Gen. Prexy Dugas Tanggawohn was installed as new police regional director for the Bangsamoro...

BARMM, Inter-Agency Teams implement OPLAN HARABAS, nets 1 conductor positive for drug use

COTABATO CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangamoro Region and police units in the city conducted on Tuesday "Oplan Harabas" in a...