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CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- The Army’s 6th Infantry Division tapped a Moro colonel as civil-military relations chief, a sensitive post never entrusted to a Muslim since the unit’s inception in the 1970s

MARAWI CITY -- Tranquility has lately been spreading around the city and neighboring towns in Lanao del Sur, hounded for years by high prevalence of crimes and clan wars involving big Maranaw families.
One recent development to have eased the tension in the 96 barangays here was a Supreme Court ruling declaring the overstaying superintendent of Marawi City schools officially retired from government service in 2013 yet.

Every year, on September 21, we commemorate two events that speak of the contradictions we face as a nation.Today is the International Day of Peace, a day that speaks of humanity’s greatest hope at a time when the world is wounded by conflict and injustice.

COTABATO CITY- Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao witnessed a turnover ceremony marking the restoration of government authority in a former Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) stronghold in Barangay Baguindan, Tipo-Tipo, Basilanon Sunday morning, September 18.The military overran the said ASG camp on 12 August as part of the government crackdown against the terror group.Lt. Col.

COTABATO CITY– Residents of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) who plan to work overseas are cautioned by the region’s Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to avoid the ‘direct hiring’ scheme and instead engage with legitimate recruitment agencies.This would ensure their work documents are processed properly and in accordance with standards set by their employers.Odin Abdula, OWWA-ARMM’s programs and services division chief, told Aksyon-ARMM – a one-hour radio program of the region’s Bureau of Public Information aired on Saturday, September 10 – that prospective overs

MARAWI CITY --- Thousands of ethnic Maranaws on Wednesday marched through the streets to celebrate the city’s 76th founding anniversary, an event never witnessed in about a decade due to serious security woes.

COTABATO CITY– The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) through its flagship initiative Humanitarian and Development Action Program (ARMM-HDAP) remains committed in the implementation of special emergency education recovery program (SEERP) in 31 conflict-affected schools in Maguindanao.Hadja Bai Taya Aplal, Director II of the region’s Department of Education (DepEd-ARMM) and focal person of the SEERP, said based on the monitoring, assessment, and validation of the regional government’s education cluster, 12,215 students were affected by the conflict brought about by the Mamasapano in

COTABATO CITY -- Local clerics on Monday urged worshipers to strictly adhere to Islamic teachings on peace and religious tolerance in their Eid’l Adha sermons in open-field rites in heavily secured designated sites.
The Eid’l Adha, or feast of sacrifice,” is so important to Muslims, for them even more spiritually significant than the Eid’l Fitr that marks the culmination of the month-long Ramadhan fasting season.

As Muslims who live true to the values of Islam, we make many sacrifices based on faith -- faith in ourselves, faith in others, and faith in Allah. Today we remember Ibrahim's sacrifice, one that is guided by his faith in Allah. It is an example we aspire to live up to as we celebrate Eid'l Adha. Today, we take pause to remember what Islam means to us as Muslims living in a time where many choose turn a blind eye to our sacrifices and in a world where many look upon our faith with prejudice.As Muslims, this prejudice is a burden that is familiar to us.

COTABATO CITY - ThePhilippines’ Muslim leaders have separately called on their constituents to shun extremism and draw inspiration from the story of Abraham, whose life and struggle were commemorated Monday by the world’s close to two billion Islam followers on the occasion of Eidl Adha.Eidl Adha, one of the two Muslim non-working holidays observed in the Philippines, is the Feast of Sacrifice, when Islam followers fete Abraham’s success to God’s most difficult test to his faith, by asking him in a dream to sacrifice his first born.