BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

COTABATO
CITY – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City on Wednesday said here
he was supporting the passage of draft Bangsamoro Basic Law.
”I’m
here to show my support to BBL. I am with you in your desire for lasting peace,”
he said, adding that he would wait what will happen to the BBL before he will
talk about Federalism.

MANILA -Senator Teofisto TG” Guingona III on Wednesday called for revisions in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that will ensure the consistency of its provisions with the Constitution and the protection of minority communities living in the areas covered by the planned autonomous region.Sen. Guingona bared his proposal to amend part of the preamble of the draft BBL which currently refers to the aspiration of the Bangsamoro People.”Sen.

MANILA (PNA) -- The House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means approved with amendments the provisions in the proposed Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region specific to taxation and wealth-sharing.The committee, chaired by Marikina City Rep.

MANILA (PNA) -- Senate President Franklin Drilon on Tuesday said the senators would welcome sitting down with President Benigno Aquino III after the release of the committee report on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).”We welcome the statement of the President that he is willing to sit down with the senators to discuss the BBL,” Drilon said in a media interview.”However, we would like to see first the committee report in order that we will know how far would be the disagreements insofar as the senators are concerned,” he clarified.With regards to apprehension that President Aquino might influe

COTABATO CITY - Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Sulu Sultanaterepresentatives on Monday proposed full inclusion of IP rights in the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) the Senate committee was deliberating on.The IPs, as shown on national television ANC, presented verbally and in hard copy, what they wanted included in the draft law during the Senate Committee on local governments chaired by Senator Ferdinand BongBong Marcos Jr Monday.Among those who presented proposals to the draft BBL was Alim Bandara, a tribal leader from Teduday tribe of Maguindanao.Other tribal groups were equally represente

MANILA -- President Benigno S. Aquino III has expressed his readiness to discuss the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) with the senators. Kung gusto nila akong kausapin tungkol dito sa BBL, hindi naman ako nanghihimasok, inimbita nila akong magbigay ng opinyon sa isang pagpupulong, bakit hindi natin gawin iyon?

MANILA -- Two senior House leaders on Monday lashed out Senators Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Francis Escudero for suggesting that Senate and the House of Representatives are heading for a clash due to irreconcilable versions of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Those candidates are just trying to make themselves look good,” Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.

COTABATO CITY -- Securing imprimatur for the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) from a mere committee in the House of Representatives was an uphill struggle, but local folks are certain the bill can get through the legislative mills of the two chambers of Congress just the same.The 75-member House committee handling House Bill 4994, led by Cagayan Rep.

QUEZON CITY -A Mindanao solon was a ‘no show’ during Wednesday’s voting on the amended draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) at the ad hoc committee level of the House of Representatives. Cotabato 2nddistrict Representative Nancy Catamco decided to stay away from the voting saying she has lots of reservations on the bill. I am not yet ready to accept the bill.I just restrained myself in going there.Many of my proposals were lost during the deliberations,” she said.

COTABATO CITY -Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao laudedthe House ad hoccommittee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) for its approval of the proposed BBL. With 50 yes votes, BBL has survived the gruelling deliberations and the scrutinyof the 75-member ad hoccommittee headed by Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez. The decision isproof that the calls for peace for Mindanao have reached the walls of Congress, Hataman said. Thank you for speaking for peace for the Bangsamoro, said Hataman onWednesdayafternoon after the committee approved the BBL.