BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

COTABATO CITY – Some cabinet officials
in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have started submitting
courtesy resignation to Governor-elect Mujiv Hataman.

Lawyer Laisa Alamia, ARMM executive secretary, was
first to submit her courtesy resignation papers to Hataman who was reelected
for his second term as regional chief executive of five province ARMM.

COTABATO CITY -THE National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) is opposed to Republic Act 10817 which President Aquino has signed into law Thursday (May 19).The NCMF in a statement said it vehemently opposes the enactment of the law, RA 1081, titledand An Act Instituting the Philippine Halal Export Development andPromotionProgram, Creating for the Purpose the Halal Export Development Board, and for Other Purposes.”Amer Hussien Macatbar Sisomangcop, NCMF Development Management Officer, broke to the Filipino Muslim public the news on Mr.

Barira, MAGUINDANAO –The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) successfully launched another series of Brigada Eskwelain Nabalawag Elementary School here in this municipality earlier this week.The event ispart of confidence- building measures to sustain the implementation of the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).

MANILA -- Despite the non-passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) under the 16th Congress, Moro leaders from various sectors will remain steadfast in pushing for a BBL that is compliant to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).In a press conference on Monday in Quezon City, several Moro multi-sector leaders vowed to pursue with the same vigor the passage of the BBL even in the next administration to achieve genuine autonomy and lasting peace in Muslim Mindanao.Sultan Mohammad Bano from the Greenhills Muslim Traders Association, House of Bayang President Datu Abdul Rauf Alex

MANILA – The much-awaited passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will not only improve the fate of the Bangsamoro region but will also change the discourse on Mindanao as it will signal the closing of the armed conflict with the largest Moro rebel group in the country, said Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles. Yung kailangan siguro sa panahong ito talaga yung big picture ang tinitingnan.

STATEMENT OF THE MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN CENTRAL MINDANAO ON THE BANGSAMORO BASIC LAW AND THE RISING EXTREMIST GROUPS IN THE PHILIPPINES.” We, the undersigned represent religious organizations in Central Mindanao that have worked on the front liners for just peace and against violent extremism, condemn the un-Islamic actions of the violent extremist groups in bombing innocent civilians in Paris, Istanbul and IndonesiaWe realize that violent extremist groups have been fueled by military action by the West against terrorism and violent extremism.

BAGUIO CITY -- Malacañang is still hopeful that Congress will be able to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before it goes into recess for the May 9 national and local elections.This was the message delivered by lawyer Armi Beatriz Bayot of the Office of the Solicitor General and a member of the legal team of the government negotiating panel with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).Bayot on Friday said that despite the lateness of the hour, the present administration was still optimistic that the BBL would be approved by both House of Congress within the next three weeks.Congress resu

STA. CRUZ, Davao del Sur -- President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Friday that it is highly probable that the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will be passed by Congress as congressmen work towards voting on the legislation that aims to bring lasting peace to Mindanao. May meeting kami, if I’m not mistaken, next week with the House of Representatives, precisely to push for the passage of the BBL. Si Congressman Rufus Rodriguez tells me na patapos na sila doon sa tinatawag na stage 'turno en contra' at pagkatapos ‘noon pagbobotohan na.

COTABATO CITY -- The continuing spate of attacks by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Central Mindanao has nothing to do with the delayed approval by Congress of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the group’s spokesman said Saturday.The draft BBL, still pending in Congress, is the enabling measure for the replacement of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao with a Bangsamoro political entity based on the final compact between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the March 27, 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro.

MANILA (PNA) – Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos on Wednesday admitted that the Senate as well as House of Representatives has been running out of time to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in the present 16th Congress.”I think we have ran out of time,” Marcos said in a media interview.Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile was supposed to continue his interpellation on the Basic Law on the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BLBAR), a Senate substitute bill to the BBL, on Wednesday.However, the Senate adjourned for a month-long Christmas break without tackling the BLBAR.The third regular se