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The House of Representatives approved on second reading House Bill (HB) 11144 proposing that the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) be held in May 2026. Bill proponent and Lanao del Sur Representative Zia Alonto Adiong explained that the rescheduling of the BARMM elections is being pushed for the […]
Senator Robin Padilla filed a bill creating a special province in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), to ensure the constitutional right of suffrage for residents there. Padilla filed Senate Bill 2875 creating the special geographic area to be known as Kutawato province, which will cover 63 “orphaned” barangays that opted in to […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero filed a bill to formalize his proposal seeking to defer the parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in view of the recent Supreme Court ruling excluding Sulu from the regional group. BARMM’s first parliamentary election is scheduled for 2025, but Escudero is pushing to have it […]
The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of Republic Act No. 11054 or the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Bangsamoro Organic Law) but declared the Province of Sulu not part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) after the province rejected the law’s ratification. In a unanimous Decision, […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to implement the Teacher Effectiveness and Competencies Enhancement Project (TEACEP) which aims to enhance educational support for teachers. Education Secretary Sonny Angara and Minister Mohagher Iqbal, head of the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and […]
To address the lack of access of Muslims to Shari’ah judges and courts outside the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Senator Robin Padilla filed a resolution proposing to amend the constitutional requirement for judges of lower courts. Padilla filed Resolution of Both Houses 10, which proposes that members of the Senate and House […]
Due to massive flooding triggered by heavy rainfall in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) that started on July 9, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) responded to flood-affected communities. PRC, through its Lanao del Sur-Marawi Chapter, provided 3-day rations of food packs to 1,017 vulnerable families in the Municipalities of Balabagan, Kapatagan, and […]
In addition to its wide-scale measles vaccination efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon directed the intensification of community-wide vaccination education in Mindanao. “Parents’ hesitancy towards childhood immunization is a health threat to our communities and one of the factors that prevent Filipino […]
AGRI Party-List Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Wednesday urged for the speedy passage of House Bill 1299, or the Right to Adequate Food Act, as he called for the strict implementation of the food and security roadmap for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to aid in the continued decline of poverty incidence […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) allocated a total of P72.8 million to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) for the 2023–2026 implementation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Through the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban […]