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DAVAO CITY MAYOR DUTERTE SHOULD RUN FOR SENATE – PIMENTEL

Now that “federalism is an uphill climb,” Senator Koko Pimentel III said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte should seek a Senate seat in next year’s midterm elections for Mindanao to have a greater Senate representation. In asking Sara to run, Pimentel said the Senate presence of the daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte will give Mindanao […]

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SIGNING OF BANGSAMORO ORGANIC LAW SIGNALS END OF WAR AND POVERTY IN MINDANAO – GO

Special Assistant to the President Bong Go expressed hope that the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will signal the start of lasting peace in Mindanao. Go made this remark during the ceremonial signing of the BOL at Malacañang in the presence of several lawmakers and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro […]

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PEACE AND PROSPERITY POSSIBLE WITH BOL SIGNING – PANGANIBAN

The passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will make peace and prosperity possible in Mindanao within President Rodrigo Duterte’s term. This is according to House Agriculture Committee Chairperson and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr., who on Monday said indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao are set to benefit from the minimization of conflict in the […]

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NOGRALES: PRESIDENT DUTERTE IS COMMITTED TO PEACE AND PROGRESS FOR ‘PROBINSYANOS’

From “mission impossible” to “mission accomplished.” This is how House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles sums up the successful passing by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) and the National ID Law which will be presented at a ceremonial signing ceremony in Malacañang today. “These measures had […]

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INFRASTRUCTURE AND PEACE AMONG DUTERTE’S PRIORITIES IN MINDANAO – GO

President Rodrigo Duterte has identified infrastructure and peace as among the top priorities in the government’s Mindanao development agenda, a Palace official said. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go bared this in a recent speech in Compostela Valley, noting that problems hounding Mindanao are no longer at the bottom of the government’s priority list. […]

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Government to Build a Mega-Rehab Center in Mindanao

A P700-million drug rehabilitation center will soon rise in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, to help drug users turn over a new leaf, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno said on Monday. Sueno said that the DILG, the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS) and the Department of Health (DOH) recently signed an agreement […]

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Government to Build Mindanao Railway System From Davao to Zamboanga

Major infrastructure projects in Mindanao have been few and far between. While there may have been some here and some there, nothing in the scale, extent and magnitude of a P130 billion project has ever been seen, heard or felt, at least in recent memory. This predicament will soon change with the proposed 2,000-kilometer Mindanao railway […]