DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 June) — While the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) versions of the Senate and House of Representatives have been described as “very diluted” or “mangled” due to the deletion or amendment of essential provisions, a new
Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) recalls having been surprised to see leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives when they arrived in Malacanang for a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 June) — In the early days of the Marawi Siege in May last year, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) appealed to former members of the MILF who were in the leadership of the Maute
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, June 11, 2018 – From media reports since May 31, it is most indicative that neither of SB No. 1717 and HB No. 6475, the Bangsamoro Basic Law bills as respectively approved in the Senate and in
The two versions of the BBL would undergo a BICAM Conference to reconcile the differences. There are few things to know about the BICAM Conference… First, it is NOT the third House of Congress. It consolidates convergences in the two
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews /11 June) – The President had hinted recently on declaring national emergency to fight rising criminality. There are, accordingly, so many crimes that make people apprehensive in visiting the country, fearing that they might be kidnapped
Residents who fled their villages following an air strike and ground assault against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters early Sunday morning seek refuge in an evacuation center in Pagalungan, Maguindanao. An evacuee recalls they were about to take their suhoor,
Close to 80 species of endemic and migratory birds have been spotted inside the Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag, Davao City. Here, Asian Glossy Starling birds enjoy the mangroves that have been replanted along the coast to provide sanctuary and
They look like Christmas trees in June. Lining the expansive and exclusive Dole-Kalsangi golf course in Polomolok, South Cotabato are Hawaii Pines, so-called because they came all the way from Hawaii, USA some 40 years ago. Boy Scouts from Hawaii
PIKIT, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 10 June) — An estimated 10,000 residents fled their villages here and at least 12,000 from three towns in Maguindanao following air strikes and ground assault early Sunday morning at the Ligawasan marsh near General
