

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 20 January) – A total of 2,165,316 registered voters in the five-province, two-city Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the cities of Cotabato and Isabela will troop to the polls on Monday, January 21, while at least 600,000 voters in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato will vote on February 6 to finally determine the territorial jurisdiction of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the new autonomous political entity that will replace the 28-year old ARMM.

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 20 January) — As Christians and Muslims ate together at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño parish compound here on Sunday, retired Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, Mindanao’s first and only cardinal, fearlessly predicted that the “yes” votes will rule the plebiscite to ratify on Monday Republic Act 11054 or the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, also called the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), on Monday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 20 January) – Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao retained his WBA World welterweight title via a unanimous decision win over American Adrien Broner Sunday (Manila time) at MGM Grand Las Vegas. Showing aggressiveness starting from the opening

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 20 January) – Five provinces in Mindanao have been placed under storm warning signal number 1 as tropical depression Amang approaches Surigao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 2pm advisory on

As part of transparency efforts in the run-up to the January 21, 2019 plebiscite for the ratification of RA 11054 or the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, an LED screen has been set up at

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 19 January) — A “bright new leaf awaits” Mindanao if RA 11054 or the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will be ratified during the plebiscite on January 21 and February
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 19 January) – A January 17, 2019 MinDaNews photo by Mamman Dejeto (No to BOL inclusion. No to Fake Promise) tells all. It’s “No’ for Cotabato City” on Monday, January 21, when the five provinces




