
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The Philippine government pushed anew the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as the country’s export gateway to the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines – East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP–EAGA) subeconomic cooperation. Secretary Leo Tereso Magno, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chairperson, noted that President Ferdinand Marcos […]
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) — The Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) claimed it has obtained the support of most mayors in the provinces of Basilan, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, and Tawi-Tawi for the first ever regional parliamentary elections on September 14 this year. BFP president Tomanda Andok said they have the support […]
ISABELA CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The towns of Albarka and Tipo-Tipo in Basilan have been identified as tentative areas of concern in the first ever regional parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on September 14 this year, Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Roberto dela Peña said. Dela Peña, who […]
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 7 May 2026) — Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy” Macacua has officially entered the race for the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections, his son filing his candidacy on his behalf on Thursday as representative for the third district of Maguindanao del Norte. Although Macacua is known as the secretary general of […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 7 May 2026) – The independent Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) has expressed support for the extension of the amnesty program for members of the 40,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In its 119-page 9th Public Report released last Tuesday in Makati City, the TPMT pointed out that the amnesty program for […]
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 6 May 2026) — The Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) has expressed concerns over the potential exclusion of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) from the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in September following a petition filed with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). The […]
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 6 May 2026) — After a long delay, the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have officially begun. Lawyer Rey Sumalipao, regional director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the BARMM, said candidates for the 32 district parliamentary seats started filing their certificates of candidacy […]
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 5 May) — The independent Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) on Tuesday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to directly engage regularly with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to ensure that all objectives of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) are substantially achieved, eventually leading to the signing of the exit […]
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 03 May) – Investments in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) reached P5.1 billion in April, surpassing last year’s P5 billion total registered investments across the region, latest data from the Bangsamoro Board of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) — The City of Davao stands not only as Mindanao’s leading economic hub but also as a strategic gateway to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an official said. Christian Cambaya, head of
The party-list system was meant to challenge elite politics. But it has instead become a bastion of families and contractors. This report provides the numbers: half of the 64 party-list representatives in the 20th Congress are members of active political clans, and nearly a third have ties to government contractors. by Guinevere Latoza and Christian […]
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 6 May 2026) — There are weeks when the economy whispers. There are weeks when it speaks clearly. And then there are weeks like this—when it shouts. April 2026 is not just another bad inflation print.
We don’t know if it’s coincidence or intentional, since May 4 is Star Wars Day, and it’s also the day that the House Committee on Justice voted unanimously that the impeachment complaints against VP Sara Duterte have substance and need
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 03 May) — I was not born into abstraction. I was born into place. Before I knew the word Mindanao, before geography became map or memory became sentence, I had already been claimed by water, church bells,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) — A Facebook page using the name “Isla Jardin del Mar” is being flagged for alleged booking scams, despite presenting itself as a legitimate resort account online. The page is FAKE. MindaNews fact-checked this
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews, 29 April) — A viral post from the Facebook page “Crush Limbago” claiming that Sheik Irohn Muad’Dib, the “fifth richest man in Arrakis,” pledged to send oil aid to the Philippines is fake. The post, which has




GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 7 May 2026) – The independent Third Party Monitoring Team
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 April) – Moro leaders on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of former
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 19 April) — Non-Moro indigenous women in the Bangsamoro region are
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 April) — Continued improvements in the peace and security conditions





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