DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 February) – The Senate Committee on Local Government has also proposed the second Monday of September this year (September 14) as the date of the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections but issues on sectoral representation need to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 January) – The proposed date for the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) mentioned in the January 28 resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is September 2026 “at the earliest” but this poses another challenge as the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 January) – The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) claims the new districting law passed by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) early Tuesday morning “raises serious constitutional questions,” but did not say if
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 14 January) – “Least risk.” Deputy Speaker Laisa Alamia of Basilan, whose office did a matrix on the six parliamentary bills (PB) filed on districting – PB 403, 407, 408, 411, 415 and 416 – describes
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 January) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) finally passed a new districting law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) at 12:33 a.m. on Tuesday, after a 10-hour deliberation, paving the way for
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 02 December) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) vowed to pass a new law this month to apportion the 32 districts across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) so the twice-delayed first regular elections can
MUNAI, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews / 26 November) — Joint efforts by the municipal government here, the Army and the police helped settle a 17-year “ridó” that has already claimed a life. Aside from the municipal government of Munai, the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 November) – The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) release on Tuesday of the calendar of activities and period of prohibited acts in connection with “March 30, 2026” as the date of the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections has
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 23 November) – At least 800 members of the erstwhile rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have so far applied for amnesty with the deadline for application just less than four months away, government officials
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 21 Nov) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has pushed the parliamentary election to proceed next year, with Mohagher Iqbal, MILF peace implementing panel chair, saying the front “is already ashamed” of asking for another
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 20 November) — Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. has warned of the dangers of an indefinite delay in the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, as he pushed for the finalization of the polls in early 2026 to prevent
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 November) – If the October 13, 2025 elections had pushed through, the term of office of the first elected Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) would have been two
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 November) – With only five session days left from November 20 until the end of the month, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) cannot meet the November 30 deadline to pass a new districting law so that
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 19 November) — The coffee table book “Metamorphosis: A Decade’s Journey to Peace” was launched Wednesday during the international conference here themed “After the Peace Agreements: The Bangsamoro and Beyond,” which gathered 200 local and international participants. Secretary
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 19 November) – The Australian government has pledged continued support to the Bangsamoro peace process, now underpinned by its AU$64-million (₱2.4 billion) five-year peacebuilding assistance for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Ambassador Marc
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 October) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) may not be able to pass a new districting law by October 30, 2025 as directed by the Supreme Court in its September 30 ruling declaring Bangsamoro Autonomy
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 October) – The first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) will be reset for a third time but not later than March 31, 2026, as the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the two laws — Bangsamoro Autonomy Act
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 September) – The political parties of Moro revolutionaries who waged war against the Philippine government and later signed peace agreements with it, asserted in their comments submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that the electoral
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 September) — An election monitoring group is calling on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to proceed with the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections on October 13 for political party and sectoral seats as the temporary restraining order (TRO)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 September) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday suspended all preparations for the October 13 polls in the Bangsamoro autonomous region “until the Supreme Court lifts the Temporary Restraining Order or resolves the validity of
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 Sept) — Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua said the Supreme Court’s issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the implementation of Bangsamoro Autonomy Act (BAA) 77 or the redistricting law that distributed the seven parliamentary district
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 September) – The first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will proceed as scheduled on October 13 but not for the seven parliamentary district seats originally allocated for Sulu and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /07 September) – The government peace panel that completed the negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 27, 2014 is urging the government under President Ferdinand
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 September) – “It’s not an option,” Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal said of proposals urging him to take a leave of absence while the Commission on Audit (COA) is conducting its special audit on the alleged anomalous
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 07 September) — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) has released a statement condemning what it described as “uncalled for” and “alarming” the retrieval of documents by a special audit team from the Commission
Jazmin Bonifacio of Leyte Samar Daily Express / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow SAMAR (MindaNews / 29 August ) — Alma Gabin decided to leave the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its New People’s Army (NPA) in early 2020,
Ricky J. Bautista of Samar Chronicle / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow CATBALOGAN CITY (MindaNews / 28 August) — In the steep, forested slopes of San Jose de Buan, Samar, there was a time when no one dared to speak too
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 28 August) — The independent Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) expressed grave concern Thursday over the Bangsamoro peace process in Mindanao, which it stressed “has reached a perilous juncture.” The foreign-led TPMT—which is mandated to monitor,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 August) – Peace stakeholders in Mindanao led by Cardinal Orlando Quevedo are seeking an audience with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to break the impasse between the peace implementing panels of the government (GPH) and the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 August) — Mindanao’s lone Cardinal, Orlando B. Quevedo, OMI, will convene a gathering of representatives of the government and MILF peace implementing panels and civil society organizations on August 19 and 20 in Davao City to
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 August) — The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Saturday issued a new directive, effective immediately, prohibiting its commanders and officials from participating “in any decommissioning or normalization activities” organized by the
MindaNews / 07 August – Senator Imee Marcos has sought an investigation, in aid of legislation, on the postponement of the fourth and final phase of decommissioning of 14,000 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and 2,450 weapons.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 04 July) – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) members who have undergone socioeconomic profiling by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (Opapru) have received cash assistance of P45,000 each or a
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) — The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have signed a mutual understanding on Tuesday to help “ensure a peaceful, orderly, and credible elections” on May 12. Col. J-Jay Javines, spokesperson of the
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 1 February) – Resetting the first parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will give both the national and regional governments the time to fulfill their commitments under the peace agreement, Presidential
DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews / 30 March 2024) – The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) marked its 10th anniversary on Wednesday, March 27 with peace stakeholders gathering here to celebrate the first decade of implementing the peace
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews / 29 March) – Sixty-three year old Abubakar Usop, a veteran fighter of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) continues to report for guard duty to secure Camp Darapanan and the communities around it.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 December) – The Bangsamoro Parliament has approved the proposed P98.5 billion budget of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for 2024, the last full-year budget that will be implemented by the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 December) – The first election of the 80-member Bangsamoro Parliament on May 12, 2025 is less than 17 months away but preparations have yet to start as the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 1 December) – Various groups in the country hailed the decision of the Philippine government to resume peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), which was terminated in 2017 under the administration
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 November) – The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the peace agreement signed by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2014, may not be fully implemented by June 30, 2025,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 November) – Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has vowed to support peace efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Speaking during a Special Joint Session at the Batasang Pambansa on Saturday, Fumio
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 01 October) – The Bangsamoro Parliament on Thursday passed on third and final reading the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code of 2023 which aims to change the status quo in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), towards a
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 18 August) — The Bangsamoro Parliament approved on third and final reading the creation of eight more towns in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from the 63 barangays comprising the Special Geographic Area
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 11 August) — Only 102 or fewer than 1 percent of 11,033 applicants for the Bangsamoro police force from the two Moro fronts passed the selection process. The successful applicants, mostly sons and daughters of former
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 August) – Majority of the 30-member Council of Leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) took their oath before Special Assistant to the President Antonio Lagdameo on Wednesday morning at the Soto Grande
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 August) – The interim C hief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will convene in Davao City on August 9 its Council of Leaders, whose members include two non-Moro religious leaders : Cardinal
