CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 02 April) — Twelve years ago, the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro at Malacañang Palace — a historic accord born of nearly two
BAOSHAN, Shanghai (MindaNews / 02 April) — I have spent the better part of my adult life in the unglamorous business of dialogue. Not the kind that makes headlines in Manila or gets celebrated in Brussels. The kind that happens in
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 29 March) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Republic Act No. 12317 on March 25, 2026, resetting the first regular parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to the second Monday of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 March) – The Presidents of the three Jesuit-run Ateneo universities in Mindanao are urging Malacañang to “act with urgency and clarity” and appoint a new chair of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel, as the peace process
PASIG CITY (MindaNews / 08 March) — On July 26, 2018, Republic Act 11054 was signed into law. On January 25, 2019, the Bangsamoro people ratified it. The applause — in Malacañang, in Camp Darapanan, in the offices of international donors
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
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 08 February) — As I sit in Speaker Nograles Hall to attend the Congressional Committee Hearing on HB 7236 as a resource speaker, waiting for my name to be called, the silence is often deceptive. In
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 February) – The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms approved at 3:59 p.m. on Tuesday a substitute bill setting the date of the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections to the second Monday of September and every
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
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 26 Oct) — As someone from Mindanao who is deeply involved in the struggle for our region’s future, I see three major problems in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). I believe that by looking
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
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 08 June) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has released the calendar of activities for the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on October 13, including the gun ban and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 March) – The appointment of OIC Maguindanao del Norte Governor Abdulraof Abdul Macacua as the new interim Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) vice Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair
NAGA CITY (MindaNews / 06 October) — Your Honors: Greetings of Peace and Justice! This is to humbly implore the aid of “Divine (‘gods of Padre Faura’) Providence” in giving a good second look, through the Motions for Reconsideration (MRs)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /30 September) – Employees of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the province of Sulu need not worry. Governor Abdusakur “Sakur” Tan said arrangements have been made to ensure they receive their salaries even
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 09 September) — The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that Sulu is not part of the Bangsamoro region after the province rejected the ratification of Republic Act 11054 or the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous
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
It is not true that 40,000 combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will be decommissioned in the fourth and final phase, contrary to a statement by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Governors’ Caucus (BGC). The
