COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 03 August) – “Our doors will never close,” Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua said in a statement issued Saturday, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s issuance of Executive Order 91 declaring Sulu part of Region 9 or
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) – The United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), won big in the provinces of Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte and Tawi-Tawi, and in Cotabato
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 16 May) – While the conduct of the midterm national and local elections in the Bangsamoro region was marred by intimidation, violent confrontation between opposing camps, and allegations of flying voters and vote-buying, a poll watchdog
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 May) “Moral Governance,” they said. But in the alleyways of May 12, we saw more envelopes than ethics. It was barely dawn when I prepared for the polling station, walking with a frozen shoulder—a gentle
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews / 12 May) – Tension gripped the municipal hall here early Monday morning after supporters of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), blocked
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur (MindaNews / 28 April) – Three battalions from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were freshly deployed in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Mindanao (BARMM) in line with efforts to ensure the conduct of peaceful
(MindaNews / 12 April) – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has attracted fresh investments worth P3.2 billion, which are projected to create at least 1,200 new jobs, an official said. Mohamad Omar Pasigan, chairperson of the Bangsamoro
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 10 March) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) remains “united” despite the replacement of Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim by Abdulraof Macacua as Interim Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), a
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 03 March) — A deadly shooting incident has escalated into a fierce gun battle between rival factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Tugunan, Special Geographic Area in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews / 27 January) – Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, Philippine Army commanding general, has called on the troops to stay independent in the coming elections, especially those assigned in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim
According to Vice-President Sara Duterte, House Speaker Martin Romualdez is still bent on revising the 1987 Constitution to shift to a parliamentary system of government and then maneuver his way to be voted by the first elected parliament as the
Journalists from Luzon and Metro Manila lay a wreath in the middle of a cornfield in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur, where elite police Special Action Force troops clashed with MILF fighters on 25 January 2015. MindaNews photo taken 25 January 2025 by MANMAN DEJETO
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) – The chairperson of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) Peace Implementing Panel (PIP) said tragic events like the Mamasapano clash that led to the deaths of 44 Special Action Force personnel of the
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) launched Saturday, January 25, a high-level investigation into circumstances that led to the firefight between its fighters and an Army unit that was securing a United Nations
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 24 January) – Bangsamoro Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal on Friday said the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is prepared to accept whatever will be the result of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 24 January) — The secretary of the vice mayor of Parang, Maguindanao del Norte was wounded in an alleged grenade attack while she was sleeping inside her room before dawn Friday, police said. The victim, Aira
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – With over P100 billion circulating around the Bangsamoro region, the bulk of which is coming from the automatic block grant of the Bangsamoro government from the national treasury, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 19 October) – Police commands in the island-provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) are on high alert following the kidnapping of an American who was reportedly brought there by his armed abductors, an official said.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 18 October) – A budget orientation involving local executives from the newly-created municipalities in the Bangsamoro region was abruptly disrupted Thursday morning, October 17, after National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents barged into their hotel venue
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 September) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has rejected the proposal to extend again the interim Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) beyond June 30, 2025, as it geared to participate in the historic parliamentary elections
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 10 September) — The Supreme Court decision declaring Sulu not a part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was greeted with dismay here and has apparently brought the region in quandary, as the
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
Manila (ICRC) – To mark the International Day of the Disappeared, over 200 family members of around 170 people who went missing in the 2017 Marawi conflict gathered in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte on August 31 to urge Philippine authorities to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 August) – The Mindanao Institute of Journalism (MIJ), supported by the International Media Support (IMS), launched a three-year project that seeks to harness the capacity of journalists and media organizations covering the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 19 August) – A village chairperson and his wife were brutally killed in an ambush while on their way home from an event held in their own barangay in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte. The
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 April) – At least 1.3 million children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will be vaccinated against measles, the humanitarian aid organization United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. Reportedly, 77 percent of
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 25 March) – Philippine Army troops killed an alleged ranking member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) during an encounter in Maguindanao del Sur last Friday. Brig. General Jose Vlademir Cagara, commander of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) – Eight political parties expected to join the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in May 2025 gathered here Monday, March 18, for a forum aimed “to harmonize
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — Ramadhan in the Philippines will start Tuesday, March 12, after the crescent moon marking the beginning of the month-long fasting was not sighted Sunday night, Islamic scholars announced. Bangsamoro Mufti Abdulrauf Guliani, executive
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 21 January) — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) marked its fifth of the six-year transition government, which is led by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), on Sunday, January 21. Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Ahod
Two Facebook posts claiming that members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) manned the Chinese vessel that conducted dredging activities in the Bangsamoro region are unfounded. They altered the content of the source news items apparently to mislead readers. Facebook
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 12 December) – The Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) has questioned the arrest of Jafar Gamo Sultan, one of the suspected accomplices nabbed over the weekend for the December 3 bombing inside the Mindanao State University (MSU)
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 7 December) – Bangsamoro Transition Authority Floor Leader Atty. Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba is the new head of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) vice Minister Naguib Sinarimbo. Sinarimbo submitted his courtesy resignation, along
Bangsamoro Minister of the Interior and Local Government Naguib Sinarimbo has slammed a fake quote card circulated on Facebook, which was attributed to him and imparts hate message against Christians. Facebook user “Fahima Salik tv” posted the fake quote card
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 October) — A huge crowd of Bangsamoro residents from this city and nearby Maguindanao provinces gathered for a peace rally here on Monday to show solidarity to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under attack by
(Editor’s note: This updated story includes the response of Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman to the statement of the Maguindanao del Norte Provincial Employees Association debunking his claim.) Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman’s claim that the salaries of workers in Maguindanao del
A post by Facebook user Fahima Salik tv that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) failed to pay the salaries of its employees since last year is false. On August 28, Fahima Salik tv posted: “BARMM government gulatin
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 09 September) – The two individuals seen on a viral video firing their guns indiscriminately on the air in Malabang, Lanao del Sur surrendered to authorities on Friday, a police official said. The indiscriminate firing in
A rainbow radiates over Polloc Port in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte at 7:41 a.m. Monday, 07 August 2023. The sea route between Polloc and Lamitan City in Basilan province is served by a RoRo or roll on-roll off vessel, which provides an air-conditioned section for passengers. The travel time is from 12 to 14 hours. MindaNews photo contributed by Bangsamoro Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 18 July) – Several members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday to declare during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24 the extension of the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 07 June) – Top leaders from five provinces in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) gathered here Tuesday to launch the “BARMM Governors’ Caucus” (BGC), a platform “to advance the rule of
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 03 April) – The isolated Turtle Islands, the remotest municipality in the southwestern tip of the Philippines, will soon have a brand-new P25 million town hall. Bangsamoro Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo said the
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 26 December) – Of the P85.3 billion approved budget in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for 2023, the biggest chunk was allotted to education. BARMM Interim Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim signed on December
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 14 Nov) – The Bangsamoro government has created Task Force Reconciliation to address the conflict between armed groups in Pikit, North Cotabato that killed at least 12 persons in the past few months. Bangsamoro Interim Chief
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 31 October) – Last week was probably the first time that the entire country was ravaged by intense torrential rains virulently brought by a typhoon. Two days before its first landfall on 29 October, in
A news article entitled “Mindanao airports now under MoTC” published by The Manila Times broadsheet last month is misleading. Only the airports in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have been turned over to the MoTC, which stands
