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MILF leaders release doves for Bangsamoro Organic Law campaign

Manman Dejeto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 07:49 PM

Moro Islamic Liberation Front Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal (in blue) strikes the gong while MILF Chairman Alhaj Murad (in green, center) and other Bangsamoro leaders release doves during the formal launch of the campaign for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite in Cotabato City. Read more »

Campaign for new Bangsamoro law begins

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 07:21 PM

Filipino Muslims hold a prayer rally at the Golden Mosque in Quiapo Manila on Friday in support to the Bangsamoro Organic Law during the first day of campaigning for the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. Read more »

Bangsamoro plebiscite set on 2 separate days in 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 05:09 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said it has scheduled two separate days for the plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which promises wider autonomy to Muslim Mindanao.   Read more »

'Martial law in Mindanao able to capture illegal weapons'

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 10:19 PM

MANILA - Martial law extension will help secure areas scheduled to vote in a plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), a peace advocate said Thursday.   Read more »

ARMM youth favor Bangsamoro Organic Law: survey

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 01:47 PM

MANILA - Majority of youth voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are in favor of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), a peace advocacy group's survey showed. Read more »

Bangsamoro plebiscite gets P857M funding: Comelec chief

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 04:08 PM

The funding will come from the Commission on Elections’ own allocation, said chairman Sheriff Abas, citing information from the budget department. Read more »

Zamboanga villages deny signing ‘petition’ for inclusion in BOL plebiscite

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 12:11 AM

A village treasurer allegedly submitted the falsified barangay resolution to the Comelec. Read more »

Makasaysayan: MILF chairman, bumisita sa Camp Aguinaldo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 12:20 AM

Sa unang pagkakataon, tumapak sa punong tanggapan ng militar sa Quezon City ang pinuno ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Read more »

Retiring military chief wants to be peace consultant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 03:07 PM

The head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Monday said he wants to be a peace consultant after he retires next month.  Read more »

Bangsamoro Law can hurdle Supreme Court challenge, says MILF, military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 03:00 PM

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front and military on Monday expressed confidence that a law granting wider self-rule to Muslims will survive its first legal challenge at the Supreme Court.   Read more »

MILF chair visits military headquarters in historic first

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 07:18 PM

For the first time ever, the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front set foot on Monday inside the military's headquarters in Quezon City, in a sign of improving ties after decades of hostilities. Read more »

Transition body gears up for Bangsamoro law advocacy campaign ahead of plebiscite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 01:58 PM

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) lawyer Lanang Ali Jr. said the campaign aims to explain the importance of the BOL ahead of the scheduled plebiscite on Jan. 21, 2019. Read more »

Cotabato City mayoral race underlines battle for Bangsamoro law

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 03:31 PM

The mayoral race in Cotabato City—seen as the “crown jewel” of a new autonomous region in the south—will pit 2 contenders with diametric positions on the law creating an expanded Bangsamoro territory.   Read more »

62 villages seek inclusion in new Bangsamoro region: Comelec spokesman

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 04:42 PM

A total of 62 communities have asked to be included in an expanded autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao, whose creation will depend on the results of a plebiscite on Jan. 21 next year, a Commission on Elections official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Sulu asks SC to void Bangsamoro Organic Law, stop plebiscite

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 04:49 AM

Sulu questioned the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 11054 before the Supreme Court and is asking it to halt efforts to conduct a plebiscite to ratify it. Read more »

VP Leni visits Bangsamoro

OVP Handout
Posted at Oct 25 09:11 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo interacts with locals as she visits the Bangsamoro People's Complex in Cotabato City, Maguindanao on Thursday. Read more »

Suspected BIFF member killed in clash with MILF in Maguindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 11:39 PM

MAGUINDANAO - A suspected member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) was killed in an encounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Barangay Pimbalakan, Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Thursday, the military said. Read more »

Can ethical business help secure peace in the southern Philippines?

Lee Mannion, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 12 11:28 PM

LONDON- Could ethical business be the key to ending one of Southeast Asia's most intractable separatist conflicts? Read more »

OPINION: The breaking of dawn

Amir Mawallil
Posted at Oct 01 10:38 PM

It has been over two months since President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11054, the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). This law creates the region replacing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Read more »

Will the Bangsamoro law bring peace to Mindanao?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 07:38 PM

Will the recently signed Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) pave the way for lasting peace and prosperity in Mindanao?    Read more »