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Bangsamoro allowed to directly engage with other nations: interim chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 09:28 AM

The Bangsamoro region is allowed under the law to directly engage with foreign investors and other nations with diplomatic ties with the Philippines, its interim chief minister said Tuesday. Read more »

Opinion: Bangsamoro Parliament prioritizes human rights commission

Amir Mawallil
Posted at Dec 23 09:37 PM

Looking back on our history, we have learned first-hand, and very painfully, just how steep a price one must pay when human rights are not given the proper space and respect. Read more »

OPINION: 2019, a banner year for Bangsamoro

Amir Mawallil
Posted at Dec 16 10:55 PM

As we lay the foundations for a strong Bangsamoro government, we recognize the challenges of governance. The inclusion of other sectors of society in the BTA's decision-making is a must, among other things. Read more »

Duterte appoints Misuari as special envoy to international Islamic agency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 05:24 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday appointed Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chair Nur Misuari as the Philippines' special economic envoy the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the world's second largest inter-governmental body after the United Nations. Read more »

3 sunog na bangkay, natagpuan sa Maguindanao

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 10:44 PM

Ayon sa militar, inilunsad ang sunud-sunod na operasyon laban sa BIFF para mapigilan ang anumang terrorist act sa rehiyon. Read more »

US launches new program vs terrorism in Cotabato

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 03:02 PM

The United States launched Friday a new program that aims to help fight terrorism in the southern Philippines.   Read more »

In special session, Bangsamoro gov't commits to support children's rights

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 09:52 PM

According to UNICEF, Bangsamoro children are among the poorest in the country. Read more »

OPINION: Killings of 7 youths spark tensions in new Muslim autonomous region

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 29 11:51 AM

BARMM officials are conducting a separate probe into reports that 7 youths, including several minors, were massacred by government troops on October 23.  Read more »

P100-M pondo para sa mga MILF rebel returnees, ipinagkaloob na ng pamahalaan

Dexter Ganibe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 01:10 AM

Ipagkakaloob na ng pamahalaan ang kabuuang P100 milyong pondo bilang ayuda sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebel returnees.   Read more »

School out for 1.9-M Mindanao students due to quake: DepEd

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 11:42 AM

A powerful earthquake in Mindanao prompted the indefinite suspension of classes for some 1.9 million students in 3 regions, the Department of Education said Friday. Read more »

Health crisis looms in BARMM after reemergence of polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 11:47 PM

A health crisis looms in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region where the first confirmed case of polio in the Philippines was recorded after nearly two decades. Read more »

OPINION: A National DPWH in BARMM is a step back

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Oct 07 12:35 PM

If the BARMM and local governments are not supported, development can never be achieved, and we will be left behind further than we already are. Read more »

Banana workers, including ex-rebels, appeal for help amid Maguindanao plant closure

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 06:53 PM

TALAYAN, Maguindanao - Over a thousand employees of a banana plantation, including more than 600 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), have appealed for government's help as their company submitted a notice of cessation of business operations here.  Read more »

Moro fighters' transition to civilian life

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 11:41 AM

In this edition of #MattersofFact, Murad Ebrahim, interim chief of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority and chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, talks about the rebel group's decommissioning and how they're transitioning to civilian life. Read more »

Military is 'main source' of loose firearms in Mindanao: MILF chair

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 09:07 AM

The "main source" of loose firearms in Mindanao is the Philippine military itself, the interim chief minister of Bangsamoro region said Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte taps Cabinet to help set up Bangsamoro gov't

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 12:25 AM

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he formed a committee consisting of members of the Cabinet who will help the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in setting up its new government. Read more »

Duterte: Less fighting in Mindanao because of Bangsamoro Organic Law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 01:45 AM

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday there is less fighting in central Mindanao following the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Read more »

MILF decommissioning set, but problems seen

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 09:38 AM

Thousands of weapons used in the decades-long Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines will be decommissioned beginning Saturday, a crucial commitment by former rebels under a peace deal that gave them a new autonomous region in Mindanao. Read more »

Mangudadatu appeals to Duterte to halt military ops vs BIFF

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 03:05 PM

Maguindanao 2nd District Rep. Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu has appealed for a temporary halt in military operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in his province. Read more »

Some 1,000 MILF fighters to surrender arms before Duterte

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 04:47 PM

Some 1,000 Muslim rebels will lay down their arms before President Rodrigo Duterte on Sept. 7, his peace adviser said Tuesday. Read more »