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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 »

'My happiness is real': Duterte grateful for creation of Bangsamoro region

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 08:51 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he was overjoyed about the creation of the new Bangsamoro region in Mindanao. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Strengthening Moro-Lumad friendship--minus the usual

Froilan Gallardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 05:28 PM

Representatives of eight Lumad tribes, their Moro kin and settlers gathered here in the village of the Talaandig last Friday to renew their friendship. Read more »

Malaysia vows to help Mindanao in wake of Bangsamoro law ratification

Tarra Quismundo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 12:42 PM

Malaysia is keen to invest in Mindanao, its Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday, as he gave a positive outlook on development in the region following the ratification of the law that will establish a more powerful self-governed Bangsamoro region. Read more »

Kakayahan ng Bangsamoro interim government, kinuwestiyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 12:45 AM

Hindi pa man nagsisimula ang trabaho ni MILF Chair Murad Ebrahim bilang lider ng interim government ng BARMM, umaalma na ang ilang opisyal ng MNLF at nagbanta na bubuo sila ng panibagong grupo. Read more »

Oath-taking ng Bangsamoro Transition Authority, ipinagpaliban

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 09:32 AM

Biglaang pinagpaliban ng Malacañang ang oath-taking ceremony ng mga miyembro ng Bangsamoro Transition Authority na magtataguyod ng bagong Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Read more »

Tagumpay ng Bangsamoro Organic Law, ipinagdiwang sa Cotabato

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Posted at Feb 19 12:27 AM

Nagdiwang ng Grand Kanduli o pasasalamat ang MILF para sa tagumpay ng plebisito sa Bangsamoro Organic Law sa North Cotabato. Read more »

New Bangsamoro region set as MILF faces governance challenge

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 05:26 PM

Results of the second Bangsamoro law plebiscite showed that 6 Lanao del Norte towns will not be part of the new autonomous region, while 63 of 67 North Cotabato Villages will be included.  Read more »

Opposition bet Gutoc confident to win Muslim vote

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 03:06 PM

MANILA - Opposition slate Otso Diretso’s lone female and Muslim candidate Samira Gutoc on Wednesday said she is confident Moros would rally behind her despite the strong influence of President Rodrigo Duterte on Mindanaoans.   Read more »

Counting votes in BOL plebiscite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 10:42 PM

Secretariat staff from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) open a ballot box containing returns from Carmen North Cotabato on Monday.  Comelec canvassed votes of the second Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite held in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato.  Read more »

'No' vote wins in Lanao del Norte plebiscite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 11:06 PM

The province of Lanao del Norte voted against joining the new Bangsamoro political entity. Read more »

Mangudadatus ask SC to junk petitions vs Bangsamoro law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 08:14 PM

Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and Mangudadatu town Mayor Freddie Mangudadatu have urged the Supreme Court to junk petitions questioning the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law.   Read more »

Botong 'no' sa BOL wagi sa Lanao Del Norte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 07:48 PM

Karamihan ng mga botante sa Lanao Del Norte ay tumutol na mapabilang ang anim na bayan sa kanilang lalawigan sa itatatag na Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Read more »

Counting votes in Lanao del Norte

Froilan Gallardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 03:50 PM

School teachers and poll watchers canvass ballots at the Kolambugan Central Elementary School in Lanao del Norte on Wednesday. Read more »

BOL plebiscite in North Cotabato

Manman Dejeto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 09:06 PM

A voter writes on her ballot in a polling precinct in Barangay Bagoinged inside the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s Camp Rajah Muda in Pikit, North Cotabato during the second plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law, on Wednesday.  Read more »

Bangsamoro plebiscite turnout 'very promising': Comelec

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Posted at Feb 06 04:48 PM

While the reports are not complete, those that have reported have said that the voter turnout is 75 percent and up, said COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez. Read more »

Alleged BIFF hand in Lanao Norte blasts under probe, police say

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 03:37 PM

Military information tagged the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, led by Commander Bravo, as among "spoilers" of the peace deal between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, police said.   Read more »

Bangsamoro inclusion vote starts in shadow of blasts, 'intimidation'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 02:17 PM

Polling precincts opened Wednesday as 2 southern Muslim enclaves decide on whether or not to join a new autonomous region, following a series of blasts and the reported presence of former rebels allegedly meant to intimidate voters. Read more »

Lanao del Norte, niyanig ng magkasunod na pagsabog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 12:04 AM

Tuloy ang plebisito para sa Bangsamoro Organic Law sa Lanao del Norte ngayong Miyerkoles. Read more »

Duterte 'critical link' to unifying Moro factions: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 07:47 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is the "critical link" to unifying several factions in the new Bangsamoro territory, an expert said Tuesday, a day before a second autonomy vote takes place in Lanao del Norte and several towns in North Cotabato. Read more »