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6 na bayan sa Lanao del Norte, hindi mapapabilang sa Bangsamoro region

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Updated as of Feb 07 11:30 PM

"No" vote ang nanaig sa ginanap na Bangsamoro plebiscite sa Lanao del Norte.  Read more »

'No' vote wins in Lanao del Norte plebiscite

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Posted at Feb 07 11:06 PM

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

Ilang residente ng Lanao del Norte lumikas bago ang plebisito

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Posted at Feb 05 06:07 PM

Isang araw bago ang plebisito, ilang residente ang lumikas papuntang Iligan at Ozamis City dahil usap-usapan na may banta ng pambobomba at pagbaba ng mga armado sa araw ng plebisito. Read more »

Tensions rise in Lanao del Norte town ahead of Bangsamoro vote

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 08:59 PM

Tensions rose in a village here early Tuesday, a day before the second round of a plebiscite for a new autonomous region. Read more »

Military sees no pall in voter turnout after Mindanao blasts

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Posted at Feb 05 08:57 AM

Voters in the towns and villages in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato that petitioned to be part of the new autonomous region in Mindanao will troop to the polls despite the recent deadly bombings in the south, a military spokesperson said Tuesday. Read more »

Palace to Bangsamoro people: Support new region, but be vigilant of rights

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Posted at Jan 26 11:34 PM

Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte hopes the law's ratification will correct "historical injustices committed against the Bangsamoro people." Read more »

Alleged poll irregularities won’t hinder Bangsamoro transition: analyst

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Posted at Jan 26 07:34 PM

Professor Julkipli Wadi of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies said the new Bangsamoro government should be inclusive and not dominated by the MILF. Read more »

Isabela City elated with exclusion from new Bangsamoro region

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 12:24 AM

The local government of Isabela City in Basilan expressed elation after it officially opted out of the Bangsamoro Autonomous in Muslim Mindanao, following the January 21 plebiscite.   Read more »

After Bangsamoro Organic Law is ratified, now comes the hard part

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 12:41 AM

After the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law comes the hard part of homeland building and keeping the peace. It's going to be a "very long struggle," MILF leader Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim tells ABS-CBN News Read more »

New era dawns for Bangsamoro as stronger autonomy law ratified

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 10:47 PM

The new law for the Muslim minority in southern Philippines was ratified Friday night, paving the way for the creation of a more powerful, self-governing autonomous region that will seek to clamp down on violent extremism and address chronic poverty there. Read more »

Comelec settles discrepancies in Cotabato City plebiscite records

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 04:50 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday ruled there was no discrepancy in the number of votes cast against Cotabato City’s inclusion in the new Bangsamoro region, Read more »

Securing Bangsamoro’s ‘crown jewel’: How Cotabato City was won

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 03:57 PM

This week’s plebiscite produced a rather stunning result: majority of the residents voted to join the new region that will replace the ARMM. Read more »

MILF to head new Bangsamoro gov't until 2022

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Posted at Jan 24 11:22 PM

The country's largest Muslim rebel group is urging all parties to move forward after the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law. Read more »

After Bangsamoro plebiscite, hopes are high but no quick fixes expected

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 07:30 PM

While the Bangsamoro law provides a space for reforms that may finally bring peace in the south, changes will not come overnight, says a peace advocate.  Read more »

Philippines seeks peace with Muslim self-rule vote

Joshua Melvin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 05:26 PM

COTABATO - A decades-long push to halt the violence that has claimed some 150,000 lives in the southern Philippines culminated Monday with a vote on giving the nation's Muslim minority greater control over the region. Read more »

WATCH: Tension sparks in Cotabato polling precinct during Bangsamoro vote

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Updated as of Jan 21 11:24 AM

Some locals allegedly discovered "flying voters" who had cast their votes at the Cotabato Chinese Institute leading to a fistfight. Read more »