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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: Just a question of coordination

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Jan 03 11:43 AM

If only government agencies really coordinate, perhaps we can avoid precipitous, even reckless reaction from our officials. Read more »

Philippines 'aborts' filing of diplomatic protest vs Turkey over BARMM engagement

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 07:58 PM

MANILA - The Philippines has "aborted" its plan to file a diplomatic protest against Turkey, with the top diplomat citing "swift response" from Ankara's envoy in relation to Turkish engagement with the Bangsamoro. Read more »

Philippines no longer filing diplomatic protest vs Turkey

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 07:43 PM

The Philippines will no longer file a diplomatic protest against Turkey as its envoy in Manila took "swift response" on issues raised over its engagement with the Bangsamoro.  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 »

Pulis, isa pa timbog sa pangingikil umano sa ilang police applicant sa Maguindanao

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 08:34 PM

Sinampahan na ng kasong paglabag sa Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act ang nahuling pulis habang kasong large-scale estafa naman ang isinampa laban sa kasama nito. 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 »

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 »

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 »

Sara Duterte denies having role in Bangsamoro appointments

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 09:33 PM

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Sunday denied that she could influence the appointment of officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Read more »

Duterte to MILF: Let us set aside our differences

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 09:32 PM

Duterte on Saturday told the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to "set aside differences and avoid further conflict" with the government. 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 »

Palace peace adviser says setting up of BARMM still on track

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 11:22 PM

The Philippine government expressed confidence the setting up of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is still on track. Read more »

Road to peace in Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 10:53 PM

Away from the public eye, authorities are quietly setting up the Bangsamoro Autonomous Law in Muslim Mindanao even as distractions and disruptions abound.    Read more »

Kapayapaan, pagkakaisa hiling sa paggunita ng Eid al-Adha sa Cotabato

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 06:36 PM

Kapayapaan at pagkakaisa ang laman ng mga dasal ng libo-libong Muslim na nakiisa ngayong Linggo sa paggunita ng Eid al-Adha sa Cotabato City. Read more »

OPINION: The promise of change and the next 3 years

Edmund S. Tayao
Posted at Jul 17 07:37 PM

Much has already been accomplished by the Duterte administration, but much more remains to be done.  Read more »