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Military gears for second Bangsamoro vote after Sulu church blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 08:41 AM

Troops were deployed to southern villages that will choose whether or not to join an expanded Bangsamoro region next week, the military said Tuesday, following a double bomb attack that killed 21 people and injured scores at a church in Sulu province.  Read more »

Verifying Bangsamoro plebiscite votes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 08:58 PM

A Comelec secretariat staff opens a ballot box containing vote returns from Isabela City, Basilan during the continuation of the national canvassing of votes for the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite at the Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila on Friday. Read more »

MILF, bukas sa dayalogo sa Cotabato mayor, pero umaapela ng respeto sa boto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 10:17 PM

Iginagalang ng opisyal ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front ang balak ng alkalde ng Cotabato City na iprotesta ang resulta ng plebisito ng Bangsamoro Organic Law sa naturang lungsod. Read more »

Comelec en banc postpones canvassing of votes for Cotabato City

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 05:54 PM

The Commission on Elections en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, on Thursday put on hold the canvassing of votes for Cotabato City as discrepancies in the figures written in the certificate of canvass were questioned. Read more »

Cotabato City, bumoto ng 'yes' sa Bangsamoro Organic Law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 01:31 AM

Tapos na ang bilangan ng boto para sa Bangsamoro Organic Law sa Cotabato City. Read more »

Canvassing of votes for Bangsamoro plebiscite yet to start

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 10:42 PM

The official canvassing of votes has yet to start Monday night as ballots come in from different precincts. Read more »

WATCH: Tension sparks in Cotabato polling precinct during Bangsamoro vote

ABS-CBN News
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 »

MILF chair votes in historic Bangsamoro plebiscite

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 08:32 PM

For the first time since joining the underground movement in the late 60's, Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman Al Hajj Murad Ebrahim participated in the government's democratic process as he voted yes for the Bangsamoro Organic Law in a historic plebiscite Monday. Read more »

Bangsamoro plebiscite opens with Mindanao peace, development on the line

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 02:23 PM

Polling precincts opened Monday as Filipinos on the main southern island of Mindanao decide whether or not to approve a law that will expand the autonomous Muslim region, a key component of a 5-year-old settlement with Moro rebels. Read more »

Grenade explodes in Cotabato City a day before Bangsamoro plebiscite

Lore Mae Andong, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 11:17 PM

An explosion transpired at Mother Barangay Rosary Heights, Cotabato City about 9 p.m. Sunday. Read more »

Yes or no? Cotabato gears up for landmark Bangsamoro plebiscite

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 09:39 PM

“Yes” and “no” banners hang in various public places in this city as over 100,000 citizens prepare to vote on Monday for or against the landmark Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which supposedly promises greater autonomy in a new Muslim Mindanao region. Read more »

ALAMIN: Proseso sa plebisito ng Bangsamoro Organic Law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 05:12 PM

Ano nga ba ang dapat tandaan ng mga botante sa plebisito ng BOL? Read more »

Tough battle ahead for Bangsamoro law in 2 cities, youth survey shows

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 02:14 PM

Youth voters likely to reject a new Bangsamoro law are gaining momentum in two key cities in southern Philippines, a new survey showed, with more non-Muslims questioning whether they would benefit from it. Read more »

Political leaders must sacrifice for BOL, Jaafar says

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 05:37 AM

MANILA - Political leaders in Mindanao must sacrifice their own interests in order to end decades of strife in the restive south, Bangsamoro Transition Commission Chairman Ghazali Jaafar said Tuesday, as tensions have flared up ahead of the upcoming plebiscite for a new Bangsamoro territory. Read more »

Pangangampanya sa plebisito ng Bangsamoro Organic Law, puspusan na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 12:34 AM

Sa Sabado na ang huling araw ng pangangampanya para sa plebisito sa Bangsamoro Organic Law. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »