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Bangsamoro parliament approves P79.86-B budget for 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 12:29 AM

The budget, approved on its third and final reading, is 6 percent higher than the P75.60 billion budget for 2021. Read more »

Senate oks bill moving BARMM election to 2025

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 05:45 PM

The Senate approved on final reading a bill seeking to postpone until 2025 BARMM's first election, originally synchronized with the May 2022 polls. Read more »

'Neutral' Duterte leaves Bangsamoro transition extension up to lawmakers: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 05:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is now "neutral" on calls to extend the Bangsamoro government's transition period, his spokesman said Monday. Read more »

Transition is political but mainly developmental

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Feb 22 11:09 PM

The Bangsamoro Transition Authority has to be given enough time to complete its work. This work includes ensuring that when the time comes that regional elections can be held, the necessary regional laws and mechanisms are all in place.  Read more »

BARMM official says around 1,000 MILF members to be granted amnesty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 12:02 PM

MANILA - Some 1,000 members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front who committed crimes for their political beliefs will be granted amnesty by President Rodrigo Duterte, an official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said Friday.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 16, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:48 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Extension of Bangsamoro Transition Authority pushed

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 01:23 PM

Muslim groups picket in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday to call for the extension of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, the interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Read more »

Bangsamoro parliament approves administrative code bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 11:39 PM

The Bangsamoro parliament has approved a legislation for the region's Administrative Code and other related purposes, Bangsamoro officials said Wednesday. 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 »

Who's who: Bangsamoro Transition Authority leaders and Cabinet members

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 04:09 PM

Who are the leaders of the transitional authority that will run the region until June 30, 2022, when its first set of officials shall have been elected and had taken their oath? Read more »

Bangsamoro chief minister defends MILF majority in transition authority

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 08:31 PM

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was deliberately given majority of the seats in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) to allow the country's largest insurgency group to transform from armed rebels to bureaucrats, the new region's interim minister said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte meets Misuari amid MNLF 'rumblings' report

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Updated as of Feb 26 03:34 PM

Misuari, however, did not discuss the reported complaints of some MNLF members over the BTA, Read more »

Transition leaders of new Bangsamoro region take oath before Duterte

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 06:43 PM

The members of a group that will govern a newly formed Bangsamoro region in Mindanao on Friday took their oath before President Rodrigo Duterte, marking a milestone in the years-long effort to end rebellion in the restive region. Read more »