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Mindanao farmers hit hard by rising inflation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:53 PM

Aside from the elevated prices of farm supplies, the still incurable inflation is also hitting farmers below the belt, especially ones in Mindanao.  Read more »

Islamic State tags Mindanao as province: security think tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 12:38 AM

A Philippine security think-tank said it has received information that the international terror organization Islamic State tagged Mindanao as part of its province in east Asia.   Read more »

ISIS tags Mindanao as province, says analyst

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 04:01 PM

A Philippine think tank on Friday said it has received information that international terror organization Islamic State (ISIS) has tagged Mindanao as part of its province in East Asia Read more »

Duterte leads ceremonial signing of Bangsamoro Organic Law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 11:53 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which aims to end the decades-long Muslim insurgency in Mindanao.  Read more »

MILF faces tremendous challenge on governance, says UP prof

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 06:59 PM

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front faces a tremendous challenge in showing its capability to run a government, a professor on Islamic Studies said Monday. Read more »

De Lima seeks probe into condition of people displaced by Mindanao clashes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 09:49 PM

The senator said the Senate should find out if the displaced residents have access to food, shelter, education and livelihood. Read more »

World Bank: Bangsamoro Law can spur development in Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 03:42 PM

The Bangsamoro Organic Law, which President Rodrigo Duterte signed last week, can help bring lasting peace to Mindanao, said Birgit Hansl, World Bank lead economist for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, East Asia and the Pacific.   Read more »

Military knew Basilan attack was coming - official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 02 10:13 AM

The military got wind of a planned terror attack in the south weeks before a van allegedly loaded with explosives blew up at a security checkpoint in the conflict-wracked province of Basilan, an official said Thursday. Read more »

Defense chief on Basilan blast: Don't jump to conclusions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 03:08 PM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana urged the public on Wednesday to refrain from drawing hasty conclusions over a car explosion that killed 10 people in the restive south.  Read more »

Anti-Bangsamoro law radicals behind deadly Basilan blast?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 11:42 AM

At least 2 members of the academe floated Wednesday the possibility that radical groups opposing a new law granting wilder self-rule to Muslims in the south may be behind a car explosion that left 10 dead in Basilan province.   Read more »

Robredo condoles with kin of Basilan blast victims

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 07:31 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday condoled with the families of the 10 people who were killed in an explosion at a checkpoint in Lamitan, Basilan. Read more »

Military links Basilan blast to Abu Sayyaf

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 07:32 AM

MANILA - A military spokesman on Tuesday linked the Abu Sayyaf group to an explosion at a checkpoint in Lamitan, Basilan that killed 10 people.  Read more »

World Bank lauds PH on Bangsamoro Law 'milestone'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 08:50 AM

The Washington-based lender is among Manila's development partners in Mindanao and the bank recently recalibrated its strategy to focus on the region. Read more »

Ceremonial signing of Bangsamoro law on August 6

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 08:52 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will lead the ceremonial signing of the Bangsamoro Organic Law on August 6 in Malacañang, his top aide said. Read more »

Duterte open to modifying Bangsamoro law

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 06:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said he is open to modifying the Bangsamoro Organic Law, but the Palace stressed this does not mean that the measure was rushed. Read more »

Cotabato City can thrive without Bangsamoro, says mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 11:23 AM

The city of nearly 300,000 people is unlikely to join the Bangsamoro should a plebiscite be held today, said Mayor Cynthia Guiani. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga inaasahang pagsubok sa Bangsamoro law ng MILF

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 10:09 PM

Inamin ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front noong Linggo na magiging malaking hamon para sa kanila ang pamumuno ng bagong gobyerno sa ilalim ng bagong Bangsamoro Organic Law. Read more »

New Bangsamoro law to 'isolate' terrorists: MILF leader

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 07:54 PM

Foreign terrorists continue to "penetrate" areas in southern Philippines, a Muslim rebel leader admitted Sunday, but said a new law implementing its peace agreement could help root out violent extremism. Read more »

PH Muslims hope law to bring 'dream of peace'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 06:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte last week signed the law, a key step to ending a Muslim rebellion in the south of the mainly Catholic country that had claimed about 150,000 lives since the 1970s. Read more »

'A new start:' Aquino lauds passage of Bangsamoro Law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 04:16 PM

Aquino had forged the 2014 peace agreement with Moro Islamic Liberation Front that called for a self-rule law. He failed to get Congress to pass the measure before he stepped down in 2016.  Read more »