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Oath-taking ng Bangsamoro Transition Authority, ipinagpaliban

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 09:32 AM

Biglaang pinagpaliban ng Malacañang ang oath-taking ceremony ng mga miyembro ng Bangsamoro Transition Authority na magtataguyod ng bagong Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Read more »

Otso Diretso bets hit Supreme Court decision upholding martial law extension

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 05:23 PM

Otso Diretso candidates expressed disappointment over the 9-4 decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the extension of martial law in Mindanao.    Read more »

SC affirms 3rd extension of Mindanao martial law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 01:53 AM

The Supreme Court affirms the third extension of martial law in Mindanao, dismissing the petitions filed by four different groups. Mike Navallo reports Read more »

SC votes to uphold 3rd martial law extension in Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 02:06 AM

MANILA (5th UPDATE) - The Supreme Court has affirmed the third extension of martial law in Mindanao, dismissing the petitions filed by 4 different groups, a spokesman for the high tribunal disclosed on Tuesday. Read more »

Japan to lend Philippines $202-M for Mindanao roads

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 15 12:37 AM

Japan will lend the Philippines up to $202 million to build roads and bridges in conflict areas of Mindanao in the country's south.   Read more »

Key rebel stronghold left out of Bangsamoro territory

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 11:23 PM

Dozens of communities won approval to join a new Muslim-led territory in the Philippines' south, results showed Thursday, yet the exclusion of a key rebel stronghold raised concerns about the peace process in the restive region. Read more »

On Valentine's Day, soldier killed, 3 others wounded in Sulu clash

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 09:57 PM

A soldier was killed and 3 others were wounded after a 20 minute-clash between government forces and Abu Sayyaf fighters in Patikul town, Sulu on Valentine’s Day. Read more »

Abu Sayyaf member surrenders in Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 02:26 PM

A 60-year old member of the Abu Sayyaf Group surrendered to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Panamao, Sulu on Sunday. Read more »

Opposition bet Gutoc confident to win Muslim vote

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 03:06 PM

MANILA - Opposition slate Otso Diretso’s lone female and Muslim candidate Samira Gutoc on Wednesday said she is confident Moros would rally behind her despite the strong influence of President Rodrigo Duterte on Mindanaoans.   Read more »

Counting votes in BOL plebiscite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 10:42 PM

Secretariat staff from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) open a ballot box containing returns from Carmen North Cotabato on Monday.  Comelec canvassed votes of the second Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite held in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato.  Read more »

Japan's top envoy meets Duterte in Davao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 05:37 PM

Japan's top diplomat paid a courtesy call to President Rodrigo Duterte in his hometown in Davao City on Sunday, months after Tokyo's rival, Beijing, sent its chief envoy to the southern metropolis. Read more »

Japan to provide funding for Mindanao road project

Chrislen Bulosan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 03:53 PM

Japan will lend the Philippines $202 million to build roads in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao. Read more »

Magkasintahang nakamotor patay nang salpukin ng trak sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 10:14 PM

Dead on the spot ang magkasintahang estudyante na sakay ng motorsiklo matapos masalpok ng isang 10-wheeler trailer truck sa Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City nitong Biyernes. Read more »

First DNA laboratory in Mindanao opens in Davao City

Vina Araneta-Pilapil, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 08:11 PM

Authorities no longer have to send DNA samples to Manila for testing following the opening of the first DNA laboratory in Mindanao here. Read more »

Mangudadatus ask SC to junk petitions vs Bangsamoro law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 08:14 PM

Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and Mangudadatu town Mayor Freddie Mangudadatu have urged the Supreme Court to junk petitions questioning the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law.   Read more »

BOL plebiscite in North Cotabato

Manman Dejeto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 09:06 PM

A voter writes on her ballot in a polling precinct in Barangay Bagoinged inside the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s Camp Rajah Muda in Pikit, North Cotabato during the second plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law, on Wednesday.  Read more »

Gov’t readies amnesty for MILF fighters under peace deal

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 03:32 PM

Amnesty was among the “immediate steps” the government committed to do “to facilitate the healing of the wounds of conflict and the return to normal life” of combatants when it signed a 2014 peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Read more »

Bangsamoro inclusion vote starts in shadow of blasts, 'intimidation'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 02:17 PM

Polling precincts opened Wednesday as 2 southern Muslim enclaves decide on whether or not to join a new autonomous region, following a series of blasts and the reported presence of former rebels allegedly meant to intimidate voters. Read more »

Duterte 'critical link' to unifying Moro factions: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 07:47 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is the "critical link" to unifying several factions in the new Bangsamoro territory, an expert said Tuesday, a day before a second autonomy vote takes place in Lanao del Norte and several towns in North Cotabato. Read more »

Second autonomy vote set for bigger Bangsamoro region

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 02:21 PM

Muslim enclaves in 2 southern Philippine provinces are set to vote Wednesday whether to join a new autonomous region, lured by the promise of prosperity and security after decades of armed conflict. Read more »