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Excluded Lanao del Norte towns may still benefit from new Bangsamoro region - transition body member

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 01:55 PM

MANILA - Six towns in Lanao del Norte excluded from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will still get to enjoy the benefits from the new region, a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Committee (BTC) said Friday.  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 »

6 Lanao del Norte towns out of new Bangsamoro region

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 12:34 AM

Sixty-three villages in North Cotabato province are now part of a new Bangsamoro entity in southern Philippines, but six towns in Lanao del Norte are out. 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 »

New Bangsamoro region set as MILF faces governance challenge

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 05:26 PM

Results of the second Bangsamoro law plebiscite showed that 6 Lanao del Norte towns will not be part of the new autonomous region, while 63 of 67 North Cotabato Villages will be included.  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 »

OPINION: Bangsamoro future

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 12:56 AM

The Bangsamoro as we know it now is fueled by the energy and the strength of the youth. It was our youths who actively campaigned—online and offline, feet on the ground going house to house and community to community for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). 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 »

Commander Bravo gustong isali sa Bangsamoro gov't

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 09:53 PM

Dating naglunsad ng pag-atake si Bravo matapos hindi matuloy ang noo'y kasunduan na bubuo sana sa bagong teritoryo sa Bangsamoro.  Read more »

6 na bayan sa Lanao del Norte, hindi mapapabilang sa Bangsamoro region

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 11:30 PM

"No" vote ang nanaig sa ginanap na Bangsamoro plebiscite sa Lanao del Norte.  Read more »

'No' vote wins in Lanao del Norte plebiscite

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 11:06 PM

The province of Lanao del Norte voted against joining the new Bangsamoro political entity. 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 »

Botong 'no' sa BOL wagi sa Lanao Del Norte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 07:48 PM

Karamihan ng mga botante sa Lanao Del Norte ay tumutol na mapabilang ang anim na bayan sa kanilang lalawigan sa itatatag na Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Read more »

MILF taps renegade commander to join new Bangsamoro government

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 04:28 PM

MANILA — A renegade commander who once led bloody attacks following an unsuccessful attempt at self-rule in the southern Philippines is now being considered to help govern the country’s new autonomous region for its Muslim minority.   Read more »

Counting votes in Lanao del Norte

Froilan Gallardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 03:50 PM

School teachers and poll watchers canvass ballots at the Kolambugan Central Elementary School in Lanao del Norte on Wednesday. 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 »

Mga pabor, tutol sa BOL nag-riot sa Lanao Del Norte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 08:45 PM

Dalawa ang nasugatan matapos mauwi sa riot ang paghaharap ng mga tagasuporta at mga kritiko ng Bangsamoro Organic Law sa kasagsagan ng plebisito sa Tubod, Lanao Del Norte nitong Miyerkoles. Read more »

Bangsamoro plebiscite turnout 'very promising': Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 04:48 PM

While the reports are not complete, those that have reported have said that the voter turnout is 75 percent and up, said COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez. Read more »

Alleged BIFF hand in Lanao Norte blasts under probe, police say

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 03:37 PM

Military information tagged the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, led by Commander Bravo, as among "spoilers" of the peace deal between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, police said.   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 »