DAVAO CITY — The European Union recently turned-over some EUR 35.5 million (P2 billion) grant for the Mindanao Peace and Development Program (RISE Mindanao). In a statement released on Friday, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, on behalf of the Philippine Government, and European Union Chargé d’ affaires ad interim Thomas Wiersing, on behalf of the EU, […]
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BARMM to use ‘blended learning’ approach for incoming school year
DAVAO CITY — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARM) on Monday announced that the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) will be using a ‘blended learning’ approach for the school year 2020-2021. In a press statement, Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim said, “MBHTE is now leading a massive […]
Duterte thanks soldiers fighting Sulu extremist
JOLO, Sulu — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday visited troops fighting Muslim extremists in Mindanao and expressed his gratitude for their commitment, to protect the nation in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and threats posed by the militants. “To our brave soldiers who are with us today, I personally came here to thank you on […]
BARMM respects Duterte signing Anti-Terrorism Bill into Law, wants representation into Council
COTABATO CITY – Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim said today in a statement that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), being a government itself, fully respects the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to sign the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 but they want to be represented in the council. Ebrahim issued the statement […]
Duterte signs Anti-Terrorism Bill
DAVAO CITY— The plea of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is for President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the Senate Bill No. 1083 and House Bill No. 6875 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 did not stop the President to sign the Bill into law Friday. […]
BARMM to intensify monitoring of returning residents
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said it is intensifying measures to monitor the influx of locally-stranded individuals (LSIs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) availing of the government’s “Hatid Tulong” program. The program has been linked to the region’s spike in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases. Mohd Asnin Pendatun, spokesperson of the […]
BARMM creates office to administer 63 NoCot villages
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has created the Development Coordinating Office (DCO) to administer the 63 barangays in North Cotabato that are now part of the fledging expanded region. BARMM Chief Minister Ahod “Murad” Ebrahim also appointed eight DCO-BARMM officials who took their oath at the Bangsamoro regional center here […]
Marawi opens new patient care center
ILIGAN CITY – The local government unit (LGU) of Marawi City opened a new quarantine and treatment facility over the weekend. Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra said the new facility which was opened on Saturday would help decongest the provincial screening and quarantine facility in Barangay Sagonsongan. The facility is a converted PHP30-million Siyapen Center, the […]
Cotabato City driver missing after positive Covid-19 rapid test result
COTABATO CITY – One of the more than 700 public utility drivers in the city who have availed of the rapid test for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) went missing after having been tested positive of the virus, the Cotabato City Health Services Office (CCHO) said Wednesday. “The driver has gone missing, while search and contact tracing […]
Maguindanao town mayor survives car bombing attack
COTABATO CITY — The town mayor of South Upi in Maguindanao survived an ambush-try Monday afternoon as an improvised bomb exploded at the back of the town hall past 3:20 in the afternoon. Mayor Reynalbert Insular, cheated his death as unidentified suspects set off a roadside bomb that hit his black Mitsubishi pickup, but he […]
Rido settlements, a key to progress and development – MPOS
COTABATO CITY – As part of its efforts to prevent and settle family feuds or “rido” in the region, the Bangsamoro Government’s Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) is holding a series of consultative assembly on conflict resolution all over the region’s five provinces. The first leg of the activity was conducted in the […]
BARMM inaugurates 100-bed Covid-19 isolation center in Maguindanao
COTABATO CITY — —The Bangsamoro Government on Thursday, has officially launched the region’s first of its kind isolation and treatment facility for Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) located in the municipality of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. The 100-bed capacity isolation facility, which was completed in just 40 days through the BARMM’s Ministry of Public Works (MPW), was turned-over […]
Cebu mayor gi-imbestigar mga estudyanteng nagpositibo nga nakauli sa Maguindanao
CEBU CITY — Gustong mahibaw-an ni Mayor Edgardo Labella nganong nakapauli ang 12 ka estudyante sa Maguindanao nga wala moagi og testing para coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Gisugo ni Labella ang pag-imbestigadar niini human mitaho ang Department of Health nga ang mga estudyante nagpositibo sa virus pag-abot sa ilang probinsiya. Ang mga estudyante nga nahatagan og […]