COTABATO CITY —The Ministry of Health of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has recorded eleven (11) new Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) confirmed cases in the region on Tuesday, May 26. MOH Minister Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan said these new cases are among the 16 students from Cebu who were sent back to the region […]
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University professor shot dead in GenSan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A professor of the Mindanao State University here was shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen in front of the KCC Warehouse in Apopong, General Santos City at past 4 pm yesterday afternoon, May 26. Professor Mohammad Taha Abdulgapor was with his unnamed wife inside their car when the still unidentified gunmen shot them. […]
Cotabato City mayor’s secretary shot dead
COTABATO CITY – The police and the city leadership here are facing blank wall over the death of Aniceto Rasalan, the secretary and the spokesperson of Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, who was shot dead Monday morning. Rolen Balquin, chief of the Cotabato City Public Safety Office, said Rasalan, 58, secretary of the Mayor, was shot […]
Man working in MisOr is NCot’s latest Covid-19 patient
COTABATO CITY – Health authorities are contact tracing persons who may have had close contact with a 43-year-old male in Banisilan, North Cotabato who was tested positive of COVID-19, officials today said. Dr. Philbert Malaluan, provincial board member and spokesperson of the inter-agency task force on COVID-19 said the man was a driver working in […]
BARMM to lift GCQ status starting May 16
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is set to lift its general community quarantine (GCQ) status starting May 16, a regional official said Tuesday. This, after the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, through Resolution 35, categorized the region as a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) […]
BARMM’s COVID-19 testing facility up for accreditation
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) laboratory facility for Covid-19 testing, through the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC), is now on its stage 3 of the accreditation process. In a press statement released on Thursday, May 7, BARMM information office quoted Health Minister Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuansaying “Nasa stage 3 […]
Alonto is new BARMM Info Chief
COTABATO CITY—Bangsamoro Government Chief Minister Ahod ‘Al Haj Murad’ Ebrahim has designated Ameen Andrew Alonto as the new Officer-in-Charge Executive Director of the BARMM’s Bureau of Public Information (BPI) effective April 29, 2020. The designation was made following plans to assign former info chief Dr. Norodin Salam in another post. Prior to his designation as […]
Grenade blast kills 2 minors, Maguindanao exec orders probe
COTABATO CITY – Mayor Yacob Ampatuan of Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao has ordered an investigation into the grenade blast incident that killed two minors in a remote village of the town on Saturday. Ampatuan also ordered the creation of a committee that will craft measures to prevent similar freak accidents in the future. Two grade-schoolers were killed […]
Isolated Lanao residents receive aid, appeals for more
Residents of Sitio Kura-Kura in barangay Tamparan, Munai, Lanao del Norte are severely affected by the enhanced community quarantine set by government to prevent the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from spreading.
Beyond Kura-Kura, Kumander Bravo shares food support to more households in the area severely affected by the restrictions and are currently having difficulty getting jobs and obtaining food for their families.
Ramadan gipangandaman sa Barmm
DAVAO CITY — Ang tradisyonal nga “moonsighting” para pagtimaan sa pagsugod sa bulan sa Ramadan pagahimuon karong Abril 22, Miyerkules, sa tibuok Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Kini ang gipahibalo sa Bangsamoro Darul-Iftah niadtong Huwebes, Abril 16. Matud pa ni Abuhuraira Udasan, ang Bangsamoro Grand Mufti, nga kung makit-an ang “crescent moon” karong […]
Marawi suicide squad back to work
ILIGAN CITY — In 2017, they risked their lives dodging bullets to save those trapped inside the city by the crossfires. Today, they braved an unseen enemy to provide a decent burial for the dead and spare the rest of the population from infection. They are the employees of Lanao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk […]
BARMM’s PUIs drop by 61 percent
COTABATO CITY — Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) Persons Under Investigation (PUI) cases on COVID-19 decreased by 61 percent. BARMM’s Inter-Agency Task Force (Bangsamoro-IATF) on COVID-19 announced Tuesday, April 7, that out of 254 PUI cases across BARMM, only 100 PUIs are still waiting for results; 136 completed home quarantine; 16 recovered and […]
BARMM simply celebrates 1st Anniversary
DAVAO CITY —The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) simply celebrated the region’s first anniversary on March 29. Chief Minister Ahod ‘Al Haj’ Murad Ebrahim, the Bangsamoro Government originally planned to hold commemoration activites, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “the Bangsamoro Government will instead focus on service delivery for its people today,” he […]