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FREE SKILLS TRAINING. MBHTE-TESD Maguindanao Provincial Director Salehk Mangelen (left) and MIPA Minister Melanio Ulama (right) show the memorandum of agreement they inked on Monday (Oct. 4, 2021)) providing free skills training on modern farming technology to 160 IP farmers across the region. The IP scholars will also be provided with allowances and the National Certificate II after the training. (Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Information Office - BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A total of 160 members of...

YOUNG PEACE-BUILDERS. Some of the participants of the training workshop for peace promotion organized by the BARMM Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) present a stage play depicting how they can help build peace in communities. In the stage play, they highlighted "pintakasi" (Bayanihan/Tulong-tulong) as an important factor in peace-building. (Photo courtesy of MPOS-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The youth in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are making their pr...

BARMM Chief Minister Ahod "Murad" Ebrahim (Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Information Office - BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Tuesday emphasized the importance of statistics in addressing the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and urged everyone to help rebuild the region's economy. "Governments across the world will never be able to recuperate if their be...

ANTI-LOOSE FIREARMS' CAMPAIGN. The PRO-BARMM's campaign slogan for a peaceful election in the region in connection with the upcoming 2022 national and local polls. The PRO-BARMM has particularly warned private armed groups to end violence as the police's regional force is ready to respond against them. (Photo courtesy of PRO-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Police authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have appealed to both political leaders and the public t...

COTABATO CITY - The leadership of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Monday threw its support behind President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's daughter Mayor Sara and all other candidates that the chief executive would be endorsing for next year's elections. In a statement, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has all the support of the Bangsamoro government and its leaders should she decide to abandon her mayoral bid and instead seek the...

COTABATO CITY – Maguindanaons are mourning the deaths of a town mayor and a former provincial board member who both passed away over the weekend due to lingering illnesses. Matanog Mayor Mohammad “Kits” Guro and former board member Datuwata Adziz died on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, even befo

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ECOZONES. BARMM Member of Parliament Amir Mawallil takes the floor on Thursday (Sept. 30, 2021) to explain his proposed Parliament Bill 129, otherwise known as the Bangsamoro Economic Zone Act of 2021, to help spur economic development in the fledgling regional bureaucracy. Mawallil filed a proposal creating the Bangsamoro Economic Zone Authority to organize local economic zones for a concerted effort to promote and accelerate the development of industries across the region. (Photo courtesy of B...

Potential candidates in the May 2022 polls will start filing their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) Friday, Oct. 1. Comelec/MB Those running for national positions such as for President, Vice President, Senator and Party-List will file their COCs and their Certificates of Nomination and Acceptan