Philippine president says call for secession of Mindanao 'doomed to fail'
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reacts to remarks by his predecessor, who raised issue of secession of southern region
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Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reacts to remarks by his predecessor, who raised issue of secession of southern region
SAYING 'a stronger Mindanao means a stronger Philippines,' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday called on the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) not to allow 'forces outside of the democratic process to deviate our dreams and our aspirations.' The President's statement came amid the call of his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, for Mindanao to secede from the rest of the Philippines and become an independent state.
With the imminent threat of El Niño in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), SUPREME BARMM, a consortium led by Oxfam Pilipinas, and its members distributed essential water conservation kits to up to 2000 families to mitigate the adverse effects of the impending dry spell.
MANILA, Philippines: Farmers in Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur are now earning double as the price of palay or unhusked rice went up under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s 'Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines) program, raising hopes of turning the municipality from a war zone to a rice-producing area, an official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said.
THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has forged a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for the full implementation of agrarian reform programs.