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A senior official of the National Irrigation Administration and provincial leaders inaugurated Wednesday seven projects in Basilan, designed to boost productivity of farmers, among them hundreds of now reforming former Abu Sayyaf gunmen.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Sunday vowed a swift investigation into the Ateneo shooting incident that left at least three people dead, including a former city mayor in Basilan City. This, as the President mourned with the bereaved families of Rosita Furigay, former mayor of Lamitan City in Basilan province; Victor George Capistrano, the executive assistant of Furigay; and a certain Bandiola Jeneven. Hannait, reportedly Furigay's daughter who was supposed to join the graduation ceremony of the School of Law at t...
More than 11,000 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) took the first ever special qualifying exams for the two Moro groups of the National Police Commission (Napolcom). The Napolcom's Special Qualifying Eligibility Examination (NSQEE) hel
Mujiv Hataman, regional governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said he is confident there will be no interruption of reforms and government services during a transition to a proposed Bangsamoro region that will replace the ARMM. He added regional officials will meet on a potential transition that will happen if the Bangsamoro Basic Law is passed. "I want them to know that I started from a problematic regional government. Ayaw ko maranasan nila (Bangsamoro Transition Authority) ) ang naranasan ko noong nag-transition ako," Hataman, who was caretaker governor fro...
Fifteen crew members were rescued after their motorboat caught fire off Isabela City, Basilan, early morning on Tuesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.