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Trust fund pooling int’l aid to normalize war-torn Bangsamoro communities launched The Bangsamoro Normalization Trust Fund (BNTF), managed by the World Bank, will coordinate international aid supporting the normalization track of the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. BY ELYSSSA LOPEZ May 20, 2021 | 01:00:00 AM It took a while to set it up but the Bangsamoro Normalization Trust Fund (BNTF), a key instrument to support the peace process in th...

Mark Navales/BenarNews The transitional autonomous government in the southern Philippines needs more time to control militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) but has begun talks with them, its leaders told lawmakers on Friday.  Ahod Balawag Ebrahim, chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), told senators during a legislative inquiry that he had asked for a three-year extension for his government because normalization in the restive south would take longer than the three years granted to the interim administration. “The normalization is n...

[Mark Navales/BenarNews] A fragile peace in an autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines is at risk from armed groups which could sabotage the slow process toward normalization as economic momentum lags, an international conflict-monitoring group is warning. The normalization process, which aims to bring a lasting peace to the Bangsamoro region after decades of war is behind schedule, with the coronavirus pandemic partly contributing to this, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said in a report released Thursday. “The peace process in the Bangsamoro, the m...

Bangsamoro officials hold talks with president, others to extend time for transition authority Riyaz Ul Khaliq   | 04.04.2021 ANKARA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will personally meet the Senate president and Congress Speaker to decide on extending the limit of the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA) until 2025, sources said. “President Duterte will now decide about an extension in the BTA beyond 2022,” government sources told Anadolu Agency. Last week, sources said representatives from the regional Bangsamoro government met ...

MANILA: Hundreds of local militants from Daesh-inspired groups in the southern Philippines are considering giving up their weapons to live everyday lives, even as the government continues to register gains in its anti-terror programs, Al Hajj Murad Ebrahim, chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said on Friday. “We are trying to open dialogue with them, convincing them to join us, the government,” Murad told reporters at the annual forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP). Since its inception two years ago, the BARM...