COTABATO CITY—Around a hundred thousand supporters from Cotabato City, North Cotabato, and Maguindanao showed their support for the call to certify as urgent the bills, seeking to extend the Bangsamoro Transition from 2022 to 2025, through a Peace Caravan on Thursday, March 18. The 13-hour long caravan, which was initiated by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs),…
COTABATO CITY — An annual conference of Muslim scholars will be held by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to reach consensus on matters concerning moon sighting and declaration of start of fasting for Ramadan. This came after the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament approved on Wednesday, March 17, resolution 391 directing…
COTABATO CITY – A proposed Freedom of Information bill received a positive response from the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament. BTA Parliament Bill No. 83 or the proposed “Bangsamoro Freedom of Information Act of 2021” was filed by Members of Parliament (MP) Amilbahar Mawallil and Deputy Minority Floor Leader Baintan Ampatuan on…
MANILA – The Bangsamoro Government’s Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) spearheaded the 53rd commemoration of the Jabidah Massacre through a ceremony held in Corregidor Island, Cavite City on Thursday, March 18. MPOS gathered around 150 delegates from the sectors of indigenous people, religious, security, women, youth, and government agencies to witness the…
Names of some members of the Jabidah unit can still be seen on the walls of the old hospital in Corregidor Island where the young Moros were housed. Fifty-three (53) years ago, the tragic incident that lit the spark of the decades-long Moro rebellion in Mindanao took place. Five decades later, the Jabidah Massacre continues…