Cotabato City (March 23, 2020) — 196 of the 215 Filipino-Muslims who attended a Tabligh (Islamic preachers) gathering in Malaysia has now been identified by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 (BARMM-IATF). The gathering, attended by over 16,000 people, was held from February 27 – March 1, in Kuala…
Cotabato City (March 23, 2020)— “The Bangsamoro Government is set to distribute relief assistance to the residents of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),” said BARMM Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on COVID-19 Spokesperson Mohammad Asnin Pendatun on Monday, March 23, during a press briefing held in Cotabato City. Pendatun said the relief assistance, which…
Cotabato City (March 19, 2020)—The Ministry of Basic Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) has recently issued an order to fast track the early release of their employees’ salaries for the month of March. This is in view of the Presidential Proclamation No. 922 of President Rodrigo Duterte, placing the entire country under a State of…
Cotabato City (March 18, 2020)—The Bangsamoro Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on COVID-19 met with Joint Task Force Kutawato to address the lockdown situation in the city that is affecting the employees of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Cotabato City houses the Bangsamoro Government Center where ministries and offices of the BARMM are located. Some of the…
Cotabato City (March 18, 2020)—The Bangsamoro Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on COVID-19 is tracking down the Filipino-Muslims who participated in an Islamic preachers (tabligh) gathering recently held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was following the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos’ (NCMF) announcement that 215 Filipinos attended the religious gathering. The said gathering was reported to…