COTABATO CITY — To culminate this year’s 18-day campaign to end Violence Against Women (VAW) in the region, the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) officially launched on Dec. 12, five (5) Islamic sermons or “khutbah” on gender-based violence (GBV). The five khutbah focused on rape, husband forcing sexual relations with his wife, violence against women,…
COTABATO CITY— Seventy-six (76) youth leaders across Bangsamoro region participated in the first ever Bangsamoro Youth Parliament (BYP) conducted by the Bangsamoro Youth Commission (BYC) on Dec. 8-11 in this city. BYP is a capacity-building mechanism that aims to bring together youth representatives within the region to discuss prevailing and emerging issues affecting the…
COTABATO CITY—BARMM key officials convened on Thursday, Dec. 9, via Zoom Teleconference in an inception meeting to discuss the project on possible digitalizing of the Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM). The CFM using digital platforms aimed to hear the voice of the Bangsamoro community through feedback mechanisms while encouraging them to increase their active participation…
MARAWI CITY – The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) Lanao del Sur Second District Engineering Office (LDS 2ND DEO) and the Local Government of Lumbayanague Municipality inaugurated on Thursday, Dec. 9, the 1-kilometer Bualan-Balangas Road worth Php18-million. This forms part of the Php81-million road projects of MPW in Lumbayanague, funded under its 2021 regular…
COTABATO CITY—In line with the celebration of National human rights consciousness week, the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) honored the 73rd International Human Rights Day observance on Dec. 9, 2021 in this city. With the theme “Advancing Human Rights in the Bangsamoro”, BHRC Chairperson Atty. Abdul Rashid P. Kalim said the National Human Rights…