COTABATO CITY—Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) officially launched the Regional Fisheries Research Center (RFRC) at Barangay Pagasinan, Bongao in Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday, April 7. The MAFAR-RFRC is composed of a seaweeds and fish health laboratory, a hatchery for finfish and abalone, a training center, and a dormitory. The facility will help…
COTABATO CITY—Minister of Social Services and Development Raissa Jajurie led the groundbreaking ceremony for 100 shelter units worth Php50,000,000.00 under MSSD’s Bangsamoro Housing Assistance (BAHAY) Program on Wednesday, April 7, in the Municipality of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by natural disasters, or human-induced conflicts, and Returning Filipinos from Sabah were among the…
COTABATO CITY—Bangsamoro Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal spearheaded the official turnover of 55 classrooms to 24 schools in the Schools Division of Tawi-Tawi province on Tuesday, April 6. Through the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) School Building Program-Project Management Office (SBP-PMO), a series of turnover rites kicked off this week in the island…
COTABATO CITY – Residents and tourists of coastal municipality of Datu Blah Sinsuat (DBS) in Maguindanao province will now have easier means of transport following the inauguration of the newly built Matuber Bridge in the town. Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod B. Ebrahim, along with other officials, led Saturday, April 3, the ribbon cutting ceremony…
COTABATO CITY—To further strengthen the transformative roles of women in the Bangsamoro region, the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC), in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), held a two-day Bangsamoro Women Summit on March 30-31 in the city. Diverse Bangsamoro women leaders and rights advocates across the region participated in the summit to tackle…