MHSD awards 100 permanent shelters to ex-combatants; gives shelter toolkits to 1,733 TS Paeng victims

  COTABATO CITY—Minister of Human Settlement and Development Atty. Hamid Aminoddin Barra turned over on Tuesday, January 23, a total of 100 permanent housing units to the local government units of Datu Blah Sinsuat (DBS) and Sultan Kudarat (SK) in Maguindanao del Norte as part of the celebration of the 5th founding anniversary of the…

Government unveils blueprint for MILF Camp Abubakar transformation

  MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE—The national government, through the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), officially unveiled on Tuesday, Jan. 23 the master development plan for the transformation of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) Camp Abubakar. The unveiling took place inside the MILF’s former training camp at Barangay Tugaig in…

BARMM at five: A long way to go, but we’ve come so far

“Bangsamoro’y tagumpay. Bunga ng pawis, dugo, at buhay. Kapayapaan, katarungan, Ay atin nang nakamtan. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Pagpalain, Bangsamoro.” These powerful lines from the Bangsamoro Hymn summarize the triumph of the peace process after decades of struggle for self-determination. On January 21, 2019, five years ago, precisely 1,826 days, the Bangsamoro Organic Law was formally ratified.…