COTABATO CITY—Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) is eyeing to transform the mode of payouts for its various programs thru the Financial Assistance System Transformation (FAST) Project. The project’s primary goal is to accelerate the distribution of MSSD’s financial assistance through the adoption of digital payment systems. In fact, the Ministry is conducting a…
COTABATO CITY—The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) filed two (2) priority codes and fourteen (14) proposed measures to the parliament during their session on Thursday, September 22, 2022. The 2 priority codes filed by the Government of the Day were the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code (BLGC) and the Bangsamoro Electoral Code. BLGC aims to ensure that…
COTABATO CITY—The region-wide consultation for the 2nd Bangsamoro Development Plan (BDP) for 2023-2028 officially commenced Monday, Sept. 19, with the local government unit (LGU) of Cotabato City. The Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA), together with the sectoral committees of the Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council (BEDC), spearheaded the region-wide consultation. BPDA Director-General Engr. Mohajirin…
MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE—The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippine – Department of Transportation (CAAP-DOTr) transferred its powers and functions to Bangsamoro Airport Authority of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (BAA-MOTC) thru a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Tuesday, Sept. 20, held in Awang Airport at Datu Odin Sinsuat in this province. Under the…
COTABATO CITY— Through the Office of the Chief Minister’s Project TABANG or the ‘Tulong Alay sa Bangsamorong Nangangailangan’, some 333 indigents from this city and from Maguindanao each received Php15,000 cash assistance on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Among the beneficiaries were senior citizens, persons with disabilities, asatidz (Arabic teachers), and indigenous people. Project Manager Tomanda Antok…