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…

Malaking ani, mataas na kita ang naghihintay sa mga rice farmer sa Maguindanao matapos makumpleto ang pagsasanay sa MBHTE-TESD

NORTHERN KABUNTALAN, Maguindanao del Norte —Binigyang pagkilala ng Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education – Technical Education and Skills Development (MBHTE-TESD) ang nasa 1,175 magsasaka sa rehiyon para sa kanilang matagumpay na pagkumpleto sa mga training program na nakatuon sa produksyon ng dekalidad na inbred rice, seed certification, at farm mechanization. Noong Biyernes, ika-12…

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.…