Photo by Hamdan Badrudin/BIO COTABATO CITY–Bangsamoro region maintained the lowest inflation rate record in the Philippines at 6.3 percent last December 2022, according to a report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA-BARMM) on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Both Region-12 or SOCCSKSARGEN and Region-4A or CALABARZON areas logged as second lowest inflation rate at…
Photo by Comenei Ali/BIO COTABATO CITY—The World Bank is gearing up to provide technical assistance dubbed ‘PlanSmart Ready-to-Rebuild (R2R) Program’ for the Bangsamoro Government’s capacity on preparedness and recovery for natural disasters and climate risks. On Friday, Jan. 6, the World Bank held a series of video presentations and orientations via physical and online…
A local farmer showcased different rice varieties in the 1,000 sq. meter demo farm at Brgy. P Labio, Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao del Norte. (Photo courtesy of MAFAR) COTABATO CITY–Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) has been testing the applicability of different rice varieties at Barangay P. Labio, in Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao del…
Photo by Michael Camsa COTABATO CITY— Some 100 cooperatives from across the region were granted by the Bangsamoro Government with financial assistance amounting to Php150,000.00 through its Cooperative and Social Enterprise Authority’s (CSEA) Special Assistance for Viable Enterprise or SAVE grant program. Seventy-four (74) of the coops are from the mainland provinces of Maguindanao…
COTABATO CITY—The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim (BARMM) Government ensured adequate services in 2022 by providing more public infrastructure projects, decent housing units, fostering employment and investment opportunities, advancing high-quality education programs, cultivating peace and security conditions, and improving resiliency and preparedness. During the previous year, the Government of the Day accomplished the following great feats despite the difficulties posed by natural disasters and global crises:…