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…
With the tremendous onslaught of Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) worldwide, it’s undeniable that the pandemic has drastically affected our lives. Among the sectors most affected are our women. In the Bangsamoro region, research revealed that 68% of the community-based women respondents were restrained from pursuing livelihood activities, because of the lockdown and the strict implementation of…
COTABATO CITY—More impoverished communities across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region are expected to benefit from the region-wide housing programs implemented by KAPYANAN or the Kapayapaan sa Pamayanan Project—one of Chief Minister’s flagship programs. On Tuesday, March 30, another groundbreaking ceremony for fifty (50) units of permanent core shelters was conducted by the KAPYANAN team for the…