Cotabato City (April 22, 2020)—The island provinces of BARMM maintained zero positive Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) case according to the region’s Health Minister Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan on Wednesday, April 22, in a virtual press briefing held in Cotabato City. The BARMM island provinces include Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) where no confirmed positive cases of Covid-19…
Cotabato City (April 21, 2020)—BARMM IATF Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Mohd Asnin Pendatun announced Tuesday, April 21, that the Bangsamoro Government targets to finish the construction of 100-bed capacity isolation center dedicated for the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) patients in three (3) weeks. During the Tuesday’s virtual presser held in Cotabato City, Pandatun said, “batay sa…
Cotabato City (April 20, 2020)—Bangsamoro Government’s Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE-BARMM) has begun establishing ‘survival gardens’ in forestlands across the Bangsamoro region. This move is part of the Bangsamoro Government’s long-term plan to ensure food security in the region during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. BARMM’s Executive Secretary and concurrent MENRE-BARMM Minister…
Cotabato City (April 16, 2020)—The Bangsamoro Government, through the help of its United Nations (UN) agency partners, has committed to address insufficiency of ventilators in the hospitals across the region. A ventilator is a machine necessary for treating Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who suffer from severe pneumonia or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). “In…
STATEMENT ON THE UNREASONABLE ACTS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF COTABATO The Bangsamoro Government strongly condemns the unreasonable acts recently committed by the officials of the City Government of Cotabato and some elements of the Cotabato City Police Office against our employees, particularly the apprehensions on April 13, 2020 of our personnel using vehicles bearing…