Cotabato City (November 14, 2019) – Minimum wage earners in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will receive higher pay following the Bangsamoro Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board’s (BTWPB) approval of Wage Order No. BARMM-01 on November 13, 2019. Wage Order No. BARMM-01, which provides a new minimum wage increase for non-agriculture and agriculture…
Cotabato City (November 14, 2019) – The 63 barangays in North Cotabato which voted to join the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will be officially turned over to the regional government on November 20, 2019. Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, Bangsamoro Government spokesperson and minister of interior and local government, said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of…
Cotabato City (November 13, 2019) – The Bangsamoro Government’s Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) is set to release the cash grants of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the provinces of Maguindanao and Sulu within this month. In a radio interview, lawyer Raissa Jajurie, MSSD minister, said they are taking measures to…
Cotabato City (November 13, 2019) – The Bangsamoro Government’s Ministry of Education and the United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP) launched Tuesday, November 12, a feeding program designed to improve the health and school attendance of children in the region. The program dubbed ‘Fortified Iron Rice for School Feeding’ was launched at Mao Elementary School…
Cotabato City (November 13, 2019) – The Bangsamoro Government will fast-track the finalization and passage of the 2020 regional budget to avoid disruption in government operation. BARMM Spokesperson Naguib Sinarimbo said “the urgency of that is if we fail to make appointments and comply with the publication requirements of the positions within December, we…