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BTA extension to ensure more responsive governance: group
May 27, 2021, 10:34 am
MANILA – A group expressed its support to measures seeking the postponement of elections at the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to 2025 instead of next year. In a news release, the Bangsamoro People’s Coalition for the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Extension… Read More
BARMM sets special eligibility for Madaris teachers
May 20, 2021, 1:24 pm
COTABATO CITY – Teachers in Madaris (Islamic schools) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) can hold permanent positions in the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) once they pass the ministry’s special eligibility examinations.MBHTE Minister… Read More
Analyst acknowledges BARMM growth prospects
May 20, 2021, 12:10 am
COTABATO CITY – A keen observer of Southern Philippines development trends has recognized the capacities of Muslim Mindanao to ultimately overcome its backwater history to pursue long-lasting stability and full progress. Georgi Engelbrecht, senior analyst for Philippine affairs under the… Read More
BTA-BARMM eyes early approval of region’s education code
May 17, 2021, 7:12 pm
COTABATO CITY – Members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the interim lawmaking body of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), are eyeing the approval of proposed Bill No. 70 or Bangsamoro Education Code (BEC) this week.BTA Speaker Pangalian Balindong on Monday… Read More
Duterte leaves Bangsamoro transition extension to Congress
May 17, 2021, 6:26 pm
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte will let Congress act on measures seeking for the extension of the transition period in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) until June 30, 2025, instead of 2022, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this… Read More
BTA-BARMM steps up passage of regional laws amid pandemic
May 14, 2021, 11:59 am
COTABATO CITY – Despite the pandemic, lawmakers of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are stepping up efforts to enact priority legislative measures for the fledgling region.Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Speaker Pangalian Balindong said Friday the 80-member… Read More
BARMM promotes 'culture of peace' among workers
May 12, 2021, 4:59 pm
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro education ministry has organized a day-long Ramadan peace education campaign to promote synergy and nurture a culture of peace among the regional education employees.Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) Deputy Minister Haron Meling said… Read More
BARMM logs 4.7K approved biz registrations in Q1 2021
May 6, 2021, 10:05 am
COTABATO CITY – Despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has approved a total of 4,740 business name registrations (BNRs) for the first quarter of this year. Records from the Bureau of Trade and Industry (BTI) under the… Read More
BARMM lauds military report on declining ASG threat in BaSulTa
May 5, 2021, 1:52 pm
COTABATO CITY – Officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) here have lauded the report of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Mindanao Command (AFP-Westmincom) on the decreasing terror activities of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the island-provinces of the… Read More
Vastness of Muslim Mindanao wealth inspires major donor
April 21, 2021, 1:11 am
COTABATO CITY – The sheer volume of natural potentials within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has encouraged the inception of a major program by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The UNDP has been implementing pro-poor projects in the Philippines for over… Read More
Peace will tap big economic potentials: Mindanao exec
March 31, 2021, 8:16 pm
COTABATO CITY – A leading civil executive in Southern Philippines has expressed the need for long-term stability in the region so that this may pave the way for investments in fields like trade and maritime development. This, according to lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro… Read More
BTA extension a ‘call for peace': Ebrahim
March 26, 2021, 4:50 pm
COTABATO CITY – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim has described appeals for the extension of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) as a “call for peace.” “It is a petition for amity and coherence. The call for extension of the… Read More
BARMM bill filed to tap potentials of Liguasan marsh
March 25, 2021, 2:34 pm
COTABATO CITY – A member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the lawmaking body of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), has filed a bill to develop the potentials of the Liguasan marshland in Maguindanao. “The marsh is just there sitting untapped. It (marsh)… Read More
BARMM lawmaker wants to upgrade Lanao Sur district hospital
March 18, 2021, 10:55 am
COTABATO CITY – To improve its capacity and to serve more people, a district hospital in Lanao del Sur must be upgraded, a lawmaker of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said Thursday. Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan, a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) has… Read More
Calls louder to extend Bangsamoro transition phase
March 12, 2021, 9:03 pm
MANILA – Extending the transition phase of the Bangsamoro government for at least three more years will ensure a stable normalization process among former combatants in Mindanao. On Friday, members of the Bangsamoro People’s Coalition staged a rally in front of the Mendiola Peace Arch in… Read More
BARMM parliament approves civil service code
February 25, 2021, 4:24 pm
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament has approved the Bangsamoro Civil Service Code (BCSC), parliament deputy Speaker Omar Yasser Sema said Thursday.Sema said all the 67 Members of Parliament (MP) approved the passage of BTA Cabinet Bill No. 59 entitled “An Act… Read More
Solons push for the extension of BARMM transition period
February 16, 2021, 6:22 pm
MANILA – Some lawmakers at the House of Representatives have expressed support for the extension of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government’s transition period. During the joint meeting of the House Committee on Muslim Affairs and the Special Committee on Peace,… Read More
Maguindanao mayors back extension of BARMM’s transition period
February 10, 2021, 4:36 pm
COTABATO CITY – More groups have expressed support to the proposed extension of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government’s transition period.“All the town mayors of Maguindanao are strongly supporting calls for extension of Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA),… Read More
1K teachers from BARMM villages in NoCot get first salary
February 3, 2021, 8:48 pm
COTABATO CITY – At least 1,178 teaching and non-teaching personnel in 63 villages of North Cotabato that joined the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) received their first salaries on Tuesday.Minister Mohagher Iqbal of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education… Read More
BTA term extension gets more backers
January 25, 2021, 7:25 pm
COTABATO CITY – Peace advocacy group, Save Sulu Movement (SSM), has joined the calls for extending the three-year transition period of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).The Bangsamoro Organic Law sets the transition phase of the region in 2022, but regional leaders and… Read More
