BTA term extension gets more backers January 25, 2021 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 […]
LAW DOES NOT TARGET REGIONAL, ETHNIC GROUPS By ROGER M. BALANZA The Philippine government has assured that the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 would specifically target terror groups, not regional or ethnic groups, to secure the country against terrorist violence. The bill, that replaced the Home Security Act of […]
Bangsamoro Organic Law remains on track Senator Francis Tolentino said that the Senate will ensure that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) gets all the resources it needs as it goes through the crucial transition phase. The implementation of Republic Act 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic […]
First of 11 for decommissioned weapons CAMP ABUBAKAR, Barira, Maguindanao — The first of eleven Joint Peace and Security Team (JPST) barracks to be built in seven provinces across Mindanao was officially turned over to the Joint Peace and Security Committee (JPSC) last Wednesday in this former Moro Islamic […]
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) base commanders in Mindanao converged in Davao City on December 10 to recommend how to transform their areas into peaceful and progressive communities. In a two-day orientation workshop organized by the Joint Normalization Committee (JNC) under the Office of the Presidential Adviser on […]
The government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) will be finalizing next month the creation of a peace coordinating committee to help resolve conflict in Mindanao. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this plan was discussed during the meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and MNLF founding chair Nur […]
