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IPIL, Philippines – Officials from South Cotabato and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are laying the groundwork for stronger peace and development cooperation in communities straddling their borders. On Thursday, August 7, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair Leo Tereso Magno, South Cotabato disaster risk chief Rolly DoaneContinue Reading
ISABELA CITY, BASILAN – Once branded as a hotspot of violence, Basilan is now planting the seeds of transformation—this time, as Mindanao’s emerging agri-industrial hub. From coconut and rubber plantations to thriving fisheries and potential halal tourism, the island province is undergoing a quiet revolution powered by peace, policy reforms,Continue Reading
COTABATO CITY – Local officials, business groups, and Blaan tribal leaders have thrown their support behind a newly formed multi-sectoral body tasked with monitoring community development projects tied to the controversial Tampakan mining venture in Central Mindanao. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Region 12 launched the 1st JointContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Business leaders in the Bangsamoro region welcomed the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) commitment of a $400-million grant to support economic programs and protect marine resources in Mindanao. Ronald Hallid Dimacisil Torres, chair of the Bangsamoro Business Council, said they were informed about the grant by BangsamoroContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – A bloc of lawmakers in the 80-member Bangsamoro Parliament is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to retain Special Assistant to the President Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr., citing his key role in supporting peace initiatives in Mindanao. Regional lawmaker and lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo made the appeal inContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A bombmaker from the outlawed Dawlah Islamiya group has surrendered to the Philippine military and pledged to help convince remaining members of the terror group to return to the fold of the law. Badruddin Saligua Mundir, 35, known among local officials in Central Mindanao for his expertiseContinue Reading
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte — For the first time since the 1950s, the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat — originally named Dinaig — has new leaders from noble Maguindanaon clans that had long been excluded from local governance. Datu Odin Sinsuat now has a new mayor, Abdulmain Abas, andContinue Reading
