DAVAO CITY Bangsamoro lawmakers are pushing for the establishment of orphanages across its provinces to provide adequate welfare support to orphans and to prevent them from getting more vulnerable to further poverty and crime. The bill would complement another proposal to create the agency on population management and development to help…
BTA-BARMM Member Maisara C. Dandamun-Latiph (File photo courtesy of BTA-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A member of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliament has filed a bill before the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) to establish a regional system for accredited orphanages. The 80-member BTA is the interim lawmaking body of the BARMM. "This is to institutionalize support for the welfare of orphans in the Bangsamoro region," said BTA-BARMM Member of Parliament (MP), Atty. Maisara Latiph, in a statement Thursday. She said her bill, once enacted into law, "will help alleviate the condition of every orphan and provide them with the opportunity to live a fulfilled life". In her sponsorship bill, Latiph noted the sad reality of orphans that "if foster parents, social workers, or institutions are not there to provide what they need, no one will." "This is the time for the government to step in. Under the principle of "parens p