Police Regional Police - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Director Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona. (Image courtesy of PRO-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Police authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have listed 16 towns and two cities as election "hotspots" in the region. In a report Thursday, Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, BARMM police regional director, said the 18 areas are categorized under "red code" or "areas of immediate concern" in connection with the May 9 national and local elections. Cabalona said 102 communities across BARMM have been initially identified by the police as "areas of concern" or "yellow code" in the upcoming polls. Yellow code refers to areas that have a history of election-related incidents in the last elections, possible employment of partisan armed groups, and the occurrence of politically-motivated election-related instances. Cabalona said Basilan province has four "
The transition to self-rule in the Bangsamoro, the majority-Muslim region in the southern Philippines, is proceeding apace. Militants outside the associated peace process are losing strength but could recover. Regional and national authorities should do all in their power to keep that from happening.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Japan recently launched five new water systems that will provide safe and clean water to more than 3,000 households in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao and a Bangsamoro Special Geographic Area in Cotabato. Under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project, community members, indigenous peoples and…
ILO and Japan launch five new water systems in Mindanao miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over 3,000 households have gained access to safe and clean water as the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project launches five new water systems built by