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Philippine wetland oil riches untouched by war now up for grabs in peacetime

COTABATO CITY, Philippines Martin Pineda describes Liguasan Marsh on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao as a no-man’s land that “strongly reeks with gas.” Pineda is a member of Birders without Borders, and was part of a team of bird experts invited by the Philippine military to join a 2019 tour of the marsh. […]

Maguindanao town gets P3-M community fish landing center

FISH CENTER RECIPIENT. Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator Nasirin Napii (3rd from left) of Ampatuan, Maguindanao receives the certificate for the PHP3-million community fish landing center from MAFAR-BARMM Minister Mohammad Yacob (2nd from left) on Tuesday (Sept. 21, 2021). The town is one of the local governments in Maguindanao situated along the vast Liguasan Marsh, home to rich natural resources like the freshwater tilapia fish, among others.(Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Information Office-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao has received a PHP3-million community fish landing center (CFLC) from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM). MAFAR-BARMM Minister Mohammad S. Yacob said Wednesday the CFLC aims to improve the socio-economic condition of Ampatuan town and other fishing communities surrounding the Liguasan Marsh, the 220,000 wetland bordering Maguindanao, Sultan K

World Bank: How we re helping Mindanao respond to COVID-19

World Bank: How we re helping Mindanao respond to COVID-19
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Atom Araullo marks his third year as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador by highlighting the plight of forcibly displaced communities in Mindanao - Philippines

Atom Araullo marks his third year as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador by highlighting the plight of forcibly displaced communities in Mindanao Format © UNHCR/Martin San Diego On his third year as National Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency, Atom Araullo highlights the plight of forcibly displaced families and their host communities in Mindanao, Philippines as they face the multiple threats of conflict, climate crisis, and COVID-19. In a visit to Maguindanao and North Cotabato, Atom Araullo crossed a marshland, trekked to a COVID isolation facility on a hilltop, and reached remote conflict-affected communities to meet with internally displaced persons (IDPs), community leaders and partners, as well as local authorities who are all doing their part to mitigate the effects of the pandemic amid ongoing conflict and climate change.

Army scuttles BIFF attack in Maguindanao

Sharif Aguak, Maguindanao (Google Maps / MANILA BULLETIN) Lt. Col. Anhouvic Atilano, Army’s Sixth Infantry Division spokesperson, said Thursday the undermanned Army-para military patrol base in Barangay Labu-Labu was attacked at around 10 p.m. by an undetermined number of BIFF extremists. No one from the government side was hurt in the attack, he said. Military forces, backed by Simba tanks and artillery fire, pounded the BIFF positions within a kilometer radius from the government forces’ detachment that resulted in the withdrawal of the terrorists, Atilano said. Army officials said it was unknown if the attackers suffered casualties, noting that soldiers from nearby detachments also fired machineguns and mortars on the BIFF positions.

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