Commission-on-Human-Rights After almost 20 years of suffering as internally displaced persons (IDPs), residents of 118 households in Barangay Bakung in Patikul, Sulu have returned safely to their once devastated village. In gratitude, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) paid tribute to the eff
A barangay in Sulu which was formerly a battle ground between security forces and the local terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and had remained deserted for 20 years is slowly reverting to life as projects were launched when some residents returned late last month, according to government troops. Maj. Gen.…
DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS. Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio (center), Joint Task Force-Sulu commander, tests the water system in Barangay Bakung, Patikul, Sulu on Friday (May 13, 2022). Housing and other infrastructure projects were inaugurated for residents who are back in the community that was ravaged by Abu Sayyaf Group bandits for two decades. (Photo courtesy of JTF-Sulu) ZAMBOANGA CITY - After two decades, Internally Displaced Persons relocated back to their communities that were taken away by terrorists. The military and Sulu Provincial Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict (PTF-ELAC) constructed infrastructures and livelihood projects on the former battleground between Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits and government troops. The PTF-ELAC is Sulu's version of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, the whole-of-nation approach to attaining inclusive and sustainable peace. Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, commander of the Joint Task Force-Sulu and 11th Infantr
The last Plebiscite Committee leaves the distribution center in Buluan, Maguindanao for Tamontaka in Cotabato City a little past 6 a.m. on Monday as the first day of the plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law starts on Monday, January 21.
Today is #BangsamoroPlebiscite Day. Big day for everyone. Good luck to all. https://t.co/lBdPD90Ehb pic.twitter.com/0LQltCm1Ze
— COMELEC (@COMELEC) January 20, 2019
Commission on Elections spokesman James Jimenez said over the weekend that as high as 75 percent of the more than two million voters from Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), as well as the cities of Isabela in Basilan and Cotabato in Maguindanao are expected to go out and cast their votes.
A second plebiscite day is set for February 6 for areas in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte.