BARMM to emulate Indonesia’s efficient hajj program handling
COTABATO CITY— The Bangsamoro government is planning to copy the Indonesian government’s “best practices” in managing the yearly hajj pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia for its citizens.
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Cops arrest shabu couriers seemingly linked to Dawlah Islamiya
COTABATO CITY — Three motorcycle-riding narcotics couriers, two of them suspected of having links with the Dawlah Islamiya, were intercepted by policemen on Tuesday night in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte.
Deadly 'rido' in Tuburan, Basilan settled
COTABATO CITY — Two Yakan clans in Tuburan town in Basilan locked in a longtime deadly “rido” reconciled on Monday through the intercession of local executives and officials of the Army’s 101st Infantry Brigade.
Construction of P182-M worth Lanao del Sur agri trading center begins
COTABATO CITY — The provincial government of Lanao del Sur is constructing a P182 million worth marketing facility for agricultural products from across the province to hasten the connectivity among local merchants and entrepreneurs and their counterparts outside of the province.
Lamitan City’s 6th seal of good local governance eyed to boost local investment climate
COTABATO CITY — The local government unit of Lamitan City in Basilan province got its sixth Seal of Good Local Governance from the central office of the local government department, many in the business sector consider a big boost to the area’s investment climate.
Southerners join together in women empowerment campaign
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — More than a hundred peace activists from three Bangsamoro provinces converged here on Monday and fused ranks for multi-sector regional women empowerment efforts that two foreign benefactors are to help push forward.
MNLF chairman retained as BARMM’s labor minister
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Bangsamoro leadership has rejected the courtesy resignation of the chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front as labor minister, the first to get retained from among all officials asked to leave for changes in the region’s ministerial structure.
9 terrorists, 8 MILF fighters killed in Maguindanao Sur encounters
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front killed nine Dawlah Islamiya terrorists and wounded six others in a series of encounters in a barangay along the 220,000-hectare Liguasan Delta over the weekend.