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Tag: ARMM

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang susunod na mangyayari kapag naaprubahan ang BOL

    By VERA FILES  |  Jan 24, 2019 5:30 PM

    Ang ARMM, na tinawag ng administrasyong Aquino na isang “nabigong eksperimento,” ay bubuwagin at papalitan ng isang bagong yunit na tatawaging Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

    ARMM, Bangsamoro, BARMM

  • Categories News

    Thousands of ARMM PWD voters still not registered — poll watchdog

    Jun 08, 2015 10:49 PM

    By JAKE SORIANO COTABATO City — The May 2016 presidential elections are less than a year away, but only a handful of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are eligible to vote. More than 100,000 PWDs of voting age are still not registered or have not validated their registration […]

    ARMM, Disability, elections, PWDs

  • Categories ARMM Watch Top Stories

    Maguindanao ‘bakwits’ vulnerable to trafficking

    Apr 10, 2015 1:50 PM

    Text, photo and video by JAKE SORIANO A civil society leader and peace advocate warned of a rise in cases of human trafficking among evacuees in Maguindanao, with the continuing conflict in the province. Amina Rasul, president of the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID), made the comment during the launch of Friends of […]

    ARMM, Friends of Peace, maguindanao, Mamasapano

  • Categories News Video Yahoo

    Register now, PWD voters in ARMM urged

    Jan 16, 2015 5:29 PM

    By JAKE SORIANO COTABATO City – Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) who still have not registered should do so now, an election coalition said. While nationwide voters’ registration is set until October 31 this year, the schedule is tighter for those within the ARMM because of the looming […]

    ARMM, Bangsamoro, Disability, elections, PWDs

  • Categories News Yahoo

    Comelec orders registration in 204 villages for Bangsamoro plebiscite

    Jan 15, 2015 9:42 AM

    THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct special satellite registration for voters living within the proposed Bangsamoro Core Territory ahead of a possible plebiscite in the region. The election body issued in December a resolution instructing election officers to conduct special registration of voters in 204 barangays in Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Basilan, […]

    ARMM, Bangsamoro, comelec, Disability, elections, PWD

  • Categories Top Stories Yahoo

    PWD-inclusive ARMM polls sought

    Dec 07, 2014 7:49 AM

    By JAKE SORIANO COTABATO CITY– Lack of information dissemination, accessibility of polling centers, and security are some of the major issues raised by groups promoting the rights of voters with disabilities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). In a dialogue here between government agencies and nongovernment organizations a year and a half away […]

    ARMM, elections, PWDs

  • Categories Top Stories Yahoo

    Bangsamoro law to address human trafficking, PWD issues

    Dec 03, 2014 2:40 PM

    By JAKE SORIANO HUMAN trafficking is a “big concern” in Mindanao, and will be firmly addressed by the proposed Bangsamoro in the south, one of the drafters of the law creating the autonomous political entity said. The Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), a crucial piece of legislation in the peace deal between the Philippine government and […]

    ARMM, Bangsamoro, PWDs, Trafficking

  • Categories Top Stories Yahoo

    Investments, security key to aiding Bangsamoro, envoy says

    Apr 02, 2014 1:00 AM

    By JANE DASAL A BETTER police force, improved infrastructure and transportation facilities, and opening up business opportunities are urgently needed in areas that will comprise the new Bangsamoro political entity,  British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad said Monday. Ahmad, who addressed a forum at the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration […]

    ARMM, Bangsamoro, milf

  • Categories Top Stories

    Armed conflict, falsified docs make trafficking easier in Maguindanao

    Jan 13, 2014 8:58 PM

    By FERDINANDH CABRERA and ARTHA KIRA PAREDES

    COTABATO CITY— All she knew was that she was on her way to Manila to train as a domestic helper abroad.

    ARMM, human trafficking

  • Categories ARMM Watch Banner Video Vote 2013

    The Maguindanao barangay polls: lazy to frenzied

    Oct 30, 2013 10:34 PM

    By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES and AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN

    BULDON, Maguindanao— Voters literally chased after ballot boxes in hotly contested towns in Maguindanao on barangay election day, while in others, there was hardly anyone outside the homes.

    ARMM, Buldon

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