Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:32:02 +0000
COTABATO CITY — Security plans are in place in North Cotabato as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) prepares for the plebiscite on Feb. 6, when 67 villages in seven towns in the province decide on their inclusion in the Bangsamoro region.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:23:21 +0000
Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu is set to file a motion to dismiss the petitions before the Supreme Court questioning the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which his constituents resoundingly favored during the plebiscite on January 21.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 23:23:22 +0000
The bomb explosions at a Catholic cathedral that killed 25 people in Jolo, Sulu province, on Sunday put fresh pressure on Monday on peace efforts aimed at ending decades of Muslim separatist violence. Two explosions tore through the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Sulu provincial capital, shattering pews and windows and […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:22:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The bombing of the Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, on Sunday was “clearly an act of terrorism,” Senator Cynthia Villar said Monday. Villar feared that the bombing could be an attempt to undermine the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law and the creation of the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:32:38 +0000
Malacañang is optimistic that next month’s referendum for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will yield positive results, following the BOL’s ratification on Friday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:52:21 +0000
Former Sulu governor Abdusakur Tan said they would want to be part of Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) and be excluded from the new Bangsamoro government.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:06:42 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBC) received on Thursday afternoon the second certificate of canvass (COC) for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 05:57:44 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Tawi-Tawi voted Yes to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law, with at least two towns registering zero for No votes at the conclusion of the canvassing late Wednesday afternoon. Of the 670 clustered precincts, the Yes garnered 151,788 votes while No got 9,907 votes, said Lawyer Roberto de la Peña, chairperson of the Provincial Plebiscite […]
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:44:42 +0000
Malacañang is glad that Cotabato City voted to approve the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), although more votes appeared to have been cast than there are voters there.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:11:11 +0000
The voter turnout last Monday for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite exceeded 85 percent, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez announced on Wednesday.
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