Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:20:48 +0000
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, sitting as the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBC), deferred its counting for the second straight day as it has yet to receive copies…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: AL JACINTO, TMT| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:09:17 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The capital of Basilan province, Isabela City, has joined Sulu province in the Muslim autonomous region in rejecting the controversial Bangsamoro Organic Law or BOL. Isabela, led…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:56:01 +0000
A peace advocate and professor of the Mindanao State University (MSU) blamed “moneyed politics” for the rejection in Sulu province of the proposed Bangsamoro Organic Law through a plebiscite held on Monday, Jan. 21.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:33:36 +0000
The National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers received on Wednesday afternoon the first certificate of canvass for the BOL plebiscite.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:24:13 +0000
A law giving the nation’s Muslim minority greater control over Mindanao appeared to be headed toward ratification on Tuesday as a slow count of votes in a plebiscite to which it had been submitted for approval or rejection by the people of the region entered a second day.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:12:39 +0000
The “yes” vote was leading in Cotabato City by at least 7,000 as of 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday, partial and official results from the Commission on Election (Comelec) showed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: DEMPSEY REYES| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:12:12 +0000
Cotabato City votes ‘yes’ to Bangsamoro DEMPSEY REYES COTABATO CITY voted to join the Bangsamoro region, based on the official tally of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the area…READ
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:33:07 +0000
Despite the strong opposition of the Cotabato City’s mayor to the inclusion of the city in the new Bangsamoro entity, the “yes” votes still prevailed.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:12:39 +0000
The “yes” vote was leading in Cotabato City by at least 7,000 as of 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday, partial and official results from the Commission on Election (Comelec) showed.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:25:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Tuesday said the initial and unofficial tally of the votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite validates a Social Weather Station (SWS) survey result which showed that majority of Muslims nationwide support the ratification of the proposed statute.
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