63 North Cotabato villages to join Bangsamoro region

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 04:20:06 +0000

MIDSAYAP, NORTH COTABATO – Sixty-three of 67 villages in North Cotabato that joined the February 6 plebiscite will become part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), final but unofficial results showed on Friday.

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European Union hails peaceful BOL plebiscite, vows sustained support

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:37:04 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The European Union (EU) on Thursday congratulated the Philippine government, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for a “generally peaceful” Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite last February 6.

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MILF political officer killed in North Cotabato

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:27:01 +0000

A farmer and an MILF political committee officer was killed by two unidentified gunmen in North Cotabato on Wendesday morning.

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Lanao Norte gov blames MILF for blasts, MILF says accusation baseless

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 08:52:30 +0000

Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Dimaporo blamed members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for the series of bomb attacks on the eve of the second plebiscite to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) among the Lanao del Norte towns and 67 villages in North Cotabato proposed for inclusion in the Bangsamoro territory.

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Villagers in MNLF bailiwicks show no fear as they vote in Bangsamoro plebiscite

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 06:27:52 +0000

Midsayap, North Cotabato vote

As voters started to pile up at the Indayla Silongan Elementary School in Barangay Kapinpilan here at mid-morning Wednesday, two MG-520 attack helicopters suddenly hovered in the sky, circling the village a few times, prompting people to look up.

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Cops nab man with handgun inside polling center in North Cotabato

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:16:29 +0000

Police providing security in one of the polling places in North Cotabato on Wednesday morning arrested a man for carrying a handgun while inside the voting precinct in today’s plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

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MILF leader, gov’t execs assure voters it is safe to vote

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 02:51:34 +0000

Despite the three explosions that rocked Lanao del Norte towns on the eve of the second plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the head of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said on Wednesday there were no security threats in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte provinces where people would ratify a law that would give them full autonomy in Mindanao.

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Cotabato, Lanao BOL vote opens ‘peacefully’ — Comelec

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 01:40:25 +0000

Cotabato, Lanao BOL vote opens 'peacefully' -- Comelec

No untoward incidents were monitored by the Comelec as the plebiscite on the inclusion for the newly established Bangsamoro region kicked off.

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