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The historic parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) mark an important step toward achieving elusive peace and development in the region and across the ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: Comelec chief calls for peaceful, credible BARMM elections
MANILA, Philippines — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia called on voters, candidates and political parties to help ensure that the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: N. Mindanao sends 901 cops to secure BARMM polls
The Police Regional Office - Northern Mindanao sent off on Tuesday 901 personnel to help secure the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary election on Sept. 14. In a ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: BARMM polls path toward lasting peace, development —Moro scholar
THE historic parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) constitute an important step toward achieving the elusive peace and development in the region and ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: In the Philippines, Bangsamoro’s First Election is the Beginning of Peace Efforts, Not the End
Nearly 2.4 million voters in the Philippines’ Bangsamoro region will elect the parliament that will govern their autonomous region.
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: Manila warned against meddling in Bangsamoro polls
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has reiterated its commitment to securing the first-ever parliamentary polls in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), home to 91 percent of ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: Comelec sets safeguards against manipulation of BARMM election results
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will require election returns to be posted outside every polling precinct before results are transmitted to its servers to allow voters, ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: What parties are running in the BARMM elections?
Watch this video for a rundown of the political parties contesting the September 14 BARMM parliamentary elections ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: BARMM polls: Over half of Tawi-Tawi bets have ties to political families
Members of political clans, former local officials, civil society leaders and professionals are campaigning for seats in the 80-member Bangsamoro parliament. More than half of them have ties to local ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: Faith in Philippines bridges Mindanao’s divides
Bolawan Buyog still remembers how she and her family, along with neighboring Christian families, had what she calls “a miraculous escape” during the deadly siege of Marawi City in the southern ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Politics: What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects
MANILA, Philippines — The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign militants aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group to train in a secessionist conflict involving minority ...