3 dead, 2 hurt in Cotabato City election-related gun attack
COTABATO CITY (John Unson, Oct. 24, 2023) — Three were killed, two of them candidates for barangay councilor, while two others were badly hurt when gunmen attacked them while setting…
BARMM law on `all-time support’ for Moro farmers pushed
COTABATO CITY (Oct. 24, 2023, John Unson) — Nine members of the Bangsamoro parliament filed on Monday a bill meant to “institutionalize and perpetuate” regional government interventions needed to empower…
190 indigent Muslim, Christian eye patients treated free
COTABATO CITY (John Unson, Oct. 26, 2023) — Volunteer eye doctors and health advocacy groups on Wednesday provided 190 poor Muslim and Christian cataract and pterygium patients here with medical…
Maranao na barangay chairman candidate, patay sa ambush
Patay ang isang kandidato sa pagka-barangay chairman habang malubha namang nasugatan ang kanyang misis at anak sa isang ambush nitong umaga ng Miyerkules, October 25, 2023, sa Kapatagan, Lanao del…
691 small-scale BARMM entrepreneurs gets capital support
A total of 691 small-scale entrepreneurs in impoverished barangays each received a P15,000 livelihood assistance from the Bangsamoro social welfare ministry in payouts it facilitated last week. Jidday Lucman, a…
Municipal health worker killed in South Cotabato gun attack
COTABATO CITY (Oct. 23, 2023, John Unson) — Police probers are still clueless on the fatal ambush on Friday night of an employee of the Municipal Health Office in Polomolok…
2 soldiers hurt in clash with terrorists gets merit medals
COTABATO CITY (October 23, 2023, John Unson) — Two members of the 40th Infantry Battalion wounded in an encounter on October 17 with Dawlah Islamiya terrorists each received on Saturday…
3 `high-ticket’ education bills filed at BARMM parliament
COTABATO CITY (John Unson, October 22, 2023) — Local sectors support the three bills filed last week at the Bangsamoro parliament aiming to set up a high school in every…
Deployment of soldiers from outside for BARMM election duties hailed
COTABATO CITY (John Unson, Oct. 21, 2023) — Residents of southern towns locked in intense rivalry of aspirants for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan posts were glad with Friday’s arrival here…
Digital operation’ of 9 BARMM LGUs mulled
COTABATO CITY (John Unson, October 18, 2023) — Residents of nine more areas shall soon get electronically connected to their local government units via a “digitalization project” of the United…