6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (402+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed to remain impartial, protect voters’ rights, and ensure peaceful first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections to be held on Monday. “The campaign is over. Now the attention should be…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (291+ words) COTABATO CITY — As the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) enters a critical juncture and faces consequential choices about its direction, interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua urged the Bangsamoro electorate to make the election peaceful, orderly, and credible. Macacua…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (346+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Francis Pangilinan on Sunday called for the peaceful and orderly conduct of the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary elections on Monday. The historic parliamentary elections, which were postponed four…...

8+ hour, 47+ min ago   (308+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Akbayan Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula on Sunday urged all parties to ensure the peaceful conduct of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) first parliamentary elections. She also called on the government to ease military deployment to…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (426+ words) COTABATO CITY — Field commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Maguindanao del Sur assured the military on Thursday that they will abide by the Bangsamoro peace process mechanisms for the conduct of the first parliamentary elections in Bangsamoro…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (267+ words) COTABATO CITY — The Moro Peace Project (TMPP), Inc., a non-government organization working for peace in the Bangsamoro region, on Thursday urged voters to exercise their right to vote on Monday, Sept. 14, for the historic Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE). “Protect your…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (274+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has clarified that the increase in checkpoints for the upcoming Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections was not meant to intimidate voters. “Police presence is not meant to intimidate or…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (270+ words) KORONADAL CITY — Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento on Sunday called on political parties and candidates to help ensure the successful holding of the historic Bangsamoro parliamentary elections on Sept. 14. “We appeal to all candidates and political parties to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (318+ words) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — More than just a political contest, the upcoming first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will serve as the “ultimate litmus test” for the Bangsamoro peace process, a Moro historian said,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (379+ words) COTABATO CITY — The Peace Implementing Panel (PIP) chairs of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Mel Senen Sarmiento and Mohagher Iqbal, respectively, expressed hope that the electorate can freely cast their votes in the historic Sept. 14 Bangsamoro…...