Tag: Bangsamoro
Elections in Bangsamoro region in Mindanao postponed to 2025
The election is a key provision in a 2014 peace agreement aimed at ending conflict and is due to take place in May 2022
Mindanao’s Muslim autonomous region sets up office for Christian, settler communities
The new office will ensure that the welfare and concerns of Christian and other settler communities are addressed
Muslim, civil society groups call for term extension of Mindanao’s Bangsamoro...
Various groups say extending the transition period would be a “win-win situation” for the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Oxfam says more than 15,000 families displaced in Bangsamoro, calls for...
Oxfam said at least 15,000 families have already been displaced due to the armed conflict in the Bangsamoro region in recent months
Faith-based groups back calls to extend transition period of Philippines Muslim...
PMPI called on the government “to fast-track its deliverables" to ensure the success of the transition in the Bangsamoro region
Peace group warns armed clashes in Mindanao a ‘preview’ of more...
If the violence continues, the Bangsamoro region may experience an attack similar to the capture of Marawi in 2017
Calls for extension of transition period for Philippine Muslim region snowball
Congress is currently hearing several bills proposing the extension of the transition period in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
Cardinal Quevedo backs extension of transition period for Philippine Muslim region
“The constraints of time are simply insurmountable,” said Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato
Moro, tribal peoples file petition against Philippines’ anti-terror law
The tribal groups said the future they envision “will not emerge as long as the anti-terror law remains in place”
Violence over land intensifies in Mindanao’s Moro region
People’s access to subsidies during the pandemic and people’s anxiety amidst the loss of livelihood and unresolved clan wars fuel violence