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BOL vote: War-weary Moros decide future

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:23:09 +0000

BOL vote: War-weary Moros decide future

A decadeslong push to halt the violence that has claimed more than 120,000 lives in Mindanao culminated on Monday with a vote on giving the nation’s Muslim minority greater control over the region. The plebiscite for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the charter of the proposed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao […]

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Sison predicts ‘Yes’ vote to win in Bangsamoro plebiscite

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:59:46 +0000

Sison predicts ‘Yes’ vote to win in Bangsamoro plebiscite

Despite the strong opposition against the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), top communist rebel Jose Maria Sison conceded that the proposed statute would still be ratified in the plebiscite due to President Duterte’s alleged coercive influence.

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Tensions rise in Cotabato City as alleged flying voters nabbed

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:20:57 +0000

Tensions rise in Cotabato City as alleged flying voters nabbed

Tensions rose at the Cotabato City Institute where Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi cast her vote as some alleged flying voters were caught.

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Disenfranchisement, delayed opening of voting precincts mar Cotabato Bangsamoro plebiscite

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:25:55 +0000

Disenfranchisement, delayed opening of voting precincts mar Cotabato Bangsamoro plebiscite

Unarmed members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been seen milling in front of almost all voting centers in the city.

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Albayalde: Grenade-throwing incident in Cotabato City ‘something personal,’ not related to plebiscite

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:10:40 +0000

THE motive behind the grenade-throwing incident at the house of a judge, not a lawyer, as posted, in Cotabato City late Sunday night was “something personal” and had nothing to…READ

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At least 66 teachers fail to show up in Cotabato City precincts for BOL plebiscite

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:23:12 +0000

At least 66 teachers fail to show up in Cotabato City precincts for BOL plebiscite

Dozens of teachers did not show up at the polling centers in this city Monday, causing delays in the conduct of plebiscite to ratify the law that would give the Moro Islamic Liberation Front full autonomy in the new Bangsamoro homeland, the Commission on Election said Monday.

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‘Vote, don’t be scared,’ Cotabato mayor tells people

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:18:25 +0000

'Vote, don't be scared,' Cotabato mayor tells people

The mayor of this city called on the people Monday to go out and vote despite harassment and grenade explosions that rocked the city on the eve of the plebiscite to ratify the law that will give the Moro Islamic Liberation Front full autonomy in the new Bangsamoro homeland.

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3,000 former MILF combatants to cast votes in today’s plebiscite

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:49:57 +0000

Close to 3,000 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would cast their votes in a plebiscite today, Monday, to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

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75% BOL plebiscite turnout seen

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:25:39 +0000

75% BOL plebiscite turnout seen

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects up to 75-percent voter turnout in Monday’s plebiscite for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the final step in the peace agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and, it is hoped, the advent of lasting peace and progress in war-torn Mindanao.

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Duterte push for BOL to widen conflict in Mindanao – Sison

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:23:02 +0000

LUCENA CITY — Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Sunday said President Rodrigo Duterte was setting the stage for a bigger conflict in Mindanao by vigorously campaigning for ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Malacañang countered that Sison was talking about a local issue that he knew nothing about. […]

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