Duterte to Bangsamoro leaders: Wield power carefully; BARMM fate up to you

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:08:38 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte told Bangsamoro leaders on Friday to “wield power” carefully and reminded them that the fate of the new region is in their hands.

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Former Lanao solon now BARMM parliament speaker

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 04:43:32 +0000

COTABATO CITY –- A veteran lawmaker from Lanao del Sur was elected Thursday afternoon by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) as the interim Bangsamoro Authonomour Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliament speaker.

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Thousands of MILF supporters to attend Bangsamoro gov’t inauguration, President Duterte to grace event

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:17:35 +0000

Thousands of MILF supporters to attend Bangsamoro gov’t inauguration, President Duterte to grace event

Thousands of supporters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are expected to gather here to inaugurate the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the interim government of the Bangsamoro autonomous region, on Friday, March 29 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex here.

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Jaafar, 75: Bangsamoro cause loses ‘martyr, consensus builder’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:34:05 +0000

Jaafar, 75: Bangsamoro cause loses ‘martyr, consensus builder’

KORONADAL CITY — Ghazali Jaafar, one of the founders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) who fought for Moro self-determination since the early 1970s, died early Wednesday just weeks after seeing the creation of a new autonomous region in his Muslim homeland. He was 75. “Bangsamoro lost a shahid (martyr) today,” said Murad Ebrahim, […]

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Commander Bravo: Child of war, fiery rebel, Moro exec

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 23:13:12 +0000

Commander Bravo: Child of war, fiery rebel, Moro exec

Abdullah Goldiano Macapaar, popularly known as Commander Bravo, created a stir when he was named among the 80 members of the interim government of the new autonomous Muslim region called the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).

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No separate deal with Nur – Palace

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:34:18 +0000

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Thursday said the Duterte administration would make no separate agreement with any party that may affect the integrity of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA)

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Bangsamoro leaders to reach out to dissenters, says Ebrahim

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:23:44 +0000

Bangsamoro leaders to reach out to dissenters, says Ebrahim

The leadership of the new political entity in Muslim Mindanao will reach out to its former comrades who “left” the group and joined Islamic State-inspired armed groups operating in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur to convince them to return to the fold of the law.

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MNLF questions membership of Bangsamoro Transition Authority

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:30:52 +0000

MNLF questions membership of Bangsamoro Transition Authority

Even before members of the interim government of the new Muslim autonomous region could take their seats, some complaints are already emerging against the composition of the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).

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Moro rebel chief leads next step to peace

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:18:31 +0000

Moro rebel chief leads next step to peace

President Duterte on Friday appointed the chief of the largest Moro rebel group as head of the transition government that will run a new autonomous Muslim region, taking another step in sealing a peace accord to end decades of insurgency in the country’s troubled south.

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