Yes votes have it: Law creating Bangsamoro region ratified

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:14:44 +0000

Yes votes have it: Law creating Bangsamoro region ratified

The organic law creating the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is “deemed ratified,” the Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared on Friday night.

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Comelec: ‘Yes’ votes win first round of BOL referendum

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:18:53 +0000

Comelec: ‘Yes’ votes win first round of BOL referendum

The Commission Elections (Comelec) said Friday that “yes” votes to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) won in the January 21 referendum.

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Cotabato mayor wants another vote as city says yes to BOL

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:36:19 +0000

Cotabato mayor wants another vote as city says yes to BOL

COTABATO CITY – Claiming the results of Monday’s plebiscite here for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) were not credible, Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi on Thursday said she wanted another vote, to be held simultaneously with the balloting in Lanao del Norte towns and villages in Cotabato on Feb. 6. Sayadi said holding another […]

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Ex-gov: Sulu wants out of Bangsamoro

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:52:21 +0000

Ex-gov: Sulu wants out of Bangsamoro

Former Sulu governor Abdusakur Tan said they would want to be part of Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) and be excluded from the new Bangsamoro government.

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LOOK: Comelec receives second certificate of canvass for BOL plebiscite

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:06:42 +0000

LOOK: Comelec receives second certificate of canvass for BOL plebiscite

MANILA, Philippines — The National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBC) received on Thursday afternoon the second certificate of canvass (COC) for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite.

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Yes wins in Tawi-Tawi

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 05:57:44 +0000

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Tawi-Tawi voted Yes to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law, with at least two towns registering zero for No votes at the conclusion of the canvassing late Wednesday afternoon. Of the 670 clustered precincts, the Yes garnered 151,788 votes while No got 9,907 votes, said Lawyer Roberto de la Peña, chairperson of the Provincial Plebiscite […]

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Duterte ‘very happy’ with plebiscite results; still wants to talk to Misuari

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:21:48 +0000

Duterte 'very happy' with plebiscite results; still wants to talk to Misuari

President Rodrigo Duterte is “very happy” with the initial results of the plebiscite to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

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Duterte banking heavily on BOL ratification: ‘Pag pumalpak pa ito, ewan ko na’

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:19:41 +0000

President Duterte on Wednesday said he is banking heavily on the ratification of the BOL to finally bring lasting peace to Mindanao.

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Palace declares holiday in areas holding 2nd BOL plebiscite

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:40:51 +0000

Palace declares holiday in areas holding 2nd BOL plebiscite

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared Feb. 6 a non-working holiday in Lanao Del Norte (except Iligan City) and in seven North Cotabato municipalities for the second day of the plebiscite of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

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Comelec admits ‘clerical error’ in number of registered voters, votes in Cotabato

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:19:49 +0000

Comelec admits clerical error in number of registered voters, votes in Cotabato

Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez admitted on Wednesday that a “clerical error” happened in the canvassing of certificates for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite in Cotabato City.

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