Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:22:12 +0000
The plebiscite for the BOL ratification was “credible” despite reports of harassment in Cotabato City, Comelec chair Sheriff Abas said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:32:13 +0000
Filipinos should accept whatever the results of the BOL plebiscite would be, a Malacañang official said Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:25:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Tuesday said the initial and unofficial tally of the votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite validates a Social Weather Station (SWS) survey result which showed that majority of Muslims nationwide support the ratification of the proposed statute.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:43:29 +0000
The plebiscite for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law on Monday was “generally very peaceful,” the military said.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:18:17 +0000
Despite delays in Cotabato City, Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez declared Monday’s BOL plebiscite “very successful.”
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:31:30 +0000
Police have confiscated 85 firearms and 12 grenades since setting up election checkpoints a week prior to the conduct of the BOL plebiscite.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:59:46 +0000
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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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:20:57 +0000
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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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:37:48 +0000
SULTAN KUDARAT, MAGUINDANAO—There is light at the end of the tunnel. This was the statement of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief Ebrahim Murad as he cast his vote Monday during the plebiscite to ratify the law that will give them full autonomy in the new Bangsamoro homeland. “We never thought this will happen,” he […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:25:55 +0000
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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