BARMM adopts own electoral law

CEREMONIAL SIGNING.

Chief Minister

Ahod “Hadji Murad”

Ebrahim and Speaker Pangalian Balindong shaking hands after the ceremonial signing of the code on Wednesday, Match

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BARMM lawmakers pour in P157-million health projects for constituents

Several lawmakers from the regional parliament poured in P157 -million worth of different health projects that will benefit the Bangsamoro constituents across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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OTABATO CITY –The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) now has its own electoral law, with the unanimous approval byitsinterimparliament of the enabling bill treatedasurgenttofulfill a commitment to the nationalgovernment.

Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Bill No. 29, docketed as Bangsamoro Electoral Code of 2023, was approved on the third and finalreadingonMarch8, shortly after its passage on the second reading onthesameday.

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MILG joins the Women’s Month Kick Off Ceremony

COTABATO CITY The Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) joined the kick-off ceremony of this year's Women's Month during the celebration of International Women's Day.

The male and female Ministry employees, dressed in purple shirts and banners, joined the motorcade that began at the Cotabato City Plaza and proceeded to the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural

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TPWC leads Women's Month KickOff Celebration in Tawi-Tawi

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The mirrors of Marawi ON MARCH 23, 2023, Marawi will painfully remember the sixth year since the Battle of Marawi, a five-month-long struggle to bring down the Islamic jihadists in Lanao del Sur took place.

(A column by Antonio V. Figueroa)

Complex, Bangsamoro Government Center, for the program proper.

The theme of this year's Women's Month is “WE for Gender Equity and Inclusive Society.”

WE stands for Women and Everyone, according to the Philippine Commission on Women (PWC), emphasizing the role of women and everyone in the pursuit of gender equality.

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Women's Empowerment, which can only be achieved when agencies, mechanisms, institutions, private partners, and duty-bearers from the national to the local level provide women equal rights and opportunities, and women take these opportunities to further themselves.

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