Latest in BARMMEvery single precinct and headquarters in the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections used Starlink satellite internet for the transmission of results, with no traditional telecommunications provider involved, COMELEC Commissioner Rey Bulay said Monday. Bulay…
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has declared a viral Facebook post claiming that a voter’s receipt showed a different political party from what was actually voted a malicious and baseless falsehood. COMELEC Commissioner Rey Bulay warned that those who spread false information that undermines…
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is fully prepared to administer the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections or BSKE this year if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoes the bill passed by both houses of Congress postponing the polls. The ballots are already printed, materials already in…
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections generally peaceful, saying isolated incidents were addressed quickly and that the commission’s sworn commitment—as in the 2025 national elections—of no failure of…
Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad Ali “Bruce” Matabalao said Monday he personally witnessed a disturbance on election day and noticed that most of those involved were people he had never before seen in his city—raising the possibility that the election day violence was carried out by outsiders rather…
Cotabato City’s five years of steady economic growth and improving reputation with both the national and international community are more than strong enough to withstand one day of election-related violence, and the city will recover quickly, Mayor Mohammad Ali “Bruce” Matabalao said Monday.…
Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad Ali “Bruce” Matabalao called on the incoming members of the Bangsamoro Parliament to look beyond their own parties’ priority legislation and pass laws that promote broad development, progress, and advancement for the entire Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim…
The incoming Bangsamoro parliament’s top three priorities must be employment, education, and social services—including services for the more than 5 million Bangsamoro people living outside the BARMM who feel underserved by their own homeland’s government, Maranao leader Samira Gutoc said Monday.…
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) parliamentary system of government is a governance prototype that the rest of the Philippines should study and learn from, because it is the only system in the country where department heads are both duly elected legislators and members…
Maranao leader and civil society advocate Samira Gutoc woke up at 3 a.m. on election day, offered a prayer, and then cast her ballot at her precinct in Marantao, Lanao del Sur, dedicating her vote to peace, to her late parents, to the religious leaders who stood with the Bangsamoro cause, and to…
At least four people were killed and 19 others wounded in seven election-related violent incidents across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on Monday, but the Philippine National Police said the violence was isolated and not widespread enough to disrupt the historic first…
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) will serve as the coordinating body for a whole-of-nation approach to supporting the incoming elected Bangsamoro government, bringing together the DSWD, DOH, DOST, DOLE, DepEd, AFP, PNP, Coast Guard, and civil…
Nearly 200 international observers are on the ground for the first BARMM parliamentary elections, and the governments and organizations they represent have pledged to continue supporting the Bangsamoro region well beyond election day. Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and…
The first BARMM parliamentary elections formally conclude the authority of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority and open the path for an elected parliament to convene, choose a Chief Minister, and take their oath of office by October 30, 2026, ending years of provisional governance that the…
Voting hours were extended in Al-Barka, Basilan until 9 p.m. and Maluso in Basilan may extend until Tuesday after ballots were allegedly found pre-shaded and replacement materials had to be sent from Manila, while Cotabato City’s second district is under negotiation for a possible extension…
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