Bangsamoro Basic Law Archives

BOL in the News: Coverage Stuck on the Event, a Matter of Procedure (Updated)

ON THE evening of July 18, the bicameral conference committee approved the reconciled version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) after addressing the different contentious provisions of House Bill... Read more

BBL Back in the News

Aksyon news anchor Ed Lingao explaining the BBL. Screen shot from News5Everywhere YouTube page. LONG OVERDUE, the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) has finally moved forward in Congress. News had sidelined the... Read more

Keeping Tabs on the BBL

DURING THE turnover ceremony of the new Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) draft in Malacañang on July 17, Bangsamoro Transition Committee (BTC) chair Ghazali Jaafar proclaimed it as the... Read more

Peace is Key in Rebuilding Marawi – Bangsamoro Women

By: Diana G. Mendoza CONFRONTED WITH different kinds of crises, government must always reflect its recognition of the country’s diversity expressed invariably through its different faiths and cultures,... Read more

Examining the Mamasapano Impact on Peace

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for running a two-part series examining the impact of the Mamasapano incident on peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic... Read more

‘Peace movement fueled by womanpower’

Their being accustomed to the responsibilities of housekeeping and motherhood, their tenacity, female stubbornness and lack of ego — these qualities of women fueled, to a great extent, the... Read more

Indigenous Women Struggle with the Bangsamoro Basic Law

Fintailan Leonora Mokudev, a member of the Teduray tribe in Maguindanao, has a different take on women’s empowerment among indigenous peoples (IPs) and Lumads or non-Muslim IP groups. Read more

Army builds “bridges of peace” between warring Iranun clans

SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao – The military’s “persuader” brigade has planted the seed of peace among warring families living in Maguindanao communities with an imaginary “wall” due to “ rido”... Read more

At Large: BBL, Shari’ah and respect for women

Whatever P-Noy’s reasons for not mentioning the SAF 44 (why is no one bemoaning the nonmention as well of the 17 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters and the three... Read more

MindaNews Received Award of Distinction and Joseph Morong named Marshall McLuhan Fellow of 2015

IN a presentation ceremony held at the SGV Hall of the AIM Conference Center in Makati City, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) gave MindaNews the Award... Read more