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President Aquino personally submitted the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to the leaders of the Congress, the first time this was done by a President of the Republic of the Philippines. Congress leaders promised that they will prioritize the passage of the bill. President Benigno Aquino III finally turned over to Congress the much-awaited final draft of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) on Wednesday. Aquino personally endorsed the draft BBL bill to Senate […]
Presidential peace adviser Teresita Deles confirmed that President Aquino will personally hand over the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to the Congress.
Senate President Franklin Drilon asked the senate to prioritize the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front does not find it acceptable that the Malacañang amended 50% of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
The Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has yet to reach full consensus on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
The peace panel of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will meet again this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to resolve pending issues in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno S. Aquino said he will study the six-inch-thick draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law over the weekend and ensure its ratification in Congress so that the new Bangsamoro government would be in place by January 2015.“I have to confess, it’s siguro about six inches thick, ‘yung the law itself and also ‘yung comments by both parties. I have reserved Sunday to go through each and every one of those pages […]
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA (PNA) — Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Wednesday said a special committee will be formed to handle the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law. “It (proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law) could go to several committees, so I decided — subject to the approval of everybody — to create a Special Committee (so) all of the Committee chairmen will be Vice Chairmen of that Mother Committee,” Belmonte told reporters in a press briefing. The […]
By Noel Y. Punzalan & Edwin O. Fernandez (Photo courtesy Philippine News Agency) COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Thousands of Moro people Sunday held a peaceful rally here calling on Congress to immediately pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that will establish the Bangsamoro government. Bobby Benito, chair of the Mindanao Alliance for Peace (MAP) and rally organizer, said the gathering which was similarly held in other parts of Mindanao calls for the passage of the […]
By Edwin O.Fernandez COTABATO CITY, April 21 (PNA) — The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) composed of representatives from the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has signed the final draft of the proposed law that will establish the Bangsamoro government in Mindanao, officials said Monday. Ghadzali Jaafar, MILF vice chair for political affairs, said the signing was held at the BTC office in Cotabato City on Sunday, April 20. “Except for two BTC commissioners, […]
MANILA, April 15 — Malacanang said that the working draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is still open to modification after it was submitted to the Office of the President (OP) on Monday afternoon. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. raised the issue in a Palace media briefing following speculations that the initial draft lacked key details that should have been included. “By definition, a draft is something that can be supplemented and can […]
The Bangsamoro Transition Commission is set to start its massive awareness campaign following the submission of the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to President Noynoy Aquino.
