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(Eagle News) – Not one of the six towns in Lanao Del Norte which sought to be included in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) managed to get the required “double majority” votes to be included in the new autonomous region, according to the latest plebiscite results. Lanao del Norte provincial election officer Atty. Joseph Cuevas made this announcement on Thursday, February 7, just a day after the historic second round of […]
77 injured (Eagle News)–The death toll in the twin blasts at a cathedral in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday, Jan. 27, has reached 27. In a radio interview, Supt. Graciano Mijares, head of the regional police, said as of 1:30 p.m. 77 were wounded in the two explosions that hit Marian Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel while a Catholic mass was ongoing. Of the 27 fatalities, 7 were reportedly soldiers and 20 were civilians […]
(Eagle News)–The Bangsamoro Organic Law that replaces the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao with a more autonomous Bangsamoro has been “deemed ratified,” the Commission on Elections declared on Friday night. Comelec Chair Sherrif Abas made the declaration after it was found the “majority of the votes cast with all the provinces and cities of the present (ARMM) voting as one geographical area is in favor of the approval..” Based on the votes, included in the […]
(Eagle News) – Early results of the January 21 Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in the five provinces comprising the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as well as the cities of Cotabato and Isabela, showed overwhelming “yes” votes for the BOL. In ARMM, initial figures from the Commission on Elections’ Plebiscite Center showed that 1,340,043 voters who voted “Yes” to BOL, while only 192,502 voted “No” as of 1:30 p.m. counting on Tuesday, January 22. […]
