Category: BMFI
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Doves for Peace
TULAY KAMI partners release doves for peace at last Monday’s Citizens’ Action for the BBL Rally in front of the Press Freedom Monument in Cagayan de Oro City. This was done after handing over to the Cagayan de Oro Press Club a letter of appeal for the passage of the BBL addressed to Philippine legislators.…
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Statement of Support for the Bangsamoro Basic Law
An Appeal to the Legislators from the Peace Advocates of Northern Mindanao… We, the undersigned advocates of peace, state our unequivocal support for the enactment of a Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) as outlined under the provisions of House Bill 4994 and Senate Bill 2408 otherwise known as “An act providing for the basic law for…
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The Youth Peace Camp 2015 Starts Today!
Today, young people from all over Mindanao come together to talk about enriching their involvement in community peace and resiliency-building! What message of peace do you want to give them? The banner design is by one of our summer youth volunteers, Diego Llanderal.
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The long journey to Bangsamoro, a timeline
By BONG D. FABE ON March 27, 2014, the whole world joined the Philippines in rejoicing over the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the final peace agreement entered into by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The signing of the CAB,…
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Rufus: BBL is basically federalism with another name
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, chairman of the adhoc committee on the BBL in the House of Representatives, has said that the Bangsamoro Basic Law is really federalism with another name. The BBL gives 58 exclusive powers to the Bangsamoro government and only nine reserved powers to the national government. Aside from that, 14…