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… Read More »Doves for Peace
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… Read More »Statement of Support for the Bangsamoro Basic Law
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… Read More »The Youth Peace Camp 2015 Starts Today!
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, witnessed by dignitaries from all over the world, paved the way for the drafting of the (now controversial) Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), a piece of legislation that will implement the CAB and the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) that was signed in October 2012.
What began in 1996 during the Ramos administration officially ended (at least on paper) on that historical day in March 2014. But in between those very long 16 years were various roadblocks, challenges and detours that threaten to cut the “peace journey” short. But thanks the GPH and the MILG, both their peace panels stayed the course of peace and labored to forge a peaceful political settlement to the decades-old “Mindanao problem.”Read More »The long journey to Bangsamoro, a timeline
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 concurrent powers plus 11 additional powers will be shared by both the Bangsamoro and the central/national government.Read More »Rufus: BBL is basically federalism with another name