BARMM to launch 10-year plan to address women’s needs on peace, security

MARAWI CITY: In March 2023, the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and UNDP planned to launch the next cycle of the BARMM’s action plan on women, peace, and security (RAP-WPS). A 4-day technical write-shop to jumpstart the next cycle of RAP-WPS… Read More BARMM to launch 10-year plan to address women’s needs on peace, security

MBHTE extends NDU’s autonomous status to 2025; rehabs P7.4M sports facilities for CotSU

COTABATO CITY: The autonomous status of Notre Dame University (NDU) has been extended by the BARMM’s Education Ministry effective until July 31, 2025. The extension was in line with Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Memorandum No. 07, series of 2023, extending the validity period of Autonomous and Deregulated Status Granted to Private Higher Education Institutions;… Read More MBHTE extends NDU’s autonomous status to 2025; rehabs P7.4M sports facilities for CotSU

BARMM to build 100 brgy health stations this year, two inaugurated in LDS

LANAO DEL SUR: To ensure that every Bangsamoro in the far flung areas will have access to healthcare services, the Ministry of Health (MOH) will construct 100 barangay health stations (BHS) across the region this 2023. MOH Minister Dr. Rizaldy Piang announced this Thursday, Feb. 23, during the inauguration ceremony of the two (2) newly-built… Read More BARMM to build 100 brgy health stations this year, two inaugurated in LDS

Campaign period starts Feb. 25 for Lanao plebiscites

By Ferdinand Patinio MANILA: The campaign period will begin on Feb. 25 for the twin plebiscites in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur province, according to the schedule released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) over the weekend. The plebiscites on March 18 will be for the proposed creation of Barangay Boganga II and Barangay… Read More Campaign period starts Feb. 25 for Lanao plebiscites

PERMA: A basic theory of well-being through the lens of Islamic guidance and counselling

IMADODIN BASAR DIMAO “Do not be sad, for sadness, grief, and anxiety are the roots of mental problems, the sources of stress.” Ãid al-Qarni  It’s been two-decade since the original publication of “Don’t be sad” book by one of the esteemed Muslim scholars, Dr. Ãid al-Qarni, which was first written in Arabic via ‘لا تحزن’… Read More PERMA: A basic theory of well-being through the lens of Islamic guidance and counselling

New Mindanao group hails Sen. Zubiri to be next Senate president

As of this writing, it seems all but academic that the next senate president will be Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri after his closest rival, Sen. Cynthia Villar, in her own social media post  has thrown in the towel but has expressed her strong desire to retain her chairmanship of the agriculture committee. As such, the… Read More New Mindanao group hails Sen. Zubiri to be next Senate president