The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that the BARMM barangay elections and Sangguniang Kabataan on Monday, October 31, 2023, were generally peaceful nationwide, despite six deaths in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. said that the violent election-related incidents for this election…
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Block Grants Tool for Development in BARMM
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is a newly created region in the Philippines. It was created in 2019 through the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which grants BARMM a greater degree of autonomy than other regions in the country. One of the key provisions of the BOL is…