President Benigno Aquino III expressed optimism that there would be a BBL “within the next two years” during a meeting with the head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which has poured in billions of pesos in socio-development assistance in conflict-torn Central Mindanao | Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has urged the next Philippine president to re-file the Bangsamoro Basic Law and ensure its early passage | Philippine Star
The military wing of the MILF has repositioned more than a thousand of its fighters in several barangays to avoid a mis-encounter as government troops continue law enforcement operations against the BIFF and other terrorist groups operating in the province.
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More than 20 business representatives from Mindanao met with the Sabah delegation and discussed potential areas for collaboration, particularly in banana production, halal restaurant, coffee shop franchising, logistics, tourism, construction, and other agri-based commodities.
The Mindanao Development Authority will push for the re-filing and approval of the bill seeking to create the Mindanao Power Corp., a government entity that will manage two major hydroelectric plants, in the next Congress | BusinessWorld
Read more: Mindanao Power Corp. bill to be filed in next Congress