Read more: Kusog Mindanaw 2025 Launches in Davao City, Marks Transition to Youth-Led Leadership
Sultan Kudarat Governor Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu opened the Kusog Mindanaw 2025 Conference by urging participants to be “critical catalysts of change.” He reminded the audience that “politics is temporary—it comes and goes,” but leadership built on puso, utak, at kamay—heart, mind, and capacity—leaves a lasting legacy. His keynote marked a shift in Kusog Mindanaw’s history, as younger leaders stepped into more visible roles in a platform that has convened Mindanao’s thinkers and movers since 1994.
Fifty-seven students from Notre Dame of Midsayap College (NDMC) joined a youth-focused forum last Friday, July 25, that spotlighted election monitoring insights and pre-election voter education efforts in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The Independent Election Monitoring Center (IEMC) presented findings and recommendations from its May 2025 monitoring work, followed by collaborative planning with students targeting municipalities across the SGA.
IAG released today an independent assessment of governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The report offers the first comprehensive review of the six-year transition under the MILF-led Bangsamoro Transition Authority. The report examines a pivotal period in Muslim Mindanao’s journey toward autonomous regional governance, peacebuilding, and socio-economic development.
Read more: Groundbreaking Report Examines the Challenges to Autonomous Government in the Bangsamoro
As the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) prepares for its first parliamentary elections on October 13, 2025, the Coalition for Social Accountability and Transparency (CSAT) is mobilizing its regional chapters to scale up monitoring, education, and advocacy initiatives.