The last Senate hearing on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) on Tuesday will focus on taxation and the management of natural resources in the Bangsamoro territory, Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., chairman of the committee on local governments, said | The Standard
Read more: Senate’s last BBL hearing to focus on taxes, minerals
Japan announces it will advance the new phase of Japan-Bangsamoro Initiatives for Reconstruction and Development (J-BIRD2) which will focus more on ensuring economic autonomy in the Bangsamoro Area, among others.
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Lord Jack McConnell, a member of the U.K. House of Lords and former First Minister of Scotland, believes the devolved governments of their country and Northern Ireland are proof the Bangsamoro Basic Law can work -- ANC
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"We are supporting the passage of BBL as we underscore the need for a Bangsamoro that is stronger than the ARMM, a new government that will bring our people a life of greater opportunities and deliver the promises of a lasting peace," says ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman during Wednesday's Senate hearing on the BBL.
The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation has passed a resolution calling on the Philippine government to ensure that the gains of all peace agreements it entered with the two Moro fronts be preserved in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
Read more: OIC urges PH gov’t to preserve gains of Bangsamoro peace agreements