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MANILA, Philippines — Akbayan Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula on Sunday urged all parties to ensure the peaceful conduct of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) first parliamentary elections. She also called on the government to ease military deployment to avoid intimidating voters. She acknowledged that deterring election vio

COTABATO CITY — The Commission on Elections announced on Sunday, Sept. 13, that it canceled the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of Anwar Salipada Alamada, the candidate of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the political arm of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, in the Sept. 14 Bangsamoro parliamentary elections. The COC of Alamada, UB

MANILA, Philippines — Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Francis Pangilinan on Sunday called for the peaceful and orderly conduct of the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary elections on Monday. The historic parliamentary elections, which were postponed four times, are set to fill the 80-seat parliament, wit

COTABATO CITY — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson George Erwin Garcia said Sunday that more than 800 public school teachers have withdrawn as electoral board members for the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) on Monday, but assured that this would not affect the historic balloting. Garcia said Special Electoral Boards (SEBs),

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered its former chairperson, Sheriff Abas, now a district representative candidate for Cotabato City, to explain allegations of vote-buying related to the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections (BPE). The Comelec’s Committee on Kontra Bigay issued a show cause order (SCO) aga

MARAWI CITY — Presidential Peace Adviser Mel Senen Sarmiento on Sunday called on registered voters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to come out and exercise their sacred right to elect their leaders in Monday’s first regional parliamentary elections. In a statement, Sarmiento underscored that the electoral exercis

COTABATO CITY – As the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) reaches a historic milestone, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has maintained its commitment to supporting the electoral process and helping ensure that the people can participate freely, safely and peacefully in the region’s first parliamentary elections o

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Philippines — Election officials in Lanao del Sur vowed to complete the canvass and proclaim winners in the race for district representatives by Monday night while vowing to make the voting process easy for voters. Provincial election supervisor Nabil Mutia told the inquirer that they were confident their preparatio