BARMM OKAYS P475-M INVESTMENTS TO START 2023

THE Bangsamoro Board of Investments in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BBOI-BARMM) today announced it approved the registration of three projects in the region with a total investment worth P475 million to kick off this year’s BARMM investment generation.

BBOI-BARMM Chairperson Mohamad Omar Pasigan identified the new investment projects as the Beauty of Life Beach Resort, KS Agricultural Products Trading and Shahada Medical and Diagnostic Clinic.

The Beauty of Life Beach Resort is a tourismrelated facilities and attraction and is a 100 percent Filipino-owned and a sole proprietorship company located at Barangay Kusiong, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

Pasigan said the resort’s total projected cost is PHP295 and will provide automatic employment for 44 job seekrs.

“The beach resort is the first ever of its kind to register in the region. It is an avenue for tourists and BARMM guests to experience the vastness of water. The resort has great facilities and modern amenities,” Pasigan said in a statement.

57 BARMM LGUs cited for good works

By John Felix Unson

DOZENS of local government units in the Bangsamoro region received special awards Monday, January 23, for high performance rating and efficient antinarcotics campaign.

The activity, held and jointly facilitated by Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. and his counterpart in the region, Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo, was among the highlights of the weeklong celebration of the 4th founding anniversary of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao that started Saturday last week.

BARMM’s charter, the Republic Act 11054, was ratified via a plebiscite in January 2019, setting up a more empowered regional autonomous government that replaced the then 29year Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Lamitan City, the provincial government of Basilan and two towns in the island province, Maluso and Sumisip, were among 57 local government units that got awards each for high ratings in the Local Government Functionality Appraisal by the BARMM government via its Ministry of the Interior and local government.

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300 families flee due to MILF “infighting”

By Edwin O. Fernandez

HUNDREDS of civilians have fled to safer grounds following skirmishes in Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao de Sur that left a militiaman killed by stray bullets.

Rajah Buayan Mayor Bai Maruja Ampatuan Mastura said at least 300 families (about 1,500 individuals) have fled to safer grounds to avoid stray bullets.

“They fled for fear they might be hit by stray bullets,” Mayor Mastura said, adding that the tension have died down as of Wednesday.

Many of the internally displaced persons are now housed in Bakat Elementary School in Barangay Bakat, Rajah Buayan but refused to return home.

Mayor Mastura said Rajah Buayan Vice Mayor Jerry Makalay had conducted accounting of IDPs, many of whom sougth refuge in their reltives’ homes.

“We appeal for help from the provincial government, we have limited available supplies for the evacuees,” she said, asking assistance from Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam Mangudadatu.

DENR-12 watched thousands of Asian waterbids in

TACURONG CITY — The DENR Community Environmental Natural and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) here and in Sarangani province today reported that its teams have sighted various species of waterbirds during the annual Asian waterbird census in the region.

On Thursday, DENR-12 Regional Executive Director Atty. Felix S. Alicer said these birds were monitored in Baras bird sanctuary in Tacurong City, Lake Buluan natural biotoic area in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat and in Sarangani province.

The simultaneous census were held on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tacurong CENR Officer Dr.