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High school studes wear headscarves

04 February 2019 Manila Standard Manila Standard

Senior high school students of Taguig National High School wore the Hijab (head covering) for a day in solidarity with Muslim women and girls.

Tags: Women and Youth

Most youth in Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato favor BARMM inclusion – survey

04 February 2019 Rappler Sofia Tomacruz

Tags: Bangsamoro

Peace advocate: Discrimination is felt in urban centers in Mindanao

01 February 2019 ANC Early Edition Interview with Christian Esguerra

Those behind Jolo bombing aims to drive a wedge between Christians and Muslims but they will not be succesful because of the sturdy relations among people of different faiths. The effect will mostly be felt in urban areas outside the area where there will be a spike in discrimination against Muslims.

Tags: Women and Youth

Advocate: Muslim women, children most vulnerable to discrimination

01 February 2019 ANC Early Edition Interview with Christian Esguerra

Peace advocate: Some even change their Muslim-sounding names to be considered for job interviews.

Tags: Women and Youth

Why do Muslim women wear hijabs?

01 February 2019 ABS CBN News ABS CBN News

Several Muslim women in the country celebrated "World Hijab Day" by lending their head wraps to members of other religions in a bid to educate others about the kind of discrimination they face by practicing their faith.

Tags: Women and Youth

Group wary of discrimination vs Muslims in urban areas after Mindanao bombings

01 February 2019 ABS CBN News ABS CBN News

International Alert Philippines Project Officer for Women and Youth Program Nina Bahjin Imlan told ANC's Early Edition that Muslims in cities outside Sulu and Zamboanga, the site of recent bombings of worship sites, would likely experience discrimination.

Tags: Women and Youth

Group wary of discrimination vs Muslims in urban areas after Mindanao bombings

01 February 2019 ABS CBN News Online ABS CBN News

Muslims in urban areas may face discrimination after Islamic State-inspired terrorists were tagged in the deadly bombings in Mindanao, a peace-building organization said Friday.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Violent extremism in Mindanao

01 February 2019 Manila Standard (Opinion) Ernesto M. Hilario

The latest survey by International Alert Philippines, a peace-building non-government organization, showed that 71 percent of the youth in Lanao del Norte are in favor of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

Tags: Bangsamoro

A mother's pain: no more calls from Jolo

31 January 2019 Manila Bulletin Zea Capistrano

Feature story about the grief of Aida Ayoman mother of Private First Class Alizon Ayoman who died at the Jolo bombing.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Mosque attack kills 2 in southern Philippines

30 January 2019 UCANews Joe Torres

Two people were killed and four others wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern Philippines on Jan. 30, three days after a deadly bombing at a Catholic cathedral in a nearby province.

Tags: Bangsamoro

INTERNATIONAL ALERT PHILIPPINES: Protect the gains of peace in hopeful yet fragile conditions

29 January 2019 MindaNews MindaNews

Press statement of International Alert on the Jolo, Sulu twin bombings

Tags: Bangsamoro

Christians Muslims in Mindanao respond to challenges of post-Jolo cathedral blasts

29 January 2019 MindaNews Carolyn Arguillas

The high level of interfaith dialogues in Mindanao is a major factor in ensuring Christians, Muslims and Lumads are able to rise to the challenges they are facing in the post Jolo cathedral bombings, the anger and pain notwithstanding, Christian and Muslim religious leaders said.

Tags: Bangsamoro

PNP: No indication that Jolo blast was a suicide bombing

29 January 2019 ANC Early Edition (TV Report) Interview with Christian Esguerra

Even before plebiscite, the PNP received threats that the Jolo cathedral will be attacked from Abu Sayyaf

Tags: Bangsamoro

Philippine church attack clouds outlook for peace in Mindanao

28 January 2019 Nikkei Asian Review Mikhail Flores

The fatal bombing of a Catholic church in the Philippines has cast a shadow over prospects for peace in the country's southern islands, just days after the largely Muslim population in the region voted for greater autonomy.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Tough challenges await MILF in BOL leadership — Analysts

23 January 2019 UNTV Nel Maribojoc

The passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is being counted upon to resolve the decades-long armed conflict in Mindanao region.

Tags: Bangsamoro

After Bangsamoro plebiscite, hopes are high but no quick fixes expected

22 January 2019 ABS CBN News Online Patrick Quintos

Hopes are high that the “usual” shootouts and other gun-related violence in the restive south may finally disappear as residents of Muslim Mindanao on Monday voted in a plebiscite for wider Bangsamoro autonomy, one of the final steps in the peace pact between the government and the country’s largest Moro rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or MILF.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Canvassing starts as BOL approval anticipated

22 January 2019 Business World Tajallih Basman and Gillian Cortez

THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) en banc convened on Tuesday morning as the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) to start the official count for the votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite, but adjourned by 11:30 a.m. as it awaited vote certificates.

Tags: Bangsamoro

‘Yes’, ‘No’ in tight race

22 January 2019 Manila Bulletin Zea Capistrano and Leslie ann Aquino

The “Yes” and “No” votes are in a tight race when the city’s Plebiscite Board of Can­vassers for the Bangsamoro Or­ganic Law (BOL) plebiscite took a recess.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Lara: #BangsamoroVote gearing towards winning in whole ARMM

21 January 2019 ANC Early Edition (TV Report) Interview with Christian Esguerra

The #BangsamoroVote is gearing toward a "massive victory" in the ARMM, except in Sulu, Isabela City, Basilan and Cotabato City, said International Alert PH senior adviser Francisco Lara.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Lara: There is no opt out option in Bangsamoro plebiscite for Sulu

21 January 2019 ANC Early Edition (TV Report) Interview with Christian Esguerra

Sulu has no choice to opt out of the new Bangsamoro region, but "no" votes from the province will strengthen their petition before the Supreme Court, said International Alert PH senior adviser Francisco Lara.

Tags: Bangsamoro