Carmela Fonbuena

2 months ago | pcij.org | Guinevere Latoza |Carmela Fonbuena

Social media has been awash with disinformation following the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who was turned over to the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on a warrant for alleged crimes against humanity related to his violent ‘drug war.’Posts commonly twist the legal facts surrounding Duterte’s arrest and detention, portraying him as a victim of injustice.

2 months ago | pcij.org | Guinevere Latoza |Carmela Fonbuena

Unless they are also operators, drivers will no longer absorb passenger discounts starting April 7. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has ordered transport network companies (TNCs) and transport network vehicle service (TNVS) operators to equally shoulder the 20% fare discounts legally entitled to persons with disability, senior citizens, and students.

2 months ago | pcij.org | Guinevere Latoza |Carmela Fonbuena

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim declined his appointment as a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the interim government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Ebrahim had been the chief minister of the BTA since 2019 until Marcos replaced him with Abdulraof Macaua, the chief of staff of MILF’s armed wing, on March 3. “I take this opportunity to thank President Ferdinand R.

2 months ago | pcij.org | Guinevere Latoza |Carmela Fonbuena

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) gathered over the weekend hundreds of key officials, political and military leaders, religious sectors and stakeholders at Camp Darapanan, its headquarters in Maguindanao del Norte. The attendees aired concerns about the “dire impact” of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s new appointments to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA)—the interim government of the six-year-old Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)—on the peace process.

2 months ago | pcij.org | Guinevere Latoza |Carmela Fonbuena

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Abdulraof Macaua as the new chief minister of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority and replaced 21 members with new ones. The BTA is the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM’s) interim government. A total of 58 of the 80-member parliament were retained, including Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim who was replaced by Macacua. The former held the post since the BARMM’s creation in 2019.