Bangsamoro Basic Law
Don’t let prejudices derail BBL, solons told
Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo on Wednesday urged legislators not to allow biases and prejudices derail the passage of the...
Should the Bangsamoro Basic Law be passed?
THE STANDARD TALKS. There’s opinion, and there’s informed opinion. The Standard knows information, knowledge and perspective are absolutely necessary for...
Traders still back passage of BBL
Local businessmen still supports the Bangsamoro Basic Law but conceded the Mamapasano incident may delay the passage of the bill....
Malaysia’s vested interests in the BBL
President Benigno Aquino III’s advisers on the controversial Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) currently pending approval in Congress obviously did not...
Financing the Bangsamoro
This column is written as a response to the misinformation being spread about the so-called P75-billion “pork barrel” for the...
Improving the Bangsamoro Basic Law
Let me declare at the outset that I support the creation of a Bangsamoro autonomous region. Its establishment is certainly...
Bangsamoro law faces ‘very rough sailing’ in House
THE Bangsamoro Basic Law faces a “very rough sailing” in the House because its members are demanding that the bill...
‘No need to rush okay of law on Bangsamoro’
FORMER peace panel chairman retired general Rodolfo Garcia and University of the Philippines professor and political analyst Clarita Carlos said...
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