Election officers check the contents of a ballot box during the canvassing of votes at the provincial capitol in Tubod, Lanao del Norte on Thursday, Feb. 7. Just the day before, a province-wide plebiscite was held to determine if the voters want the six towns to be included in the new Bangsamoro regional government that will be created following the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
This province has remained peaceful as the canvassing for the plebiscite that determined whether the six contested towns will become part of the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) ended on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 7.