Politics

Hopes up for Bangsamoro interim extension until 2025

Hopes up for Bangsamoro interim extension until 2025

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Mar 09, 2021

Hopes are high for Congress to approve the extension of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) until 2025 for it to have some leeway to respond to the exacerbating problems resulting from COVID-19 and establish institutions for self-governance in the Bangsamoro region.

Aeta farmers charged under anti-terror law seek inclusion in the petitions

Aeta farmers charged under anti-terror law seek inclusion in the petitions

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Feb 03, 2021

Hours before the start of the oral arguments on the petitions against the anti-terror law on February 2, the two Aeta farmers, who have been jailed and first to be charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA), filed a petition requesting the Supreme Court (SC) to include them in the 37 petitions that seek to declare the law void.