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ALMOST DONE. Ghazali Jaafar (3rd from right), chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, announces that the BTC is close to completing its draft of the new Bangsamoro Basic Law. In a press conference on Saturday, June 3 at the Park Inn Hotel in Lanang, Davao City Jaafar said they will submit the draft to President Rodrigo Duterte by the first week or second week of June. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

‘More autonomous than ARMM’: New BBL draft to be submitted to Duterte soon

It will only take the Bangsamoro Transition Commission a few more days before they complete the new law that will create the Bangsamoro, a new political entity which will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Duterte says NDFP offer to fight vs Maute shows goodwill
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Duterte says NDFP offer to fight vs Maute shows goodwill

Despite his stance for the government not to participate in the fifth round of formal talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has recognized the offer of the communists to fight against terrorism as a sign of goodwill.

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Read more about the article Palace says Marawi siege was carefully planned 
Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella (davaotoday.com)

Palace says Marawi siege was carefully planned 

Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the Maute group had planned their siege in Marawi very well, saying that the terrorists chose the commercial heart of the city in order to sustain themselves from the goods ransacked from the establishments in the area.

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Read more about the article Analyst says Marawi siege a US proxy war vs. Duterte
NOT ACCOUNTED. As of May 31, ARMM-HEART data said 3,228 civilians were still reported missing or stranded while 2,265 were already rescued. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com photo)

Analyst says Marawi siege a US proxy war vs. Duterte

An analyst said the attack in Marawi City is a form of a proxy war that the US is staging against President Rodrigo Duterte, whose pivot now leans towards what he called “a Eurasian alliance with China and Russia.”

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