BARMM elections

Read more about the article First Bangsamoro parliamentary elections test promise of self-governance amid hope, skepticism
Twenty-year-old mother Baijen Moren carries her 4-month-old baby as she waits to cast her vote at a polling precinct in Lower Pangangkalan Elementary School in the municipality of Pahamuddin, Cotabato Province during the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Kath M. Cortez)

First Bangsamoro parliamentary elections test promise of self-governance amid hope, skepticism

COTABATO CITY, Philippines—Traveling by motorized boat with her 4-month-old daughter and elderly mother, a young Moro woman cast her vote Monday, Sept. 14, in the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections—her vote…

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CASTING VOTE. A boy plays on the floor as his mother shades the names of her preferred candidates on her ballot during the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections on Sept. 14 at Lower Pangangkalan Elementary School in Barangay Lower Pangangkalan, Pahamuddin municipality, Special Geographic Area. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Kath M. Cortez)

CASTING VOTE

CASTING VOTE. A boy plays on the floor as his mother shades the names of her preferred candidates on her ballot during the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections on Sept. 14…

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Read more about the article First parliamentary polls mark BARMM democratic governance shift
LOOK: Early voting for senior citizens, pregnant women and people with disabilities at Cotabato City Central Pilot Elementary School was delayed Monday, Sept. 14. The voting was scheduled for 5-7 a.m. At approximately 6 a.m., polling precincts were still setting up voting equipment while early voters had already gathered at the school. Some senior citizens also had to go upstairs to upper floors to locate their assigned precincts. | via Ian Peter Guanzon

First parliamentary polls mark BARMM democratic governance shift

COTABATO CITY, Philippines—Violence, voting accessibility and ballot-handling issues marred the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections Sept. 14 in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Local observer group Katungod Bangsamoro called…

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Read more about the article ‘Secure the ballot, don’t intimidate voters’: Watchdog on BARMM poll security 
Katungod Bangsamoro convenes an orientation for the deployment of observers for the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) Parliamentary elections happening Monday, Sept 14. (DAVAO TODAY photo/lan Peter Guanzon)

‘Secure the ballot, don’t intimidate voters’: Watchdog on BARMM poll security 

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—A local election watchdog urged security forces to protect voters without intimidating them after the government ordered tight security in the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections Monday, Sept. 14. …

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Read more about the article Historic Bangsamoro vote is a milestone, not the finish line —peace advocates 

Historic Bangsamoro vote is a milestone, not the finish line —peace advocates 

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Holding the first Bangsamoro elections is a historic milestone in the region’s long-standing struggle for self-determination, but the votes don’t signal completion of the peace process. Resource persons…

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