LOOK: Police and military troops have been heavily deployed across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) days before its first parliamentary election on Monday, Sept. 14.
The heightened security comes as voters prepare to elect members of the BARMM Parliament, in a vote tied to the Bangsamoro people’s long-standing aspiration for self-determination. | via Ian Peter Guanzon, Lucelle Bonzo
Comelec ready for first BARMM parliamentary elections
COTABATO CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Elections declared itself ready to conduct the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, citing completed preparations and a stable peace-and-order…