MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 052
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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With Maguindanao split into 2, Mindanao now has 28 provinces and BARMM has 6
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By MINDANEWS
OTABATO CITY (MindaNews) – Mindanao now has 28 provinces with the ratification of Republic Act 11550 in Saturday’s plebiscite, dividing Maguindanao into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur. A total of 707,651 voters voted yes to the split while 5,206 said no, Rex Laudiangco, spokesperson of the Commission on Elections said on Sunday morning. He said voter turnout was 80.84%. Also because of the division into two provinces, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will now comprise six provinces (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte
MONTE PABLO ESTATES Ground breaking at Alae, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, an 11 hectare development to suit everyone’s housing needs lead by Engr. Alvin R. Rafols of AFR Properties Inc. - Developer , and Mrs. Edelyn Fernandez Sarmiento - President of Montepablo Estates Realty Corp.
and Maguindanao del Sur). BARMM’s other component areas are the cities of Marawi, Lamitan and Cotabato and 63 villages in six North Cotabato towns that voted yes to inclusion in the
BARMM. With the ratification, Maguindanao Governor Bai Mariam Mangudadatu will serve as Governor of Maguindanao del Sur while Vice Governor Ainee Sinsuat will serve
as Acting Governor of Maguindanao del Norte until a governor is elected in 2025. Mangudadatu is the wife of former Sultan Kudarat Governor Suharto “Teng” Mangudadatu
SPECIAL REPORT: After 3 years, BARMM-funded projects now welcome in Cotabato City By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA
COTABATO CITY (MindaNe ws / 17 S eptember) – Three years after the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), residents of Cotabato City are finally feeling they are part of the region as projects funded by the regional government are now welcomed by the city’s officials. Since the city voted yes to inclusion in the BARMM in the January 2019 plebiscite, and even after its formal Cotabato City Mayor-elect Mohammad Bruce Matabalao (center) during his procSee YEARS, page 11
lamation as Mayor of Cotabato City. Photo from Matabalao’s Facebook page
. Their son, Datu Pax Ali is the incumbent Sultan Kudarat Governor. Sinsuat is wife of Datu Odin Sinsuat mayor Lester, who had earlier served as Maguindanao Vice Governor.
The new province of Maguindanao del Norte has 12 towns: Barira, Buldon, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Matanog, Northern Kabuntalan, Parang, North Upi, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Mastura and Talitay. Its capital is Datu Odin Sinsuat. The new Maguindanao del Sur has 24 towns: Ampatuan, Buluan, Datu Abdulla Sangki, Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, DatuMontawal, Datu Paglas, Datu Piang, Datu Salibo, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Datu Unsay, Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun, Guindulungan, Mamasapano, Mangudadatu, Pagalungan, Paglat, Pandag, Rajah Buayan, Sharif Aguak, Sharif Saydona Mustafa, Sultan sa Barongis, Talayan and South Upi. Its capital is Buluan. (MindaNews)
Maguindanao split looms as ‘yes’ vote overwhelmingly wins By Ferdinand Patinio MANILA – Nearly all the 86.93 percent of Maguindanao’s registered voters agreed to ratify a law seeking to divide the province into two during a plebiscite held on Saturday. Of the 711,767 out of 818,790 registered voters who cast their ballots, 706,558 or 99.27 picked “yes”, according to a statement of C ommission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco on Sunday. Only 5,209 or 0.73 percent of the voters opposed the division.
Laudiangco said the Maguindanao split plebiscite’s voter turnout was second to the record set in the March 7, 1998 referendum that created Compostela Valley from Davao Del Norte at 89.73 percent, or 212,217 voters out of 236,502 total registered. “As it stands, this Maguindanao plebiscite will have the second highest voter turnout for provincewide plebiscites,” he said. However, in terms of total number of registered voters and total number of voters who actually voted, Laudiangco said “this is See VOTE, page 10