Violence-torn region in southern Philippines hungers for peace, development

STORY: Violence-torn region in southern Philippines hungers for peace, development DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: COTABATO CITY, the Philippines CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cotabato City 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AHOD EBRAHIM, BARMM Chief Minister 3. various of Cotabato City 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AHOD EBRAHIM, BARMM Chief Minister 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, Philippine President 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): AHOD EBRAHIM, BARMM Chief Minister STORYLINE: Scarred by almost five decades of armed conflict, a violence-torn region in the southern Philippines is on its way to a lasting peace, attracting more investors to rebuild the languishing economy and lift its people out of poverty. Cotabato City is the biggest city of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), southern Philippines. In 2014, the Philippine government and Bangsamoro's combatants signed a peace agreement, ending the decades-long insurgency. In 2018