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

PHILIPPINES-MAGUINDANAO-FLOOD

PHILIPPINES-MAGUINDANAO-FLOOD

(221028) -- MAGUINDANAO, Oct. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers evacuate residents affected by flood in Maguindanao Province, the Philippines, Oct. 28, 2022. The death toll has risen to 42 and more people were found missing after a strong overnight downpour flooded a number of towns in the Maguindanao province in southern Philippines, a local official said Friday. (Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region/Handout via Xinhua)

PHILIPPINES-MAGUINDANAO-FLOOD

PHILIPPINES-MAGUINDANAO-FLOOD

(221028) -- MAGUINDANAO, Oct. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers evacuate a resident affected by flood in Maguindanao Province, the Philippines, Oct. 28, 2022. The death toll has risen to 42 and more people were found missing after a strong overnight downpour flooded a number of towns in the Maguindanao province in southern Philippines, a local official said Friday. (Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region/Handout via Xinhua)

Japan awards 7 new assistance projects to Mindanao in Philippines

Japan awards 7 new assistance projects to Mindanao in Philippines

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhide Ishikawa (L) signs on March 24, 2015, in the Philippine capital Manila seven Japan-funded grant assistance projects to conflict-affected areas on the southern island of Mindanao. The projects, related to education, health and agriculture and amounting to about $650,000, are part of Japan's continuing assistance for peace and development in war-torn parts of Mindanao under the Japan-Bangsamoro Initiatives for Reconstruction and Development launched in 2006. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo