Dinky in Pagatin

COTABATO CITY – The Aquino administration envisions to reduce the poverty level in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the country’s poorest zone, by at least half within its six-year reign, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazaon “Dinky” Solliman announced here recently. (BPI_ARMM)

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Iran Envoy with ARG

Reassuring Iranian envoy’s meeting with ARMM officials. Iran Ambassador to Philippines Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani (second from left) assures officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao led by acting ARMM Governor Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong (center) of his government’s assistance in the region’s needs in areas of education, cheaper medicines and in his country’s possible import of bananas and other fruits from the region, during his courtesy call on them in Metro Manila Tuesday. Shown in the photo (from left to right) are DILG-ARMM Secretary Haroun Al-Rashid Lucman Jr., Rouzbehani, Adiong, Assemblywoman Rajam M. Akbar of Basilan, ARMM Chief of Staff Avecina Alonto, and Regional Executive Secretary Naguib Sinarimbo. (Ali G. Macabalang)

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P20M Water Project

He said the Freeport is the “showcase” of the six-month old administration of acting ARMM Governor Ansaruddin Alonto-Adiong in the intensified campaign to bring the autonomous region to greater heights. ARMM Executive Secretary Naguib Sinarimbo the Adiong administration has rigorously sourced out P20-million for the construction of the project that started two months ago and its completion was a “breakthrough” in the setting up of facilities for infrastructure and economic investments in the region. (BPI_ARMM)

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Tapatan sa ARMM

Tranparent Governance Campaign. Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo (left) points out before journalists during the Tapatan sa ARMM weekly media forum in Cotabato city, the need to strengthen the countries LGUs under the principle of transparent, accountable and good government as springboard for the fresh Aquino government to propel the nation to greater heights. At the forum, Robredo cites the present ARMM Government for its adherence to such principle. (AGM/BPI_ARMM)

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