ACTIVITY CENTER. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo (center black shirt) assists in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the PHP5-million activity center in Barangay Buricain, Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, Thursday (June 29, 2023). Sinarimbo (inset) noted in his speech that the village is one of the 63 villages in North Cotabato that now forms part of the BARMM’s Special Geographic Area. (Photo courtesy of MILG-BARMM)
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – The Ministry of the Interior and Local Government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MILG-BARMM) has turned over Thursday a PHP5 million community activity center in Barangay Buricain here.
In a statement Friday, MILG-BARMM Minister Naguib Sinarimbo said Barangay Buricain is one of 11 other barangays in this town that is now under BARMM’s Special Geographic Area (SGA) in North Cotabato.
At least 63 villages in six towns of North Cotabato have opted for inclusion in the BARMM during a two-part plebiscite in 2019.
Sinarimbo and SGA Administrator Butch Malang led the inauguration ceremonies witnessed by local security forces from the military, police and village officials, among others.
Barangay Buricain chairperson Badrudin Awil, together with SGA Federation President Johan P. Sinarimbo, formally accepted the community activity center.
Republic Act 11054 or the BARMM Organic Law requires the regional government to establish a special development fund for conflict-affected communities, including the implementation of programs, projects, and activities under the Bangsamoro Integrated Rehabilitation and Development program. (PNA)
