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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnVpvnJiO0w

Title: One Mindanao: Kaso sa Malnutrition

Author: One Mindanao

Date Published: February 20, 2023

Key info: The news segment talks about the concerning number of cases of Malnutrition especially in the Municipalities that compromise Sarangani, Mindanao. Although it said to be in a decreasing curve compared to the previous data, the amount of children affected by this is still concerning therefore, much assistance from the government and its agencies are required to solve this problem.

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjBkwggIdlg&pp=ygU8UGhpbGlwcGluZXM6IE1hcmF3aSBzdWZmZXJzIGh1bWFuaXRhcmlhbiBjcmlzaXMgZHVyaW5nIHNpZWdl
Title: Marawi suffers humanitarian crisis during siege
Author: Jamela Alindogan (Al Jazeera)
Date Published: June 24, 2017
Key Information: One of the affected people from crisis said that they hoped the government doesn't forget about people like her who suffering during the siege. During the siege, the government was restricted and their help wasn't enough to sustain the many victims, leaving them dehydrated, hungry, and malnourished.

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Philippines: Marawi suffers humanitarian crisis during siege

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQVVbAF_6j0
Title: Hope for the Future (Katarina Rodriguez)

Author: Save the Children Philippines
Date Published: June 11, 2021
Key Info: This promotional video from Save the Children Philippines invites everybody to pledge and donate to their organization to address the lingering issue on malnutrition in the country. All proceeds would be used to fund their programs and initiatives for malnutrition from health services and basic education. With the Philippines being ranked as the 9th country most affected by this issue, it is imperative that we support such causes especially since this initiative would definitely include helping out the malnourished children in Mindanao as Mindanao is the most affected place in the country.

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Hope for the Future (Katarina Rodriguez)

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URL: https://bangsamoro.gov.ph/news/latest-news/barmm-launches-national-nutrition-council/
Title: Bangsamoro Government's Plan to Battle Hunger and Malnutrition
Author: Jomer Gallano
Date Published: May 6, 2019
Description: This article discusses the Bangsamoro community in Maguindanao's efforts to combat hunger by opening a new nutrition office and emphasize the value of healthy eating through formulating relevant nutrition policies and guidelines in the region. However, they emphasized that the other local government units must cooperate to provide effective partnership and resources on the ground. This shows the need for greater government involvement in the fight against malnutrition, particularly in areas like Maguindanao, which urgently require assistance.

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BARMM launches national nutrition council

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Cotabato City (May 6, 2019) – To institutionalize the fight against hunger and malnutrition, the Bangsamoro government through its Ministry of Health has launched the regional office of the National…

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URL: https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000148145/download/
Title: A self-reliant and resilient Bangsamoro:
The Road to Improved Food Security and Nutrition in BARMM
Author: World Food Programme
Date Published: 2023
Description: This evaluates and showcases the initiatives led by their very own Non-Government Organization in combatting malnutrition in the Bangsamoro Autonomous numous Region of Northern Mindanao. This includes: increasing the number of BARMM ministries and offices
implementing the food security convergence model, the
adoption and integration of HGSF into LGU development
plans, introducing iron-fortified rice into the BARMM
school feeding program, introducing CBPP to promote
integrated rural development, and the organization of
smallholder farmers and fishers into associations and
cooperatives that increased their market access. However, this is not enough to combat the cases of malnutrition in BARMM-- government-led initiatives and partnerships with such NGOs should still be encouraged to sustain projects and attain better results.

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Title: RNC urged LGUs, policy-makers to address malnutrition and food insecurity in the region

Author: Bangsamoro Youth Commission (PR Unit/AAA)

Date Published: July 31, 2023

Key info: This short-form media content shows us that the Regional Nutrition Council acknowledges the urgent need for the government to work creating plans to address the issue of malnutrition and food insecurity and further calls on these policy-makers and LGUs to do something about it.

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URL: https://edgedavao.net/latest-news/2023/02/22/vmo-provides-milk-packs-to-undernourished-children/
Title: VMO provides milk packs to undernourished children
Author: Maya Padillo
Date Published: February 22, 2023
Key Info: Under the Vice Mayor's Office of Davao City, the program "Makulay ang Buhay: Supplementary Feeding Program" was launched and under this was the initiative of giving milk packs that will be consumed daily by our beneficiaries aged 3 to 6 years old malnourished children. For places such as Maguindanao, LGUs benchmarking this idea would be a wonderful initiative that could provide proper nourishment for malnourished children who cannot afford to buy such due to financial restrictions.

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The Vice Mayor's Office (VMO) is providing free milk packs to undernourished children in various barangays in Davao City through its "Makulay ang Buhay: Supplementary Feeding Program."

Now in its third month of implementation, the program aims to help 360 undernourished children aged 3 to 6 years old children of barangays Crossing Bayabas, Lubogan, Binugao, Daliao, Dalag, Talomo River, Bago Gallera, Mapula, Ilang, Buhangin Proper, and Leon Garcia.

"We are giving milk packs that will be consumed daily by our beneficiaries aged 3 to 6 years old undernourished children. As per specific day of giving nourishing milk packs, our Barangay Nutritionist Scholars (BNS) deliver the supply of milk packs to the parents of the children," Vice Mayor J. Melchor Quitain Jr. told Edge Davao.

The BNS will also conduct monthly monitoring of their weight to oversee the development of the said children.

"Together with our Barangay Nutritionist Scholars (BNS), I will conduct monthly monitoring of weight for our children and distribution of milk packs for them to drink every week," Quitain said.

Launched in November last year, the program will run for 180 days or until April 2023 and this is to ensure that the children's weight has improved.

This is in partnership with Unilever Philippines and Kabisig ng Kalahi. VMO also teamed up with the City Health Office (CHO), City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), and the City Mayor's Office (CMO).

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The Vice Mayor's Office (VMO) is providing free milk packs to undernourished children in various barangays in Davao City through its "Makulay ang Buhay: Supplementary Feeding Program." Now in its third month of implementation, the program aims to help 360 undernourished children aged 3 to 6 years

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URL: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1961584/davao/local-news/nnc-davao-davocc-has-highest-rate-of-kids-with-stunted-growth-in-region
Title: NNC-Davao: DavOcc has highest rate of kids with stunted growth in region
Date published: May 18, 2023
Author: Sunstar Davao
Key info: The article talks about how there are 5.8 percent of the preschool population in Davao Occidental suffering from stunting, one of the most severe form of malnutrition. They said that aside from cultural differences, one of the leading contributors to this is the distance from health centers where these people could have acquired nutritional services. Creating more accessible and effective health centers for people in far away areas should be prioritized by the government to combat the high cases of malnutrition.

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THE National Nutrition Council-Davao Region (NNC-Davao) reported that Davao Occidental recorded the highest rate of stunted children in Davao Region in 2022.

In a press conference held at the SM Ecoland, Davao City on May 15, 2023, Dr. Maria Teresa Ungson, NNC-Davao Regional coordinator, said that based on their 2022 data, Davao Occidental recorded a stunting rate of 5.8 percent from the preschool population since this concern is common in ages five years old and below.

Stunting is commonly known as impaired growth and development of a child because of poor nutrition. Most of the children who are stunted are too short for their age.

"Kasi base on the 2022 [data] or operation timbang result, stunting rate nila is 5.8 percent of our preschool population (Based on the 2022 data, their stunting rate is 5.8 percent of our preschool population)," she said.

She said the Municipality of Sarangani has the highest rate of stunting in the province with 21.3 percent. She said most of the stunted children in the province are among the IPs.

Aside from Sarangani Province, the Municipality of Don Marcelino has recorded 16.7 percent of stunting rate, 14.9 percent in the Municipality of Malita, and 8.2 percent in the Municipality of Sta. Maria.

She added that stunting is considered the most severe form of malnutrition in the Davao Region.

Ungsod said with cultural differences, a different approach should also be applied in a particular area.

"They have to make it para kung ano 'yong acceptable sa culture nila 'yon ang magagawa doon and of course we need to also try to educate and inform them kung may mga cultural practices sila na medyo nakakahinder sa kanilang health situation," she said.

"Kaya nga isang approach din dyan is to involve the tribal leaders during the planning, nagpapaalam din or magko-courtesy call din sa kanila 'yong ating mga workers para maka-touch base tayo doon (One of the approaches that we need to do is to involve the tribal leaders during the planning, we need to have a courtesy call including the workers)," she added.

Also, Ungsod said the Philippine Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Project has a specific approach to reach out to the Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs) which include Davao Occidental.

"It is very culture sensitive 'yong mga approaches na gagawin doon sa mga munisipyo nila sa mga barangays kaya nga laging may consultation at gagawa talaga sila ng local nutrition action plan nila (the approaches that will be done in their area that's why we always have a consultation and they really need to create their own local nutrition action plan)," she said.

Ungsod added that aside from cultural differences, one of the main reasons why Davao Occidental has the highest rate of stunting is due to distance.

She said if only these stunted children were only given a chance to receive nutritional services they would be able to overcome this health condition.

"It is long term malnutrition and it took years na maging stunted ang bata (for children to be stunted), kasi sa first 1,000 days pwede ng ayusin 'yon sana, at ma-avail nila lahat ng services sana para maiwasan na stunted ang mga bata (we could have help them in recovering if they were able to avail our service)," she said.

With the ongoing issue of malnutrition, Ungsod said they will continue monitoring and strengthening their campaign against stunting to ensure resolution and recovery of the affected children, however, she said it will take time. KSD

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NNC-Davao: DavOcc has highest rate of kids with stunted growth in region

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THE National Nutrition Council-Davao Region (NNC-Davao) reported that Davao Occidental recorded the highest rate of stunted children in Davao Region in 2022. In a press conference...

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Title: Treating severely malnourished children from Marawi

Author: UNICEF Philippines
Date Published: February 21, 2018
Key Info: Facing the consequences of the Armed Conflict in Marawi City, Mustafa's son, like many other children, was diagnosed with severe malnourishment. With UNICEF's efforts, they were able to provide Mustafa's son with therapeutic food to provide him with proper nourishment and become healthier than he was before. Today, many people in Mindanao still suffer the consequences from the Marawi Siege especially in terms of malnourishment and it is important that the government reached out to them through programs and initiatives like the one featured in the vlog.

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Treating severely malnourished children from Marawi

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4wNGgXK6s
Title: NUTRISYON SA PANAHON NG PANDEMYA: Can 250 pesos a day feed a family?
Author: University of The Philippines
Date Published: August 12, 2022
Key Information: The University of the Philippines took a look on the malnutrition health security matter, saying that it has been a chronic, silent, and insidious threat to health and development. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic started, around 30 percent of children under five years old were stunted or not tall enough for their age. It also talks about nutrition and how it is attained especially for people with a lower socioeconomic status. For Maguindanao, with a high poverty incidence, this Webinar is very relevant and timely.

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URL: https://pagadianfrontline.blogspot.com/2017/02/anti-hunger-and-malnutrition-program-in.html?fbclid=IwAR1jAYHTPjXV4-O67mTwvjI6tM2Y-y1segqtGxC9wqbDa_2_7YvB5mp-G_4
Title: Anti-hunger and malnutrition program in ARMM to be piloted in Maguindanao and Sulu
Author: Mindanao Pagadian Frontline
Date Published: February 9, 2017
Key Info: In BARMM, the lack of access to means of livelihood and frequent evacuation, armed conflict are the primary reasons that results into hunger for children in their area. This results into malnourished and undernourished children and with the pilot implementation of BangUn, nutritional status of children aged 0-12 are improved, parents will be educated on food security and basic health topics, and access to various nutrition-support programs of government agencies will be made easier. However, with 49% of BARMM still suffering from malnutrition, strengthening and making sure that this program truly reaches out to the most affected communities of malnutrition is imperative to ensure better results.

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Cotabato City (Feb. 9, 2017) - The Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Central Office is conducting from February 6 to 11 a Partners' Orientation and Planning Workshop in preparation for the pilot implementation of the 'Bangsamoro Umpungan sa Nutrisyon' (BangUN) in two provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The DSWD Central Office and its regional counterpart, DSWD-ARMM, will partner with several national and regional line agencies in targeting children ages 0-12 years old initially in the towns of Mamasapano, Datu Salibo, Datu Piang, Shariff Saidona Mustapha, Shariff Aguak, Guindulungan, and Talayan in Maguindanao; and in the towns of Jolo, Maimbung, and Patikul in Sulu.

With the theme 'Reducing Vulnerabilities of Children from Hunger and Malnutrition in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao,' BangUN is the Duterte administration's flagship program in combating hunger and malnutrition in the region.

The program is in response to the high incidence of hunger and malnutrition among children in ARMM by harnessing a holistic approach and convergence of the various nutrition-support programs of government agencies.

The project aims at saving the lives of children, 0 to 12 years old, from hunger and malnutrition due to extreme poverty and persisting armed conflict in areas within the autonomous region.

BangUN aims at:

· improving the nutritional status of 0-12 years old children identified as underweight and severely underweight who are residing in priority communities and/or enrolled in Madaris and public elementary schools with no feeding program;

· empowering parents in the communities to achieve food security and good health for their children and their families in general; and

· building resilient communities by facilitating their access to convergence of various nutrition-support programs of government agencies.

The prevalence of stunting in the growth of children under five years old in 2015 is highest in ARMM where poverty is aggravated by its vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters including armed conflict.

Under the 'Listahanan' record of the DSWD, the region has the most number of poor households, or 573,446 out of 925,957 assessed households. The figure is 11.2% higher than the rest of the regions.

A total of 31,000 child deaths are linked to under-nutrition, representing 45% of total child deaths. There are also 3.7 million cases of under-nutrition including diarrhea, acute respiratory infection and anemia.

The ongoing armed conflict in areas within the ARMM further aggravated the health and economic costs of under-nutrition among children. Hunger as a result of lack of access of their parents to means of livelihood and frequent evacuation, secondary to armed conflict, is detrimental to the children's health and welfare.

During President Rodrigo Duterte's first visit to the ARMM's seat on October 29 last year, ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman pledged P214 million in support of the program. This is in addition to the P48-million budget DSWD has allocated for the program for the remaining months of 2016. (Bureau of Public Information)

(By JC-MPF with PR from Bureau of Public Information - ARMM)

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Anti-hunger and malnutrition program in ARMM to be piloted in Maguindanao and Sulu

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URL: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121824/malnutrition-cases-northern-mindanao-region-by-province-philippines/
Title: Number of deaths caused by malnutrition in the Northern Mindanao region
Author: Statista Research Department
Date Published: January 18, 2022
Key Information: The graph shows the rates of malnutrition in every province in Mindanao.  In 2020, Iligan city had the highest number of deaths from malnutrition in the Philippines' Northern Mindanao region, accounting for 63 out of 283 total deaths across the region. On the other hand, the City of El Salvador reported one death caused by malnutrition in the same year. The government of their local area should conduct more initiatives to manage and balance the rates of death caused by malnutrition to support dignity for their people.

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URL: https://www.amazon.com/Malnutrition-Prevention-Nutrition-Research-Progress/dp/1621003515
Title: Malnutrition
AUTHOR: Johanna B. Knudsen
Key info: It talks about how malnutrition is getting worse not only in the Philippines, but all over the world. Some of the topics discussed in the book include metabolic disorders due to nutritional changes during the prenatal stage, malnutrition in the elderly, and Genotoxic effects of malnutrition and infections in children. This book shows us how malnutrition can affect a person and understanding this allows us to design programs that could help the ones most affected, such as the people in Maguindanao.

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW9tT0XafhY
Title: Minsan sa Isang Taon
Date published: October 8, 2012
Author: GMA Public Affairs
Key info: The main point about the documentary is talking about the many Filipino children are suffering from on malnutrition through documenting the experiences of Inday from Saranggani who has two children that are suffering from malnutrition due to the lack of proteins in the food they are eating. This can be traced back to their low sources of income as they don't receive much as Abaca farmers. Receiving no government support to aid their condition, their family and many other families in Mindanao continue to suffer through this sickness.

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I-Witness: ‘Minsan sa Isang Taon,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David (full episode)

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URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352076870_PREVALENCE_RATE_OF_MALNUTRITION_ON_CHILDREN_AGES_0-59_MONTHS_OLD_IN_LANTAWAN_BASILAN_PHILIPPINES
Title: PREVALENCE RATE OF MALNUTRITION ON CHILDREN AGES 0-59 MONTHS OLD IN LANTAWAN, BASILAN, PHILIPPINES
Author: Luz Nielyne Villafranca, Bonica Mae Genandoy, Annur Jhake Tingah, Gabriel Jalar, Rod Urban Velasco, Roderick Vargas, and Romenick A. Molina

Date Published: June 8, 2021
Key Information: The research found that while there was a decrease of malnutrition incidence from 2013 onwards, starting 2017 and 2018 it started to increase among children aged 0 – 59 months old in Lantawan, Basilan and the identified causes were poverty, teenage  marriage, and  lack of knowledge on proper  food  handling. These identified factors can be aspects the government or local LGUs should focus, instilling relevant programs that could ultimately help alleviate the issue on malnutrition within the area.

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URL: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1812312/davao/local-news/davao-city-malnutrition-lowest-at-09
Title: Response to Malnutrition in Davao City
Author: Sunstar Davao
Date Published: July 01, 2019

Key Info: The visual shows utilizing feeding programs for malnourished students in Davao City to ensure the well-being of the children's health. Because of the limited support and insufficient programs from the government in Maguindanao, malnourished students miss out on such essential feeding programs. As a result, their health and overall well-being, aren't enough to be taken care of. Such programs in Davao City should also be benchmarked and implemented by the government in highly affected areas such as Maguindanao.

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THE Davao City Health Office (CHO) said the severely acute malnutrition (SAM) status in the city is currently on its lowest with 0.9 percent, based on their latest nutrition…

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URL: https://nolisoli.ph/48515/help-fight-malnutrition-by-dining-in-restos-that-feed-more-abulan-20180907/
Title: Restaurants Against Hunger
Author: Action Against Hunger
Date Published: September 7, 2018
Description: This visual in a print ad urges its audiences to take action on the pressing issue of Malnutrition which, according to the graphics, is mostly apparent in Mindanao. This initiative has responded to the needs of 200,000 victims of the Marawi Siege and their initiatives have also stretched to Maguindanao. This Print Ad depicts that the pressing issue of malnutrition cannot be alleviated by these efforts of NGOs, but rather, the government should step up to extend their help to more individuals and decrease the percentage of children who are malnourished.

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Title: Think Healthy PH Podcast
Date published: December 22, 2022
URL:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=podcast+malnutrition
Author: Leila Salvador, Ryan Quiambao (Podcast Hosts), Chyn Garabiles (Podcast Guest)
Key Info : A female speaker and male speaker talks about the problem about malnutrition in the Philippines and how it affects 1/3 of the Filipino children. Their discussion on the relevant statistics and how this condition affects the development and lives of people only shows how concerning the issue is. They further express that the government should take more initiative in solving the problem after discussing the few existing government initiatives.

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Think Healthy Ph Podcast: Current State of Malnutrition in the Philippines

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URL: https://www.confinionline.it/detail.aspx?id=32840&l=it

Title: Typhoon-hit areas in Philippines see rising child hunger - U.N.

Author: Thin Lei Win

Date Published: February 14, 2013

Key info: The article talks about the after-effects left by the Typhoon Bopha that struck Mindanao during December 2, 2012. It stated that children in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental have increased cases of severe acute malnutrition, while cases of moderate acute malnutrition increased from less than 40 to over 450 within the same time period. This only increases the urgency to foster government programs that would nourish these children and create plans that would make Mindanao disaster-prepared for the future so such growth in cases of malnutrition won’t happen again.

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Typhoon-hit areas in Philippines see rising child hunger - U.N.

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URL: https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/provincial-government-says-maguindanao-split-improve-access-basic-services/

Title: Maguindanao split to improve access to basic services, says provincial gov’t

Author: Dwight De Leon

Date Published: September 14, 2022

Key info: Cyrus Torreña, Maguindanao’s Provincial Administrator explains that the reason why the province struggles to gain access to government services such as basic health service is because of its geography wherein municipalities are far from each other. The lack of basic access to healthcare has a correlation as to why many of their children are malnourished as they don’t receive the proper nutritional services that would aid these children to have improved nutrition.

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Maguindanao Provincial Administrator Cyrus Torreña says the geography of the province hampers them from reaching far-flung areas

MANILA, Philippines - The provincial government of Maguindanao said it was hopeful that the proposed division of the province into two would allow residents better access to basic services.

In a Rappler Talk interview on Wednesday, September 14, Maguindanao Provincial Administrator Cyrus Torreña shared that the geography of the province hampers them from reaching far-flung areas.

"We are in the municipality of Buluan, which is in the end portion of [what could become] Maguindanao del Sur... If you are going to Bongo island, it will take you more than 24 hours from Buluan. By that alone, the delivery of basic services is at stake," Torreña explained.

"Even that Bongo island does not have easy access to hospitals," he added. "Residents know that the delivery of basic services will be better if there are two provincial governments."

Hundreds of thousands of registered voters in Maguindanao are casting their ballots in a plebiscite on Saturday, September 17, to determine whether they want to ratify the law which divided Maguindanao into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur.

Proponents of the measure in Congress had said the split seeks to address challenges on providing public health care, education, and transportation to the most remote villages.

No security threats

Torreña said it's "all systems go" on Saturday, asserting they have prepared enough to proceed with the plebiscite.

"So far, there are no [security threats]," Torreña said. "The preparations are better for this than the preparations for the national and local elections last May."

The Maguindanao provincial government allotted P89.1 million to fund the conduct of the plebiscite, which was originally expected to be conducted in September 2021, but was postponed by the Comelec until after the 2022 elections due to preparations for the national polls.

No opposition

On Saturday, polling places will open from 7 am to 3 pm. The announcement of plebiscite results is expected on Sunday, September 18.

Local officials have been predicting an easy win for the "yes" vote, amid lack of visible campaigns to oppose the proposed split of the province.

"If anyone wants to stand and say they will vote 'no,' come to me and let's talk so I can give them their space," Torreña said. "We welcome opposition if they exist."

The division of Maguindanao has been a long journey, dating back to as early as 2006, when the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao formed the province of Shariff Kabunsuan from the 10 municipalities in Maguindanao.

A succeeding referendum resulted in a landslide victory for split proponents, but the new province was dissolved only two years later after the Supreme Court found its creation unconstitutional. - Rappler.com
* All quotes in Filipino were translated into English.

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Maguindanao Provincial Administrator Cyrus Torreña says the geography of the province hampers them from reaching far-flung areas