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COTABATO CITY, October 29, 2023 — On October 15, the world marked the Global Handwashing Day, described as “an opportunity to design, test, and replicate ways to encourage people to wash their hands with soap at critical times”.
This is according to Global Handwashing Organization, saying it’s “a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.:
Schools around the world observed the day, creating activities for students and other learners to make it a habit to wash their hands.
In fact, hand washing is not just for children, students, it is for everybody and make it a habit as well.
After all, isn’t it that cleanliness is next to Godliness?
In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Southern Philippines (Mindanao), the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) conducted a hand washing competition for the Global Hand Washing Day 2023.
Under the leadership of Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal, the MBHTE congratulated the winners of the different competition that revolved around hand washing.
The winners are:
𝟏. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 – Maguindanao Del Norte Division (Anthony B. Gorospe)
𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Lanao Del Sur II Division (Alanodin C. Ambat)
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Sulu Division (Al-Fadzrin W. Patarasa)
𝟐. 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 – Maguindanao Del Norte Division (Alaisa Raine O. Bello)
𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Basilan Division (Aljansen B. Badda)
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Lamitan Division (Ahmad Haris U. Puddin)
𝟑. 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 (𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲)
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 – Lanao Del Sur II Division (Norhaya M. Zacaria)
𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Maguindanao Del Sur Division (Princess Adah Ferrusia L. Dagandal)
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Lamitan Division (Umair Jamiri)
𝟒. 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 (𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲)
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 – Lanao Del Sur II Division (Al-Rashid A. Umpa)
𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Sulu Division (Tadzmalyn J. Abraham)
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩 – Lamitan Division (Alyssa A. Macbul)
The Bangsamoro region, established in 2018 by the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), is made up of the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, as well as the Special Geographic Area’s (SGA) 63 barangays or villages that voted “Yes” in a plebiscite in February 2019 to be under the BARMM jurisdiction.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; undivided Maguindanao, 36; Sulu, 19; and Tawi-Tawi, 11. Its component cities are Cotabato (the regional center and capital) in Maguindanao; Lamitan in Basilan; and Marawi in Lanao del Sur. (✓)