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COTABATO CITY — In an awarding ceremony held Thursday, September 12, the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) recognized the youth achievers in sports, academics, and faith who have recently brought pride and honor to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
These are the medalists during the 2024 Palarong Pambansa held in Cebu City last July:
– Badminton
𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐃. 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢 – Lanao del Sur I
Coach: 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐂. 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐲 – Marawi City
– Taekwondo
𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐎. 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 – Cotabato City
Coach: 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐀. 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐛 – Cotabato City
– Tennis
𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐀. 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐩 – Marawi City
Coach: 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐁. 𝐓𝐚𝐧, 𝐉𝐫. – Sulu
𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐎. 𝐉𝐨𝐛 – Cotabato City
𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐍. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 – Cotabato City
Coach: 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐌. 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐉𝐫. – Cotabato City
-Arnis
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐋. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 – Lamitan City
𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐓. 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧 – Lamitan City
𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐇. 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬 – Lamitan City
Coach: 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐁. 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 – Lamitan City
Asst. Coach: 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐁. 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 – Lamitan City
-Para Games
𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐤 𝐀. 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧 – Maguindanao del Sur
Coach: 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐏. 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 – Maguindanao del Sur
𝐉𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐌. 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐚𝐧 – Lamitan City
Coach: 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 – Lamitan City
𝐀𝐥-𝐅𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐓. 𝐀𝐝𝐭𝐢𝐠 – Maguindanao del Sur
Coach: 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐧𝐚 𝐏. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢 – Maguindanao del Sur
𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐬 – Maguindanao del Norte
Coach: 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬 – Maguindanao del Norte
𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐓. 𝐀𝐛𝐩𝐚 – Maguindanao del Sur
𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐆. 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧 – Maguindanao del Sur
𝐀𝐛𝐮 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐃. 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐠 – Maguindanao del Sur
Meanwhile, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐚, who placed 7th from Mindanao State University-Marawi City, and 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐨, who secured the 10th spot from Notre Dame University, during the 2024 Certified Public Accountants Licensure Examination, were also awarded incentives as an acknowledgment of their remarkable achievements.
Further, the MBHTE also recognized 𝐀𝐥-𝐇𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐳𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐛 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐨’𝐬 triumph, placing 2nd in the 44th King Abdulaziz International Competition for the Memorization, Recitation, and Interpretation of the Qur’an, held in Saudi Arabia last August 30.
Member of the Parliament (MP) Dr. Susana Anayatin has expressed pride the institutionalization of the proposed Php30-M budget for incentives of all achievers in BARMM starting 2025 has already begun in MBHTE.
“I give my support to that proposal, as a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Committee on Finance, Budget, and Management. Susuportahan po natin iyon,” MP Anayatin emphasized.
Dr. Arsalan Diamaoden, chairperson of the Bangsamoro Sports Commission (BTC), also congratulated the awardees underscoring their achievement for the whole region.
“Sa bawat medalya at parangal na natanggap ninyo, naroon ang kwento ng hindi natitinag na determinasyon at pagtitiyaga… Hindi ito bunga ng swerte, ito yung sinasabi nating pinagsamang disiplina, tapang, at suporta mula sa inyong mga coach, pamilya, at buong komunidad ng Bangsamoro,” he said.
In his message, Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal committed that the MBHTE will continuously acknowledge and be proud of youth achievers in different fields in BARMM. The MBHTE pledged to extend quality education among learners at all levels.
Established in 2018, the Bangsamoro region, 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, 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. With the recent plebiscite at SGA, the BARMM now has eight new municipalities as residents voted “Yes”.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities (plus eight newly established under the SGA: 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. (✓)