PTV4 to the fore

Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) secretary Martin Andanar with President Rodrigo duterte (Photo from Andanar’s Instagram)

People’s Television Network (PTV-4) has undergone rebranding and it does not begin and end with the spanking new logo it sports, no sir.

According to Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) secretary Martin Andanar, PTV, currently broadcasting at 55,000 watts, shall increase to 120,000 watts by first quarter of 2019.

“The more power (watts), the more people can watch you. That way, we can keep pace with other TV networks in the Philippines,” he said in Filipino.

And get this: PTV’s social media engagements have grown from 20,000-30,000 followers to 1.4 million.

News programs will be airing from dawn till past dusk.

“We’ll have morning shows, newscast from morning, noontime, prime time (6 o’clock) till late night. We also have the newscast from Philippine News Agency (PNA) and programs that our President Rodrigo Duterte promised,” Andanar reiterated. These are “Salaam Television” for the Muslims and “Lumad TV” for the Lumads.

PTV-4 President and General Manager Dino Antonio Apolonio noted that “most of the news and public affair and public service shows are in-house production of PTV. It is our strong suit, although we’ll still be conceptualizing more in the future.”

Aside from those programs, the secretary said there will be block timers to enhance the variety of content.

Viewers will also be able to watch foreign shows from Japan, China and the re-airing of certain Koreanovelas from South Korea.

“We work with the entire Southeast Asian nations, also with other bigger countries,” Andanar said. PCOO’s Memorandum of Understanding includes Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, and Cambodia, then Thailand and Myanmar soon.

“These programs (from other countries) are free. The Philippines will not spend a single penny for it.”

He said these programs will help Filipinos learn about the culture of those countries, and get a glimpse of how they produce shows.
What programs from PTV-4 will be sent to foreign countries, we asked.

Apolonio said, “News. But mainly those locally produced documentaries here in the Philippines because it’s part of the cultural exchange. We are aiming for our neighbouring countries to know more about our culture.”

Since the network is taking a step forward, will they get prominent personalities to attract more audience?

“People always prefer the content (of a program). And I also believe in the current personalities that we have like Jojo (Alejar), Dianne (Medina) and Aljo Bendijo,” Andanar added

“President Duterte is always here to support PTV. He’s the biggest star,” Andanar explained.

PTV is partly subsidized by the government.

Bicam approves final version of Bangsamoro law

The Congress bicameral committee approved Wednesday the final version of the proposed Bangsamoro law.

Representative Rodolfo Fariñas (left) and Senator Miguel Zubiri (right), Chairs of Bicameral with Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) Chairman Ghazali Jaafar after the ceremonial signing of the Bangsamoro Organic Law at Senate, July 18, 2018 (Rio Leonelle Deluvio/MANILA BULLETIN)

After almost two weeks of debates — which even involved the President — and two missed self-imposed deadlines, the bicameral panel approved the reconciled version of the bill that is seen to address conflicts and violent extremism in the Mindanao.

From the original Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) the bill was amended to be the proposed “Bangsamoro Organic Law” to adhere to the 1987 Constitution.

A ceremonial signing of the bicameral committee report took place as a clean copy of the bill is yet to be produced.

Following the approval, the two chambers of Congress are set to ratify the reconciled bill in their respective chambers when sessions resume Monday, in time for President Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Peace

The approval of the final version marks the first year anniversary of the submission of the draft BBL to President Duterte.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, chair of the Senate bicam panel, expressed hope that the approval of the proposed Bangsamoro Organic Law will “address the aspirations of our brothers and sisters in the Bangsamoro” and “convince the population not to join extremist groups.”

Bangsamoro Transition Commission chair and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chair Ghazali Jaafar said they are satisfied with how the Bangsamoro measure came about.

“It may not be a perfect law, but it is good to start with,” Jaafar said as he thanked the bicameral committee.

Zubiri said that the enactment of the Bangsamoro Organic Law will lead to the economic development of the Mindanao and the country.

“When guns go silent in the island of Mindanao, that would lead to the advantage of every Filipino,” he said.

Delays

Contentious provisions slowed down the deliberations of the bicameral committee. Lawmakers earlier hoped to finish last Thursday, and then Tuesday, but to no avail.

Following the grueling bicam meeting Wednesday, House Majority Leader Roldolfo Fariñas said he is confident that the final version of the Bangsamoro law will “definitely” stand the test of constitutionality.

“Because we were very careful. Precisely, we had several problems along the way because we could not grant evrything they want. An in [all] fairness to them they accepted everything,” he said.

Zubiri and Fariñas agreed that the bicam was most challenged on the provisions of the Bangsamoro territory which triggered a brief deadlock.

President Duterte then settled the deadlock over the Bangsamoro territory. The Bicam adopted the House version which excludes the 39 villages of North Cotabato and six municipalities of Lanao del Norte from the Bangsamoro autonomous region without the approval of their mother provinces despite their 2001 vote to be included in the ARMM.

Legislators have to make revisions Tuesday over provisions subjecting the Bangsamoro parliament under “national laws” as opposed by the BTC, which crafted the BBL.

The bicam, following an executive session of more than an hour, decided to delete the words of contention.

There were also debates on the Bangsamoro preamble, territorial waters, and the plebiscite.

Zubiri said their deliberation of the BBL, which started July 9, had been one of the longest bicameral conferences aside from that of the national budget. It was even longer than the Duterte administration’s priority Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion which took only four days, he said.

New Bangsamoro region

The proposed Bangsamoro Organic Law, once enacted, will create the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to replace the current Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The proposed Bangsamoro region shall have a parliamentary system of government, which parliament shall have 80 members. A Chief Minister shall be voted to lead the Bangsamoro region, and two Deputy Chief Ministers from the mainland and island provinces, respectively.

Block grant

The proposed Bangsamoro Organic Law would also provide the Bangsamoro autonomous region its fiscal autonomy to ensure long-term development.

The region shall have an automatic allocation of the annual block grant, which would be five percent of the internal revenue and customs taxes collected by the national government, or about P60 billion.

Aside from the block grant, further assistance would also be provided to the Bangsamoro region, such as the P** special development fund; and taxes collected by the Bangsamoro, such as capital gains tax, donor’s tax, estate tax, and documentary stamp tax.

A 75-25 percent wealth-sharing term in favor of the Bangsamoro was adopted and taxing powers already granted to the ARMM were retained.

Lawmakers earlier assured that transparency and accountability measures are in place to ensure that the grant, which amounts to about P60 billion, will be used properly.

For instance, Commission of Audit (COA) in the Bangsamoro region would still be under the COA National. Aside from COA, an internal auditing body shall also be created to review how the grant is spent.

Transition

A plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law shall take place at least 90 to 150 days after President Duterte had sign it into law.

Zubiri said they look into having a plebiscite by November to allow the Commision on Elections to prepare.

A Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) shall lead the transition from the current ARMM government to Bangsamoro parliament.

The President shall appoint lead members fo the BTA, which shall be composed of 80 members. The elected officials of the current ARMM government shall automatically become members of the BTA and shall serve June 30, 2019, unless otherwise subsequently appointed by the President.

Non-moro indigenous communities, youth, women, settler communities, traditional leaders, and other sectors shall have representatives in the BTA.

The BTA shall lead the parliament for three years until the national elections on 2022.

Congress crams to pass BBL in time for signing by Duterte before Sona

THE Senate-House conference committee, after a marathon meeting that lasted till late Wednesday night, approved a reconciled version of Senate Bill 1717 and House Bill 6475 embodying the awaited BangsaMoro Basic Law covering all provinces in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), to be called the BangsaMoro Autonomous Region or BAR.

Jointly presided by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, the ‘bicam’ concluded its debates on the contentious provisions of House Bill 6475 and Senate Bill 1717 after six days of debates and deliberations.

The final version provides the organic law for the BangsaMoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, repealing for the purpose Republic Act 6734, which provided the original law creating the ARMM.

As approved, the purpose of the organic law is to “establish a political entity, provide for its basic structure of government in recognition of the justness and legitimacy of the cause of the Bangsamoro people and the aspiration of Muslim Filipinos and all indigenous cultural communities in the autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao to secure their identity and posterity, allowing for the meaningful self-governance within the framework of the Constitution and the national sovereignty as well the territorial integrity of the Republic of the Philippines.”

Allaying fears they won’t meet their self-imposed timeline, the bicameral committee worked overtime to wrap up a reconciled version of the BangsaMoro Basic Law for final ratification when Congress reconvenes on Monday, after which the BBL will be submitted to Malacanang for signing into law by President Duterte.

BBL ‘exhibit’ vs federal shift

Citing the soon-to-be-enacted Basic Law adopting a parliamentary system in the envisioned BangsaMoro region for Muslim Mindanao, Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon asserted this is proof other major government reforms can be carried out without shifting to a federal system of governance.

Interviewed at the sidelines of Wednesday’s bicameral talks to hammer out a reconciled Senate-House version of the BangsaMoro Basic Law, Sen. Drilon, a former Justice Secretary, vouched the BBL can “withstand the test of constitutionality” even as he did not rule out the possibility that the BBL’s parliamentary setup could be questioned in the Supreme Court.

He said early enactment of the BBL will prove “we do not need federalism or amending the Constitution in order to achieve the self-governance or the benefits of the federalism that are being presented to the people.”

“Why? The BBL grants self-governance. The law provides ample powers to the Bangsomoro government,” said Drilon, pointing out there are “55 enumerations of the powers of the Bangsamoro” that he caused to be adopted in the proposed law.

Moreover, the Minority Leader cited adoption of other key provisions on “fiscal autonomy and generation of resources” in the law.

“At least P60 to P70 billion in block grants (will be) automatically released,” he added, noting that only the Bangsamoro government is empowered to decide “where to put the money.”

Drilon noted the envisioned Bangsamoro government was likewise granted taxation powers, such as excise taxes and other tax impositions previously reserved to the national government.

“Clearly, we do not need federalism to achieve what we want to do,” Drilon declared, asserting that the Constitution “allows the alleged benefits of federalism to be done by legislation.”

This could be done, he said, through proposed legislation that will be submitted to a national plebiscite. Once ratified in a plebiscite, Congress can no longer impose changes in its provision “unless the amendment is submitted to a plebiscite.”

Drilon said the issue stirred public perception that Charter changes are being pushed to allow incumbent elected officials to stay in power, including those whose terms are set to expire by June 30, 2019, after which the President will be “empowered to appoint officers-in-charge.”

Zubiri hails bicam approval of Bangsamoro Organic Law

A “new dawn” has come for the Bangsamoro people, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri exclaimed shortly after the congressional bicameral conference committee approved Wednesday night the proposed Bangsamo Basic Law, which is now called the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

The reconciled version of the measure will be sent back to the Senate and the House of Representatives on Monday for ratification.

Once ratified, it will be transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for signature.

Zubiri, head of the Senate contingent, said the law would not only address the aspirations of the Bangsamoro people but it is also expected to pave the way for peace in the region.

“They can now also convince the extremists, may mga nag iisip na mangugulo doon, sila na mismo – ang MILF and MINL – ngayon ay partners ng gobyerno in convincing their populations not to join extremism, not to join extremist groups, because there’s a new dawn in the Bangsamoro region,” he said in an interview after the approval of the measure

MILF stands for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, while MNLF stands for Moro National Liberation Front.

Zubiri’s counterpart, House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, said he was confident the approved measure would stand the test of constitutionality.

“We had several problems along the way because we could not grant everything they want,” he said. “In fairness to them, they accepted everything.”

Ghadzali Jaafar, chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), said they were satisfied with the version approved by the panel.

“We’re satisfied, and as I say, it maybe not a perfect law, but it is good to start with,” Jaafar said in a separate interview.

Jaafar and other BTC members were present when the bicam panel approved the measure in the Senate.

Bicam approves final version of Bangsamoro Basic Law

The congressional bicameral conference committee on Wednesday night approved the final version of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), which was renamed as the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The bicameral panel, under the leadership of House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, was able to reconcile conflicting provisions of the landmark measure after six days of marathon hearings.

The BBL is expected to be ratified by both chambers on Monday, July 23, during the opening of the third regular session at 10 a.m., and be signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on or before his third State of the Nation Address at 4 p.m.

Zubiri noted that the approval of the reconciled version is one year after the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) submitted to the President the draft BBL.

Fariñas said while it was noteworthy that previous administrations tried to attain peace in Mindanao through peace agreements, those never came into fruition.

Fariñas, however, said the Duterte administration was able to reach this achievement in one year.

Anak Mindanao Partylist Rep. Amihilda Sangcopan said the final form of the BBL will provide Moros "something better than the status quo that is the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao."

"We do not say that the BBL is the solution, but we had hopes that this will be one of the most important instruments to begin pursuing our long aspirations of just and lasting peace," Sangcopan said.

The measure seeks to create a new Bangsamoro political entity that would replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

A copy of the reconciled version has not been released to the media. 

Bicam OKs final Bangsamoro bill for Duterte signature

APPROVED. The bicameral conference committee on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law approves the final version of the bill, which will now be up for President Rodrigo Duterte's signature. Photo by Mara Cepeda/Rappler

The bicameral conference committee for the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) finalized on Wednesday, July 18, the measure that would grant greater autonomy to the region.

It took the bicam more than a week to reconcile the differing provisions of the House and Senate versions, with heated exchanges between members.

The House and the Senate would now have to ratify the bicameral conference committee report. They are set to do it on Monday, July 23, during the opening of the 3rd session of the 17th Congress and ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte's 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Duterte is expected to sign the proposed BBL into law just hours before his SONA.

The final version seeks to abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), replacing it with the Bangsamoro region which would have greater fiscal autonomy, a regional government, parliament, and justice system.

The proposed region would be composed of the current ARMM – Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, Maguindanao, and Lanao del Sur – pending a regional plebiscite.

The bill also seeks to include 6 municipalities of Lanao del Norte and 39 barangays of North Cotabato in the Bangsamoro, provided that the province and their municipalities, respectively, vote for it. These areas previously voted to be included in the ARMM but failed when their mother units voted otherwise.

This was the most contentious provision in the bill, leading to an initial deadlock. The panel eventually sought the advice of the President, who in the end sided with the House on the issue and not with the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).

The chartered cities of Cotabato and Isabela would also be excluded in the proposed region, subject to the approval of their respective registered voters in the plebiscite.

The bill also has an opt-in provision, allowing adjacent areas to join the Bangsamoro, with a petition of at least 10% of their voters.

Parliament, justice, wealth

Once the proposed BBL is signed into law, a Bangsamoro government would be established, headed by a chief minister and a ceremonial leader called a Wali.

There would also be a parliament composed of 80 members – 50% party representatives, 40% district representatives, and 10% sectoral representatives, including two reserved seats for "non-Moro indigenous peoples and settler communities."

Despite having its own government, the Bangsamoro would not have its own military and police force, as these would still be under the national government. (READ: Bicam adopts Senate provision vs Bangsamoro firearms purchase)

As for justice, the region will have its own system based on the unique cultural and historical heritage of the Bangsamoro. (READ: Bicam approves creation of Shari'ah High Court in Bangsamoro)

The justice system of the region would be aligned with the 1987 Constitution, Shari'ah or Islamic law, traditional or tribal laws, and other relevant laws.

Shari'ah law would apply exclusively to cases involving Muslims. If a case involves a non-Muslim, Shari'ah law may apply only if the non-Muslim voluntarily submits to the jurisdiction of the Shari'ah court.

The traditional or tribal laws, meanwhile, would be applicable to disputes of indigenous peoples within the Bangsamoro.

The bill also seeks 75-25 wealth sharing between the national and Bangsamoro government. This means 75% of the national internal revenue collection would go to the Bangsamoro, and 25% to the central government.

An annual block grant, pegged at a 5% share of the national internal revenue or some P59 billion, would also be automatically appropriated to the region without any conditions.

https://www.rappler.com/nation/207524-bangsamoro-bill-final-version-approved-for-duterte-signature

Time travel mission to retrieve love

Vhong Navarro returns to the big screen with his brand of comedy in Regal Entertainment Inc.’s “Unli Life,” an official entry to the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino film festival.

In the movie, Vhong’s character is given a chance to mend the breakup with his girlfriend, played by Teresita Ssen “Winwyn” Marquez, by going back in time through the help of a magic “wishkey.” He is transported in different time periods, such as the Dinosaur Era, Magellan, and the ’70s Era, in an effort to correct his mistakes and prevent her girlfriend from breaking up with him in the current time.

After making the country proud by being the first-ever Filipina contestant and eventually crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2017, “Unli Life” marks Teresita’s comeback to acting in her first major role.

“Unli Life” also stars Joey Marquez, Ejay Falcon, Donna Cariaga, Jon Lucas, Isabelle de Leon, Alex Calleja, Kamille Filoteo, Red Ollero with James Caraan, Anthony Andres, and Jun Urbano.

Special participation includes Dimples Romana, Joem Bascon, Jun Sabayton, Epy Quizon, and Jhong Hilario.
Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino opens Aug. 15 to 21.

Joyce Bernal will direct SONA for free

Film and television director Joyce Bernal said she would be directing the third State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte free of charge.

“Tinawag po ako e bilang mamamayan so, ok po. At saka presidente natin siya and para din po sa mga tao ‘to, sa mga kababayan natin, para sa kapwa ko Pinoy (I was called as a citizen, so okay. And besides he’s our president. This is for the people, for our fellow Filipinos.),” Bernal said in Filipino in a recorded interview.

“Kailangan ba magpabayad doon? Hindi ako magpapabayad doon (Do I need to be paid for it? I won’t ask for payment.),” she added.

Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar earlier confirmed that Bernal was tapped to direct the third SONA of Duterte.

Bernal would replace Brillante Mendoza as the SONA's director. Mendoza also previously directed the SONA for free.

Bernal is known for directing comedy, romance and drama films and it would be her first time to direct a SONA.

Bernal's box office-hit films include “Gandarrapiddo! The Revenger Squad,” “Last Night,” “The Super Parental Guardians,” “Everything About Her,” and “Kimmy Dora: Kambal sa Kiyeme,” among others.

The director earlier visited the House of Representatives where the third SONA would be staged.

Duterte is set to address the Congress as it convenes its regular session on Monday, July 23.

Aquino to snub Duterte’s SONA while FVR, Erap, Robredo confirm attendance

By JOHN CARLO M. CAHINHINAN

Former President Benigno Aquino III will once again skip the upcoming State of Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte.

According to the House of Representatives’ Inter-Parliamentary Relations Service (IPRS), Aquino already sent his regrets as early as May 18 and will not be able to attend Duterte’s upcoming third SONA on July 23 (Monday).

The former president hasn’t yet to attend any of Duterte’s SONA since the latter assume office in 2016.

Those VIPs who were already confirmed attending the said event include former President Fidel Ramos, former President and current Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Vice President Leni Robredo; former Senate Presidents Juan Ponce Enrile, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., and Manuel Villar, Jr.; and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.

Meanwhile, though there is no official confirmation yet from the IPRS, former House Speaker Prospero Nograles will also attend the event as per his son, Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Partylist Rep. Jericho Nograles.

Bicam meet: Question stalls BBL approval

Should the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) repeatedly mention that laws enacted by the autonomous region’s parliament must be “subject to national law?”

This question came up at the last minute, just as when the Senate-House conference committee was aiming to finalize the draft of the measure on Tuesday afternoon.

The conferees failed to clear the bill because of the objection raised by stakeholders led by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).

Work on the measure will continue on Wednesday.

Asked why the conference committee could not finish its task within the targeted time, House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, the group’s cochair, said the deliberations got extended because of “due diligence out of our desire to come up with a better output.”

The wording was so important that BTC Chair Ghadzali Jaafar, earlier in the day, told reporters: “If that will happen, we will also change our opinion regarding the Bangsamoro Basic Law.”

Later, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri explained that the BTC members were “ticklish to the issue that continuously mention the word ‘national laws’ in each and every paragraph, in each and every article.”

Although Zubiri played down the significance of such a wording, he said the lawmakers agreed to just mention this qualification under the “general principles and policies” of the measure.

Even with the reduced mention in the draft BBL, Zubiri noted that Section 20, Article X of the 1987 Constitution mandates that the regional laws should be “subject to the provisions of this Constitution and national laws.”

“It’s not very important, but it is a cause of concern to some members of the BTC. We’ve resolved it now,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the closed-door deliberations in Mandaluyong City.

After this resolution came about, Jaafar told reporters: “I’m satisfied, 100 percent.”

He said the BTC was initially worried that “we would have problems with the parliament in the Bangsamoro” had the measure been peppered with the phrase, although he did not specify these concerns.

Inland waters

The final deliberations on the measure was also aimed at dealing with another contentious provision: the administration of the region’s inland waters such as Lake Lanao.

The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro — the final peace deal signed in March 2014 by the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) — as well as the version passed by the House granted the Bangsamoro region “exclusive powers” over the inland waters.

But Zubiri on Tuesday told reporters that inland waters would likely be placed under “comanagement” with the national government, especially as Lake Lanao’s hydropower supplies 30 percent of the energy needs of the entire Mindanao.

Instead, a 50-50 revenue-sharing scheme would be implemented when in the use of inland waters, similar to the proposals for the use of fossil fuels.

‘Good’ quality

Asked if the BTC was satisfied with the compromise, Jaafar replied in the affirmative.

Mohager Iqbal, chair of the MILF peace panel, said the Moro rebel group expected alterations “for the betterment of the bill” and saw the quality of the proposed BBL as good.

“We are looking forward to an enhanced bill,” Iqbal told the Inquirer by phone.

“The totality of the bill as expected is not 100 percent but I would rate it as 85 percent,” he said.

But the Bangsamoro Insider Mediators, a group of civil society organizations awaiting the final text of the measure, called on Congress to be faithful to the concessions made under the 2014 peace agreement.

Power plants

“This is about self-determination and should never be the determination of those who have committed injustices against us, much less by those who have nothing but ill will and prejudice against us,” Shallom Allian said in a press briefing.

Allian said the inland waters should be exclusively governed by the regional government “without distinction whether it be a source of energy or not.”

Drieza Lininding noted that historically, the governments of Lanao del Norte and Iligan City have gotten much of the hydropower revenue despite lying outside the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao — instead of the Moro province of Lanao del Sur where the lake is located.

This was because the power-generating plants were located in Lanao del Norte and Iligan City.

“Radical groups and extremism occur because of the unequal policies,” Lininding said.

Other provisions that the groups wanted to be restored include the holding of periodic plebiscites to determine if other areas wanted to join the Bangsamoro, and the delimitation of the Bangsamoro waters to 22.224 kilometers from the coastline. —With reports from Julie Alipala, Kristela Danielle Boo and Anna Patricia Campos

BBL reaches the finish line

A NEW era is set to dawn on Muslim Mindanao with the impending approval of the basic law creating the Bangsamoro autonomous region, after years of false starts and legal setbacks.

There is ample reason to be confident that the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will hurdle challenges, legal or otherwise, and not go the way of its predecessor, the Arroyo-era Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain or MoA-AD.

The MoA-AD, which sought to establish a “Bangsamoro Juridical Entity” without going through Congress, was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2008.

This time, the BBL is shaping up to be the product of legislative-executive consensus, with the concurrence of the Bangsamoro Transition Council led by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which signed a peace deal with the Aquino administration in 2014.

By going through the legislative mill, the BBL promises to be more effective in addressing the roots of the Moro conflict and achieving peace in Mindanao through greater self-rule, compared with the existing Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The national government will yield 60 specific powers to the Bangsamoro region, including the setting up of shariah circuit, district, and high courts that will have jurisdiction on personal, family and property cases as well as minor criminal offenses.

This will make the Bangsamoro region more potent than the existing ARMM, a failed exercise in autonomy because its umbilical cord remained attached to the national government.

The Bangsamoro region will also have enough means to develop its economy, with its powers of taxation and block grants of P60 billion to P70 billion from the national government.

This will be on top of the internal revenue allotment, or the share of national tax collections, received annually by provinces, cities, municipalities and villages.

The BBL is already in the final stages of bicameral deliberations, after Malacañang intervened to break a deadlock over the measure’s territorial provisions last week.

The MILF is to be commended for agreeing to the provision in which six Lanao del Norte municipalities and 39 villages in North Cotabato will be incorporated into the Bangsamoro region if voters in their “mother units” or provinces approve it in a referendum.

This is a significant concession as it could reduce the Bangsamoro territory. There are questions on the legality of the inclusion of the six towns and 39 villages in the ARMM, which, following legal precedent, would be settled by province-wide plebiscites.

Another significant concession is the provision prohibiting the Bangsamoro government from procuring firearms, ammunition and explosives under its annual appropriations law.

The MILF’s patience throughout the entire process is admirable. It could have bailed at any point given the tediousness of the legislative process, but instead made it an opportunity to affirm its commitment to peace and willingness to abandon violent struggle.

President Rodrigo Duterte is also to be commended for sticking to his promise to “shepherd” the BBL to passage, as shown by last week’s Palace intervention.

The formal signing of the BBL into law will be historic as it begins the process of correcting centuries of injustice to the Moro people. Filipinos will look back to this period in the nation’s history in which democratic processes and institutions prevailed over decades of fighting.

House vows more quality bills

The House of Representatives is keen on passing “more quality legislation” aimed at uplifting the socioeconomic condition of the people as Congress’ Third Regular Session opens on July 23, in time for President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address.

House Deputy Speaker and Cebu City Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia said the 17th Congress under Speaker Pataleon Alvarez had productive first and second regular sessions where 120 measures were passed.

“We expect that number to increase further as we have already ratified a few bicameral conference committee reports and there are several measures that remain unacted on by bicameral conference committees,” Garcia said.
Garcia added several of the priority measures had been identified by the administration in the common legislative agenda as agreed on by the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Committee.

“There are a few more measures in this list that are still pending before the respective House committees and we are optimistic we could fulfill our commitment to approve these during the Third Regular Session. There could be some additional items in our legislative agenda that may be identified after the President’s Sona,” Garcia said.

One of the last measures the House approved before adjourning sine die last May 30 was the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.

“The approval of BBL is an affirmation of our support to the President who believes the legislation is crucial to securing lasting peace in Mindanao which is now facing threats from Islamist extremists. The BBL bill is currently under deliberation by the bicameral conference committee and we expect to ratify it by July 23 to be presented to President Duterte on the same day for his signature,” Garcia added.

The House also expects to receive the administration’s proposal for the 2019 General Appropriations Act shortly after the Monday’s Sona so that the House could start deliberations on the proposed budget for next year.

“With the budget deliberations expected to take up the bulk of our time for the remaining months of 2018, the House faces a huge challenge in approving the pending priority legislations,” she said.

“But as the House had shown in the past two regular sessions, we possess the determination and the will to fulfill our responsibility to pass meaningful laws to bring about meaningful change in the lives of our people,” Garcia said.
Aside from passing the priority administration measures pending at the House of Representatives, Garcia said one of the biggest challenges they face was the amendment of the 1987 Constitution for a shift to a federal system of government.

The consultative committee tasked to prepare a draft Federal Constitution has completed its job and submitted the draft to Duterte.

Last week, the Speaker formally received a copy of the draft Federal Constitution from the members of the Con-Com led by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno.

“But let me note the position of Speaker Alvarez and the House leadership that the work of the Con-Com is merely recommendatory. Such position is in accordance with the 1987 Constitution which prescribes only three modes of amending the Charter, namely, through a constitutional convention, through Congress acting as a constituent assembly, or through the so-called people’s initiative,” Garcia said.

The House had passed a joint resolution to convene Congress into a constituent assembly. It is Congress acting as such that would determine the final draft of the federal charter to be presented to the Filipino people for ratification, she stressed.

Alvarez said the House leadership would have to revisit its present timetable to find out how to attend to he lawmakers’ legislative duties, particularly the consideration of the 2019 budget, and the task of amending the Constitution given the additional complication posed by the mid-term elections in 2019.

“But even before the Con-Com was created, the House committee on Constitutional amendments has been working continuously to prepare our own draft of a federal system based on numerous public consultations as well as the draft submitted by the PDP Federalism Institute,” Garcia said.

Among the ratified bicameral conference committee reports awaiting Mr. Duterte’s signature are the law on Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS); Filipino Identification System; Retirement Benefits System in the Office of Ombudsman; and Strengthening Legal Framework for Creation, Perfection, Determination of Priority Rights and Enforcement of Security Interests in Personal Property.

From 25 July 2016 up to 11 July 2018 the House of Representatives processed 2,929 measures in 183 session days, for an average of 16 measures processed per session a day.

Out of these measures, 133 were enacted into law within the period, 38 of which were bills of national importance, 93 local bills, and two joint resolutions of Congress.

Among the most significant measures that have been enacted into law during the period were the Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act; Free Irrigation Services Act; An Act Strengthening the “Anti-Hospital Deposit Law”; Ease of Doing Business Act; An Act Extending the Validity of Philippine Passports; An Act Extending the Validity Period of Drivers’ Licenses; and Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN).

After Congress adjourned sine die on May 30, Duterte signed into law various measures ratified by the bicameral conference committee.

These include the Philippine Mental Health Act; Strengthening the Balik-Scientist Program; National School Feeding Law ; Expanding the National Integrated Protected Areas System; 5) Electric Cooperatives Resiliency Fund; and Anti-Hazing Act of 2018.

Garcia said the House also ratified a total of five bicameral conference reports on four national bills and one local bill. Still pending consideration by the bicameral conference committee are eight national bills and eight local bills.

What to expect from Duterte's third SONA

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to deliver his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 23.

With the red carpet already laid out and security measures being finalized, all eyes are on the firebrand President anew.

Here's what to expect from the President's upcoming speech:

SPEECH DURATION

Malacañang earlier said that President Duterte's speech this year will only last for 35 minutes since he promised to read from prepared remarks.

Presidential Communications Secretary Ana Marie Banaag, however, hinted on Tuesday that the President's speech may last longer, given that Congress is expected to ratify the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law in the morning of July 23.

"In as much as the President wanted to shorten his speech, we don't know what would come up because that's up to Congress of course," she told ANC's "Beyond Politics."

Banaag added that Palace officials are not worried that Duterte, who usually deviates from his prepared remarks, would deliver a speech longer than 35 minutes "because people would want to listen to him."

"Even if the President talks for two hours, people are so fixated on what he wants to say so it's not really something we are worried about," she said.

MESSAGE

The President will not tout his administration's accomplishments in his upcoming SONA as well but would instead speak as the nation's father, Banaag said.

"It's not more of what he claims he has accomplished, [what] this administration claims to have accomplished but it's more of the father who cares about the Filipino people," she said.

Banaag revealed that Duterte also removes parts of the draft speech which he feels "is not him" and "includes whatever he feels he wants to say."

"He practically is the writer of the speech already," she said.

Duterte also practices the delivery of his speech "over and over" whenever he has free time.

NEW DIRECTOR

For this year, Malacañang decided to tap romantic-comedy film director Joyce Bernal to direct the President's SONA, replacing acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza.

Bernal earlier said she intends to use "sequencing shots" and "warm lighting" to capture Duterte's patriotism on camera.

According to Banaag, the female director is "clear of what she wants" in terms of directing the President's upcoming speech.

"She (Bernal) wanted to show how the President loves so much this country," Banaag said.

Unlike Mendoza, who drew both cheers and jeers for his unconventional use of shots and camera angles in the President’s speeches, Bernal "has not so deviated with the usual protocols and procedures," according to Banaag.

"Director Joyce Bernal is so hands on. She practically stays at the Malacañang and House of Representatives," Banaag said.

Banaag also said that Bernal is directing the President's SONA pro bono.

BBL SIGNING DURING SONA?

Malacañang earlier said Duterte will sign the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before he delivers his third SONA.

But Banaag clarified that it still depends on whether Congress can finalize the bill in time for the President's speech.

"The aim is to have it signed during the SONA," she said.

Banaag also noted that during pre-SONA meetings, it has not been clarified whether the President will sign the proposed BBL before he delivers his speech, during, or after.

"We don't know yet," she said.

Banaag also floated that possibility that the President will defer from signing the proposed measure into law if he disagrees with the final version of the bill.

"The President has been so sensitive with the BBL, that's why it has dragged on for years," she said.

Bicam completes review of 6 of 18 articles on BBL

By Vanne Elaine Terrazola

The Congress bicameral committee has finished polishing six of the 18 articles of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), missing anew its target for the approval of the priority measure.

House Majority Leader Roldolfo Fariñas confirmed Tuesday night that it is “impossible’ to finish deliberating on the measure, contrary to earlier pronouncements that the bicam will sign Tuesday afternoon its final committee report on the BBL.

Fariñas said they had so far completed six articles of the bill, which includes provisions on the identity, territory, powers and security measure of the Bangsamoro region.

As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Fariñas said they will take up provisions on the fiscal autonomy of the proposed Bangsamoro region.

Fariñas said they will continue their meeting tomorrow noon at the Senate.

The House leader admitted there were still debates on some of the provisions of the bill, particularly on the proposed preamble in the proposed BBL.

The Bicam, he said, did not approve of the preamble proposed by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. The Bangsamoro preamble should also adhere to the Constitution, he added.

Despite delays, Fariñas said they still aim to approve the final version of the bill this week so president Duterte can review it before they ratify it and later be signed it into law on Monday, July 23.

The bicam had had five meetings on the BBL, three in a hotel in Pasig, once in the House of Representatives, and the latest in a hotel in Mandaluyong City.

STI Education Systems says operating expenses pared its net income

STI Education Systems Holdings Inc. on Tuesday reported a drop in its net income during the academic year 2017-2018, despite having breached the P3-billion revenue mark.

In a regulatory filing on Tuesday, STI said its net income slipped to P502.8 million from P558.4 million given the “substantial” increase in operational expenses.

Interest expense on loans—incurred by the STI Education Services Group’s (STI ESG) bond issue—increased by 177 percent.

Gross revenue grew by 5 percent to P3.08 billion from P2.93 billion.

Gross profit expanded by P80.5 million to P2.07 billion from P1.99 billion

STI Holdings follows an April-to-March fiscal year, mirroring the academic cycle in the Philippines as the bulk of its income is derived from education services.

“STI Holdings ... attributes the revenue growth to the steady increase in the number of enrollees in STI ESG owned and franchised schools, as well as in iACADEMY and STI WNU,” the company said.

STI ESG caters to the Senior High School (SHS) program, while iACADEMY provides niche courses in the computing, business, and design.

STI West Negros University (WNU) is the company’s educational system in Bacolod City.

For the school year 2017-2018, STI said 105,031 students enrolled in schools within its network—compared with 103,727 during the previous school year. —Jon Viktor Cabuenas/VDS, GMA News

Due to losses, ABS-CBN gives up mobile business

Media giant ABS-CBN Corp.’s cellular business, which has struggled financially, will soon end its services after a five-year run.

This came as ABS-CBN announced on Monday that a network sharing agreement between subsidiary ABS-CBN Convergence and Globe Telecom would not be renewed. The five-year agreement was sealed in 2013 and was supposed to be up for renewal in June this year.

“After a thorough assessment, ABS-CBN Convergence deemed its current mobile business model to be financially unsustainable,” ABS-CBN said in a stock exchange filing on Monday.

ABS-CBN said it was seeking the approval of the National Telecommunications Commission on when its mobile service would formally end.

Until then, ABS-CBNmobile prepaid, postpaid and Sky Mobi subscribers would continue to enjoy text, call and data services, the company noted.

ABS-CBNmobile had almost one million subscribers as of late 2017, a figure little-changed from its 2016 subscriber base. ABS-CBN officials had said the company needed around two million subscribers to hit the so-called break even point.

ABS-CBNmobile operated as a mobile virtual network operator, meaning it provided wireless services without owning the infrastructure. Instead, the deal with Globe allowed it to use the latter’s nationwide network for a fee.

ABS-CBNmobile used strategy that relied heavily on ABS-CBN’s mainstream media content through the iWant TV app.

Despite positive signs early on, coupled with ABS-CBN’s aggressive multipronged initiatives in the digital space, it decided the business no longer made sense given mounting losses.

The mobile unit saw losses of almost P600 million in 2016. That loss was reportedly similar in 2017. Those figures, however, represented a small slice of ABS-CBN’s overall business, which generated revenues of P40.7 billion and a profit of P3.16 billion last year.

ABS-CBN said it would pursue other areas of cooperation with Globe.

“ABS-CBN and Globe are exploring new ways and synergies that complement their business models,” it said.

“Leveraging on ABS-CBN’s expertise as top content provider to the Filipino audience and the vast reach of Globe as the leading telecommunications company, both companies have decided to shift their focus in maximizing synergies,” it added.



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ABS-CBNmobile ends Globe network sharing

ABS-CBN Corp. has severed network sharing ties with Globe Telecom, Inc. for its ABS-CBNmobile brand after its five-year agreement expired.

In a disclosure to the stock exchange on Monday, ABS-CBN said the financial status of its mobile business was the reason for the decision.

“After a thorough assessment, ABS-CBN Convergence deemed its current mobile business model to be financially unsustainable. As a result, ABS-CBN Convergence and Globe reached an agreement not to renew their mobile network sharing agreement and to look at more profitable opportunities in the content business,” it said.

With the termination of the contract, the Lopez-led company said its prepaid, postpaid and Sky Mobi subscribers may keep availing their services “until the final date that will be approved by the National Telecommunications Commission.”

ABS-CBN Chief Finance Officer Aldrin M. Cerrado said in April the company has “contained” its losses from the ABS-CBNmobile business in 2017. During the first quarter, the company saw its interconnection costs down 64% to P49 million from P81 million in the same period last year.

ABS-CBN signed a network sharing agreement with Globe in May 2013 to receive capacity and coverage from the telecommunication giant’s cellular network. “The parties may also share assets such as servers, towers, and switches,” it said in a regulatory filing.

Despite the decision to discontinue ABS-CBNmobile, the two companies have agreed to keep connections for the TVplus boxes, Kapamilya Box Office and iWant TV offers of ABS-CBN.

“ABS-CBN and Globe are exploring new ways and synergies that complement their business models,” the company said.

Mr. Cerrado previously said the direction of ABS-CBN this year is to focus on its digital terrestrial television (DTT) business, broadband services through Sky Broadband, direct-to-home (DTH) business and international markets.

In a statement in early July, ABS-CBN said it has sold five million digital boxes nationwide in May from when it was launched in February 2015, inching closer to its goal of selling six million units by the end of the year.

ABS-CBN posted a 7% increase in attributable net income at P452.53 million during the first quarter. It was driven by lower gross expenses tempering the decline in advertising revenues.

Shares in ABS-CBN gained 55 centavos or 2.25% to close at P24.95 apiece on Monday. — Denise A. Valdez

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ABS-CBN cuts ties with Globe on mobile network sharing

ABS-CBN Convergence, the broadcast giant’s mobile telecommunications unit, is not renewing its network sharing agreement with Globe Telecom as the partnership is set to expire this year.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ABS-CBN said it previously signed a five-year agreement with Globe to deliver content and telecommunications services on mobile devices through its ABS-CBNmobile brand.

“After a thorough assessment, deemed its current mobile business model to be financially unsustainable,” the company said.

“As a result, ABS-CBN Convergence and Globe reached an agreement not to renew their mobile network sharing agreement and to look at more profitable opportunities in the content business,” it added.
ABS-CBN and Globe said they are exploring new ways and synergies that would complement their business models.

Leveraging on ABS-CBN’s expertise as top content provider to the Filipino audience and the vast reach of Globe as a leading telecommunications company, both companies have decided to shift their focus in maximizing synergies.

Among these product synergies are the promotional bundling of ABS-CBN TVplus boxes with Globe At Home prepaid WiFi and the availability of ABS-CBN TVplus’ KBO (Kapamilya Box Office) and iWant TV over-the-top services to all Globe subscribers, which are already commercially available.

Meanwhile, the company said all ABS-CBNmobile prepaid, postpaid and Sky Mobi subscribers will continue to enjoy text, call and data services until the final date that will be approved by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

In November, ABS-CBN chief financial officer Aldrin Cerrado said the company in reviewing its mobile business strategy, in a bid to trim down the losses of ABS-CBNmobile.

“The direction is to have a mobile strategy in order to maximize the revenue potential of our content in many platform as possible including the mobile platform,” Cerrado earlier said.

In the first quarter of the year, ABS-CBN reported a 31 percent increase in net income to P411 million from P314 million in the same period last year.

This was despite a 5.9 percent decline in revenues to P9.01 billion from P9.58 billion in the same period a year ago.

Advertising revenue, in particular, slid by 10.2 percent to P4.35 billion as of end-March from P4.84 billion last year due to fewer advertising placements this year.

Consumer sales decreased by 1.5 percent to P4.67 billion in the first quarter from P4.74 billion a year ago due to lower theatrical receipts from global business and ABS-CBN Films, as well as lower revenue from Sky Cable’s business.

ABS-CBN Convergence, Globe end 5 years of network sharing

MULTIMEDIA conglomerate ABS-CBN Corp. has decided not to extend its network sharing agreement with Globe Telecom Inc. after five years of operations as the business model was deemed to be financially unviable.

In a statement, the Lopez-led company said the company has reviewed its options on its multibillion-peso investment in its mobile brand, ABS-CBNmobile, and has concluded that the business was not profitable.

“After a thorough assessment, ABS-CBN Convergence deemed its current mobile business model to be financially unsustainable,” the statement read.

The company invested P3 billion to create the mobile brand through the network sharing agreement between Globe and ABS-CBN Convergence.

The service was introduced in 2013 and gained traction two years after, when it reached 1.7 million subscribers with an average revenue per user of P65.

Company officials have repeatedly expressed confidence in the wireless business, saying that it should have hit breakeven sometime in 2015.  However, it failed to stimulate usage within the network. Its main business proposition is, beyond calls and texts, subscribers will have access to content created by the television network.

By 2018 company officials have been quoted as saying that they are trying to “contain losses” from the mobile business, cutting down losses to P560 million in 2017, from P600 million the year prior.

“As a result, ABS-CBN Convergence and Globe reached an agreement not to renew their mobile network sharing agreement,” the company said.

The ABS-CBNmobile brand will be folded down on a date that will be decided by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), a company official said in a mobile phone reply.

The contract expired in June.

“The NTC needs to review and approve the date,” a company spokesman said. “Let’s wait for the review and approval.”

Nonetheless, the two groups are on the lookout for partnerships and synergies in the “content business,” which it described as “more profitable opportunities.”

“Leveraging on ABS-CBN’s expertise as top content provider to the Filipino audience and the vast reach of Globe as the leading telecommunications company, both companies have decided to shift their focus in maximizing synergies,” the statement read.

These product synergies include the promotional bundling of ABS-CBN TVplus boxes with Globe At Home prepaid WiFi and the availability of ABS-CBN TVplus’s KBO (Kapamilya Box Office) and iWant TV over-the-top services to all Globe subscribers, which are already commercially available.

Shares in ABS-CBN rose by 2.25 percent to close at P24.95 apiece, while those in Globe inched up by 0.12 percent to end at P1,662 per share on Monday.

ABS-CBN terminates telecom deal with Globe

ABS-CBN Corp. said Monday it terminated its network sharing agreement with Globe Telecom Inc. because of the venture’s “financially unsustainable” mobile business model.

“ABS-CBN Convergence and Globe reached an agreement not to renew their mobile network sharing agreement and to look at more profitable opportunities in the content business,” ABS-CBN said in a disclosure to the stock exchange.

ABS-CBN Convergence teamed up with Globe in 2013 for a five-year network sharing agreement to deliver content and telecommunications services on mobile devices through its ABS-CBNmobile brand.

Under the agreement signed in May 2013, Globe would provide the capacity and coverage on existing cellular mobile telephony network to ABS-CBN Convergence Inc. on a nationwide basis.

The parties also shared assets such as servers, towers, and switches. The network sharing agreement was scheduled to expire this year.

Losses of ABS-CBN Mobile last year were almost the same as in 2016. ABS-CBN Mobile posted a net loss of P560 million in 2016, lower than the P600-million net loss in 2015.  

Bicam expected to approve reconciled BBL bill Tuesday

The bicameral conference committee on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is set to resume on Tuesday its discussions on the measure and approve Congress’ reconciled versions of the bills.

Jointly presided by House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, the bicameral panel is expected to end its debates on the disagreeing provisions of House Bill 6475 and Senate Bill 1717.

The debates started on July 9 and suspended deliberations of the law’s 18 articles past midnight last Friday, July 13.

Fariñas earlier said they would immediately forward the reconciled BBL version to President Rodrigo Duterte for his consideration.

If Duterte approves that final BBL version, Fariñas said both chambers of Congress would have it ratified in plenary when they convene their third regular session on July 23, at 10:00 a.m., for it to be signed into law by the President on or before his State of the Nation Address at 4:00 p.m.

Last Thursday, the panel also adopted Article X or the Bangsamoro Justice System.

Article X provides for the creation of a Shari’ah high court, among others, and its powers. The measure provides for the addition of Shari’ah high, district, and circuit courts to regular courts within the territorial jurisdiction of the Bangsamoro.

The article also confers to the Bangsamoro Parliament the power to enact laws on personal, family, and property law jurisdiction.

Shari’ah courts may also enact laws on commercial, other civil action not provided for under the Code of Muslim Personal Laws, and on minor crimes punishable by Ta’zir under Shari’ah law.

The committee further settled differences in the sections of Article XVII, which provide conditions for amendments and revisions to the BBL.

It states that Congress may propose amendments or revisions, and the enacted changes would become effective upon approval by a majority vote of qualified voters in the region in a plebiscite called for the purpose.

On Article XVIII, or the Final Provisions, the panel deliberated on the repealing clause that states all laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations, and other issuances inconsistent with the BBL are repealed or modified accordingly.

In a press statement on Monday, Fariñas said amendment of the section would ensure that the transition of the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to the new Bangsamoro region would be “seamless and obviate any gap in the government service.”

Salient discussions also zeroed-in on contentious provisions throughout the proposed measure, fine-tuning and polishing piecemeal sections previously tabled by the panel.

These include provisions on what comprise the scope of the Bangsamoro government, particularly contiguous territorial jurisdiction as well as inland and Bangsamoro waters.

The panel further discussed the power, authority, and right of the Bangsamoro government to explore, develop, and utilize the natural resources, nature reserves, and protected areas in its territorial jurisdiction.

Under the approved provision, the national government and Bangsamoro should jointly have the power to grant rights, privileges, and concessions over the exploration, development, and utilization of fossil fuels and uranium in the region.

Provisions on transportation and telecommunications were also reviewed, establishing the functions and powers the Bangsamoro and national governments must coordinate on.

The committee also tackled the disposition of personnel as the government transitions, according to the statement.

As the ratification of the BBL deems offices of the ARMM abolished, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority would be tasked with scheduling the gradual phasing out of the concerned offices.

Officials holding appointive positions would continue to perform their functions based on the schedule set.

The funds for benefits and entitlements of affected employees in the region would meanwhile be provided by the national government.   /vvp

ABS-CBN, Globe seek new synergies, wind down network sharing deal

ABS-CBN said Monday it was looking at "more profitable opportunities" in the content business with Globe Telecom, after the two companies agreed to wind down their network sharing agreement.

Following a "thorough assessment," ABS-CBN Convergence found its mobile business model to be "financially unsustainable," leading to the decision not to renew the deal with Globe that was forged in 2013, ABS-CBN told the stock exchange.

The network sharing agreement will expire this year.

"Leveraging on ABS-CBN’s expertise as top content provider to the Filipino audience and the vast reach of Globe as the leading telecommunications company, both companies have decided to shift their focus in maximizing synergies," ABS-CBN said in a disclosure.

ABS-CBN said "promotional synergies" could include bundling of ABS-CBN TVPlus boxes with Globe at Home prepaid WiFi and the availability of ABS-CBN TVplus’ KBO (Kapamilya Box Office) and iWant TV over-the-top services to all Globe subscribers.

ABS-CBNmobile prepaid, postpaid and Sky Mobi subscribers will continues to enjoy text, call, and data services until the final date that will be approved by the National Telecommunications Commission, the company said.

JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE

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The '''Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry''' (acronym as '''JMCIM''') is an [[United Pentecostal Church International|Apostolic Pentecostal]] religious group in the [[Philippines]] which believes particularly in the promotion of miracles and faith in God for healing. JMCIM was founded by [[Evangelism|Evangelist]] [[Wilde E. Almeda]]<ref name="sever">{{cite book|last1=Severino|first1=Rodolfo C.|last2=Salazar|first2=Lorraine Carlos|title=Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century?|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=9789812304995|page=110|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=FNFh114RQv8C&pg=PA110|accessdate=21 November 2016|language=en}}</ref> in February 14, 1975. It has members in the Philippines, the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Europe]], the [[Middle east]], [[Australia]], [[Singapore]], [[Japan]], [[China]], and other parts of [[Asia]] .<ref name="sever"/>

==Local and International [[Chapter (religion)|Chapters]]==

The movement has the following chapters nationally and internationally:

===[[Philippines]]===
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* [[Manila]]
* [[Quezon City]]
* [[Caloocan|Caloocan City]]
* [[Las Piñas|Las Piñas City]]
* [[Makati|Makati City]]
* [[Malabon|Malabon City]]
* [[Mandaluyong|Mandaluyong City]]
* [[Marikina|Marikina City]]
* [[Meycauayan|Meycauayan City]]
* [[Muntinlupa|Muntinlupa City]]
* [[Navotas|Navotas City]]
* [[Parañaque|Parañaque City]]
* [[Pasay|Pasay City]]
* [[Pasig|Pasig City]]
* [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan City]]
* [[San Pedro, Laguna|San Pedro City]]
* [[Taguig|Taguig City]]
* [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela City]]
* [[Obando, Bulacan|Obando]]
* [[Pateros, Metro Manila|Pateros]]
* [[Ilocos Norte]]
* [[Ilocos Sur]]
* [[La Union (province)|La Union]]
* [[Pangasinan]]
* [[Abra (province)|Abra]]
* [[Baguio City]]
* [[Benguet province|Benguet]]
* [[Kalinga (province)|Kalinga]]
* [[Apayao]]
* [[Mountain Province]]
* [[Ifugao]]
* [[Batanes]]
* [[Cagayan]]
* [[Santiago (Philippine city)|Santiago City]]
* [[Isabela (province)|Isabela]]
* [[Quirino]]
* [[Nueva Vizcaya]]
* [[Angeles, Philippines|Angeles City]]
* [[Mabalacat|Mabalacat City]]
* [[San Fernando, Pampanga|City of San Fernando]]
* [[Pampanga]]
* [[Tarlac City]]
* [[Tarlac]]
* [[Olongapo|Olongapo City]]
* [[Zambales]]
* [[Bataan]]
* [[Malolos|Malolos City]]
* [[San Jose del Monte|City of San Jose Del Monte]]
* [[Bulacan]]
* [[Cabanatuan|Cabanatuan City]]
* [[Nueva Ecija]]
* [[Aurora (province)|Aurora]]
* [[Antipolo|Antipolo City]]
* [[Rizal]]
* [[Bacoor|Bacoor City]]
* [[Imus|Imus City]]
* [[Dasmariñas|Dasmariñas City]]
* [[General Trias, Cavite|General Trias City]]
* [[Cavite]]
* [[Biñan|Biñan City]]
* [[Santa Rosa, Laguna|Santa Rosa City]]
* [[Cabuyao|Cabuyao City]]
* [[Calamba, Laguna|Calamba City]]
* [[San Pablo, Laguna|San Pablo City]]
* [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]]
* [[Batangas City]]
* [[Lipa, Batangas|Lipa City]]
* [[Tanauan, Batangas|Tanauan City]]
* [[Batangas]]
* [[Lucena, Philippines|Lucena City]]
* [[Quezon (province)|Quezon]]
* [[Puerto Princesa|Puerto Princesa City]]
* [[Palawan]]
* [[Occidental Mindoro]]
* [[Oriental Mindoro]]
* [[Marinduque]]
* [[Romblon]]
* [[Naga, Camarines Sur|Naga City]]
* [[Camarines Norte]]
* [[Camarines Sur]]
* [[Albay]]
* [[Catanduanes]]
* [[Sorsogon]]
* [[Masbate]]
* [[Aklan]]
* [[Antique (province)|Antique]]
* [[Capiz]]
* [[Iloilo City]]
* [[Iloilo]]
* [[Guimaras]]
* [[Bacolod|Bacolod City]]
* [[Negros Occidental]]
* [[Cebu City]]
* [[Lapu-Lapu, Philippines|Lapu-lapu City]]
* [[Mandaue|Mandaue City]]
* [[Cebu]]
* [[Bohol]]
* [[Negros Oriental]]
* [[Siquijor]]
* [[Biliran]]
* [[Ormoc|Ormoc City]]
* [[Tacloban|Tacloban City]]
* [[Leyte (province)|Leyte]]
* [[Southern Leyte]]
* [[Northern Samar]]
* [[Eastern Samar]]
* [[Samar (province)|Western Samar]]
* [[Isabela, Basilan|Isabela City]]
* [[Zamboanga City]]
* [[Zamboanga del Norte]]
* [[Zamboanga del Sur]]
* [[Zamboanga Sibugay]]
* [[Bukidnon]]
* [[Cagayan de Oro|Cagayan de Oro City]]
* [[Camiguin]]
* [[Misamis Occidental]]
* [[Misamis Oriental]]
* [[Iligan|Iligan City]]
* [[Lanao del Norte]]
* [[Compostela Valley]]
* [[Davao City]]
* [[Davao del Norte]]
* [[Davao del Sur]]
* [[Davao Occidental]]
* [[Davao Oriental]]
* [[Tagum|Tagum City]]
* [[Cotabato City]]
* [[Cotabato]]
* [[General Santos|General Santos City]]
* [[Sarangani]]
* [[South Cotabato]]
* [[Sultan Kudarat]]
* [[Butuan|Butuan City]]
* [[Agusan del Norte]]
* [[Agusan del Sur]]
* [[Dinagat Islands]]
* [[Surigao del Norte]]
* [[Surigao del Sur]]
* [[Basilan]]
* [[Lanao del Sur]]
* [[Maguindanao]]
* [[Shariff Kabunsuan]]
* [[Sulu (province)|Sulu]]
* [[Tawi-Tawi]]
===[[China]]===
* [[Beijing|Beijing Municipality]]
* [[Tianjin|Tianjin Municipality]]
* [[Hebei|Hebei Province]]
* [[Shanxi|Shanxi Province]]
* [[Inner Mongolia|Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region]]
* [[Liaoning|Liaoning Province]]
* [[Jilin|Jilin Province]]
* [[Heilongjiang|Heilongjiang Province]]
* [[Shanghai|Shanghai Municipality]]
* [[Jiangsu|Jiangsu Province]]
* [[Zhejiang|Zhejiang Province]]
* [[Anhui|Anhui Province]]
* [[Fujian|Fujian Province]]
* [[Jiangxi|Jiangxi Province]]
* [[Shandong|Shandong Province]]
* [[Henan|Henan Province]]
* [[Hubei|Hubei Province]]
* [[Hunan|Hunan Province]]
* [[Guangdong|Guangdong Province]]
* [[Guangxi|Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region]]
* [[Hainan|Hainan Province]]
* [[Chongqing|Chongqing Municipality]]
* [[Sichuan|Sichuan Province]]
* [[Guizhou|Guizhou Province]]
* [[Yunnan|Yunnan Province]]
* [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]
* [[Shaanxi|Shaanxi Province]]
* [[Gansu|Gansu Province]]
* [[Qinghai|Qinghai Province]]
* [[Ningxia|Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]]
* [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]]
===[[East Timor]]===
* [[Oecusse District|Oecusse]]
* [[Liquiçá District|Liquiçá]]
* [[Dili District|Dili]]
* [[Manatuto District|Manatuto]]
* [[Baucau District|Baucau]]
* [[Lautém District|Lautém]]
* [[Bobonaro District|Bobonaro]]
* [[Ermera District|Ermera]]
* [[Aileu District|Aileu]]
* [[Viqueque District|Viqueque]]
* [[Cova Lima District|Cova Lima]]
* [[Ainaro District|Ainaro]]
* [[Manufahi District|Manufahi]]
===[[Hong Kong]]===
* [[Hong Kong Island]]
** [[Central and Western District|Central and Western]]
** [[Eastern District (Hong Kong)|Eastern]]
** [[Southern District (Hong Kong)|Southern]]
** [[Wan Chai District|Wan Chai]]
* [[Kowloon]] and [[New Kowloon]]
** [[Kowloon City District|Kowloon City]]
** [[Kwun Tong District|Kwun Tong]]
** [[Sham Shui Po District|Sham Shui Po]]
** [[Wong Tai Sin District|Wong Tai Sin]]
** [[Yau Tsim Mong District|Yau Tsim Mong]]
* [[New Territories]] &amp;lt;small&amp;gt; (excluding New Kowloon)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;
** [[Islands District|Islands]]
** [[Kwai Tsing District|Kwai Tsing]]
** [[North District (Hong Kong)|North]]
** [[Sai Kung District|Sai Kung]]
** [[Sha Tin District|Sha Tin]]
** [[Tai Po District|Tai Po]]
** [[Tsuen Wan District|Tsuen Wan]]
** [[Tuen Mun District|Tuen Mun]]
** [[Yuen Long District|Yuen Long]]
===[[India]]===
*[[Jammu and Kashmir]]
*[[Himachal Pradesh]]
*[[Punjab]]
*[[Chandigarh]]
*[[Uttarakhand]]
*[[Haryana]]
*[[Delhi]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
*[[Assam]]
*[[Manipur]]
*[[Meghalaya]]
*[[Mizoram]]
*[[Nagaland]]
*[[Sikkim]]
*[[Tripura]]
*[[Bihar]]
*[[Jharkhand]]
*[[Odisha]]
*[[West Bengal]]
*[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
*[[Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[Karnataka]]
*[[Kerala]]
*[[Tamil Nadu]]
*[[Telangana]]
*[[Gujarat]]
*[[Maharashtra]]
*[[Goa]]
*[[Daman and Diu]]
*[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]
===[[Indonesia]]===
* [[Aceh]]
* [[Bangka–Belitung Islands]]
* [[Bengkulu]]
* [[Jambi]]
* [[Lampung (province)|Lampung]]
* [[North Sumatra]]
* [[Riau]]
* [[Riau Islands Province|Riau Islands]]
* [[South Sumatra]]
* [[West Sumatra]]
* [[Banten]]
* [[Central Java]]
* [[East Java]]
* [[Jakarta]]
* [[West Java]]
* [[Special Region of Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]]
* [[Central Kalimantan]]
* [[East Kalimantan]]
* [[North Kalimantan]]
* [[South Kalimantan]]
* [[West Kalimantan]]
* [[Bali]]
* [[East Nusa Tenggara]]
* [[West Nusa Tenggara]]
* [[Central Sulawesi]]
* [[Gorontalo]]
* [[North Sulawesi]]
* [[Southeast Sulawesi]]
* [[South Sulawesi]]
* [[West Sulawesi]]
* [[Maluku (province)|Maluku]]
* [[North Maluku]]
* [[Papua (province)|Papua]]
* [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]]
===[[Japan]]===
* [[Hokkaido]]
* [[Aomori Prefecture|Aomori]]
* [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]]
* [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
* [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]]
* [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]]
* [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]]
* [[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]]
* [[Tochigi Prefecture|Tochigi]]
* [[Gunma Prefecture|Gunma]]
* [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]]
* [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]
* [[Tokyo]]
* [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]
* [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]]
* [[Toyama Prefecture|Toyama]]
* [[Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa]]
* [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]]
* [[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]]
* [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]]
* [[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]]
* [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]]
* [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]
* [[Mie Prefecture|Mie]]
* [[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]]
* [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]]
* [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]]
* [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]]
* [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]]
* [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]]
* [[Tottori Prefecture|Tottori]]
* [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]]
* [[Okayama Prefecture|Okayama]]
* [[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima]]
* [[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi]]
* [[Tokushima Prefecture|Tokushima]]
* [[Kagawa Prefecture|Kagawa]]
* [[Ehime Prefecture|Ehime]]
* [[Kōchi Prefecture|Kōchi]]
* [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]]
===[[Jordan]]===
* North Region
** [[Ajloun Governorate|Ajloun]]
** [[Irbid Governorate|Irbid]]
** [[Jerash Governorate|Jerash]]
** [[Mafraq Governorate|Mafraq]]
* Central Region
** [[Amman Governorate|Amman]]
** [[Balqa Governorate|Balqa]]
** [[Madaba Governorate|Madaba]]
** [[Zarqa Governorate|Zarqa]]
* South Region
** [[Aqaba Governorate|Aqaba]]
** [[Karak Governorate|Karak]]
** [[Ma'an Governorate|Ma'an]]
** [[Tafilah Governorate|Tafilah]]
===[[Kazakhstan]]===
* [[Akmola Region|Akmola]]
* [[Aktobe Region|Aktobe]]
* [[Almaty Region|Almaty]]
* [[Atyrau Region|Atyrau]]
* [[East Kazakhstan Region|East Kazakhstan]]
* [[Karaganda Region|Karaganda]]
* [[Kostanay Region|Kostanay]]
* [[Kyzylorda Region|Kyzylorda]]
* [[Jambyl Region|Jambyl]]
* [[Mangystau Region|Mangystau]]
* [[North Kazakhstan Region|North Kazakhstan]]
* [[Pavlodar Region|Pavlodar]]
* [[South Kazakhstan Region|South Kazakhstan]]
* [[West Kazakhstan Region|West Kazakhstan]]
===[[Kuwait]]===
* [[Capital Governorate (Kuwait)|Capital (Asima)]]
* [[Hawalli Governorate|Hawalli]]
* [[Farwaniya Governorate|Farwaniya]]
* [[Ahmadi Governorate|Ahmadi]]
* [[Jahra Governorate|Jahra]]
* [[Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate|Mubarak Al-Kabeer]]
===[[Kyrgyzstan]]===
* [[Batken Region|Batken]]
* [[Bishkek]] (city)
* [[Chuy Region|Chuy]]
* [[Issyk Kul Region|Issyk-Kul]]
* [[Jalal-Abad Region|Jalal-Abad]]
* [[Naryn Region|Naryn]]
* [[Osh Region|Osh]]
* [[Osh]] (city)
* [[Talas Region|Talas]]
===[[Laos]]===
* [[Attapeu Province|Attapeu]]
* [[Bokeo Province|Bokeo]]
* [[Bolikhamsai Province|Bolikhamxai]]
* [[Champasak Province|Champasak]]
* [[Houaphanh Province|Houaphan]]
* [[Khammouane Province|Khammouan]]
* [[Luang Namtha Province|Luang Namtha]]
* [[Luang Prabang Province|Louangphabang]]
* [[Oudomxay Province|Oudomxai]]
* [[Phongsaly Province|Phongsali]]
* [[Sainyabuli Province|Sainyabuli]]
* [[Salavan Province|Salavan]]
* [[Savannakhet Province|Savannakhet]]
* [[Sekong Province|Sekong]]
* [[Vientiane Prefecture|Vientiane (Viengchan)]]
* [[Vientiane Province|Vientiane]]
* [[Xiangkhouang Province|Xiangkhoang]]
===[[Lebanon]]===
* [[Beirut Governorate|Beirut]]
* [[Beqaa Governorate|Beqaa]]
* [[Mount Lebanon Governorate|Mount Lebanon]]
* [[Nabatieh Governorate|Nabatieh]]
* [[North Governorate|North]]
* [[South Governorate|South]]
===[[Macau]]===
* [[Macau Peninsula]]
** [[Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau|N. Sra. de Fátima]]
** [[Santo António, Macau|Sto. António]]
** [[São Lázaro|S. Lázaro]]
** [[Sé, Macau|Sé]]
** [[São Lourenço, Macau|S. Lourenço]]
* [[Taipa]] and [[Coloane]]
** [[Taipa|N. Sra. do Carmo]]
** [[Coloane|S. Francisco Xavier]]
===[[Malaysia]]===
*[[Peninsular Malaysia]]
**Northern Region
***[[Perlis]]
***[[Kedah]]
***[[Penang]]
***[[Perak]]
**East Coast Region
***[[Kelantan]]
***[[Terengganu]]
***[[Pahang]]
**Central Region
***[[Selangor]]
***[[Kuala Lumpur]]
***[[Putrajaya]]
**Southern Region
***[[Negeri Sembilan]]
***[[Malacca]]
***[[Johor]]
*[[East Malaysia]]
**[[Sabah]]
**[[Sarawak]]
**[[Labuan|Federal Territory of Labuan]]
===[[Maldives]]===
* [[Haa Alif Atoll|Haa Alif]]
* [[Haa Dhaalu Atoll|Haa Dhaalu]]
* [[Shaviyani Atoll|Shaviyani]]
* [[Noonu Atoll|Noonu]]
* [[Raa Atoll|Raa]]
* [[Baa Atoll|Baa]]
* [[Lhaviyani Atoll|Lhaviyani]]
* [[Kaafu Atoll|Kaafu]]
* [[Alif Alif Atoll|Alif Alif]]
* [[Alif Dhaal Atoll|Alif Dhaal]]
* [[Vaavu Atoll|Vaavu]]
* [[Meemu Atoll|Meemu]]
* [[Faafu Atoll|Faafu]]
* [[Dhaalu Atoll|Dhaalu]]
* [[Thaa Atoll|Thaa]]
* [[Laamu Atoll|Laamu]]
* [[Gaafu Alif Atoll|Gaafu Alif]]
* [[Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll|Gaafu Dhaalu]]
* [[Gnaviyani Atoll|Gnaviyani]]
* [[Malé]]
* [[Addu City|Addu]]
===[[Mongolia]]===
* [[Arkhangai Province|Arkhangai]]
* [[Bayankhongor Province|Bayankhongor]]
* [[Bayan-Ölgii Province|Bayan-Ölgii]]
* [[Bulgan Province|Bulgan]]
* [[Darkhan-Uul Province|Darkhan-Uul]]
* [[Dornod Province|Dornod]]
* [[Dornogovi Province|Dornogovi]]
* [[Dundgovi Province|Dundgovi]]
* [[Govi-Altai Province|Govi-Altai]]
* [[Govisümber Province|Govisümber]]
* [[Khentii Province|Khentii]]
* [[Khovd Province|Khovd]]
* [[Khövsgöl Province|Khövsgöl]]
* [[Ömnögovi Province|Ömnögovi]]
* [[Orkhon Province|Orkhon]]
* [[Övörkhangai Province|Övörkhangai]]
* [[Selenge Province|Selenge]]
* [[Sükhbaatar Province|Sükhbaatar]]
* [[Töv Province|Töv]]
* [[Ulaanbaatar]]
* [[Uvs Province|Uvs]]
* [[Zavkhan Province|Zavkhan]]
===[[Nepal]]===
* [[Province No. 1]]
* [[Province No. 2]]
* [[Province No. 3]]
* [[Province No. 4]]
* [[Province No. 5]]
* [[Province No. 6]]
* [[Province No. 7]]
===[[North Korea]]===
*[[North Hwanghae]]
*[[South Hwanghae]]
*[[North Hamgyong]]
*[[Kangwon]]
*[[South Hamgyong]]
*[[Ryanggang]]
*[[Chagang]]
*[[North Pyongan]]
*[[South Pyongan]]
===[[Oman]]===
* [[Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate|Ad Dakhiliyah]]
* [[Ad Dhahirah Governorate|Ad Dhahirah]]
* [[Al Batinah North Governorate|Al Batinah North]]
* [[Al Batinah South Governorate|Al Batinah South]]
* [[Al Buraimi Governorate|Al Buraimi]]
* [[Al Wusta Governorate (Oman)|Al Wusta]]
* [[Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate|Ash Sharqiyah North]]
* [[Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate|Ash Sharqiyah South]]
* [[Dhofar Governorate|Dhofar]]
* [[Muscat Governorate|Masqat]]
* [[Musandam Governorate|Musandam]]
===[[Pakistan]]===
* [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]
* [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
* [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
* [[Sindh]]
* [[Islamabad Capital Territory]]
* [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]
* [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Gilgit-Baltistan]]
===[[Palestinian territories]]===
*[[West Bank]]
** [[Jerusalem Governorate|Jerusalem (al-Quds)]]
** [[Bethlehem Governorate|Bethlehem]]
** [[Hebron Governorate|Hebron]]
** [[Jenin Governorate|Jenin]]
** [[Jericho Governorate|Jericho]]
** [[Nablus Governorate|Nablus]]
** [[Qalqilya Governorate|Qalqilya]]
** [[Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate|Ramallah and al-Bireh]]
** [[Salfit Governorate|Salfit]]
** [[Tubas Governorate|Tubas ]]
** [[Tulkarm Governorate|Tulkarm]]
* [[Gaza Strip]]
** [[Deir al-Balah Governorate|Deir al-Balah]]
** [[Gaza Governorate|Gaza]]
** [[Khan Yunis Governorate|Khan Yunis]]
** [[North Gaza Governorate|North Gaza]]
** [[Rafah Governorate|Rafah]]
===[[Qatar]]===
* [[Al Daayen]]
* [[Doha|Ad Dawhah]]
* [[Al Khor]]
* [[Al Wakrah (municipality)|Al Wakrah]]
* [[Al Rayyan]]
* [[Madinat ash Shamal]]
* [[Umm Salal]]
===[[Saudi Arabia]]===
* [[Al Bahah Region|Al Bahah]]
* [[Northern Borders Region|Northern Borders]]
* [[Al Jawf Region|Al Jawf]]
* [[Al Madinah Region|Al Madinah]]
* [[Al-Qassim Region|Al Qasim]]
* [[Riyadh Region|Riyadh]]
* [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]]
* [['Asir Region|'Asir]]
* [[Ha'il Region|Ha'il]]
* [[Jizan Region|Jizan]]
* [[Makkah Region|Makkah]]
* [[Najran Region|Najran]]
* [[Tabuk Region|Tabuk]]
===[[Singapore]]===
*[[Aljunied]]
*[[Ang Mo Kio]]
**[[Cheng San]]
**[[Chong Boon]]
**[[Kebun Baru]]
**[[Teck Ghee]]
*[[Anson Road]]
*[[Ayer Rajah]]
*[[Balestier Road]]
*[[Bartley]]
*[[Bedok]]
**[[Bedok Reservoir]]
**[[Bedok Town Park]]
**[[Shunfu Estate]]
**[[Sin Ming]]
*[[Boon Keng]]
*[[Bugis]]-[[Kampong Glam]]
**[[Bencoolen, Singapore|Bencoolen]]
**[[Rochor]]
**[[Sungei Road]]
*[[Bukit Batok]]
**[[Bukit Gombak]]
**[[Hillview, Singapore|Hillview]]
**[[Hume Estate]]
*[[Bukit Panjang]]
*[[Bukit Timah]]
**[[Dunearn, Singapore|Dunearn]]
**[[Toh Tuck]]
**[[Watten, Singapore|Watten]]
*[[Buona Vista]]
**[[Ghim Moh]]
**[[Holland Drive, Singapore|Holland Drive]]
**[[Holland Village, Singapore|Holland Village]]
**[[one-North]]
*[[Chinatown,Singapore|Chinatown]]
**[[Clarke Quay]]
*[[Choa Chu Kang]]
**[[Yew Tee]]
*[[Clementi, Singapore]]
**[[Dover, Singapore|Dover]]
**[[Pandan Valley]]
**[[West Coast, Singapore|West Coast]]
*[[Geylang]]
**[[Geylang East]]
**[[Geylang Serai]]
**[[Geylang West]]
*[[Hougang]]
**[[Buangkok]]
*[[Jalan Kayu]]-[[Seletar]]
*[[Jurong]] Residential
**[[Boon Lay]]
**[[Gek Poh Ville]]
**[[Jurong Central]]
**[[Jurong Green]]
**[[Jurong Spring]]
**[[Nanyang, Singapore|Nanyang]]
**[[Pioneer, Singapore|Pioneer]]
**[[Yuhua, Singapore|Yuhua]]
*[[Jurong]] Industrial
**[[Chin Bee]]
**[[Joo Koon]]
**[[Lok Yang]]
**[[Pioneer Sector]]
*[[Jurong Island]]
*[[Ten mile Junction]]
*[[Kallang]]
**[[Kallang Bahru]]
**[[Kallang Basin]]
**[[Lavender, Singapore|Lavender]]
*[[Kembangan, Singapore|Kembangan]]
**[[Fidelio Estate]]
**[[Frankel Estate]]
*[[Kent Ridge]]
*[[Labrador Park]]
*[[Little India, Singapore|Little India]]
**[[Boon Keng]]
**[[Farrer Park]]
*[[MacPherson, Singapore|MacPherson]]
**[[Mattar, Singapore|Mattar]]
*[[Mandai]]
*[[Marina Bay, Singapore|Marina Bay]]
**[[Esplanade, Singapore|Esplanade]]
**[[Marina Centre]]
**[[Marina East]]
**[[Marina South]]
*[[Marine Parade]]
*[[North-Eastern Islands]]
**[[Pulau Tekong]]
**[[Pulau Ubin]]
*[[Novena, Singapore|Novena]]
*[[Orchard Road]]
**[[Cairnhill]]
**[[Dhoby Ghaut]]
**[[Emerald Hill, Singapore|Emerald Hill]]
**[[Somerset]]-[[Killiney]]
**[[Tanglin]]
*[[Pasir Panjang]]
*[[Pasir Ris]]
**[[Elias, Singapore|Elias]]
**[[Lorong Halus]]
**[[Loyang, Singapore|Loyang]]
*[[Paya Lebar]]
*[[Potong Pasir]]
**[[Bidadari]]
**[[Mount Vernon]]
*[[Punggol]]
*[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]
**[[Commonwealth, Singapore|Commonwealth]]
*[[St Michael's, Singapore|St Michael's]]
*[[Seletar]]
*[[Sengkang]]
*[[Sennett Estate]]
*[[Serangoon]]
**[[Serangoon Gardens]]
**[[Serangoon North]]
*[[Simpang]]
*[[Central Area, Singapore|Singapore City]]
*[[Somapah]]
*[[Tai Seng]]
*[[Tampines]]
**[[Simei]]
*[[Tanjong Pagar]]
*[[Teban Gardens]]
*[[Telok Blangah]]
**[[Bukit Chandu]]
**[[Bukit Purmei]]
**[[HarbourFront]]
**[[Radin Mas]]
*[[Tengah, Singapore|Tengah]]
*[[Tiong Bahru]]
**[[Bukit Ho Swee]]
**[[Bukit Merah]]
*[[Toa Payoh]]
**[[Bukit Brown]]
**[[Caldecott Hill]]
**[[Mount Pleasant, Singapore|Mount Pleasant]]
**[[Thomson, Singapore|Thomson]]
*[[Tuas]]
**[[Tuas Crescent]]
**[[Tuas Link]]
**[[Tuas South]]
**[[Tuas West]]
*[[Western Water Catchment]]
**[[Lim Chu Kang]]
**[[Murai, Singapore|Murai]]
**[[Pasir Laba]]
**[[Sarimbun]]
**[[Sungei Gedong]]
**Wrexham
*[[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]]
**[[Admiralty, Singapore|Admiralty]]
**[[Innova, Singapore|Innova]]
**[[Marsiling]]
**[[Woodgrove, Singapore|Woodgrove]]
*[[Yishun]]
**[[Chong Pang]]
*[[Yew Tee]]
===[[Sri Lanka]]===
*[[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]]
*[[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]]
*[[North Central Province, Sri Lanka|North Central]]
*[[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]]
*[[North Western Province, Sri Lanka|North Western]]
*[[Sabaragamuwa Province|Sabaragamuwa]]
*[[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]]
*[[Uva Province|Uva]]
*[[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]]
===[[Syria]]===
* [[Aleppo Governorate|Aleppo]]
* [[Damascus Governorate|Damascus]]
* [[Daraa Governorate|Daraa]]
* [[Deir ez-Zor Governorate|Deir ez-Zor]]
* [[Hama Governorate|Hama]]
* [[Al-Hasakah Governorate|Al-Hasakah]]
* [[Homs Governorate|Homs]]
* [[Idlib Governorate|Idlib]]
* [[Latakia Governorate|Latakia]]
* [[Quneitra Governorate|Quneitra]]
* [[Ar-Raqqah Governorate|Ar-Raqqah]]
* [[Rif Dimashq Governorate|Rif Dimashq]]
* [[As-Suwayda_Governorate|As-Suwayda]]
* [[Tartus Governorate|Tartus]]
===[[Tajikistan]]===
* [[Sughd Region]]
* [[Khatlon Region]]
* [[Districts of Republican Subordination]]
* [[Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region]]
===[[Taiwan]]===
*[[Changhua County]]
*[[Chiayi|Chiayi City]]
*[[Chiayi County]]
*[[Hsinchu|Hsinchu City]]
*[[Hsinchu County]]
*[[Hualien County]]
*[[Kaohsiung|Kaohsiung City]]
*[[Keelung|Keelung City]]
*[[Kinmen County]]
*[[Lienchiang County]]
*[[Miaoli County]]
*[[Nantou County]]
*[[New Taipei|New Taipei City]]
*[[Penghu County]]
*[[Pingtung County]]
*[[Taichung City]]
*[[Tainan|Tainan City]]
*[[Taipei|Taipei City]]
*[[Taitung County]]
*[[Taoyuan City]]
*[[Yilan County]]
*[[Yunlin County]]
===[[Thailand]]===
* [[Northern Thailand]]
** [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]]
** [[Chiang Rai Province|Chiang Rai]]
** [[Lampang Province|Lampang]]
** [[Lamphun Province|Lamphun]]
** [[Mae Hong Son Province|Mae Hong Son]]
** [[Nan Province|Nan]]
** [[Phayao Province|Phayao]]
** [[Phrae Province|Phrae]]
** [[Uttaradit Province|Uttaradit]]
* [[Isan|Northeastern Thailand]]
** [[Amnat Charoen Province|Amnat Charoen]]
** [[Bueng Kan Province|Bueng Kan]]
** [[Buriram Province|Buriram]]
** [[Chaiyaphum Province|Chaiyaphum]]
** [[Kalasin Province|Kalasin]]
** [[Khon Kaen Province|Khon Kaen]]
** [[Loei Province|Loei]]
** [[Maha Sarakham Province|Maha Sarakham]]
** [[Mukdahan Province|Mukdahan]]
** [[Nakhon Phanom Province|Nakhon Phanom]]
** [[Nakhon Ratchasima Province|Nakhon Ratchasima]]
** [[Nong Bua Lamphu Province|Nong Bua Lamphu]]
** [[Nong Khai Province|Nong Khai]]
** [[Roi Et Province|Roi Et]]
** [[Sakon Nakhon Province|Sakon Nakhon]]
** [[Sisaket Province|Sisaket]]
** [[Surin Province|Surin]]
** [[Ubon Ratchathani Province|Ubon Ratchathani]]
** [[Udon Thani Province|Udon Thani]]
** [[Yasothon Province|Yasothon]]
* [[Western Thailand]]
** [[Kanchanaburi Province|Kanchanaburi]]
** [[Phetchaburi Province|Phetchaburi]]
** [[Prachuap Khiri Khan Province|Prachuap Khiri Khan]]
** [[Ratchaburi Province|Ratchaburi]]
** [[Tak Province|Tak]]
* [[Central Thailand]]
** [[Ang Thong Province|Ang Thong]]
** [[Chai Nat Province|Chai Nat]]
** [[Kamphaeng Phet Province|Kamphaeng Phet]]
** [[Lopburi Province|Lopburi]]
** [[Nakhon Nayok Province|Nakhon Nayok]]
** [[Nakhon Sawan Province|Nakhon Sawan]]
** [[Phetchabun Province|Phetchabun]]
** [[Phichit Province|Phichit]]
** [[Phitsanulok Province|Phitsanulok]]
** [[Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province|Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya]]
** [[Samut Songkhram Province|Samut Songkhram]]
** [[Saraburi Province|Saraburi]]
** [[Sing Buri Province|Sing Buri]]
** [[Sukhothai Province|Sukhothai]]
** [[Suphan Buri Province|Suphan Buri]]
** [[Uthai Thani Province|Uthai Thani]]
* [[Eastern Thailand]]
** [[Chachoengsao Province|Chachoengsao]]
** [[Chanthaburi Province|Chanthaburi]]
** [[Chonburi Province|Chonburi]]
** [[Prachinburi Province|Prachinburi]]
** [[Rayong Province|Rayong]]
** [[Sa Kaeo Province|Sa Kaeo]]
** [[Trat Province|Trat]]
* [[Southern Thailand]]
** [[Chumphon Province|Chumphon]]
** [[Krabi Province|Krabi]]
** [[Nakhon Si Thammarat Province|Nakhon Si Thammarat]]
** [[Narathiwat Province|Narathiwat]]
** [[Pattani Province|Pattani]]
** [[Phang Nga Province|Phang Nga]]
** [[Phatthalung Province|Phatthalung]]
** [[Phuket Province|Phuket]]
** [[Ranong Province|Ranong]]
** [[Satun Province|Satun]]
** [[Songkhla Province|Songkhla]]
** [[Surat Thani Province|Surat Thani]]
** [[Trang Province|Trang]]
** [[Yala Province|Yala]]
===Vietnam===
* [[Northwest (Vietnam)|Northwest]]
** [[Điện Biên Province|Điện Biên]]
** [[Hòa Bình Province|Hòa Bình]]
** [[Lai Châu Province|Lai Châu]]
** [[Sơn La Province|Sơn La]]
** [[Lào Cai Province|Lào Cai]]
* [[Northeast (Vietnam)|Northeast]]
** [[Bắc Giang Province|Bắc Giang]]
** [[Bắc Kạn Province|Bắc Kạn]]
** [[Cao Bằng Province|Cao Bằng]]
** [[Hà Giang Province|Hà Giang]]
** [[Lạng Sơn Province|Lạng Sơn]]
** [[Phú Thọ Province|Phú Thọ]]
** [[Quảng Ninh Province|Quảng Ninh]]
** [[Thái Nguyên Province|Thái Nguyên]]
** [[Tuyên Quang Province|Tuyên Quang]]
* [[Red River Delta]]
** [[Bắc Ninh Province|Bắc Ninh]]
** [[Hà Nam Province|Hà Nam]]
** [[Hải Dương Province|Hải Dương]]
** [[Hưng Yên Province|Hưng Yên]]
** [[Nam Định Province|Nam Định]]
** [[Ninh Bình Province|Ninh Bình]]
** [[Thái Bình Province|Thái Bình]]
** [[Vĩnh Phúc Province|Vĩnh Phúc]]
** [[Hanoi|Ha Noi]] (municipality)]]
** [[Hai Phong]] (municipality)
* [[North Central Coast]]
** [[Hà Tĩnh Province|Hà Tĩnh]]
** [[Nghệ An Province|Nghệ An]]
** [[Quảng Bình Province|Quảng Bình]]
** [[Quảng Trị Province|Quảng Trị]]
** [[Thanh Hóa Province|Thanh Hóa]]
** [[Thừa Thiên–Huế Province|Thừa Thiên–Huế]]
* [[South Central Coast]]
** [[Da Nang|Đà Nẵng]]
** [[Quảng Nam Province|Quảng Nam]]
** [[Quảng Ngãi Province|Quảng Ngãi]]
** [[Bình Định Province|Bình Định]]
** [[Phú Yên Province|Phú Yên]]
** [[Khánh Hòa Province|Khánh Hòa]]
** [[Ninh Thuận Province|Ninh Thuận]]
** [[Bình Thuận Province|Bình Thuận]]
* [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]]
** [[Đắk Lắk Province|Đắk Lắk]]
** [[Đắk Nông Province|Đắk Nông]]
** [[Gia Lai Province|Gia Lai]]
** [[Kon Tum Province|Kon Tum]]
** [[Lâm Đồng Province|Lâm Đồng]]
* [[Southeast (Vietnam)|Southeast]]
** [[Ho Chi Minh City]]
** [[Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province]]
** [[Bình Dương Province]]
** [[Bình Phước Province]]
** [[Đồng Nai Province]]
** [[Tây Ninh Province]]
* [[Mekong Delta]]
** [[Cần Thơ]] (Municipality)
** [[An Giang Province|An Giang]]
** [[Bạc Liêu Province|Bạc Liêu]]
** [[Bến Tre Province|Bến Tre]]
** [[Cà Mau Province|Cà Mau]]
** [[Đồng Tháp Province|Đồng Tháp]]
** [[Hậu Giang Province|Hậu Giang]]
** [[Kiên Giang Province|Kiên Giang]]
** [[Long An Province|Long An]]
** [[Sóc Trăng Province|Sóc Trăng]]
** [[Tiền Giang Province|Tiền Giang]]
** [[Trà Vinh Province|Trà Vinh]]
** [[Vĩnh Long Province|Vĩnh Long]]
===Asia===
* [[Abkhazia]]
* [[Afghanistan]]
* [[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]
* [[Armenia]]
* [[Azerbaijan]]
* [[Bahrain]]
* [[Bangladesh]]
* [[Bhutan]]
* [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]
* [[Brunei]]
* [[Cambodia]]
* [[China]]
* [[Christmas Island]]
* [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]
* [[Cyprus]]
* [[East Timor|East Timor (Timor-Leste)]]
* [[Egypt]]
* [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
* [[Hong Kong]]
* [[India]]
* [[Indonesia]]
* [[Iran]]
* [[Iraq]]
* [[Israel]]
* [[Japan]]
* [[Jordan]]
* [[Kazakhstan]]
* [[Kuwait]]
* [[Kyrgyzstan]]
* [[Laos]]
* [[Lebanon]]
* [[Macau]]
* [[Malaysia]]
* [[Maldives]]
* [[Mongolia]]
* [[Myanmar]]
* [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|Nagorno-Karabakh]]
* [[Nepal]]
* [[North Korea]]
* [[Northern Cyprus]]
* [[Oman]]
* [[Pakistan]]
* [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]
* [[Qatar]]
* [[Russia]]
* [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[South Korea]]
* [[South Ossetia]]
* [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[Syria]]
* [[Taiwan]]
* [[Tajikistan]]
* [[Turkey]]
* [[Turkmenistan]]
* [[United Arab Emirates]]
* [[Uzbekistan]]
* [[Yemen]]
===Oceania===
* [[American Samoa]]
* [[Ashmore and Cartier Islands]]
* [[Australia]]
* [[Baker Island]]
* [[Christmas Island]]
* [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]
* [[Cook Islands]]
* [[Coral Sea Islands]]
* [[Federated States of Micronesia]]
* [[Fiji]]
* [[French Polynesia]]
* [[Guam]]
* [[Howland Island]]
* [[Jarvis Island]]
* [[Johnston Atoll]]
* [[Kingman Reef]]
* [[Kiribati]]
* [[Marshall Islands]]
* [[Midway Atoll]]
* [[Nauru]]
* [[New Caledonia]]
* [[New Zealand]]
* [[Niue]]
* [[Norfolk Island]]
* [[Northern Mariana Islands]]
* [[Palau]]
* [[Papua New Guinea]]
* [[Pitcairn Islands]]
* [[Samoa]]
* [[Solomon Islands]]
* [[Tokelau]]
* [[Tonga]]
* [[Tuvalu]]
* [[Vanuatu]]
* [[Wake Island]]
* [[Wallis and Futuna]]
===North America===
* [[Anguilla]]
* [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
* [[Aruba]]
* [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]]
* [[Barbados]]
* [[Belize]]
* [[Bermuda]]
* [[British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Canada]]
* [[Cayman Islands]]
* [[Clipperton Island]]
* [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|St. Martin]]
* [[Costa Rica]]
* [[Cuba]]
* [[Curaçao]]
* [[Dominica]]
* [[Dominican Republic]]
* [[El Salvador]]
* [[Greenland]]
* [[Grenada]]
* [[Guatemala]]
* [[Haiti]]
* [[Honduras]]
* [[Jamaica]]
* [[Mexico]]
* [[Montserrat]]
* [[Navassa Island]]
* [[Nicaragua]]
* [[Panama]]
* [[Puerto Rico]]
* [[Saint Barthélemy|St. Barthélemy]]
* [[Saint Kitts and Nevis|St. Kitts and Nevis]]
* [[Saint Lucia]]
* [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon|St. Pierre and Miquelon]]
* [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent and the Grenadines]]
* [[Sint Maarten]]
* [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
* [[United States Virgin Islands]]
* [[United States]]
====United States====
* [[Alabama]]
* [[Alaska]]
* [[Arizona]]
* [[Arkansas]]
* [[California]]
* [[Colorado]]
* [[Connecticut]]
* [[Delaware]]
* [[Florida]]
* [[Georgia]]
* [[Hawaii]]
* [[Idaho]]
* [[Illinois]]
* [[Indiana]]
* [[Iowa]]
* [[Kansas]]
* [[Kentucky]]
* [[Louisiana]]
* [[Maine]]
* [[Maryland]]
* [[Massachusetts]]
* [[Michigan]]
* [[Minnesota]]
* [[Mississippi]]
* [[Missouri]]
* [[Montana]]
* [[Nebraska]]
* [[Nevada]]
* [[New Hampshire]]
* [[New Jersey]]
* [[New Mexico]]
* [[New York]]
* [[North Carolina]]
* [[North Dakota]]
* [[Ohio]]
* [[Oklahoma]]
* [[Oregon]]
* [[Pennsylvania]]
* [[Rhode Island]]
* [[South Carolina]]
* [[South Dakota]]
* [[Tennessee]]
* [[Texas]]
* [[Utah]]
* [[Vermont]]
* [[Virginia]]
* [[Washington]]
* [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[West Virginia]]
* [[Wisconsin]]
* [[Wyoming]]
====Mexico====
* [[Baja California]]
* [[Baja California Sur]]
* [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]]
* [[Durango]]
* [[Sinaloa]]
* [[Sonora]]
* [[Coahuila]]
* [[Nuevo León]]
* [[Tamaulipas]]
* [[Aguascalientes]]
* [[Guanajuato]]
* [[Querétaro]]
* [[San Luis Potosí]]
* [[Zacatecas]]
* [[State of Mexico|México]]
* [[Mexico City]]
* [[Morelos]]
* [[Colima]]
* [[Jalisco]]
* [[Michoacán]]
* [[Nayarit]]
* [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]]
* [[Puebla]]
* [[Tlaxcala]]
* [[Veracruz]]
* [[Campeche]]
* [[Quintana Roo]]
* [[Tabasco]]
* [[Yucatán]]
* [[Chiapas]]
* [[Guerrero]]
* [[Oaxaca]]
====[[Panama]]====
* [[Bocas del Toro Province|Bocas del Toro]]
* [[Chiriquí Province|Chiriquí]]
* [[Coclé Province|Coclé]]
* [[Colón Province|Colón]]
* [[Darién Province|Darién]]
* [[Herrera Province|Herrera]]
* [[Los Santos Province|Los Santos]]
* [[Panamá Province|Panamá]]
* [[Panamá Oeste Province|Panamá Oeste]]
* [[Veraguas Province|Veraguas]]
* [[Comarca Emberá-Wounaan|Emberá]]
* [[Guna Yala]]
* [[Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca|Ngäbe-Buglé]]
* [[Kuna de Madugandí]]
* [[Kuna de Wargandí]]
===South America===
* [[Argentina]]
* [[Bolivia]]
* [[Brazil]]
* [[Chile]]
* [[Colombia]]
* [[Ecuador]]
* [[Guyana]]
* [[Paraguay]]
* [[Peru]]
* [[Suriname]]
* [[Uruguay]]
* [[Venezuela]]
====Argentina====
* [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires City]]
* [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]]
* [[Catamarca Province|Catamarca]]
* [[Chaco Province|Chaco]]
* [[Chubut Province|Chubut]]
* [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba]]
* [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]]
* [[Entre Ríos Province|Entre Ríos]]
* [[Formosa Province|Formosa]]
* [[Jujuy Province|Jujuy]]
* [[La Pampa Province|La Pampa]]
* [[La Rioja Province, Argentina|La Rioja]]
* [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]]
* [[Misiones Province|Misiones]]
* [[Neuquén Province|Neuquén]]
* [[Río Negro Province|Río Negro]]
* [[Salta Province|Salta]]
* [[San Juan Province, Argentina|San Juan]]
* [[San Luis Province|San Luis]]
* [[Santa Cruz Province, Argentina|Santa Cruz]]
* [[Santa Fe Province|Santa Fe]]
* [[Santiago del Estero Province|Santiago del Estero]]
* [[Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina|Tierra del Fuego]]
* [[Tucumán Province|Tucumán]]
====[[Bolivia]]====
* [[Beni Department|Beni]]
* [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]]
* [[Cochabamba Department|Cochabamba]]
* [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz]]
* [[Oruro Department|Oruro]]
* [[Pando Department|Pando]]
* [[Potosí Department|Potosí]]
* [[Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)|Santa Cruz]]
* [[Tarija Department|Tarija]]
====Brazil====
* [[Acre (state)|Acre]]
* [[Amapá]]
* [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]]
* [[Pará]]
* [[Rondônia]]
* [[Roraima]]
* [[Tocantins]]
* [[Alagoas]]
* [[Bahia]]
* [[Ceará]]
* [[Maranhão]]
* [[Paraíba]]
* [[Pernambuco]]
* [[Piauí]]
* [[Rio Grande do Norte]]
* [[Sergipe]]
* [[Federal District (Brazil)|Distrito Federal]]
* [[Goiás]]
* [[Mato Grosso]]
* [[Mato Grosso do Sul]]
* [[Espírito Santo]]
* [[Minas Gerais]]
* [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]]
* [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]
* [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]]
* [[Rio Grande do Sul]]
* [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]]
* [[Fernando de Noronha]]
* [[Rocas Atoll]]
* [[Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago|Saint Peter and Saint Paul]]
* [[Trindade and Martim Vaz]]
====Chile====
* [[Aysén Province|Aysén]]
* [[Antártica Chilena]]
* [[Antofagasta Province|Antofagasta]]
* [[Arauco Province|Arauco]]
* [[Arica Province|Arica]]
* [[Bío Bío Province|Bío Bío]]
* [[Cachapoal Province|Cachapoal]]
* [[Capitán Prat Province|Capitán Prat]]
* [[Cardenal Caro Province|Cardenal Caro]]
* [[Cauquenes Province|Cauquenes]]
* [[Cautín Province|Cautín]]
* [[Chacabuco Province|Chacabuco]]
* [[Chañaral Province|Chañaral]]
* [[Chiloé Province|Chiloé]]
* [[Choapa Province|Choapa]]
* [[Coyhaique Province|Coyhaique]]
* [[Colchagua Province|Colchagua]]
* [[Concepción Province, Chile|Concepción]]
* [[Copiapó Province|Copiapó]]
* [[Cordillera Province, Chile|Cordillera]]
* [[Curicó Province|Curicó]]
* [[El Loa Province|El Loa]]
* [[Elqui Province|Elqui]]
* [[General Carrera Province|General Carrera]]
* [[Huasco Province|Huasco]]
* [[Iquique Province|Iquique]]
* [[Easter Island|Isla de Pascua]]
* [[Limarí Province|Limarí]]
* [[Linares Province|Linares]]
* [[Llanquihue Province|Llanquihue]]
* [[Los Andes Province, Chile|Los Andes]]
* [[Magallanes Province|Magallanes]]
* [[Maipo Province|Maipo]]
* [[Malleco Province|Malleco]]
* [[Marga Marga Province|Marga Marga]]
* [[Melipilla Province|Melipilla]]
* [[Ñuble Province|Ñuble]]
* [[Osorno Province|Osorno]]
* [[Palena Province|Palena]]
* [[Parinacota Province|Parinacota]]
* [[Petorca Province|Petorca]]
* [[Quillota Province|Quillota]]
* [[Ranco Province|Ranco]]
* [[San Antonio Province|San Antonio]]
* [[San Felipe de Aconcagua Province|San Felipe de Aconcagua]]
* [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago]]
* [[Talagante Province|Talagante]]
* [[Talca Province|Talca]]
* [[Tamarugal Province|Tamarugal]]
* [[Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile|Tierra del Fuego]]
* [[Tocopilla Province|Tocopilla]]
* [[Última Esperanza Province|Última Esperanza]]
* [[Valdivia Province|Valdivia]]
* [[Valparaíso Province|Valparaíso]]
====Colombia====
*[[Amazonas Department|Amazonas]]
*[[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]]
*[[Arauca Department|Arauca]]
*[[Atlántico Department|Atlántico]]
*[[Bogotá]]
*[[Bolívar Department|Bolívar]]
*[[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]]
*[[Caldas Department|Caldas]]
*[[Caquetá Department|Caquetá]]
*[[Casanare Department|Casanare]]
*[[Cauca Department|Cauca]]
*[[Cesar Department|Cesar]]
*[[Chocó Department|Chocó]]
*[[Córdoba Department|Córdoba]]
*[[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]]
*[[Guainía Department|Guainía]]
*[[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]]
*[[Huila Department|Huila]]
*[[La Guajira Department|La Guajira]]
*[[Magdalena Department|Magdalena]]
*[[Meta Department|Meta]]
*[[Nariño Department|Nariño]]
*[[Norte de Santander Department|N. Santander]]
*[[Putumayo Department|Putumayo]]
*[[Quindío Department|Quindío]]
*[[Risaralda Department|Risaralda]]
*[[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|San Andrés]]
*[[Santander Department|Santander]]
*[[Sucre Department|Sucre]]
*[[Tolima Department|Tolima]]
*[[Valle del Cauca Department|Valle del Cauca]]
*[[Vaupés Department|Vaupés]]
*[[Vichada Department|Vichada]]
====[[Ecuador]]====
* [[Azuay Province|Azuay]]
* [[Bolívar Province (Ecuador)|Bolívar]]
* [[Cañar Province|Cañar]]
* [[Carchi Province|Carchi]]
* [[Chimborazo Province|Chimborazo]]
* [[Cotopaxi Province|Cotopaxi]]
* [[El Oro Province|El Oro]]
* [[Esmeraldas Province|Esmeraldas]]
* [[Galápagos Province|Galápagos]]
* [[Guayas Province|Guayas]]
* [[Imbabura Province|Imbabura]]
* [[Loja Province|Loja]]
* [[Los Ríos Province|Los Ríos]]
* [[Manabí Province|Manabí]]
* [[Morona-Santiago Province|Morona-Santiago]]
* [[Napo Province|Napo]]
* [[Orellana Province|Orellana]]
* [[Pastaza Province|Pastaza]]
* [[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]]
* [[Santa Elena Province|Santa Elena]]
* [[Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province|Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas]]
* [[Sucumbíos Province|Sucumbíos]]
* [[Tungurahua Province|Tungurahua]]
* [[Zamora-Chinchipe Province|Zamora-Chinchipe]]
====[[Guyana]]====
* [[Barima-Waini]]
* [[Pomeroon-Supenaam]]
* [[Essequibo Islands-West Demerara]]
* [[Demerara-Mahaica]]
* [[Mahaica-Berbice]]
* [[East Berbice-Corentyne]]
* [[Cuyuni-Mazaruni]]
* [[Potaro-Siparuni]]
* [[Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo]]
* [[Upper Demerara-Berbice]]
====Paraguay====
* [[Alto Paraguay Department|Alto Paraguay]]
* [[Alto Paraná Department|Alto Paraná]]
* [[Amambay Department|Amambay]]
* [[Asunción|Asunción (Capital District)]]
* [[Boquerón Department|Boquerón]]
* [[Caaguazú Department|Caaguazú]]
* [[Caazapá Department|Caazapá]]
* [[Canindeyú Department|Canindeyú]]
* [[Central Department|Central]]
* [[Concepción Department (Paraguay)|Concepción]]
* [[Cordillera Department|Cordillera]]
* [[Guairá Department|Guairá]]
* [[Itapúa Department|Itapúa]]
* [[Misiones Department|Misiones]]
* [[Ñeembucú Department|Ñeembucú]]
* [[Paraguarí Department|Paraguarí]]
* [[Presidente Hayes Department|Presidente Hayes]]
* [[San Pedro Department, Paraguay|San Pedro]]
====Peru====
* [[Amazonas Region|Amazonas]]
* [[Ancash Region|Ancash]]
* [[Apurímac Region|Apurímac]]
* [[Arequipa Region|Arequipa]]
* [[Ayacucho Region|Ayacucho]]
* [[Cajamarca Region|Cajamarca]]
* [[Callao]]
* [[Cusco Region|Cusco]]
* [[Huancavelica Region|Huancavelica]]
* [[Huánuco Region|Huánuco]]
* [[Ica Region|Ica]]
* [[Junín Region|Junín]]
* [[La Libertad Region|La Libertad]]
* [[Lambayeque Region|Lambayeque]]
* [[Lima Region|Lima]]
* [[Loreto Region|Loreto]]
* [[Madre de Dios Region|Madre de Dios]]
* [[Moquegua Region|Moquegua]]
* [[Pasco Region|Pasco]]
* [[Piura Region|Piura]]
* [[Puno Region|Puno]]
* [[San Martín Region|San Martín]]
* [[Tacna Region|Tacna]]
* [[Tumbes Region|Tumbes]]
* [[Ucayali Region|Ucayali]]
====Suriname====
* [[Brokopondo District]]
* [[Commewijne District]]
* [[Coronie District]]
* [[Marowijne District]]
* [[Nickerie District]]
* [[Para District]]
* [[Paramaribo District]]
* [[Saramacca District]]
* [[Sipaliwini District]]
* [[Wanica District]]
====Uruguay====
* [[Artigas Department|Artigas]]
* [[Canelones Department|Canelones]]
* [[Cerro Largo Department|Cerro Largo]]
* [[Colonia Department|Colonia]]
* [[Durazno Department|Durazno]]
* [[Flores Department|Flores]]
* [[Florida Department|Florida]]
* [[Lavalleja Department|Lavalleja]]
* [[Maldonado Department|Maldonado]]
* [[Montevideo Department|Montevideo]]
* [[Paysandú Department|Paysandú]]
* [[Río Negro Department|Río Negro]]
* [[Rivera Department|Rivera]]
* [[Rocha Department|Rocha]]
* [[Salto Department|Salto]]
* [[San José Department|San José]]
* [[Soriano Department|Soriano]]
* [[Tacuarembó Department|Tacuarembó]]
* [[Treinta y Tres Department|Treinta y Tres]]
===Europe===
* [[Åland Islands]]
* [[Albania]]
* [[Andorra]]
* [[Austria]]
* [[Belarus]]
* [[Belgium]]
* [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Bulgaria]]
* [[Croatia]]
* [[Czech Republic]]
* [[Denmark]]
* [[Estonia]]
* [[Faroe Islands]]
* [[Finland]]
* [[France]]
* [[Germany]]
* [[Gibraltar]]
* [[Greece]]
* [[Guernsey]]
* [[Hungary]]
* [[Iceland]]
* [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
* [[Isle of Man]]
* [[Italy]]
* [[Jan Mayen]]
* [[Jersey]]
* [[Kosovo]]
* [[Latvia]]
* [[Liechtenstein]]
* [[Lithuania]]
* [[Luxembourg]]
* [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]
* [[Malta]]
* [[Moldova]]
* [[Monaco]]
* [[Montenegro]]
* [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]
* [[Norway]]
* [[Poland]]
* [[Portugal]]
* [[Romania]]
* [[Svalbard]]
* [[San Marino]]
* [[Serbia]]
* [[Slovakia]]
* [[Slovenia]]
* [[Spain]]
* [[Sweden]]
* [[Switzerland]]
* [[Transnistria]]
* [[Ukraine]]
* [[United Kingdom]]
* [[Vatican City]]
===Africa===
* [[Algeria]]
* [[Angola]]
* [[Benin]]
* [[Botswana]]
* [[Burkina Faso]]
* [[Burundi]]
* [[Cameroon]]
* [[Cape Verde]]
* [[Central African Republic]]
* [[Chad]]
* [[Comoros]]
* [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
* [[Republic of the Congo]]
* [[Djibouti]]
* [[Egypt]]
* [[Equatorial Guinea]]
* [[Eritrea]]
* [[Ethiopia]]
* [[Gabon]]
* [[The Gambia]]
* [[Ghana]]
* [[Guinea]]
* [[Guinea-Bissau]]
* [[Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)]]
* [[Kenya]]
* [[Lesotho]]
* [[Liberia]]
* [[Libya]]
* [[Madagascar]]
* [[Malawi]]
* [[Mali]]
* [[Mauritania]]
* [[Mauritius]]
* [[Morocco]]
* [[Mozambique]]
* [[Namibia]]
* [[Niger]]
* [[Nigeria]]
* [[Rwanda]]
* [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]
* [[Senegal]]
* [[Seychelles]]
* [[Sierra Leone]]
* [[Somalia]]
* [[South Africa]]
* [[South Sudan]]
* [[Sudan]]
* [[Swaziland]]
* [[Tanzania]]
* [[Togo]]
* [[Tunisia]]
* [[Uganda]]
* [[Western Sahara]]
* [[Zambia]]
* [[Zimbabwe]]
{{div col end}}

==History==
It has a focus on faith healing, form both physical and spiritual disorders; its ministry conceptualizes substance abuse, marital problems, and other personal and life issues as spiritual disorders.<ref name="Goh">{{cite book|last1=Goh|first1=Robbie|title=Christianity in Southeast Asia|date=2005|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=9812302972|page=29}}</ref>

==Doctrine==

They also adhere to the [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] formulation of [[baptism]], whereby believers are baptized in the name of [[Jesus Christ]], commonly referred to as [[Jesus' Name doctrine|Jesus-name baptism]], rather than using the [[Trinity|Trinitarian]] formula, and promote Pentecostal standards of holiness in conversation, appearance, and way of thinking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upci.org/about.asp|title=Doctrinal Views|date=2010-07-06|publisher=United Pentecostal Church International}}</ref>

As a charismatic group, the Jesus Miracle Crusade believes in [[speaking in tongues]] and [[faith healing]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brouwer|first1=Steve|last2=Gifford|first2=Paul|last3=Rose|first3=Susan D.|title=Exporting the American Gospel: Global Christian Fundamentalism|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136672194|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=6UNdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97|accessdate=21 November 2016|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jmcim.org JMCIM Website]
* [http://www.jmcim.tv JMCIM Live Streaming]
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