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On October 18, 2022, the PRLS received courtesy visits from the interns of Deputy Speaker MP Laisa Masuhud Alamia, namely, Butch Nadores Arma Jr., Fatima Ayesha Unni, and Shania Omerez Madelo from the University of San Carlos-Cebu City.

The Office of the Service Director (OSD) welcomed and oriented the students on how the PRLS workforce functions and delivers outputs for the Bangsamoro Parliament.

On the next day, October 19, Director Nassef Manabilang Adiong, together with some of the technical staff from the OSD, LRD, and LMLAD, had a coordination meeting with Ms. Jehanna Abdulkarim and Ms. Ammarah Taug of the Policy Coordination and Development Division (PCDD) of MHSD. Both offices agreed to organize a policy research writeshop event. 

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PRLS Director Nassef Manabilang Adiong, together with the BTA’s Gender and Development Focal Point System (GADFPS), visited the BTA Satellite Office in Tawi-Tawi to meet with Provincial Coordinator Mr. Teodorico Toring and his staff.

In the meeting, they discussed the office’s accomplishments, including the challenges they have faced. 

Said office is among the five BTA Satellite Offices established in the Bangsamoro region to assist in the coordination and implementation of programs, projects, and activities of the regional government.

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PRLS Director Nassef Manabilang Adiong participated in the Multi-Sector Advisory Board (MSAB) meeting on September 15 at Aline Hotel, Pagadian City. The meeting was spearheaded by the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Civil Relations Service and was headed by Col. Medel Aguilar and 1st District Representative Congresswoman Divina Grace Yu of Zamboanga del Sur.

The MSAB meeting tackled the prevention and countering of violent extremism.

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Technical officers of the Parliament Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) and representatives from EU-funded programme SUBATRA conducted a streamlining meeting at PRLS Board Room in Cotabato CIty, September 22. 

In the meeting, the two parties discussed the following:

• Orientation for New MPs;
• Gender Strategy in Parliament;
• Representation-Benchmarking in Manila;
• Representation-Engagement with CSOs;
• Legislation: Bill Drafting Workshop with BAGO;
• Training Programs for PRLS Technical Staff; and 
• Creation of a technical working group for the Parliamentary Services Act and the Parliamentary Learning and Training Center.

Division Chief Jehan Mitmug of the BTA Planning Division was also present in the activity. 

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The introduction of Islamic Finance, through the Bangsamoro Organic Law and Republic Act No. 11439 or otherwise known as “An Act Providing for the  Regulation and Organization of Islamic Banks,” is an indication that a good financial practice plays a significant part in Filipino-Muslim communities. 

PRLS Special Series 004, entitled “Islamic Finance and its prospect on Credit Financing in the Bangsamoro Local Governance  Code” discusses how Islamic Finance can be implemented in BARMM.

The paper proposes that Islamic financing activities should be integrated into Bangsamoro Local Governance Code (BLGC), where credit financing is seen to potentially expand financial transactions and opportunities in the region.

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