Rappler's latest stories on National Commission on Muslim Filipinos
PH in race to trace Filipinos at Malaysian gathering linked to coronavirus
At least one attendee from Lanao Del Sur tests positive for coronavirus and is seeking treatment in a hospital in Cotabato City
Gov't to help 200 indigent Filipino Muslims perform 2020 hajj
The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos says their agency would finance the pilgrimage to Mecca of eligible but impoverished pilgrims
SEA Games 2019 organizers ignored NCMF offer on halal food
'I had warned them about this scenario re: halal food during the interagency meeting for the SEA Games back in September and offered the assistance of the NCMF. We were ignored,' says NCMF
After no sighting of new moon, Eid'l Fitr set on June 5
If moonsighting committees spotted the new moon in the evening of June 3, the feast of Eid'l Fitr would have been celebrated as early as June 4
Ramadan 2019 to start May 6
This comes after Muslim moon-sighting committees fail to sight the new moon
PH pilgrims almost barred from 2019 hajj over NCMF debt to Saudi firm
Even as it investigates the P11-million debt, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos settles the amount to ensure that Filipinos can go to Mecca in August
Engineer, ex-cop appointed to Nat'l Commission on Muslim Filipinos
Samad Pangandaman, president of the Mindanao Islamic Chamber of Commerce, and retired police general Abubakar Mangelen are named NCMF commissioners by President Rodrigo Duterte
'Conspiracy' behind Hajj passport scam – NBI
Recruiters of at least 177 Indonesians cannot facilitate the issuance of passports without the knowledge approval consent indispensable cooperation and participation of gov t officials according to an NBI report
Ombudsman sacks 9 officials over PDAF, Malampaya scams
The dismissal order is one in a long string of charges involving multiple individuals in the elaborate business of swindling public funds
DFA employee probed over Hajj passport scam
Hajj passports a form of accommodation for Muslim Filipinos had been exploited by unscrupulous people a Philippine foreign affairs official says
'DOJ Mamasapano report should provide closure'
We need the BBL so we can establish the necessary mechanism on the ground to reduce and eliminate violence such as what happened in Mamasapano says National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Secretary Yasmin Busran Lao
Conflict in the South
Rappler talks with the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Commissioner for the Youth Edilwasif Baddiri
Muslims, Christians agree to lift veil ban
Zamboanga City s Pilar College will lift its controversial century old ban on the hijab after programs to prepare Christian and Muslim students for it
