P114-B BARMM budget for 2026 signed; education gets biggest chunk

COTABATO CITY — Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua on Wednesday signed into law Bangsamoro Autonomy Act (BAA) No. 85, which sets the region’s budget for 2026. Also known as the General Appropriations Act of the Bangsamoro (GAAB), BAA 85 outlines a spending program amounting to P114.7 billion, the