ANOTHER milestone in the implementation of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) has been reached after the Congress-Bangsamoro Parliament Forum convened for the first time on Tuesday, focusing on strengthening ties between the national government and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Led by Inter-Governmental Relations Body (IGRB) co-chairmen Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman and BARMM Minister of Basic, Higher and Technical Education Mohagher Iqbal, the event was also participated in by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, members of the Bangsamoro Parliament, and other senators and members of the House of Representatives.