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Poverty incidence of Kauswagan 10 20 30 40 50 2006 46.40 2009 49.50 2012 41.14 2015 37.46 2018 23.23 2021 26.45 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Kauswagan is known as the coconut industry center of the interior Lanao del Norte. It also produce fishing, rice, corn and other vegetables. In 2019, the Kauswagan Power Plant, a 552-megawatt coal-fired power plant, opened. It was built in 5 ...
The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (Filipino: Pambansang Komisyon sa mga Pilipinong Muslim; Arabic: اللجنة الوطنية لمسلمي الفلبين : allajnat alwataniat limuslimi alfilibiyn) is a government agency in the Philippines, whose objective is to promote the rights of Muslim Filipinos and to make them active participants in Philippine nation-building.
The last rank includes tao (mankind) which houses the kakambal [10] (literally twin; the first form of soul known as the living soul who wanders when the body is asleep), mga hayop (animals), halaman at puno (plants and trees), lamang lupa (supernatural beings of the land), and lamang dagat (supernatural beings of the waters). [11] [12] [13]
Salipada Pendatun, a Filipino lawyer, military officer, and politician, being the first Filipino Muslim in history to hold these offices. Datu Bago, was the Datu of Davao Gulf from 1800 till his death 1850, serving as vassal under the Sultanate of Maguindanao.
Islam continued to spread in Mindanao, from centers such as Sulu and Cotabato. [30] The Muslims seek to establish an independent Islamic province in Mindanao to be named Bangsamoro. The term Bangsamoro is a combination of an Old Malay word meaning nation or state with the Spanish word Moro which means Muslim.
The administration of Philippine President Joseph Estrada advocated a hardline stance against the MILF, directing the Armed Forces of the Philippines to "go all out" against the MILF on March 21, 2000, after the secessionist group invaded the town of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte and took hundreds of residents hostage.
The Kalagan (also spelled Kagan, Kaagan, or by the Spanish as Caragan) are a subgroup of the Mandaya-Mansaka people who speak the Kalagan language.The Kalagan comprise three subgroups which are usually treated as different tribes: the Tagakaulo, the Kagan, and the Kal’lao people of Samal.
The Tacub massacre was the mass murder of a group of Muslim Moros by Philippine government troops at a military checkpoint [4] on October 24, 1971. The Moros were returning from attempting to vote in a special election; they had been turned away by the Ilaga from polling places in Magsaysay, Lanao del Norte.