Marcos appoints Sarmiento to lead Bangsamoro peace panel

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has designated Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento as the new chair of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel (PIP) in the Bangsamoro peace process, Malacañang announced Wednesday. Sarmiento is the sixth PIP chair of the government to engage with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in implementing the