How government works,in plain words.

Laws, budgets, elections and public spending, taken apart in short, sourced pieces anyone can follow. No law degree needed.

Transparency

How BetterBARMM brings the records together

Budget acts, bills, contracts, election results, office directories and incident reports sit on dozens of sites, in dozens of formats. Here is where each record on BetterBARMM comes from, how it is read and checked, how the pieces are joined, and what we still cannot see.

October 18, 2026 · @betterbarmm

Budget

The CADENA Act, and whether the Bangsamoro can have its own

A national bill would put every budget record online within seven days, from budget call to audit. It stops at the regional border. Here is what it covers, where it stands, and the Bangsamoro's own bill, A-Chain, filed in January.

October 13, 2026 · @betterbarmm

From the workspaces

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Each workspace carries its own long-form guides, written beside the records they explain: how Parliament makes a law, how a budget moves, what each level of local government does, how public bidding works.

LegislationHow Parliament worksWhat the Bangsamoro Parliament can and cannot do, how a bill becomes law, how it votes and where an ordinary person can take part.Open in Legislation LegislationCommon questions about ParliamentWho its members are, how a law is made, why so few votes are on the record, and what a committee can compel.Open in Legislation BudgetThe budget processHow a Bangsamoro budget is prepared, enacted, released and audited, as a sequence you can follow.Open in Budget BudgetBudget words, explainedWhat Personnel Services, MOOE and capital outlay pay for, what a GAAB is, and what a special purpose fund does.Open in Budget Local governmentWhat each level doesProvince, city or municipality, barangay: who you elect at each, what each does for you and what it may charge you.Open in Local government Local governmentHow devolution worksWhat the Local Governance Code hands down from the region to its local governments, and the services each level owes.Open in Local government Local governmentThe Bangsamoro Local Governance CodeA reader’s guide to Autonomy Act 49: who may run, how local money is raised and shared, and where it differs from the national code.Open in Local government Local governmentLocal budgetsWhere a local government’s money comes from, what the law makes it spend first, and the dates its budget must clear.Open in Local government Local governmentSalaries and benefitsWhat the code pays a governor, a mayor, a council member and a barangay captain, and what limits a local payroll.Open in Local government ProcurementHow government procurement worksThe law, who decides, public bidding step by step, the other ways to buy, and the amounts that trigger each rule.Open in Procurement ProcurementFollow the pesoEach regional office’s budget to buy with, set beside what it put out to bid and what was awarded.Open in Procurement

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