Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao— More than a hundred Islamic theologians involved in peacebuilding projects in far-flung areas received three-month stipends each from the Bangsamoro regional government, John Unson of Philstar said in a report, Saturday, August 24.

Each of the 163 payout beneficiaries received P15,642 from the Ministry of Labor and Employment-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as allowance for three months, the report said.

BARMM Labor and Employment Minister Muslimin Sema said on Saturday that the amount given to the missionaries was part of their ministry’s Bangsamoro Internship Development Program covering the six provinces and three cities in the autonomous region.

The release of the cash stipends was made Thursday at the campus of the Jamiat Cotabato and Institute of Technology, was facilitated by MoLE-BARMM’s deputy minister, Tommy Nawa, and their administrative and finance services chief, the lawyer Mohammad Ali Midtimbang Jr.

Of the 163 preachers who received allowances from MoLE-BARMM, 34 are from Cotabato City, 15 are from Maguindanao del Norte, 37 are from Maguindanao del Sur, 50 are from Lanao del Sur and its provincial capital, Marawi City, and 27 are from the 63 Bangsamoro barangays in different towns in Cotabato province in Region 12, the report said.