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Public transparency for the Bangsamoro

Public records,in one place.

BetterBARMM turns scattered Bangsamoro public records into workspaces you can read, question, and trace back to the source — the bills before Parliament, the budgets behind them, and every local government in the region.

Chapters to read
5

Chapters to read

Peoples and communities
20

Peoples and communities

Moments on the timeline
17

Moments on the timeline

Better Transparency, Better Governance

01The workspaces

2 live.More on the way.

Each one turns a pile of public records into something you can read, question, and trace back to the source. A card without a link is one we have not built yet.

012026 ParliamentElectionParties, candidates, districts, and sectoral seats for the 2026 Parliamentary Elections, with the source record behind each one.Live
02Bangsamoro ParliamentLegislationBills, autonomy acts, resolutions, committees, and the members who filed them — with the stage each measure has reached.Live
03GAAB FY 2020–2026BudgetAppropriations by agency and programme, traced to the General Appropriations Act.Soon
04InfrastructurePublic worksInfrastructure projects, their cost, their contractor, and whether they were finished.Planned
05LGU directoryLocal governmentEvery province, city, municipality and barangay in the region — population, land area, and the officials elected to each.Soon
06Service finderPublic servicesWhich office handles what, what it costs, and what you need to bring.Planned
07PDFs and JSONSource layerThe documents and datasets underneath every workspace, openable on their own.Planned
02What is being governed

One region.Five provinces and a city.

BARMM is the only autonomous region in the Philippines with its own parliament. On September 14, 2026 its voters elect all 80 members for the first time.

80

Seats in Parliament

40 by party, 32 by district, 8 reserved.

6

Provinces and cities

Five provinces plus Cotabato City. Sulu was excluded by the Supreme Court.

2,595

Barangays

The rung of government nearest the household, and the one most often elected.

5.69M

People

Regional population as of July 1, 2024, excluding Sulu.

04How it works

Built tobe checked.

Source-first

Start with the record.

Every workspace is built on a visible source trail — official PDFs, datasets, and public records you can open yourself.

Context

Explain what it means.

Records come with dates, labels, plain-language notes, and enough background to know why they matter.

Living data

Keep it honest.

Names, figures, and statuses change. Warnings and verification notes stay right beside the data.

Get involved

Public records get betterwhen people check them.

Spotted an error, or have a document worth adding? Every correction and every source makes the record stronger — and the official source is always right where we are wrong.