BetterBARMM

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.

Better Transparency, Better Governance

01The workspaces

3 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 2020–2026BudgetEvery enacted appropriation by sector, office, program and project, traced to the page of the Act it was printed on.Live
04InfrastructurePublic worksInfrastructure projects, their cost, their contractor, and whether they were finished.Planned
05Seven areasTravelA written guide to the seven areas — what there is to see, what to eat, where lodging actually exists, and an honest account of the security picture in 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, a city, and a special area.

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.

7

Areas of the region

Five provinces, Cotabato City, and the Special Geographic Area. Sulu was excluded by the Supreme Court.

2,180

Barangays

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

4.33 M

People

At the July 1, 2024 census, excluding Sulu and the Special Geographic Area. PSA counts both, and puts the region at 5,691,583.

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.