Open data
Every record,yours to use.
The 12 datasets behind BetterBARMM as 21 tables, 118,270 rows in all. Each comes with its source, what it can and cannot tell you, and every column described. Built 27 October 2026.
Legislation
The Bangsamoro Parliament’s enacted laws, bills, resolutions, members and committees, as the Parliament publishes them.
February 2019 to October 2026, the Bangsamoro Transition AuthorityCC BY 4.02026 parliamentary election
The result of the first regular Bangsamoro parliamentary election, 14 September 2026: the parties’ totals and the 80 members elected.
14 September 2026CC BY 4.0Regional budget
Every line of the Bangsamoro’s seven enacted General Appropriations Acts, FY 2020 to FY 2026, traced to the page it was printed on.
FY 2020 to FY 2026CC BY 4.0Local governments
The region’s provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays, their population and land area, and the officials elected to each.
PSA 2024 census; officials for the 2025–2028 termCC BY 4.0Procurement
Every bid notice a BARMM government office has posted on PhilGEPS since 2019: what it set out to buy, its approved budget, and who won the contract.
2019 to October 2026CC BY 4.0Programs and services
What each regional office, province, city and town offers the public, from their Citizen’s Charters: who it is for, what to bring, the fee and how long it takes.
Charters published 2023 to 2026CC BY 4.0Directory
The heads, addresses and phone lines of the regional offices, and the emergency lines of every province and town.
As of October 2026CC BY 4.0Incidents
Road, sea, fire, flood and shooting incidents in the region since 2019, compiled from news reports, one record per incident.
2019 to October 2026CC BY 4.0Hazard exposure
How much of every barangay’s land lies in Project NOAH’s flood, landslide and storm surge hazard classes, with its population, and the emergency facilities OpenStreetMap maps.
Hazard maps as Project NOAH publishes them; population PSA 2024ODbL 1.0Audit reports
The Commission on Audit’s annual audit reports on the region’s local governments: the opinion, the findings counted, and how many past recommendations were acted on.
Reports COA has published, 2019 onCC BY 4.0Crafts
Sixty crafts of the region in eleven kinds: who makes them, where, from what, and their heritage status.
As researched to October 2026CC BY 4.0News links
The headlines about the region BetterBARMM lists, with the outlet, the date and a link to the story.
From 19 October 2026Facts only
How to use it
Two files for every table, and one rule.
CSV for a spreadsheet
Opens in Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice as it is, accents and peso signs intact.
JSON for code
The same rows, with the source, the licence and every column’s meaning in the file itself.
Free to reuse
Copy it, change it, publish it, even commercially. Say it came from BetterBARMM.
Credit it as “BetterBARMM, betterbarmm.com/data” and name the dataset. Most tables are under CC BY 4.0; two follow their sources’ terms instead. The licence in full
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