COTABATO CITY — Heads and officials of the Bangsamoro Government all witnessed the raising of the Bangsamoro flag on 21 January 2023 that marked the celebration of the 4th founding anniversary of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Minister Akmad A. Brahim of the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy (MENRE) – BARMM, together with MENRE officials and employees, is one with the Bangsamoro people in carrying this year’s theme “Sama-Samang Pagtataguyod Sa Mas Mapayapa At Mas Masaganang Bangsamoro,” which underscores growth, peace, and unity.

Decorated floats from different BARMM Ministries were paraded by their respective groups, accentuating the said theme in relation to the services of the corresponding offices. The MENRE presented a platform that highlights an environment that’s rich and protected and natural and energy resources that are sustainably explored and managed.

The 4th founding anniversary will be a weeklong celebration, and on January 25, Wednesday, the MENRE has prepared a tree growing activity within the Bangsamoro Government Center to be participated by heads of BARMM Ministries, Agencies, and Offices to be followed by a distribution of trash bins and seedlings.

Minister Brahim has been fostering a multi-stakeholder and collective environmental endeavor as the MENRE, with its partners, sustains its efforts in staying true to its mandate.

As the Minister stressed, “Kasama ang ating Chief Minister Ahod B. Ebrahim, kasama kayong lahat, tayo sa Bangsamoro ay tutungo sa kalikasan at enerhiyang sapat at matatag, para sa Bangsamorong angat at panatag.”