Engr. Aida M. Silongan PhD

24/05/2025

📣 Official Launch of the Bangsamoro Science High School (BSHS) Seal 🟢🔵🟡🔬📘🌙

The Bangsamoro Science High School proudly unveils its official seal, a visual embodiment of the school’s commitment to academic excellence, moral uprightness, and innovation.

Rooted in the Islamic principle of “Ihsan”—the pursuit of the highest level of spiritual and ethical conduct—the BSHS seal reflects the institution’s mission to cultivate not only intellectually gifted students but also morally grounded leaders of the Bangsamoro.

The seal features five guiding values that shape the character and aspirations of every BSHS learner:

✨ Integrity
🌱 Holistic
🤝 Service
🚀 Advanced
💡 Novelty

This seal stands as a symbol of excellence and identity—an emblem of a new generation of Bangsamoro scientists and scholars, guided by principle and driven by purpose.

19/05/2025

𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐍 │ 𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐎 𝐒𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐒𝐘𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐎!

Inilunsad ng 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐎𝐁𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐂) ang Beneficiary Dashboard at GeoMap — mga digital tool na nagpapalakas sa transparency at epektibong pamamahagi ng tulong pinansyal.

Ipinapakita ng 𝐎𝐁𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 ang batch, lokasyon, kasarian, at bilang ng PWDs at senior citizens na tumanggap ng tulong.

Samantala, ang 𝐎𝐁𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐌𝐚𝐩 ay interactive na mapa na nagpapakita ng eksaktong lokasyon at distribusyon ng tulong sa buong rehiyon.

Ito ay hakbang tungo sa bukas at makataong serbisyo, na tumutugon sa tunay na pangangailangan ng bawat Bangsamoro.

𝐎𝐁𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝
https://bit.ly/obmusc-beneficiaries-dashboard

𝐎𝐁𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐌𝐚𝐩
https://bit.ly/obmusc-geo-map

16/05/2025

26/04/2025

04/04/2025

In light of this month’s celebration of the National Women’s Month, Bangsamoro History Month, and the 11th Anniversary of the Signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), we are featuring women who have made significant contributions to the peace process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (M**F).

Engr. Aida M. Silongan is the Co-Chair of the Task Force for Decommissioned Combatants and their Communities (TFDCC) on the side of the M**F. In the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), she served as a Member of Parliament from 2019 to 2025 and is currently the Minister of Science and Technology.

An engineer by profession, she shifted her path to volunteer to the M**F, specifically to its women sector. She organized nine sub-committees of the M**F Social Welfare Committee (SWC) across the Bangsamoro and eventually became the SWC’s Executive Secretary up to now. Engr. Silongan also became the first and only woman member of the Board of Directors of the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA), the M**F’s development arm.

Engr. Silongan managed development projects in the Bangsamoro, being a Program Manager for the Mindanao Trust Fund - Reconstruction and Development Program (MTF-RDP) in partnership with the World Bank, and Program Management Officer for the Community Development for Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao (CD-CAAM) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Continuing her work in development, Engr. Silongan co-founded and became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Al-Amanah Humanitarian Development Services, Inc., a nongovernment organization (NGO) that caters to the vulnerable sectors in the Bangsamoro, especially women and children. She also was the lead convenor of the Women’s Organization Movement of Bangsamoro (WOMB), a federation of 30 women organizations in Mindanao which advocated for the passage of the then-Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

Image source: MOST

20/03/2025

06/03/2025

𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗷𝗼: 𝗔 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 🗻

Today, the Bangsamoro Government commemorates the three terrifying nights that befell the Moro people, particularly the Tausugs, who endured the Bud Dajo Massacre from March 5 to 8, 1906.

119 years ago, this battle ended in a massacre. Some accounts state that around 600 Tausugs were slaughtered, while others claim that only six survivors remained out of 1,000 who fought against American forces. Also known as the "Moro Crater Massacre," women, children, and the elderly were not spared from the brutal killings that took place in the crater of Bud Dajo, an extinct volcano in Sulu standing 2,100 feet above sea level.

As we commemorate Bangsamoro History Month, may this tragic event serve as a lesson and a solemn reminder for future generations of the Bangsamoro people of the sacrifices made by our ancestors in their struggle for self-determination.