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BARMM government returns to 5-day workweek on Nov. 16

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Taher G. Solaiman

COTABATO CITY — Starting Monday, Nov. 16, all government offices in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will drop the four-day compressed workweek and go back to the regular five-day schedule.

The change was agreed on during the first regular Cabinet meeting of the Bangsamoro Government on Nov. 6. The Office of the Chief Minister put it into effect through Memorandum Circular No. 0150, issued in Nov. 10.

The circular lifts and revokes Memorandum Circular No. 0049, Series of 2026, which had set up the four-day onsite work arrangement and compressed workweek. Any other issuances that conflict with the new circular are superseded or modified to match it.

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All ministries, offices and agencies will work Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break. That comes to eight working hours a day, or 40 hours a week, in line with Civil Service rules and regulations.

All heads of ministries, offices and agencies were told to make sure the circular is strictly followed and to take the steps needed for an orderly shift back to the regular schedule.

The Bangsamoro Parliament followed with its own order.

In Memorandum No. 1126-004, dated Nov. 10 and released on Nov. 11, Bangsamoro Parliament Speaker Amer Zaakaria A. Rakim directed the members of Parliament, the Office of the Secretary General and all organic offices of the regional legislature to go back to the five-day schedule on the same date.

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The Speaker’s memo also formally lifts and ends the Parliament’s own compressed workweek, set up under Memorandum Circular No. 0326-073 on March 12, 2026.

The Office of the Secretary General, service directors and division chiefs were told to monitor attendance and make sure the order is strictly followed. INQ

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