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Latest news citing our data on violent conflict in the Bangsamoro from local and international media outlets.
BARMM widens antigun drive
19 November 2024 Philippine Daily Inquirer Bong Sarmiento
Started in Basilan and now in Maguindanao del Norte, the Japanese-funded project aims to encourage firearm registration for better gun control in time for the 2025 polls
Tags: CCA BARMM Gun control Illicit weapons
Read MoreThe arguments for and against the postponement of the BARMM polls
19 November 2024 Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) Guinevere Latoza
A Supreme Court clarification stating that its Sulu ruling cannot be used as a basis to postpone the BARMM elections has not deterred Congress from continuing deliberations on the proposal. The Sulu ruling was initially the primary justification for the postponement.
Tags: CCA BARMM Election postponement Supreme Court
Read MorePhilippines pivots from battling militants to projecting power at sea
16 November 2024 The Washington Post The Washington Post
Philippine leaders say they can turn their attention to the South China Sea because they’ve secured peace with separatist rebels. But the situation is precarious.
Tags: CCA BARMM
Read MoreWhy Postponing the BARMM Regional Elections is a Threat to Democratic Integrity and Regional Stability
14 November 2024 The Mindanao Sentinel The Mindanao Sentinel
One of the strongest legal arguments against postponing the BARMM elections is its potential unconstitutionality. According to the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG) and the Climate and Conflict Action (CCAA), the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) mandates that BARMM elections be synchronized with national and local elections, preserving the three-year term of office for BARMM Parliament members.
Tags: CCA BARMM MILF IAG
Read MoreDelaying BARMM polls could lead to violence
13 November 2024 Daily Tribune Lade Jean Kabagani
The Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG) and the Climate and Conflict Action (CCAA) have urged lawmakers to reconsider the measure that would defer the parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) until 2026.
Tags: CCA BARMM IAG
Read MoreBARMM polls cannot be postponed – Supreme Court
12 November 2024 Rappler Jairo Bolledo
The Court, consistent with its prior rulings, issued the order making the decision immediately executory knowing that the election cannot be postponed,' SC spokesperson Camille Sue Mae Ting says
Tags: CCA BARMM IAG
Read MoreSenate Committee Reviews BARMM Election Delay Proposal Amid Concerns Over Regional Stability and Violence
08 November 2024 The Mindanao Sentinel The Mindanao Sentinel
However, it is alarming that these very areas experience the highest incidents of violence, killings, crime, and civilian displacement. Reports from Climate Conflict Action Asia (CCAA) even indicate that Maguindanao, the MILF heartland, is a major violence hotspot. Yet, misleading reports in Manila accuse us, the local politicians, of destabilizing our region. The slides I will present show that the groups involved in these incidents are MILF.
Tags: CCA BARMM MILF
Read More13 killed as MILF rival groups clashed over land ownership in Maguindanao Sur
31 October 2024 Mindanews Ferdinandh Cabrera
In the report “Conflict’s Long Game: A Decade of Violence in the Bangsamoro,” published in August 2022 by International Alert Philippines, it tallied hundreds of land-related conflicts that displaced thousands of Bangsamoro residents over the 2011-2020 period, disrupting livelihoods and stalling the education of children and youth.
Tags: CCA BARMM MILF
Read MorePeace, not weapons, in the 2025 polls
09 October 2024 Philippine Daily Inquirer Ed Quitoriano
"A total of 11,672 people were killed in 16,288 violent incidents due to other causes involving illegal guns. On average, three persons die each day from gun-related violence. In the Bangsamoro, most shooting incidents occurred in Maguindanao. This conflict picture foreshadows the violence that could happen in the Bangsamoro region in the 2025 political battle."
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Illicit weapons Violence
Read MoreHas Sulu found peace?
04 October 2024 Philippine Daily Inquirer DEANNE LOUISE CAPIRAL, MAUREEN ANTHEA LACUESTA, Phoebe Dominique Adorable
The recent Conflict Alert report “Appeasing Violence, Conjuring Peace,” highlights the steady decline in instances of violence in Sulu, a province farthest from the reach of the state. Interestingly, while conflict has surged in Maguindanao, the seat of the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have seen fewer incidents and deaths. This is reinforced by an environment where cooperation between local governments and the security forces has been robust in addressing violent extremism, particularly by the ASG...The story of Sulu offers valuable insight for the rest of the Bangsamoro region, demonstrating how local leadership, autonomy, and resilience can break cycles of violence.
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Sulu
Read MoreSulu’s exit shakes up Bangsamoro: 5 scenarios for the 2025 polls
02 October 2024 Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Guinevere Latoza
Will the Bangsamoro people finally have the chance to choose their leaders? Here are five scenarios for the 2025 polls, according to stakeholders and experts interviewed by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Sulu
Read MoreRespect law, address and honor sentiments of Tausugs, NGO leader says
16 September 2024 The Mindanao Cross The Mindanao Cross
The goal should be to respect the rule of law while also addressing and honoring the sentiments of the people of Sulu, said an official of Climate Conflict Action.
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Bangsamoro Organic Law Sulu Tausug
Read MoreConflict monitoring group says SC decision could weaken Bangsamoro Grand Coalition
11 September 2024 The Daily Manila Shimbun Jaspearl Tan/DMS
Conflict Climate Action, a conflict monitoring group, told The Daily Manila Shimbun that the Supreme Court decision upholding the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao but excluding Sulu could “significantly weaken” the Bangsamoro Grand Coalition.
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Bangsamoro Organic Law Sulu Tausug
Read MoreDangerous ‘political tremors’ feared after SC excludes Sulu from BARMM
10 September 2024 Rappler Lian Buan
Muslim authorities have expressed fears of “far-reaching consequences” after the Supreme Court (SC) decided to exclude Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), with one lawmaker describing the impact as “political tremors that endanger the very foundation of a unified Bangsamoro.”
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Bangsamoro Organic Law Sulu Tausug
Read MoreBARMM leaders lament SC ruling on Sulu
10 September 2024 Mindanews Ferdinandh Cabrera
The Supreme Court decision declaring Sulu not a part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was greeted with dismay here and has apparently brought the region in quandary, as the area is set to hold its historic parliamentary elections in May 2025.
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Bangsamoro Organic Law Sulu Tausug
Read MoreInvesting in peace
09 September 2024 The Manila Bulletin Jaime Aristotle Alip, PhD
Last Aug. 22, I had the privilege of attending the launching of the “Conflict Alert Triennial 2021-2023 Report” by the Council for Climate and Conflict Action Asia (CCAA), an independent local NGO dedicated to promoting sustainable and lasting peace by addressing the inter-connected challenges of climate and conflict.
Tags: CCAA CCA BARMM Conflict Alert Report
Read MorePeace of the dead
27 August 2024 Daily Tribune Macabangkit B. Lanto
This postulate could add to CCAA theory about a shadow economy, land disputes, etc. I am a member of Muslim Futures Progressives, a social media chat group of Moro professionals. The title defines its raison d’etre — a market where ideas are exchanged, dissected and vetted for a better future. I suppose the members’ doctrinal orientation is “progressive.”
Tags: CCAA Conflict Alert CEMS ERN Mindanao BARMM Climate Conflict Action
Read MoreViolence in BARMM
26 August 2024 Pressone Manny Mogato
Peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is under threat as a horizontal form of violence has increased in Maguindanao and in Lanao provinces, the heartland of the autonomous region in the southern island of Mindanao.
Tags: CCAA Conflict Alert CEMS ERN Mindanao BARMM Climate Conflict Action
Read MoreConflict monitoring report finds uptick in BARMM violence ahead of 2025 elections
26 August 2024 Pressone Pressone
New sources of instability have emerged and conflict is on the rebound years after the conclusion of peace negotiations and the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), according to a new conflict monitoring report.
Tags: CCAA Conflict Alert CEMS ERN Mindanao BARMM Climate Conflict Action
Read MoreOPINION I Violence in BARMM
25 August 2024 News 5 Manny Mogato
Peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is under threat as a horizontal form of violence increased in Maguindanao and in Lanao provinces, the heartland of the autonomous region in the southern island of Mindanao.
Tags: CCAA Conflict Alert CEMS ERN Mindanao BARMM Climate Conflict Action
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