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Latest news citing our data on violent conflict in the Bangsamoro from local and international media outlets.
PNP: No indication that Jolo blast was a suicide bombing
29 January 2019 ANC Early Edition (TV Report) Interview with Christian Esguerra
Even before plebiscite, the PNP received threats that the Jolo cathedral will be attacked from Abu Sayyaf
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Read MorePhilippine church attack clouds outlook for peace in Mindanao
28 January 2019 Nikkei Asian Review Mikhail Flores
The fatal bombing of a Catholic church in the Philippines has cast a shadow over prospects for peace in the country's southern islands, just days after the largely Muslim population in the region voted for greater autonomy.
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Read MoreTough challenges await MILF in BOL leadership — Analysts
23 January 2019 UNTV Nel Maribojoc
The passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is being counted upon to resolve the decades-long armed conflict in Mindanao region.
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Read MoreAfter Bangsamoro plebiscite, hopes are high but no quick fixes expected
22 January 2019 ABS CBN News Online Patrick Quintos
Hopes are high that the “usual” shootouts and other gun-related violence in the restive south may finally disappear as residents of Muslim Mindanao on Monday voted in a plebiscite for wider Bangsamoro autonomy, one of the final steps in the peace pact between the government and the country’s largest Moro rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or MILF.
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Read MoreCanvassing starts as BOL approval anticipated
22 January 2019 Business World Tajallih Basman and Gillian Cortez
THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) en banc convened on Tuesday morning as the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) to start the official count for the votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite, but adjourned by 11:30 a.m. as it awaited vote certificates.
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Read More‘Yes’, ‘No’ in tight race
22 January 2019 Manila Bulletin Zea Capistrano and Leslie ann Aquino
The “Yes” and “No” votes are in a tight race when the city’s Plebiscite Board of Canvassers for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite took a recess.
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Read MoreLara: #BangsamoroVote gearing towards winning in whole ARMM
21 January 2019 ANC Early Edition (TV Report) Interview with Christian Esguerra
The #BangsamoroVote is gearing toward a "massive victory" in the ARMM, except in Sulu, Isabela City, Basilan and Cotabato City, said International Alert PH senior adviser Francisco Lara.
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Read MoreLara: There is no opt out option in Bangsamoro plebiscite for Sulu
21 January 2019 ANC Early Edition (TV Report) Interview with Christian Esguerra
Sulu has no choice to opt out of the new Bangsamoro region, but "no" votes from the province will strengthen their petition before the Supreme Court, said International Alert PH senior adviser Francisco Lara.
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Read MoreBangsamoro law seen ratified, ARMM expansion hangs: analysts
21 January 2019 ABS CBN News Online ABS CBN News
Lara, whose group surveyed 328 youth respondents in the ARMM, said there was "a significant plurality in support" of the Bangsamoro Law in Isabela City in December, but no-voters almost doubled in numbers by January. He suspects this could be the result of "clan dynamics."
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Read MoreSurvey: Majority of youth in ARMM will vote 'yes' for Bangsamoro law
20 January 2019 CNN Philippines (TV Report) Gerg Cahiles
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Read MoreYes or no? Cotabato gears up for landmark Bangsamoro plebiscite
20 January 2019 ABS CBN News Online Patrick Quintos
“Kailangan huminahon tayong lahat . Kasi hindi naman dapat natin asahan na kagyat babagsak ang karahasan. Simula pa lamang ito,” added Francisco “Pancho” Lara Jr. of the conflict monitoring group International Alert Philippines.
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Read MoreNGO SURVEY | More youth support Bangsamoro Organic Law
19 January 2019 News 5 Online News5
More young people in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) would vote in favour of the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), according to a survey conducted by the peace-building nongovernmental organization International Alert (IA) Philippines.
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Read More70% of young voters in ARMM agree with BOL
18 January 2019 UNTV UNTV News and Rescue
Majority of young voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are in favor of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).
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Read MoreMore ARMM youth support Bangsamoro Law – survey
18 January 2019 Rappler Sofia Tomacruz
More youth in the region now consider terrorism as the top priority to be addressed by the Bangsamoro Organic Law, according to the survey of International Alert Philippines
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Read MoreBOL plebiscite set, voting ‘fluid’
18 January 2019 Manila Standard (print and online) Rio N. Araja
Majority of the youth in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao would vote “yes” to the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, according to a survey done by the peace group International Alert Philippines.
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Read MoreDuterte to reach out to Misuari after BOL ratification
18 January 2019 Business World Vann Marlo Villegas
A survey conducted by International Alert (Alert) Philippines showed 70.8% of 328 respondents, aged 18 to 35 years old, are in favor of ratification, an increase from the 60.4% recorded from a survey conducted in October to November last year.
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Read MoreTough battle ahead for Bangsamoro law in 2 cities, youth survey shows
18 January 2019 ABS CBN News Online Christian Esguerra
Youth voters likely to reject a new Bangsamoro law are gaining momentum in two key cities in southern Philippines, a new survey showed, with more non-Muslims questioning whether they would benefit from it.
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Read MoreBangsamoro Vote: Power Brokers in the Bangsamoro Region
18 January 2019 Rappler Pia Ranada and Sofia Tomacruz
International Alert’s Senior Peace and Conflict Adviser Pancho Lara wonders if the MILF would be aggressive in imposing taxes, which will surely hit the political clans and their businesses.
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Read MoreVote vs BOL 'gains momentum' among youth in Cotabato City, Isabela City
18 January 2019 Rappler Sofia Tomacruz
The two cities are among places to watch as ruling politicians have been vocal against their inclusion in the proposed new region
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Read MoreYouth in Favor of BOL
18 January 2019 ONE News (TV Report) Bim Santos
The number of youth respondents who will vote "yes" in the upcoming plebiscite has increased to 70 percent, according to International Alert Philippines' latest poll.
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