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TV Patrol: Mga baril na nakukumpiska ng pulis, saannapupunta?

08 August 2017 ABS-CBN TV Patrol News Jorge Carino

International Alert Philippines pushes for the ceation of an agency esponsible for the destruction of illegal firearms

Tags: Shadow Economies

In the aftermath of the Marawi Crisis and with Martial Law, what to do with illicit guns?

04 August 2017 Business World Online Ed Quitoriano

In the 2013 International Alert study (Out of the Shadows: Violent Conflict and the Real Economy in Mindanao), it is argued that the shadow economy in illicit guns is not completely outside the administrative and political reach of the state.

Tags: Shadow Economies

Group of Moro youths not supporting martial law extension

25 July 2017 SunStar Davao Bomie Lane S. Castillo

"The demographics of Sulu have always been a combination of people with different religious and cultural backgrounds. Christians, Muslim, Chinese, Tausugs. These people have never identified themselves according to these divides," she said.

Tags: Women and Youth

Anti-discrimination guidelines for firms

28 June 2017 Sunstar Christine Joice C. Cudis

International Alert Philippines launched guidelines for companies to help check the prevalence of discrimination in the workplace.

Tags: Red Flags

International Alert calls on congress to pass measure against discrimination

28 June 2017 MindaNews Antonio Colina IV

Human rights advocacy group International Alert-Philippines is calling on Congress to pass an anti-discrimination measure that seeks to protect rights of the Muslim and indigenous people (IP) minorities in the workplace and enable them to access better opportunities in companies.

Tags: Red Flags

DUTERTE YEAR ONE | The good, the bad, and the uncertain

26 June 2017 InterAksyon Camille A. Aguinaldo

Political analyst Tony La Viña said Duterte’s linking of terrorism and drugs was not new, citing studies in Mindanao about the relationship between the two by scholar Francisco “Pancho” Lara, country manager of International Alert Philippines.

Tags: Others

ANC Early Edition interview and corresponding article: ‘Narco-terrorism’ possible in Marawi conflict, says analyst

22 June 2017 ABS-CBN News Channel

Prof. Rufa Cagoco-Guiam of the Mindanao State University in General Santos City said a study they did shows strong links of illegal drugs, politics, and violent conflicts in Mindanao, particularly in Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao.

Tags: Shadow Economies

Our long hot summer of terror

08 June 2017 Business World Francisco J. Lara, Jr.

With the violence in Marawi and more violent extremist groups emerge, what is needed is to create programs to empower the Moro youth, create new and stricter laws that would punish discrimination, and stregthen social cohesion accompanied by military actions.

Tags: Others

COMMENTARY: Addressing challenges posed by the Abu Sayyaf Group (6): The Shadow Economy

25 May 2017 MindaNews Vic M. Taylor

In the ARMM the shadow economy is the REAL economy. (We need to thank Francisco Lara Jr. of International Alert for undertaking the ground-breaking studies on this sector in Mindanao).

Tags: Shadow Economies

Talks with Reds tackle land confiscation

23 May 2017 Rappler Carmela Fonbuena

Land reform is at the heart of talks to end Asia's longest running communist insurgency. Negotiators of the government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) have agreed to distribute land for free – meaning the government will shoulder the cost of acquiring properties that will be distributed to landless farmers.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Shadow economies' may affect peace talks with Reds, analyst says

26 April 2017 ABS-CBN News Channel ABS-CBN News

According to Francisco Lara, country manager of International Alert Philippines, shadow economies in the Philippines may affect ongoing peace talks between the Duterte administration and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines

Tags: Bangsamoro

Duterte threatens anew communists, Abu Sayyaf: You want me to be an animal?

24 April 2017 Business World Online Lucia Edna P. de Guzman, with Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral

International Alert Philippines Country Manager Francisco J. Lara, Jr. said the cease-fire has led to an environment that allows “indigenous people and businessmen to return.” To be sure, the truce was terminated last February but both sides are continuing the negotiations.

Tags: Bangsamoro

Duterte threatens anew communists, Abu Sayyaf: You want me to be an animal?

24 April 2017 Business World Lucia Edna P. de Guzman and Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral

Despite optimism among his officials about the peace negotiations with the communist underground, President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Sunday lashed out anew at the communists as well as the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, saying he could act like “an animal” just like them.

Tags: Others

Is there Compelling Reason to Talk Peace Again?

27 February 2017 Business World Online Eddie Quitoriano

We can rephrase the question by asking: Can we really afford an all-out war? Searching for a compelling reason to go back to the negotiating table may be difficult if the eyes don't see.

Tags: Bangsamoro

While costly, groups urge persistent pursuit of peace

15 December 2016 Business Mirror Rene Acosta and Jonathan Mayuga

IA’s monitoring system, called Conflict Alert, is currently the only existing tracker of violent conflict at the subnational level in the Philippines. The areas covered by the IA’s monitoring system are major sites of rebellion and insurgency, criminal violence and shadow economy-based conflicts.

Tags: BCMSConflict AlertCEMS

Monitoring conflicts in the southern Philippines

11 November 2016 Relief Web International Alert

International Alert launched a new monitoring system called Conflict Alert that allows conflicts to be analysed and compared in different regions in the southern Philippines.

Tags: BCMSConflict AlertCEMS

Rebellion not main cause of violence in ARMM

27 October 2016 Rappler Carmela Fonbuena

According to Conflict Alert, common crimes and shadow economies are the top causes of violent conflict in ARMM, particularly in urban areas.

Tags: BCMSConflict AlertCEMS

Conflict monitoring covers more areas

25 October 2016 Manila Times Manila Times

A conflict monitoring system developed by International Alert Philippines (IAP), a nongovernment organization, now covers more provinces in Mindanao, enabling a more comprehensive analysis of conflict and better formulation of interventions and development plans.

Tags: BCMSConflict AlertCEMS

4 PH terror groups link up with pro-ISIS fighters in region

25 October 2016 Rappler Carmela Fonbuena

More deadly violence threatens the Philippines after tracing direct links between 4 pro-Islamic State (ISIS) groups and in Mindanao and extremists in Indonesia and Malaysia. A report by International Alert's Conflict Alert shows that there’s a spike in violent incidents associated with extremists groups in the past five years.

Tags: BCMSConflict AlertCEMS

Live Blog: #PeaceHack in MNL Making PH a Much Safer Place!

25 September 2016 BLOG Jaysee Blabs

Tags: #PeaceHack 2016