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Latest news citing our data on violent conflict in the Bangsamoro from local and international media outlets.
[INTERVIEW] SPECIAL COVERAGE: 2023 barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan elections
30 October 2023 Rappler Pia Ranada
Liezl Bugtay on initial analysis of the Bangsamoro barangay elections. She raised that this elections is turning out to be the bloodiest elections based on the data. As of 4pm monitoring on election day, 7 were recorded dead in separate shooting incidents.
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Read MoreKarahasan sa Halalan
30 October 2023 ABS-CBN News TV Patrol
Videos forwarded by CCAA from Facebook were used in the news reports
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Read MoreElection photos in Marogong, Lanao del Sur
30 October 2023 Daily Tribune Lade Kabagani
LOOK: Several voters have fainted due to the heat of the sun while lining up for their turn to cast their votes at the polling center inside Marogong Central Elementary School in Marogong, Lanao del Sur. | via Lade Kabagani / Photos courtesy of Council for Climate and Conflict Action Asia and Early Response Network
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Read MoreBALLOT-SNATCHING INCIDENT IN SULTAN KUDARAT
30 October 2023 Daily Tribune Lade Kabagani
The Council for Climate and Conflict Action Asia or CCAA (formerly International Alert Philippines) and Early Response Network reported an alleged incident of cheating and ballot-snatching inside a polling center in Datu Manguda Mangilay Elementary School in Barangay Macaguiling, Sultan Kudarat. The ensuing commotion injured two residents who were rushed to the hospital.
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30 October 2023 Daily Tribune Lade Kabagani
The Council for Climate and Conflict Action Asia or CCAA (formerly International Alert Philippines) and Early Response Network jointly monitored tensions and fistfights among supporters of BSKE candidates in several areas in BARMM, as of 10:00 a.m. Monday.
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Read MoreELECTION-RELATED SHOOTING INCIDENT IN MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE REPORTED
30 October 2023 Daily Tribune Lade Kabagani
Based on the live monitoring of the Council for Climate and Conflict Action Asia or CCAA (formerly International Alert Philippines) and Early Response Network, supporters of opposing candidates reportedly exchanged gunfire around 2 p.m. within the vicinity of the polling center in Barangay Tapian, Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao Del Norte.
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Read MorePNP asks Comelec to consider postponing barangay elections in BARMM
24 August 2023 Rappler Ferdinandh Cabrera
In a separate interview with Alerto Bangsamoro on DXMS-Radyo Bida in Cotabato City, Nobleza said the PNP has recorded 350 shooting incidents in the BARMM since January, with 21 of these attacks targeting government officials, primarily barangay officials.
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Read MoreMga PWDs at Seniors, pinayuhan ng Comelec BARMM na bumuto ng maaga
23 August 2023 NDBC News Ruffa Mokalid
COMELEC-BARMM, patuloy ang panawagan sa mga PWDs, seniors at pregnant women na bumoto ng maaga sa panahon ng BSKE. SINABI ito ni COMELEC-BARMM Regional Director Atty. Ray Sumalipao sa Alerto Bangsamoro Program sa DXMS Radyo Bida.
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Read MoreCops, soldiers sent to Lanao del Sur town after Dawlah Islamiya threatens attack
30 May 2023 Philippine Star John Unson
In an interview on Radyo Bangsamoro, Marogong disaster risk officer Ronaldin Damiano said at least 3,550 residents have gone to safer areas outside town, with some seeking shelter as far away as Iligan and Cotabato cities. He said classes are suspended and only around half of establishments are open as the town worries about a repeat of the Marawi Siege of 2017. On Radyo Bangsamoro on Tuesday, town police chief Police Maj. Abdulnasser Manan assured residents that the town is well secured. "[Police Brig. Gen. Nobleza] has incerased security omn Marogong and he has increased support to personnel to ensure the security of Marogong, he said in Filipino.
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Read MoreExtreme weather events and conflict (2)
09 August 2022 Philippine Daily Inquirer Rufa Caguco-Guiam
Quantitative approaches used were the following: extrapolating conflict data sets from the 1960s to 2020, using information from comprehensive database of conflict incidence from the Uppsala Conflict Dataset program and that of the Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System of International Alert; analysis of satellite imagery of land use changes, as well as of long-term climate variations in the region from 1960s to 2020; and analysis of price fluctuations of basic food commodities in the region for the past five decades. The research team also analyzed long-term climate data that yielded information on intense precipitation and long droughts in the region within the five-decade timeline.
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Read More[RADIO / FB Live Interview] Live via Zoom: Senior Peace and Conflict Adviser to International Alert Philippines and UP Prof. Francisco Lara Jr. kaugnay sa peace situation sa Mindanao.
15 July 2022 Radyo Mindanao Network (RMN) Radyo Mindanao Network (RMN)
Francisco Lara Jr. discusses the main issues that should be addressed in the Bangsamoro peace process including the reduction of horizontal conflict, the creation of a Bangsamoro land law, issues in the decommissioning process, loose firearms, violent extremism, and importance of coordination and collaboration between BARMM and OPAPRU in the peace process.
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Read MoreSouthern comfort: No worries in Tawi-Tawi about fuel price hikes
15 June 2022 Philippine Daily Inquirer Bong S. Sarmiento, Julie S. Alipala
According to a study done by peacebuilding group International Alert, “rice, sugar, flour, biscuits and palm oil imported from Malaysia are up to 40 percent cheaper than the prices asked in Zamboanga City for the same products.”
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Read MoreSmooth transition may help BARMM Region attract more investments
05 February 2021 Business World Beatrice M. Laforga
THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Region may attract more investments if violent conflicts and political tensions continue to decline, with the infrastructure sector seen to benefit the most.
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Read More‘Culture of silence,’ settlements hinder reporting of abuse
01 February 2021 Inquirer [online and print] Fate Colobong, Jane Bautista
According to data from Conflict Alert, from 85 reports of violence against women in 2014, the number rose to 121 in 2015 and 336 in 2016, its highest recorded tally per year and “the first time that identity-related conflict, specifically gender violence, was anywhere near the top since the Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System was established in 2013.“
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Read MoreExtremist violence, clan feuds linger in parts of Bangsamoro - watchdog | ANC
28 January 2021 Matters of Fact [ANC] Interview with Christian Esguerra
Matters of Fact: Despite a decline in conflict incidents, extremist violence and clan feuding remain in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, a peacebuilding organization said.
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Read MoreExtremist violence, clan feuds linger in parts of Bangsamoro - watchdog
28 January 2021 ABS-CBN ABS-CBN News
Despite a decline in conflict incidents, extremist violence and clan feuding remain in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, a peace-building organization said Thursday, two years since the milestone establishment of the region seen to spur peace and development in the long-restive area.
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Read MoreNew form of violent extremism noted in Sulu
26 January 2021 Manila Bulletin Zea Capistrano
The Conflict Alert 2020 report bared that suicide bombings perpetrated by female, Filipino, and foreign extremists were now being recorded in Sulu.
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Read MoreShadow economy, extremist activities prevail in Barmm, International Alert reports
26 January 2021 Business Mirror Cai Ordinario
Despite a decline in violent conflict incidents, shadow economy and violent extremism activities continued in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm), according to International Alert Philippines.
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Read MoreBangsamoro gov’t urged to address land conflicts marring peace in Mindanao
26 January 2021 Rappler Pia Ranada
Clan feuding was on the rise all over the Bangsamoro region in 2019, the year the Moro Islamic Liberation Front took the reins of the transitional government
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Read MoreClan feuds, violent extremism, illegal drugs and weapons use hamper Bangsamoro’s road to peace
26 January 2021 CNN Philippines CNN Philippines
Clan feuds, violent extremism, illegal drugs and weapons are the three main roadblocks to Bangsamoro’s transition into a peaceful region, a group monitoring subnational conflicts in the country said on Monday.
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