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Latest news citing our data on violent conflict in the Bangsamoro from local and international media outlets.
Forgotten: Muslims and other minorities (shortened version)
24 April 2020 Inquirer (also published in print) Nina Bahjin Imlan
Muslims in Metro Manila who perished from the coronavirus were stigmatized and refused burial even in Muslim cemeteries. Given these reports, International Alert Philippines lobbied key agencies and legislators.
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Read MoreNGO: COVID-19 relief packs not sensitive to needs of Muslim Filipinos
23 April 2020 ANC Matters of Fact, ABS-CBN TV Interview with Christian Esguerra
International Alert Philippines's Country Manager and Senior Project Officer for Youth and Women discuss implications of #COVID19 this coming Ramadhan and tensions brought about by the pandemic in the Bangsamoro and in Metro Manila, as captured by our Critical Events Monitoring System (CEMS):
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Read MoreIn time of Covid-19, GIS-aided maps find better use in central Mindanao
07 April 2020 Business Mirror Manuel Cayon
Some towns in the central Mindanao provinces of Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao have started to adapt satellite-aided geographical information system (GIS) maps to plot hotspots of the corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and other vital information on hazard and conflict.
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Read MoreBangsamoro region positions 8 COVID-19 test centers
07 April 2020 Business World Marifi S. Jara
Eight medical facilities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are being positioned as testing laboratories for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including one each in its three island provinces.
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Read MoreLGUs use tech maps for Covid-19 tracing
06 April 2020 The Manila Times Masiding Noor Yahya
Local chief executives in Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are using digital thematic overlay maps to monitor and trace coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.
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Read MoreBARMM LGUs use cutting-edge maps for Covid-19 emergency response
06 April 2020 Philippine News Agency Noel Punzalan
Several local government units (LGUs) n Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao are now using thematic overlay maps as graphic indicators for 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) hotspots, among others.
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Read MoreOfficial: PNP should've consulted agenices for Muslim students' info
04 March 2020 CNN Philippines Gerg Cahiles
The Philippine National Police apologizes for a directive allegedly profiling Muslim students in Metro Manila, saying there was no ill-intent. However, the presidential peace adviser points out police should not have requested the information about Muslim students from schools.
Tags: Women and Youth
Read MoreMindanao and NCR young leaders speak out: Let’s end discrimination
25 February 2020 Business World Business World
Several youth groups in Mindanao and the National Capital Region (NCR) involved in peace-building and development programs said the recent police order to profile Muslim youth in the nation’s capital is not just “an act of identity and religious discrimination” but also “deepens the prejudice and oppression” against followers of Islam.
Tags: Women and Youth
Read MoreMartial law and institutional accountability
02 January 2020 Inquirer Jesse Angelo L. Altez
According to peace-building group International Alert, such an extreme security measure, which came with martial rule, was a major factor in bringing down the number of violent confrontations in Mindanao between 2017 and 2018.
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Read MoreMartial law in Mindanao: What changed, what didn’t—and at what cost
02 January 2020 Inquirer Ryan Rosauro
In a report early this year, International Alert claimed that martial rule reduced conflict incidents in Mindanao by 30 percent in 2017 and 2018.
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Read MoreAfter 2 and a half years, martial law ends in Mindanao
31 December 2019 Rappler JC Gotinga
The fourth iteration of martial law in Mindanao lapsed at 11:59 pm Tuesday, December 31, seen to end two and a half years of heightened military tension on the country’s southern main island.
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Read MoreA triumph of justice
20 December 2019 Manila Standard Ernesto Hilario
The court verdict finding members of the Ampatuan clan guilty of multiple murder for the Nov. 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre is a triumph of justice in this country, even if it took a decade to reach.
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Read MorePhilippine Ex-Politicians Found Guilty In 2009 Massacre
19 December 2019 Bloomberg Ruth Pollard and Adreo Calonzo
The guilty verdict will have a “dampening effect” on clan feuds in southern Philippines, said Francisco Lara.
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Read MoreGov’t, Reds need to KO ‘hardliners’ to revive peace talks: former ceasefire chief
10 December 2019 ABS-CBN Christian Esguerra
President Rodrigo Duterte’s last-ditch attempt to resuscitate peace talks with Maoist rebels will require both sides to rein in hardliners and to be open to negotiate despite continued hostilities on the ground, the government panel’s former ceasefire chief said Tuesday.
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Read MoreMartial law to end in southern Philippines two years after it was imposed to fight IS
10 December 2019 SBS News AFP-SBS
The Philippines is ending more than two years of martial law in the country's south after government forces weakened militant groups there, a spokesman says.
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Read MoreAide: Duterte to lift martial law in southern Philippines
10 December 2019 Phnom Penh Post AFP
President Rodrigo Duterte will lift martial law in the southern Philippines by year’s end, his spokesman said on Tuesday, more than two years after it was imposed in an attempt to stop the Islamic State (IS) group gaining a foothold there.
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Read MoreDuterte to lift martial law in southern Philippines
10 December 2019 The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Manila
Rodrigo Duterte will lift martial law in the southern Philippines by the end of the year, his spokesman has said, more than two years after it was imposed in an attempt to stop Islamic State gaining a foothold there.
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Read MoreEditorial: No more martial law in 2020
10 December 2019 Sunstar Davao Editorial, Sunstar Davao
AFTER more than two years, martial law in Mindanao will end after Malacañang announced on Tuesday, December 10, that President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer extend it.
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Read MoreSeveral political clans all over Mindanao enjoy same level of political strength as Ampatuans'
21 November 2019 ANC Early Edition, ABS-CBN News ANC Interview with Christian Esguerra
The normalization process in Bangsamoro region is "too much focused" on the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as actors, said International Alert Senior Adviser Francisco "Pancho" Lara Jr.
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Read More48 Ampatuans still in power in Mindanao 10 years after Maguindanao Massacre
21 November 2019 ANC Early Edition, ABS-CBN News ANC Interview with Christian Esguerra
Ten years after the Maguindanao massacre, an analyst said 48 Ampatuans are still in power in Mindanao. He said that "intra-family dynamics" within the Ampatuan clan make other members survive the backlash from the grisly murder of 58 people in 2009.
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