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Latest news citing our data on violent conflict in the Bangsamoro from local and international media outlets.
Lower election violence is partly due to more vote-buying, says police
12 May 2019 BusinessWorld Vince Angelo C. Ferreras
In Cotabato City and Lanao del Sur, for example, International Alert’s monitoring show 43 reported incidents in these two areas from March 28, the start of the campaign period for local candidates, to May 10, a day before the end of campaigning.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreThreats, vote-buying in Bangsamoro region on eve of midterm polls
12 May 2019 Rappler Sofia Tomacruz
International Alert Philippines says the stakes are high for the Bangsamoro region, as it needs elected officials who will help ensure the region's success
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Read More"Nas Filipinas, a fabricação ilegal de armas dá sustento a famílias e alimenta o terrorismo"
20 April 2019 Gazeta de Povo Gazeta de Povo from NYT
On remote shores near the city of Danao, in the center of the Philippines, there is a makeshift and illegal factory of a master arms manufacturer
Tags: Shadow Economies
Read MoreLa fabricación ilegal de armas, un oficio con un costo mortal
10 April 2019 Debate Debate from NYT
In Danao, Philippines, making weapons is an essential craft that is passed down from generation to generation; everyone can buy a gun just enough to have money
Tags: Shadow Economies
Read MoreA Family Craft With a Deadly Toll: Illegal Gun Making
07 April 2019 New York Times Jason Gutierrez
Illegal gun making is a livelihood that has helped put food on the table and send the family’s children to school since the 1970s, and Mr. Launa, who asked that only the initial of his first name be used for fear of being arrested, is just one of a host of such small-scale gunsmiths in the region. His village alone is home to about a dozen.
Tags: Shadow Economies
Read MoreKey issues in the midterm elections: a perspective from the Bangsamoro
01 April 2019 RelifeWeb Yasmira Moner
The year 2019 marked a new era of peace in Southern Philippines. After decades of shoot-and-talk struggle between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), 1.6 million people voted to be part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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Read MoreKey issues in the midterm elections: a perspective from the Bangsamoro
31 March 2019 New Mandala Yasmira Moner
The year 2019 marked a new era of peace in Southern Philippines. After decades of shoot-and-talk struggle between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), 1.6 million people voted to be part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreMuslim mothers in Baseco, launched rice trading to support Islamic schools
30 March 2019 Radyo Pilipinas Bea Gaza
Muslims today launched a rice trading enterprise in Block 9 Baseco, Tondo, Manila to fund their madrasa or Islamic school.
Tags: Women and Youth
Read MoreMurang bigas, alok sa mga residente ng Baseco sa Maynila
30 March 2019 Radyo Patril, DZMM TeleRadyo Henry Atuelan
Murang bigas, alok sa mga residente ng Baseco sa Maynila
Tags: Women and Youth
Read MoreMuslim Mothers in Baseco to launch rice trading social enterprise to prevent violent conflict come March 30
29 March 2019 Now Pinay [Blog] Irma Boza
Muslim mothers in Baseco in Tondo, Manila will launch a rice trading social enterprise that will sell low-priced good quality rice in the neighborhood and use the profits to sustain the community-run madrasa (Islamic school) that teaches Islamic values and way of life to Muslim youth.
Tags: Women and Youth
Read MoreBillboard Campaign In Dallas Aims To Dispel Misconceptions About Islam And The Hijab
22 February 2019 KUT News Stella M. Chavez
Ruman Sadiq says the current political climate has led to misperceptions of Muslim women. That’s why she hopes a new six-week billboard campaign will encourage people to call and ask questions about the hijab, or head scarf.
Tags: Women and Youth
Read MoreNew Bangsamoro region set as MILF faces governance challenge
14 February 2019 ABS-CBN Christian Esguerra
The new self-governing region in the Philippines’ troubled south has been completed as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) prepares for the tough task of running its transition bureaucracy for the next 3 years.
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Read MoreMore areas at stake in today’s Bangsamoro vote
06 February 2019 Business World Marifi S. Jara, Tajallih S. Basman and Gillian M. Cortez
Two provinces in two regions in Mindanao stand to lose parts of their areas as towns and villages cast their votes on Wednesday on whether or not to be part of the new Bangsamoro region.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreLanao, NoCot youth anticipate joining BARMM: survey
06 February 2019 PNA Christine Cudis
Majority of the youth voting in Wednesday's Bangsamoro plebiscite will allow six Lanao del Norte towns and 67 North Cotabato barangays to be included in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), survey results showed.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreGov't readies amnesty for MILF fighters under peace deal
06 February 2019 ABS-CBN Christian Esguerra
The Philippine government is working on an amnesty package as the country’s largest Muslim rebel group prepares to decommission its weapons and govern a new autonomous region in the conflict-torn south.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read More4,000 troops to guard 2nd BOL plebiscite
06 February 2019 The Manila Times Depsey Reyes and William Depasupil TMT w/ reports from Divine de la Cruz
SOME 4,000 soldiers will be deployed to secure the second plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato today, Wednesday.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreBombings haunt BOL vote, 3k troops deploy
06 February 2019 Manila Standard Francisco Tuyay, Vito Barcelo with reports from Rio Araja and PNA
The news article details bombing incidents at the eve of the BOL plebiscite in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato as well as the preparations and response of security personnel.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreYouth vote for Bangsamoro assured in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato says group
06 February 2019 MindaNews MindaNews
Seventy to 80 percent of the young voters in the February 6 Bangsamoro plebiscite will allow six Lanao del Norte towns and 67 North Cotabato barangays to be included in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), International Alert Philippines (IA) said.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreGov’t readies amnesty for MILF fighters under peace deal
05 February 2019 ABS-CBN Christian Esguerra
The Philippine government is working on an amnesty package as the country’s largest Muslim rebel group prepares to decommission its weapons and govern a new autonomous region in the conflict-torn south.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreLanao, NoCot youth anticipate joining BARMM: survey
05 February 2019 PNA Christine Cudis
Majority of the youth voting in Wednesday's Bangsamoro plebiscite will allow six Lanao del Norte towns and 67 North Cotabato barangays to be included in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), survey results showed.
Tags: Bangsamoro
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