Bulletins
The Critical Events Monitoring System (CEMS) Bulletins provide a brief and actionable overview of pressing issues in conflict-stricken areas based on the real-time data collected via SMS and two-way radio that are recorded in Climate Conflict Action’s database.
Political rivalries unleash cycle of retribution (May 2019)
24 June 2019 CEMS
As Muslim Filipinos observed the holy month of Ramadhan and Marawi commemorated the second anniversary of the war that broke out in the Islamic city on 23 May 2017, the threat of violent extremism loomed. And despite the end of the May 13 polls, the situation remains tense as political rivalries ignited longstanding conflicts or sparked new feuds.
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CEMS Bulletin – 22 May 2019
22 May 2019 CEMS
Despite the Palace’s assessment that the May 13 polls was “generally peaceful”, a total of 108 Early Response Network reports on election-related conflict incidents say otherwise. Among the reports were heightened tensions among rivals, explosives set off to sow fear among voters and poll workers, and incidents of gunfights and fistfights.
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Fraud and Violence: Mainstays of Bangsamoro Electoral Politics (Postelection)
22 May 2019 CEMS
Despite the Palace’s assessment that the May 13 polls was “generally peaceful”, a total of 108 Early Response Network reports on election-related conflict incidents say otherwise. Among the reports were heightened tensions among rivals, explosives set off to sow fear among voters and poll workers, and incidents of gunfights and fistfights.
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CEMS Bulletin – 12 May 2019
12 May 2019 CEMS
With the Commission on Elections declaring the whole of Mindanao as a “red” election hotspot, Comelec has been given the power to put an area under its control and direct the augmentation of the police and armed forces. This is to mitigate conflict incidents that loom the upcoming elections.
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Propaganda, vote-buying, and intimidation amid the election campaign (Preelection)
12 May 2019 CEMS
With the Commission on Elections declaring the whole of Mindanao as a “red” election hotspot, Comelec has been given the power to put an area under its control and direct the augmentation of the police and armed forces. This is to mitigate conflict incidents that loom the upcoming elections.
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