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The Police Regional Office - Northern Mindanao sent off on Tuesday 901 personnel to help secure the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary election on Sept. 14. In a ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: PNP ramps security ops for upcoming BARMM polls
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday reiterated its commitment to securing the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary polls through intensified ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: PRO-10 deploys 901 personnel to augment BARMM election security
The Police Regional Office (PRO)-10 deployed 901 personnel to Lanao del Sur to augment security operations for the first parliamentary election of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: Bangsamoro vote in Philippines faces violence test
A surge in deadly clan warfare and political assassinations is threatening the southern Philippines’ first parliamentary elections for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: AFP assesses security arrangements for BARMM parliamentary polls
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday assessed intensified security efforts and monitoring in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as the ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects
MANILA, Philippines — The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign militants aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group to train in a secessionist conflict involving minority ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: Philippines pivots from battling militants to projecting power at sea
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines — For a half-century, Philippine soldiers deployed on the southwestern edge of the country have been dedicated to squashing separatist movements led by Islamist rebels. Now, the ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: Thousands of PNP personnel deployed for BARMM elections
Over 4,000 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from regional offices in Davao, Soccsksargen, Northern Mindanao, and the Zamboanga Peninsula have been deployed for the upcoming Bangsamoro ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: Faith in Philippines bridges Mindanao’s divides
Bolawan Buyog still remembers how she and her family, along with neighboring Christian families, had what she calls “a miraculous escape” during the deadly siege of Marawi City in the southern ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Security: Evangelicals Divided as Sharia Courts Expand in the Philippines
Some view the expansion as an increase in Islamic influence while others see it as part of living in a pluralistic society. The Philippine government’s recent decision to expand sharia law into ...