27 BARMM areas under highest poll security category
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Source: Inquirer
Published: 2026-07-20 07:36 UTC+10:00
Section: Latest Stories
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Defence, Religion, Military & Defence, Elections, War & Conflict, Asia Pacific
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COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The military has placed its troops in Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur on heightened alert following two separate grenade attacks as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) classified 27 areas in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under the red category ahead of the region’s first parliamentary elections on Sept.
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