BARMM is a consistent hotspot of state-related violence, according to the Sandatahang Dahas Monitor of the UP Third World Studies Center.

In February 2026, the Sandatahang Dahas monitor of the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center recorded flare ups of an ingrained strain of violence among the country’s arms-bearing s...

Should the Marcos Jr. government be believed, 2025 was a year, once again, of “bloodless” drug war—even with 269 reported drug-related killings.