Despite the occurrence of various violent incidents in several parts of the country, especially in the Bangsamoro region, the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) Monday, October 30, 2023, was still “generally peaceful.”
Police say the areas of grave security concern in the BARMM are mostly in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, and the region's Special Geographic Area (SGA) in Cotabato province
Bangsamoro police chief Brigadier General Allan Nobleza says a security augmentation force of more than a thousand cops and soldiers from other regions will assist in polling precinct duties and in securing the elections on October 30
Gunmen rain bullets on a house in Maguindanao del Norte, killing a man and wounding another, just as authorities mobilize troops to step up security in the BARMM provinces