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The ex-president’s call for Mindanao’s independence could reignite internal ‘hatreds’ on an island with long-running communist and Islamist insurgencies.
While recent tensions in the South China Sea have highlighted the Philippines’ maritime vulnerabilities, the risk of state-sponsored cyberattacks – and a lack of resources to handle them – may be the country’s bigger challenge.