A red category indicates that the area has grave security concerns, which may prompt the Comelec to place the locality under its control if the need arises
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Officers of the Quezon City Police District set up a Comelec checkpoint at the Welcome Rotonda at midnight, August 28, 2023, during the start of the election gun ban for the October Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. The will be implemented nationwide until November 29. MANILA, Philippines – Thirty-eight localities across the Philippines, including places in Marawi, Cotabato, and Masbate cities, have been classified as “red areas” days before the start of the election period for the 2025 midterms.
Category red indicates a grave peace and order situation, and may prompt the Commission on Elections to place the areas under its control if the need arises. The list of election hotspots was approved by the Comelec en banc on Thursday, January 9, after a recommendation was made by the poll body’s committee on the gun ban in coordination with the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines .
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