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
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The special region comprises 2,532 barangays spread across the provinces of Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, Lanao del Sur,, and Maguindanao del Sur, as well as the cities of Cotabato, Marawi, Lamitan, and Isabela. Next to BARMM as having the highest number of red category villages is Eastern Visayas with about 60 barangays, while Bicol region comes third with 21 barangays.
A total of 121 barangays were tagged as under the orange category in Caraga, followed by BARMM with 106, Mimaropa with 80, Eastern Visayas with 52, Cagayan Valley with 41, Central Visayas has 35, Zamboanga Peninsula has 15, Calabarzon with seven, and six in Central Luzon.
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