00:00The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, and the Philippine National Police, or PNP,
00:05reduced the number of areas of concern under the red and orange category
00:09since the campaign period for senatorial candidates and party-list groups started on February.
00:15Based on the latest data from COMELEC, the red category decreased to 36 places from 38,
00:21while the orange category decreased to 156 from 177.
00:27Most of the places under the red category are from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslimindanao, or BARM.
00:3420 municipalities are from Lanao del Sur, while 9 of them are from Maguindanao del Sur.
00:41According to COMELEC, they will intensify their monitoring in the said places
00:47as the campaign period for local candidates will soon kick off.
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