The month of May recorded the least number of state- related cases of violence –so far in 2025- with a total of 45 reported incidents (18 killings and 27 injuries), monthly monitoring of Sandatahang Dahas showed. The biggest factor in the incidents of violence, however, was the May 12 elections with Mindanao as the most volatile area.
Sandatahang Dahas’ March data reinforces the idea that state-related violence in the Philippines is no longer geographically isolated; it is structural, adaptive, and capable of reaching places previously thought to be stable.
Violence involving armed government personnel registered an increase while the police continue to lead in the killings of civilians who are subject of their operations, monitoring bySandatahang Dahas’s for February 2025 showed.
The year 2025 started with 31 persons killed in state-related violence for the month of January with more than half of the casualties attributed to the Philippine National Police, monitoring by Sandatahang Dahas of the UP Third World Studies Center (TWSC) showed.
