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Philippines: events and estimated deaths in December 2025

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UCDP recorded 11 events of organized violence in Philippines in December 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 23. The low estimate is 22 and the high estimate is 23. UCDP counts 2 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2025 was 5 events.

The count for December 2024 was 4 events. The change from December 2024 to December 2025 is up 175 percent. Among the 26 months with a report for Philippines, December 2025 has the 2nd highest count of events. Philippines holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in December 2025. In December 2024, the share was 0 percent.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Philippines, December 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Camarines Sur province27
Cotabato province15
Maguindanao del Sur province22
Negros Occidental province34
Northern Samar province23
Samar province12
Figure 1. Events in Philippines, December 2025. The map shows 11 events with 23 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Philippines has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Philippines: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
CPP715
Government of Philippines1123
IS22
MILF15

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 3. Philippines: events by type of violence, December 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict1091%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians19%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Philippines, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20265P14PCandidate Events
August 20263P10PCandidate Events
July 20266P11PCandidate Events
June 20265P9PCandidate Events
May 20263P7PCandidate Events
April 20266P37PCandidate Events
March 20267P19PCandidate Events
February 20264P4PCandidate Events
January 202615P42PCandidate Events
December 20251123GED
November 202557GED
October 202522GED
September 202578GED
August 2025819GED
July 2025518GED
June 20251022GED
May 202535GED
April 2025722GED
March 2025617GED
February 202546GED
January 2025848GED
December 2024412GED
November 202428GED
October 2024318GED
September 2024513GED
August 2024616GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Philippines: all figures

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ConflictStats. Philippines: events and estimated deaths in December 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/philippines/month/2025-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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