77 NPAs neutralized as EMC intensifies Security Operations in May

NSFA, Panacan, Davao City - The New People's Army (NPA) suffered a series of debacle in less than a month as Eastern Mindanao Command intensified its security operations in the month of May 2020.

Military crushes NPA Guerilla Front, ten members and top leaders killed

NSFA, Panacan, Davao City - The New Peoples Army's (NPA) Guerilla Front (GF) 4A was crushed by the military after their top leaders were included among the ten members who were killed in a running gun battle on May 10-13, 2020, at the boundary of Nothern Mindanao and Caraga Region.

200,000 PPE arrives in Davao City via Phil Navy Ship

NSFA, Panacan, Davo City - The Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM) of the Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) facilitated the arrival of the 200,000 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) aboard the BRP Bacolod City (LS550) at Sasa Wharf, Sasa, Davao City earlier today, May 8, 2020.

Commodore Antonio C Palces AFP, the Commander of NFEM welcomed the officers and crew of BRP Bacolod City (LS550) who was tasked to haul the said PPE from Zhangzhou Harbor, Port of Xiamen, People’s Republic of China last April 21, 2020, after it was procured by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the Department of Health.

Health protocols were also strictly observed during the arrival while quarantine procedures to the cargoes were undertaken by the Bureau of Quarantine prior to the turn-over of the equipment to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region XI, the agency that will lead the distribution of PPE to the Frontliners in the entire Mindanao.

Photo by: Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao, PN

Source: Public Information Office, Eastern Mindanao Command, AFP

NPA Front Capitulates, 20 Firearms Recovered

NSFA, Panacan, Davao City - Twenty high powered firearms (HPFA) stashed in arms caches were surrendered by Guerilla Front North, a New Peoples Army (NPA) unit being monitored in the quad-boundary of Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Davao De Oro and Davao Oriental, to the units of Joint Task Force Agila of Eastern Mindanao Command on Sunday, May 3, 2020.