The Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM) celebrates its 19th Founding Anniversary on September 01, 2010 at Naval Station Felix Apolinario, Camp Panacan, Davao City with Rear Admiral Danilo M Cortez AFP the Philippine Navy’s Flag Officer –In- Command as the guest of honor.

The NFEM highlights their celebration with team building activities such as basketball, badminton, marathon, tug-of-war, swimming, rubber boat towing and many more.  They also conducted a Dental Civic Action Program (Dencap) to 179 pupils of San Francisco Elementary School in Panabo City last August 26-27, 2010 and Pap Smear activity in Southern Philippines Medical Center which availed by 50 dependents of Navy and Marines.

Special awards were also given to some deserving personnel who contributed the NFEM’s accomplishment.  Three (3) military officers received the award of Military Merit Medal, others received the following awards.  One (1) NFEM Enlisted Personnel of the Year, one (1) NFEM Ship of the Year, one (1) NFEM Diesel fast Craft of the Year, and three (3) Reservist Awardees.

The series of bloody incidents perpetrated by the CPP/NPA these past weeks were obviously the ploy by the rebels to project themselves that they are not yet a spent force.  But the truth, the CPP/NPA is in desperate situation where support from the masses is waning. All they want is to sow terror and fear among the people.

First on August 21, they murdere d eight policemen on board their service vehicle going to Barangay Imelda, Catarman, Northern Samar using landmines, while on their way to investigate a murder case.  Not contented, they executed the wounded survivors by firing point blank in the head, and burned them together with the police patrol car.  They were robbers for they divest the hapless victim of their valuables, money, and cell phones. They even murdered a village councilor and used him as bait.

Again, just last Saturday, August 28, the NPAs abducted a CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) commander in Sitio Polongpoyan, Barangay Bug-ang, Toboso, province of Negros Occidental.

Staff Sergeant Efraim Bagonoc was held hostage and was later executed in front of their detachment not after his men ensued a brief gun battle to prevent the NPAs from entering their camp that resulted to the wounding of two members of Civilian Auxiliary Force.