DAVAO CITY: A number of armed confrontations between government forces and the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were recorded after the 10th Infantry (Agila) Divi- sion intensified its securi- ty operations in its areas of jurisdiction.

On Feb. 6 at about 5 a.m., elements of Bravo Company of the 73rd Infantry Battalion engaged a group of fully-armed NPA rebels belonging to guerrilla front 71 of the Far South Mindanao Region (FSMR) in the boundaries of Jose Abad Santos town in Davao Occi-dental and Glan, Sarangani, Captain Rhyan Batchar, chief information officer of the 10th ID said in a statement on Monday.

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