THE military has intensified patrol operations around areas where steel towers of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) are installed, particularly in Central Mindanao, following a series of bombings at these facilities, a military official said on Monday.

Col. Noel Detoyato, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs Office, explained that providing security to vital government installations such as the NGCP is inherent to the role of the armed forces but that there was a need to strengthen their operations in those areas.

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