IN MEMORIAM. Parents of Kieth Absalon, the famed footballer of the Far Eastern University, stand in front of his monument that was unveiled on Monday (June 6, 2022) at Masbate Sports Complex in Masbate City. Absalon and his cousin were killed in a roadside explosion from an anti-personnel mine planted by the New People's Army in 2021. (Photo courtesy of PRO-5) LEGAZPI CITY - In remembrance of Kieth Absalon, the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) on Monday led the unveiling of the monument of the slain Far Eastern University footballer at the Masbate Sports Complex in Masbate City. Absalon and his cousin Nolven were killed when an anti-personnel mine planted by New People's Army (NPA) rebels exploded on a road where they were biking in Barangay Anas, Masbate City on June 6, 2021. In her message during the unveiling, Vilma Absalon, mother of Kieth, thanked the different agencies of the government for commemorating the death anniversary of her so
IN MEMORIAM. Parents of Kieth Absalon, the famed footballer of the Far Eastern University, stand in front of his monument that was unveiled on Monday (June 6, 2022) at Masbate Sports Complex in Masbate City. Absalon and his cousin were killed in a roadside explosion from an anti-personnel mine planted by the New People's Army in 2021. (Photo courtesy of PRO-5) LEGAZPI CITY - The mother ofKieth Absalon,the Far Eastern University footballer who was killed in an explosion perpetrated by the New People's Army (NPA) last year,has appealed to the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to continue outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte's whole-of-nation approach to end the more than five-decades of terrorism. In remembrance of Absalon, the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) on Monday led the unveiling ofhis monument at the Masbate Sports Complex in Masbate City. Absalon and his cousin Nolven were killed w
LEGAZPI CITY - A New People's Army (NPA) rebel tagged as one of the suspects in a roadside explosion last year that killed two persons, including a Far Eastern University (FEU) varsity football player, was arrested by police and military operatives in Masbate on Monday. Maj. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) spokesperson, on Tuesday identified the suspect as Rolly Hermina of Masbate City. She said Hermina is a member of Larangan 1, Komite ng Probinsya 4 under the command of Eddie Rosero alias "Ka Star" operating in the second district of Masbate. Hermina was nabbed in a manhunt operation on April 18 on the strength of an arrest warrant issued by a regional trial court in Masbate City on Aug. 6, 2021, Calubaquib said. FEU athlete Keith Absalon, 21, was cycling with a group that included his 40-year-old relative, Nolven, when an anti-personnel mine exploded by the roadside in Masbate City on June 6, 2021. Meanwhile, Hermina is also wanted for the kill