Search Result for “kieth absalon”
Absalon cousins died from gunshot, blast injuries: autopsy report
June 13, 2021, 2:11 am
MANILA – Less than a week after the New People's Army (NPA)-planted anti-personnel mine (APM) blast on June 6, the Masbate City Health Office released the results of an autopsy conducted on the two fatalities. In a Facebook post of 101.5 Brigada New FM Sorsogon at 6:41 of June 11, the autopsy… Read More
DILG’s Independence Day wish: Communist terrorism-free PH
June 12, 2021, 4:27 pm
MANILA – As the country commemorates its 123rd Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on Saturday with the theme “Kalayaan 2021: Diwa sa Pagkakaisa at Paghilom ng Bayan,” Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año urged all Filipinos to rise against… Read More
Probe by Reds won't compensate for death of Absalon cousins
June 12, 2021, 3:57 pm
MANILA – No statement or "internal investigation" by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) will ever compensate for the two lives lost in the communist terrorists' unprovoked anti-personnel mine (APM) attack in Masbate City last June 6, Defense Secretary Delfin… Read More
Bicolanos warned of rebels' lies, diversionary tactics
June 11, 2021, 8:39 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Joint Task Force (JTF) Bicolandia is reminding the public to be wary of the propaganda and fabricated stories the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is spreading to divert attention from its recent violent attack that killed civilians in Masbate.… Read More
Reds' compensation offer to Absalons 'laughable': NTF ELCAC exec
June 11, 2021, 5:13 pm
MANILA – The offer of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) to indemnify the Absalon family, who lost two of their members in an unprovoked anti-personnel mine (APM) attack last June 6, is laughable as the former claims they have a working justice system, a Palace… Read More
Peace talks futile as insurgents continue killing spree
June 11, 2021, 3:52 pm
MANILA – The resumption of peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is an "exercise in futility" at this time. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), in a statement on Friday, rejected… Read More
Action must match NPA apology: Davao solon
June 11, 2021, 1:56 pm
MANILA – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), must surrender those behind the anti-personnel mine (APM) blast that killed a college football player and his cousin. Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez on Friday said a mere apology… Read More
Pialago dares Elago: Tell Sison, NPA rebels to surrender
June 10, 2021, 8:02 pm
MANILA – Instead of parroting the lines of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chief Jose Maria Sison, Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago must exhort the New People’s Army (NPA) to lay down their arms and take the path of peace. This was the challenge posed by Metro Manila Development… Read More
Surrender Absalons’ killers, CHR tells CPP-NPA
June 10, 2021, 7:28 pm
MANILA – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday demanded that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), to identify and turn over all those responsible for the anti-personnel mine (APM) blast that killed two and wounded a minor in… Read More
RTF 6-ELCAC slams party-list justification of Masbate killing
June 10, 2021, 7:28 pm
ILOILO CITY – The justification provided by the Kabataan Party-list to the gruesome killing perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) on the Absalon cousins in Masbate translates into a "bigger tragedy". This, according to Associate Prosecutor Flosemer… Read More
NPA's continued use of mines, IED violates IHL: PH Mission to UN
June 10, 2021, 7:18 pm
MANILA – The New People's Army (NPA) continued use of landmines and improvised explosive devices is a clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva said Thursday. In a tweet, it tagged and sought support from UN… Read More
Badoy hits Makabayan solons over threat to block NTF-ELCAC fund
June 10, 2021, 7:10 pm
MANILA – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is created to stop more than 52 years of atrocities committed by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and the recruitment of minors by its allied legal… Read More
Absalon's dad wants NPA terrorists to halt senseless killings
June 10, 2021, 7:05 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The father of the football player who died in an anti-personnel mine (APM) explosion last Sunday has called for a stop to the senseless killings by the New People’s Army (NPA) terrorist group, saying he does not want a similar tragedy to happen to others. In an interview on… Read More
Anti-Red groups renew call to extradite Joma
June 10, 2021, 6:23 pm
MANILA – Anti-communist groups on Thursday slammed anew on the continuous coddling of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria "Joma" Sison and his colleagues by the Netherlands government. Members of Liga Independencia Pilipinas, League of Parents of the Philippines,… Read More
Absalon family rejected NPA apology, compensation offer: AFP
June 10, 2021, 2:56 pm
MANILA – The Absalon family is not accepting any apology or indemnification from the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) over its unprovoked anti-personnel mine (APM) attack that killed two of their members and injured another in Masbate City on June 6, a military… Read More
CPP-NPA rebels behind Masbate mine blast must pay: Duterte
June 10, 2021, 2:26 pm
MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte has vowed to hold accountable the members of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), who planted the anti-personnel mine (APM) in Masbate City that killed two civilians and wounded a minor. Duterte would… Read More
Makabayan bloc's condemnation vs. NPA 'half-hearted': Lorenzana
June 10, 2021, 10:12 am
MANILA – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday night described as "half-hearted" the Makabayan bloc's condemnation of the New People's Army's (NPA) anti-personnel mine attack that killed a college football player and his cousin in Masbate on June 6. "Their comrades, the NPA, were… Read More
Reds 'complicit' in mine blast that killed footballer, cousin
June 9, 2021, 9:49 pm
MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday said the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is complicit in the planning and directing the unprovoked anti-personnel mine (APM) attack that killed footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin Nolven in Masbate… Read More
NPA rebels in Absalon killing must be prosecuted: solons
June 9, 2021, 8:44 pm
MANILA – Senators condemned on Wednesday the death of collegiate football player Kieth Absalon and his cousin after an anti-personnel mine exploded in Barangay Anas, Masbate City on Sunday. In a statement, Senator Richard Gordon said the "indiscriminate killing" is an “assassination” and… Read More
Troops lauded for successful ops vs. Reds in Masbate mine blast
June 9, 2021, 10:24 am
MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) commended military and police personnel in Southern Luzon for the JUne 8 successful operation that neutralized three New People's Army (NPA) terrorists behind the unprovoked anti-personnel mine (APM) attack that killed two and wounded a minor in… Read More
