Tag: Masbate blast

DILG to NPA: Surrender people behind Masbate landmine blast

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, June 19, urged the New People’s Army to surrender the people behind the landmine blast in Masbate that killed a Far Eastern University varsity player and a relative. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said it “now becomes their duty to turn over the terrorists responsible” for the deaths of Kieth Absalon, 21, and his relative Nolven, “so that justice may […]

Blast rocks Masbate port; several boats damaged

(Eagle News)—–Several boats sustained damages after a blast ripped through Masbate  early Sunday. The explosion took place near a  Philippine Coast Guard station in Masbate Port at 12:30 a.m. Two aluminum boats were damaged and  a newly procured rescue boat from the Philippine Army was destroyed, the PCG said. An investigation  is ongoing.