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
MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday lauded the resolution of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Region 5 (Bicol) stating that collegiate football player Keith Absalon and his cousin Nolven suffered human rights violations and abuse during the unprovoked attack by communist terrorists last June. The CHR Bicol's resolution, dated July 7, stemmed from complaints filed by Nolven's mother, Cristine T. Absalon, and Vilma B. Absalon, mother of Keith. The resolution also said the victims' families and heirs must get due compensation. "Senseless violence that victimizes innocent civilians has no place in a democratic, progressive society such as ours. We in the AFP laud the CHR's work protecting the likes of Keith and Nolven and calling out those accountable," said AFP chief of staff Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. in a statement. Both Keith and Nolven were killed while Keith's nephew, Chrisbin Daniel, was hurt in an anti-personnel mine (APM) atta
Published July 19, 2021, 10:29 AM
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) lauded on Monday, July 19, the organizers of the Saturday’s nationwide “Bike for Peace and Justice’’, saying it heightened the country’s united call against the atrocities committed by the communist rebels.
“The killings of Keith Absalon (football player) and his cousin Nolven, committed in violation of international humanitarian law, sheds light into CPP-NPA’s victimization of the Filipino youth,’’ DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said.
Año noted that the public should not stay silent’ on the issue, stressing that the people have the right to be outraged and to demand justice for “Keith, Nolven, and other victims of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).’’
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