LEGAZPI CITY—The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded two consecutive earthquakes in Masbate early Friday, March 7. In a bulletin, Phivolcs said the first ...

The past week has seen a new set of Masbate incidents in the local communist armed conflict. These refer to the armed hostilities starting March 20 between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the ...

Masbate Province, like other places in the Philippines, has a violent history and a lingering communist insurgency. “Here, you will be bribed, then intimidated,” said Manuel Sese, a retired ...