The Philippine Air Force (PAF) formally opened the Pacific Airlift Rally (PAR) 2023 at the Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Monday, August 14, bringing together hundreds of participants from 13 other countries. Participants to the Pacific Airlift Rally (PAR) 2023 salute during the...
Combat aircraft from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Air Force (USAF) flew over military training areas in east of Luzon to enhance their ability to work together in carrying out defensive counter-air (DCA) operations. *(Photo: Philippine Air Force) * Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo,...
CEBU CITY – The United States is funding the construction of a new fuel depot at the Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base (M-BEAB) in Lapu-Lapu City as part of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the US. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said the US...
Despite the inclement weather, the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) successfully performed an aerobatic show at the Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pmapanga on Monday, August 15, to highlight the 73-year-long diplomatic relations between the Philippines and South Korea. (Photo by Philippine Air...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police and military forces are jointly hunting down two men who ambushed and killed a former field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao, Wednesday, July 6. Police Lt. Billy Fontanilla, Datu Hoffer police chief, identified the...
Outgoing Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said over the weekend that the recently activated Naval Operating Base (NOB) in Subic will serve as the main naval support and logistics hub of the Philippine Navy (PN) as it continues to improve its fleet. Naval Operating Base...
Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), rallied the troops in Sarangani over the weekend to continue safeguarding the southernmost part of the country from all forms of illegal activities. Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
Carbon can be stored naturally in bamboo, significantly reducing waste and saving the environment BAMBOO WILL SAVE US A worker sorting bamboo in a treatment plant (Alecs Ongcal for Hilti Foundation) At the supply facility in Nasugbu, Batangas, bamboo is treated and prepared for use in the...
(SCIENTIFIC REPORTS / NATURE WEBSITE) Vegetated areas in the southeast section of the Taal Volcano Island were reduced to a desert dune field after the January 2020 eruption, a study conducted by the University of the Philippines (UP), Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU), and Agriculture...
The remains of three Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel who died in the tragic C-130 cargo plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last week have been transported to the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Friday night, July 9. The wreckage of a crashed Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane is found by...
We know him mainly as a funnyman, a politician, but did you know Joey Marquez was once a janitor? Indeed. He worked as a janitor at Clark Air Base when he was a teenager. He told "Tunay Na Buhay," "I was around 14, 15 years old 15 then..." According to Joey, he had to do it out of necessity after...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to build a base facility to strengthen maritime security and law enforcement in Zamboanga Sibugay. (Photo courtesy of the PCG) PCG Lieutenant Romel Dua and Payao Mayor Joeper Mendoza have signed the deed of usufruct for the utilization of a 300-square-meter...
