The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) held Saturday, July 10, an inter-faith memorial service for the victims of the C-130 military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) holds an inter-faith memorial service at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on July 10, 2021 for...
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...
To help them cope with the situation, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to provide psychological first aid (PFA) to the bereaved families of the 50 casualties and survivors of the Sulu C-130 crash. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to provide psychological first aid (PFA) to the...
Eumir Marcial With just two weeks to go before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial said that he and the other 18 members of Team Philippines offer their campaign to the men and women that lost their lives in a tragic C-130 plane crash last week. “We offer our best...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) identified on Friday, July 9, another soldier who died in a C-130 military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu over the weekend. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana (Photo from Philippine News Agency) AFP Chief Gen....
Following the tragic C-130 transport plane crash in Sulu over the weekend, an A-29B Super Tucano light attack aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has also sustained damage during a test flight--thus raising questions as to whether or not the protocols being implemented by the military have...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) paid tribute to a pilot who was among those who died in the tragic C-130 plane crash in Patikul, Sulu over the weekend. (Photo Mike Benorelao / Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) “We mourn our fallen hero,” said PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 8 urged the Senate to include the investigation into the C-130 plane crash that killed more than 50 persons—mostly soldiers—in its priority legislative agenda when Congress resumes sessions on July 26. Hontiveros said senators really have to get to the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Let’s not fly off the handle and blame “pilot error” for the crash of the C-130 military transport aircraft that killed 50 soldiers and injured scores of others, including three civilians who were on the ground, on the path of the plane when it fell from the sky. As...
On the morning of July 4, Shanie Martinez Mehong received a text from her live-in partner -- a Philippine Army personnel -- that he already boarded a C-130 transport plane en route to his latest deployment in Sulu. Mehong's partner, Private First Class Nathaniel Bongcayao, was excited as he shared...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed Wednesday, July 7, that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will procure additional aircraft to boost the flee t of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). AWESOME SELFIE--Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana flies aboard an FA-50 jet during the Sanay Datu...
Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), revealed that 19 military personnel who died in the tragic C-130 plane crash in Patikul, Sulu over the weekend have already been identified. General Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
