DAVAO CITY - A Filipina who grew up in Mati City, Davao Oriental province is making waves in the western side of the globe after she became the first female Asian Pacific Islander to be selected as the new Director of the Air National Guard Chaplain Corps. Col. Leah Botona Boling currently serves...
Confident that the Philippine aviation industry will recover, and related manpower requirements will be a must, the First Aviation Academy Inc. (FAAi) has acquired all the training assets from the Philippine Air Lines Aviation School (PALAV). This includes nine (9) Cessna 172, and the Redbird...
WASHINGTON, United States – The Pentagon announced Sunday it had conducted targeted air strikes against "facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups" on the Iraq-Syria border, initially killing five militia fighters, which it said were authorized by President Joe Biden following ongoing...
Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday called for an investigation into the ill-fated S-7-I Black Hawk helicopter that crashed earlier this week and left six people dead. Gordon said the latest in military mishaps, which happened on the evening of June 23, when the helicopter crashed at approximate 8...
The topnotcher of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) "Masidlak" Class of 2010 was among the six Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Capas, Tarlac on June 23. The six Philippine Air Force personnel who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Capas, Tarlac on...
Homeowners have often had to make a choice between a window-type AC unit or the split type—and no matter the choice, beyond the features and advantages of each type, the issue would have been the technical help and people you’d assemble just to install the AC unit. Well, Midea, the world's...
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Export Control and Border Security (EXBS) have just concluded a two-day training program for 11 Filipino customs officers at the Port of Clark in Pampanga to help them further strengthen their capability to secure their jurisdictions from...
Surrounded by family and the comforts of our own familiar space, home is where we feel most secured and protected. But is the house really safe? Not so, according to the American Lung Association. When dust and other visible dirt settles in, we know it’s time to wipe the furniture or sweep...
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...
Global air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels, with demand up 12 percent this April, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (June 8) reported. (As comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19,...
The five brand new S-70i Blackhawk utility helicopters recently obtained by the Philippine Air Force (PAF) from Poland will be used in transporting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in geographically isolated areas, it announced on Tuesday, June 8. The Philippine Air Force will use the five...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) cancelled its flights to and from Dubai from June 1 to 15, 2021 after the government extended the ban on travelers from the United Arab Emirates. Cebu-Pacific-A320Neo-Plane-01-2 In a statement Monday night, June 1, the airline said it has informed affected passengers via contact...
