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...
It was supposed to be a well-deserved Sunday break from his construction works but all of a sudden, it was disturbed by a loud explosion followed by people rushing to the blast site For ordinary people like 22-year old Erham Awaluddin who grew up in a conflict-torn area, the instinct is to stay...
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...
Everything seemed pretty normal when Private First Class Nathaniel Bongcayao boarded the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) last Sunday, July 4. He was even caught filming a "Tiktok" video prior to their boarding, perhaps adrenaline rushing into his body out...
The retrieved blackbox of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) that crashed in Patikul, Sulu over the weekend will be sent to the United States where it will be analyzed. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),...
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Wednesday offered his deepest condolences to the Filipino people and the families of the victims of the deadly C-130 crash in Jolo, Sulu that left at least 52 people dead, mostly soldiers. United States Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III...
Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte and ACT CIS Partylist Rep. Eric Yap, together with their businessmen friends, pledged a P5 million donation to the families of military personnel and civilians who perished in the July 4 C-130 crash in Sulu. Reps. Paulo Duterte (1st District, Davao City)...
