The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has conducted a full-scale search for a small aircraft which went missing on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 25, in the province of Isabela. CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio said the Cessna 206, a single engine with registry number RP-C 1174, was...
Search continues for the missing plane that left the Cauayan City Airport but did not arrive in the coastal town of Maconacon, Isabela on Tuesday, Jan. 24. On Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) with the Tactical Operations Group (TOG) 2 of...
BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands -- A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced three men to life imprisonment over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, in the early stages of a war that eight years later would put the world on edge. Russians Igor Girkin and Sergei Dubinsky and...
Friends and family, led by former vice president Leni Robredo, remembered former interior secretary Jesse Robredo on Thursday, Aug. 18, 10 years after his life was tragically cut short by a plane crash. Former vice president Leni Robredo is joined by her three daughters—Aika, Dr. Tricia, and...
BEIJING, China -- All 132 people aboard the plane that crashed into a mountainside in southern China this week have been confirmed dead, the country's civil aviation authority said Saturday. Dozens of victims' relatives have been waiting for days as rescue teams combed heavily forested slopes for...
OSLO, Norway – A US military plane taking part in NATO exercises has crashed in Norway, killing all four American troops on board, the Scandinavian country's army said Saturday. The four were taking part in the Cold Response military exercises involving 30,000 troops from NATO and partner...
• On July 4, 2021, the Armed Forces of the Philippines experienced its worst tragedy when the newly acquired Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed in Bangkal, leaving 52 people dead, most of them soldiers who were on their way to their first mission • They had crashed in what was considered enemy...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco moved on Tuesday, Sept. 28 to include in the proposed 2022 national budget the purchase of three brand new C-130J cargo planes for the Philippine Air Force. Speaker Lord Allan Allan Velasco, together with other congressional leaders, meets with Philippine Air Force (PAF)...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) sent a team to investigate the crash of a Cessna 152 aircraft at a vacant lot in Plaridel, Bulacan on Friday, September 17. Photo: CAAP CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio said the crashed aircraft was a two-seater, single-engine Cessna 152 light...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, Sept. 7 asked the National Task Force for COVID-19 why it used C-130 planes to transport the personal protective equipment (PPEs) the government supposedly purchased from Pharmally, a private firm. At the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon...
LONDON, United Kingdom – The UK on Saturday flew out the last of its military from Afghanistan, concluding its pullout while leaving hundreds of Afghans eligible for resettlement behind. British military personnel board a Royal Air Force A400M aircraft ahead of departing Kabul Airport where...
Gone but not forgotten. Vice President Leni Robredo was not able to come home in her hometown of Naga City to commemorate the 9th death anniversary of her late husband Jesse Robredo, the city’s longtime mayor. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the tomb of her late husband Jesse Robredo in Naga...
