3 week agoThe Philippines will be asking the help of the United States Air Force in probing the C-130 aircraft crash in Sulu, which killed at least 52 people and injured 51 others.
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message of condolence to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over the recent crash of a military plane. More than 50 people were reportedly killed in the crash, the country's worst military air accident in nearly three decades
President Rodrigo Duterte wants Sunday's deadly C-130 crash in Sulu that killed 52 people to be the last crash involving a military aircraft, Armed Forces chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Tuesday
4 week agoA C-130 Hercules military plane crashes in Patikul, Sulu, after it 'missed the runway trying to regain power' before noon Sunday, July 4. The military confirms at least 51 passengers died, 48 of whom were military personnel
Putin expressed condolences to President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte over military transport plane crash
Philippines: 47 killed in military plane crash, 49 injured
Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of a transport aircraft in the south, raising the death toll to 50 in the military's worst air disaster, officials say
4 week agoCondolences extended to Philippines from @JakeSullivan46
Palace, VP mourn casualties from Sulu military plane crash
Death toll in the military plane crash in Sulu town climbs to 45 (42 military personnel, 3 civilians), according to the Department of National Defense. Five soldiers remain unaccounted
Philippine defense secretary says at least 17 dead, 40 rescued in crash of military plane with 92 on board
1 month ago@jairojourno visits an evacuation site in Agoncillo, Batangas. With TaalVolcano under Alert Level 3, magma pushing up toward the main crater could drive an "explosive eruption," warned state volcanologists on Friday morning, July 2.
1 month agoSmall(ish) phreatic eruption at Taal volcano today Philippines
A police trainee died while being treated at the Leyte Provincial Hospital in Palo, Leyte after he and four other trainees collapsed during a 21-kilometer "graduation run" Wednesday morning in Tacloban City
Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to recall the appointment of Major General Bartolome Bacarro as the new commander of the military's Southern Luzon Command
Five men who were suspected of stealing a vegetable truck were killed in a shootout with policemen on Marcos Highway in Tuba town, Benguet province, early Wednesday, police said
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 19 km ESE of Socorro, Philippines
Malacañang says President Duterte had a phone conversation with Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last Monday
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 42 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines to file chapter 11 bankruptcy due to severe losses in this pandemic - PAL Spokesperson, Cielo Villaluna
1 month agoUSA: US Navy photos showing Marines assigned to the 31st Meu conducting a night raid exercise on the flight deck of USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea
PNP chief Eleazar said the government and the police will not issue guns. On June 25, Duterte said he is "open" in arming civilians to fight criminality.
1 month agoFirefighters sift through the rubble following a second alarm fire that razed a wood storage and truck garage in Barangay Lawang Bato in Valenzuela City on Monday midnight. Fire investigators are still checking on the cause of the fire and the estimated damages
Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 8 km NE of Bacolod, Philippines
A fire breaks out at a gas station compound along Visayas Avenue on Saturday, June 26. via Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 44 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
Duterte says new coalition of force multipliers can make a citizen's arrest; 'If you're qualified, get a gun and help us enforce the laws'
Potential sale of F-16 fighter jets, Sidewinder and Harpoon missiles to the Philippines, in deals with more than $2.5 billion, approved by @StateDept
1 month agoA Philippines army helicopter crashed during a night-flying exercise over the Pampanga province in the northwest of capital Manila, state-run media said
Hong Kong's most vocal pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, printed its last edition on Thursday after a stormy year in which its tycoon owner and other staff were arrested under a new national security law, and its assets were frozen
