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UK warns China as dispatches carrier group to Japan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 05:56 PM

LONDON - Britain announced Tuesday its most powerful navy task force in a generation will visit five ports in Japan, warning China against any threats to freedom of navigation in the region's tense seas. Read more »

C-130 crash: Black box analysis to take 'about a month,' official says

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 01:22 PM

Analyzing the contents of the black box of the C-130 aircraft that crashed in Sulu will take "around a month," an official of the Philippine Air Force said Saturday, as authorities continued to investigate the deadliest military plane accident in Philippine history. Read more »

Families of soldiers killed in C-130 crash to receive at least P600,000 aid, benefits

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 04:34 PM

The families of soldiers who perished in the Sulu C-130 plane crash will receive cash and other benefits, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday said.   Read more »

19 labi mula sa C-130 crash, tukoy na ang pagkakakilanlan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 08:39 PM

Natukoy na ang pagkakakilanlan ng19 na sundalong biktima ng pagbagsak ng C-130 military plane sa Sulu.  Read more »

AFP identifies 19 of 49 bodies in ill-fated Sulu crash; probe still ongoing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 03:27 PM

xThe military chief also clarified that the fatalities among the Armed Forces is only at 49 and not 50, citing a "double count." The death toll now is at 52, including the 3 civilians who died after the plane crashed on the ground.    Read more »

Philippines seeks US help on data recorders for C-130 crash probe

Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 02:45 PM

MANILA - The Philippines will send black boxes of a Lockheed C-130 aircraft that crashed at the weekend to the United States to seek expert help in opening and analyzing them, the military chief said on Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte thanks Sulu residents who helped rescue victims in C-130 crash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 09:34 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday expressed gratitude to residents of Sulu province, who were among the first to help soldiers in a deadly crash of their military aircraft over the weekend.  Read more »

Duterte spokesman says he rode military aircraft days before crash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 08:44 AM

Malacañang spokesman Harry Roque revealed on Tuesday that he rode a military aircraft days before it crashed in the Southern Philippines and killed at least 53 people in one of the country's worst military air disasters.  Read more »

Philippines' C-130 fleet grounded pending result of Sulu crash investigation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 09:22 PM

The Philippines' C-130 fleet had been grounded pending the result of of the investigation on Sunday's crash in Sulu which claimed the lives of 50 soldiers and 3 civilians, the Air Force said Tuesday.   Read more »

Contact lost with plane in Russia's Far East, 28 on board: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 02:01 PM

The report said the 28 on board included six crew members and that there were one or two children among the passengers.   Read more »

Duterte honors soldiers killed in plane crash, promises aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 08:37 PM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday paid tribute and promised aid to the families of at least 47 soldiers who were killed in an Air Force plane crash over the weekend. Read more »

'Worst crash of military aircraft:' Philippines mourns dozens killed in Sulu plane crash

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 02:39 PM

The country is mourning 50 people who perished in a plane crash in Sulu, Malacañang said on Monday, with President Rodrigo Duterte likely to visit the survivors of one of the country's worst military air disasters.  Read more »

PH military searches for crashed C-130's flight data recorder

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 12:41 PM

The military is searching for a crashed C-130 plane's flight data recorder to unravel the cause of the incident that killed 47 soldiers on board, its spokesperson said Monday.  Read more »

Mahigit 200 anti-aircraft ammunition mula pa sa WWII, nahukay sa Ilocos Sur

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 05:15 PM

Mahigit 200 ammunition mula pa sa panahon ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig ang nahukay sa Barangay Sabangan sa bayan ng San Juan sa Ilocos Sur, Huwebes ng umaga.   Read more »

US approves possible sale of fighter jet, military equipment to Philippines: agency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 01:21 PM

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of $2.43 billion or P118 billion worth of military equipment and fighter jets to the Philippines, a United States agency said.    Read more »

Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza in first attack since May fighting

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 01:59 PM

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza on Wednesday after incendiary balloons were launched from the Palestinian enclave in the first such attacks since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month. Read more »

US Navy says carrier group operating in South China Sea

Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 04:48 PM

TAIPEI - A US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the US Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims most the disputed waterway. Read more »

UK's most powerful naval ship to sail through Philippine Sea, South China Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 09:30 PM

The UK will be sailing its largest and most powerful aircraft carrier, along with a fleet of warships, through the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea in what the Royal Navy calls its "most significant deployment" for the past 25 years. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 6, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 12:43 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through Miyako Strait

Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan via Reuters/ Handout
Posted at Apr 06 01:43 PM

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on their way to the Pacific in this handout photo taken by Japan Self-Defense Forces and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on April 4, 2021.  Read more »