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The first of 36 wars Bening Tesoro fought

RHIA GRANA
Updated as of Jul 25 07:28 PM

They prayed like it was their last battle. “Yung dasal na ramdam hanggang sa kaluluwa,” recalls the ex-Lt. who led a team of soldiers in Paguengan, July 4, 1975   Read more »

AFP identifies 8 more bodies from C-130 crash; total identified victims now at 28

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 08:32 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Sunday said it has identified 8 more cadavers from the ill-fated C-130 military plane that crashed in Sulu last week. 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 »

Nagmahal sa tungkulin: Nurse sa C-130 crash inalala ng amang dating sundalo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 08:23 PM

Retiradong sundalo ang ama ni 1LT. Sheena Alexandrea Tato na isa sa 52 pumanaw sa C-130 crash sa Jolo, Sulu.  Read more »

US delivers P48.5-million worth of weapons to Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 11:56 AM

The United States has turned over to the Armed Forces of the Philippines some P48.5 million worth weapons and munitions to to enhance the country's "counterterrorism capabilities and readiness," its embassy in Manila said Thursday. Read more »

Initial responders in C-130 crash in Sulu hailed for heroism

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 12:27 AM

Amid the danger from burning parts of the C-130 wreckage and the explosion of ammunition, paramilitary personnel Madzkur Isa Sahibbon and some of his companions braved last Sunday's crash site in Sulu to rescue soldiers hurt badly from what is regarded as the country's worst air accident involving a military aircraft. 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 »

WATCH: CAFGU member recalls rescuing survivors of Sulu plane crash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 12:36 AM

A member of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit in Barangay Bangkal in Patikul, Sulu recalled how he and his fellow CAFGU members rushed to the site to help those who survived the fatal C-130 crash last Sunday. 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 »

Reservist Pacquiao to give P50,000 to each family of soldiers killed in C-130 crash in Sulu

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 07:17 PM

Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday said he would send cash aid to families of soldiers who died in the C-130 crash in Sulu earlier this week. Read more »

Another C-130 crash survivor passes away; death toll climbs to 53

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 07:08 PM

MANILA - Another soldier who was among those wounded from the C-130 crash in Sulu last Sunday has passed away, bringing the death toll among government troops to 50, Philippine military chief Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said Tuesday. Read more »

Tributes pour in for soldiers killed in C-130 crash

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 12:46 PM

Tributes poured in for soldiers who perished in the military transport plane crash in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday.   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 »

C-130 planes: 'Workhorse' na gamit ng military sa kalamidad, emergency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 07:24 PM

Binansagan ng militar na 'work horse' ang C-130 cargo planes dahil lagi itong ginagamit sa maramihang pasahero o supply.  Read more »

50 patay sa pagbagsak ng eroplano sa Sulu: AFP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 06:46 PM

Limampung tao ang nasawi sa pagbagsak noong Linggo ng military plane na papalapag sana sa paliparan sa Jolo, Sulu. 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 »