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He’s stopped a hijack up in the air but his proudest moment is watching his son fly a plane

RHIA D. GRANA
Updated as of Sep 21 07:32 AM

PAL’s Capt. Butch Generoso looks back on a career that’s given him a lot of opportunities to achieve heroic acts up in the air and on ground. Read more »

DFA to ensure safety of 2 Filipino seamen kidnapped off Cameroon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 01:30 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said it is monitoring the reported kidnapping of a group of seafarers, including 2 Filipinos in Cameroon.   Read more »

2 Pinoys, 6 others abducted from Greek oil tanker in Cameroon port

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 05:45 PM

Armed men attacked a Greek oil tanker in the Cameroonian port of Limbe on Tuesday and abducted eight seamen, Greece's merchant marine ministry said. Read more »

Accidental hijack alarm triggers Amsterdam airport chaos

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 05:14 AM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A pilot accidentally set off a hijack alarm on a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, triggering a huge security operation by Dutch police. Read more »

Bus hijacker armed with fake gun killed by Brazilian police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 04:07 AM

A hijacker armed with what turned out to be a fake gun was shot and killed by police in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday after he held a busload of passengers hostage for several hours on a major bridge in peak-hour traffic. Read more »

India grounds pilot for sending hijack alert by mistake

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 07:50 PM

India has suspended a pilot for accidentally sending a hijack alert to air traffic control during a domestic flight last month, the aviation authority said. Read more »

Italy in shock after school bus hijack inferno

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 12:07 AM

Italy was in shock Thursday after the dramatic rescue of 51 children taken hostage by their school bus driver who torched the vehicle in protest at Mediterranean migrant deaths.   Read more »

ICT official says protocol in handling sensitive info must be revisited

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 05:59 PM

An official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to revisit its rules in handling sensitive information. Read more »