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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine security forces have retrieved the cockpit voice and flight data recorders of a military aircraft that crashed in a coconut grove and killed 52 people, a top commander said Tuesday. The C-130 Hercules transport plane was carrying 96 people, mostly fresh army graduates, when it overshot the runway on Sunday while trying to land on Jolo island in the southern Sulu province. Witnesses and survivors told investigators the plane landed […]
PHL Defense department investigating incident (Eagle News) – Malacanang expressed its condolences to those who lost their lives in a plane crash of a C130 Hercules plane in Sulu where at least 50 lives were lost, mostly soldiers who recently finished a training on counter-insurgency. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the whole nation is in mourning. The Department of National Defense is conducting an investigation of Sunday’s tragic incident involving a second-hand plane […]
(Eagle News)–At least 17 people were killed after a C-130 plane crashed in Sulu on Sunday, July 4. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said 40 others were hurt after the Philippine Air Force plane crashed at 11:30 a.m. Lorenzana said the plane had come from Lumbia airport in Cagayan de Oro and was about to land in Jolo airport when the incident happened. The plane, he said, was carrying 92 people. Of the 92, he said […]
(Eagle News) — A military plane carrying at least 85 soldiers crashed in Sulu on Sunday, July 4. According to media reports, the plane was supposed to land at Jolo airport when it crashed at 11:30 a.m.. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Cirilito Sobejana told reporters the C-130 was transporting troops from Cagayan de Oro but missed the runway “trying to regain power.” He said the plane ended up crashing in Barangay Bangkal, Patikul. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpUJsStoVBE Ni Richard Gadian Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Pinarangalan ng Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) ang ilang tauhan ng Sulu Taskforce na nasugatan sa mga magkahiwalay na engkwentro sa probinsiya ng Sulu. Mismong si WestMinCom commander Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan ang naggawad ng mga parangal sa loob ng Camp Navarro General Hospital sa kampo ng militar sa Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City. Nakatanggap ng parangal sina Cpl. Jonathan Garsuta at Cpl. Romel Mendoza […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, April 18, condemned the attack of Abu Sayyaf members in Patikul, Sulu that led to the deaths of 11 soldiers on Friday. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the latest incident in Patikul, Sulu, where members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) believed to be under ASG leader Radullan Sahiron and Hatib Hadjan Sawadjaan attacked government troops resulting in a firefight, which left 11 soldiers killed and 14 wounded,” […]
(Eagle News) — One soldier was killed and three others were injured after government troops clashed with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu on Thursday, Feb. 14. Lt. General Arnel dela Vega, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, did not identify the casualties in the clash between members of the Army’s 6th Special Forces Battalion and the bandits in Barangay Bigasan at 11:30 a.m., but said the injured have already been brought to Kuta […]
(Eagle News) — The military clashed with alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf’s Ajang-Ajang group, which has been tagged as a suspect in the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 21 over the weekend. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Mindanao Command said the clash between soldiers of the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion and around 20 members of the group under Macrin took place at 7:20 a.m. in Barangay Latih, Patikul, Sulu. […]
(Eagle News) — Three Abu Sayyaf bandits and one Marine were killed in a clash in Sulu on Thursday, Dec. 13. A radio report said at least two Marines and an undetermined number of Abu Sayyaf bandits were also injured in the encounter, which took place as government security forces were patrolling Minis island at 2:25 a.m. Two M40 rifles were recovered from the scene, authorities said.
Ni Jun Cronico Eagle News Correspondent PATIKUL, Sulu (Eagle News) – Habang patuloy na tinutugis ng mga tropa ng 32nd Infantry Battalion ang ilan pang natitirang kidnap victims ng Abu Sayyaf sa Sulu. Muling nagkasagupaan ang tropa ng militar kontra limang miyembro nito na pinamumunuan ni ASG Subleader Walton Juljirin. Ito ay matapos makapagbigay ng tip sa militar ang ilang sibilyan ukol sa kinaroroonan ng mga bandido. Ayon sa ilang source, ang mga bandido ay […]
(Eagle News) — The Abu Sayyaf has beheaded a kidnapped soldier, a fellow Tausug, who had been helping the government in convincing the community in Sulu not to give support to the terrorist group, a Philippine army official confirmed on Sunday, April 23. Hours after government troops killed three more members of the Islamic State-linked group in a clash elsewhere, the head of Sergeant Anni Siraji of the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion was found 50 […]
(Eagle News)– Ten Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed during a clash with government troops in Patikul, Sulu over the weekend, Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Filemon Tan said Monday (December 12). Troops of the 35th Infantry Battalion under the Joint Task Force Sulu led by Lt. Col. Vladimir Lenos Villanueva were conducting military operations when they encountered at least 150 ASG bandits in the area. The heavy firefight also hurt 21 soldiers,19 of […]
