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Rescue operations for pilot, passenger start (Eagle News) — The Cessna plane that was reported missing on Monday, Feb. 4, has been found. In a radio interview, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesperson Eric Apolonio said the Cessna C-152 training aircraft was photographed in a forested area in Bataan on Thursday, Feb. 7. The two-seater plane that took off from the Subic Airbase and disappeared since was allegedly piloted by Indian national Capt. Navern Nagaraja. His […]
by Pascale Trouillaud and Johannes Myburgh Agence France-Presse BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil Fears of a second dam breach at a Brazilian mining complex receded Sunday, enabling a search to resume for the more than 300 people still missing two days after a dam collapse that has killed at least 58 people. Loudspeakers rang out at 5:30 am (0730 GMT) among homes surrounding the Corrego do Feijao mining complex in southeastern Brazil, warning of dangerously […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 21, visited the victims of a landslide in Naga City, Cebu. The President was accompanied by Department of the Interior and Local Government officer in charge Eduardo Año, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Office of the Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Nicanor Faeldon, among others. Operations to rescue possible survivors continue.
(Eagle News) — Senate officials want to investigate those behind the uploading in social media of the controversial rescue operation of distressed Filipino workers in Kuwait. This came about as some lawmakers said that officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs workers who were behind this should be fired. Senator Nancy Binay said she is planning to file a resolution seeking an investigation on the matter. “Baka maganda sa pagbalik namin sa Senado sa May […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Eight warships joined a US aircraft carrier and scores of helicopters and planes Thursday to search for three American sailors who went missing after their plane crashed in the Philippine Sea. The families of the missing sailors were notified after a C-2A “Greyhound” aircraft with 11 people on board went down Wednesday afternoon around 930 kilometers (500 nautical miles) southeast of Okinawa, the US Navy said in a statement. Eight sailors […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Rescuers have plucked eight people to safety south of Japan after a US Navy aircraft with 11 people on board came down in the Philippine Sea, the latest accident to hit American armed forces in East Asia. Japanese and American forces scrambled to reach the downed C2-A “Greyhound” aircraft in waters off the remote uninhabited Japanese reef of Okinotori on Wednesday. The US Navy said the rescued personnel were being transferred […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A military aircraft with 11 people aboard has crashed into the Philippine Sea while en route to an aircraft carrier, the US said Wednesday, the latest accident to hit its armed forces in East Asia. “A United States Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed into the ocean southeast of Okinawa,” a statement from the Navy said. “Personnel recovery is under way and their condition will be evaluated by USS […]
(Eagle News) — At least one person was killed and 21 were reported injured after a water tank burst in Bulacan on Friday. Gina Ayson Su of the San Jose del Monte disaster risk reduction management office said Kimmie Garcia, 60 years old, died after the police aide was hit by debris floating in raging waters that escaped from the steel container being operated by the San Jose del Monte Water District in Barangay Muzon […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) implemented “Oplan Saklolo” in Quezon Province as many areas in the province experienced heavy flooding, leaving many residents stranded. According to Philippine National Police (PNP) Quezon Spokesman Chief Inspector Elena Eleazar, many roads in the Quezon province are now not passable due to severe flooding. “Sa Padre Burgos, meron na po tayong naitalang dalawang barangay na baha na po. At sa Bitogo, tatlong barangay […]
This is the second day of rescue operations conducted by the SCAN International in Bulacan South, for victims in flooded areas of Calumpit, Bulacan. Even before the area became flooded, SCAN International anticipated the floods in Calumpit and prepared for the rescue operations ahead. Others were rescued from their rooftops and some of them were given food packs and bottled water. This is part of the Lingap sa Mamayan of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. SCAN […]
Rubber boats were being used to hold rescue operations in Tatalon, Quezon City where residents were trapped inside their own homes by the flood.
