Saturday, January 9, 2021

Tagalog News: 2 Black Hawk helicopter, ipinasilip sa mga mamamahayag ng OrMin

From the Philippine Information Agency (Jan 9, 2021): Tagalog News: 2 Black Hawk helicopter, ipinasilip sa mga mamamahayag ng OrMin (By Dennis Nebrejo)


Sumagot si SOLCOM Cmdr. LtGen Antonio G. Parlade Jr. (kanan) sa tanong ng isang lokal na mamamahayag (dulong kaliwa) sa isinagawang press conference sa Calapan Airport ng dumating ito lulan ng bagong Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopter kamakailan. (kuha ni Dennis Nebrejo/PIA-OrMin)

LUNGSOD NG CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro, Enero 9 (PIA) -- Lulan ng bagong Black Hawk helicopter ng Philippine Air Force nang lumapag ito sa Calapan Airport ang pinuno ng Southern Luzon Command na si LtGen Antonio G. Parlade, Jr., upang ipakita sa mga mamamahayag ng lalawigan kung ano ang maari nitong gawing tulong laban sa insurhensiya at sa mamamayan noong Enero 8.

Sinabi ni Parlade sa isinagawang press conference sa naturang paliparan, “anim sa 20 yunit pa lamang ang dumating sa bansa at ang isang bagong Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopter ay nagkakahalaga ng $15 milyon at ito ay gawa sa bansang Poland kung saan dumaan ang ating mga sundalong piloto sa pagsasanay sa pagpapalipad nito na siya din magagamit laban sa mga rebelde sa kabundukan.”

Mayroon itong bagong baril na kalibre 50, surveillance camera na magagamit sa araw at gabi. Magagamit din anya sa mga medical evacuation, disaster relief operations, operasyon sa paghahanap at pagliligtas at marami pang iba.

Sa kasalukuyan, ginagamit pansamantala ang dalawang sasakyang panghimpapawid sa mga operasyon sa Calabarzon (Region 4A) upang tugisin ang mga rebeldeng grupo sa mga kagubatan at bundok.

Dagdag pa ni Parlade “magkakaroon din ng Black Hawk ang rehiyong Mimaropa sa mga susunod na panahon at mayroon lamang mga rekisitos na kailangan tapusin bago italaga ang isang yunit dito dahil mas kailangan ito sa Mindoro na siyang takbuhan ng mga rebeldeng umaalis sa kani-kanilang mga lugar para dito magtago.”

“Mas maganda ang sitwasyon ng Mindoro sa ngayon kumpara noong ilang taon ang nakalipas kaya tulungan ninyo ang ating mga sundalo at kapulisan upang labanan ang sumisira ng katahimikan ng bansa. Hanggat may kalaban mananatili ang ating panlaban sa himpapawid sa lalawigan at rehiyon,” pagtatapos ni Parlade.

Dumating ang anim na helicopter sa bansa noong Oktubre at Nobyembre ng nakaraang taon at inaasahan na darating pa ang iba ngayong taon para sa kabuuang 20 yunit. (DPCN/PIA-OrMin)

https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1063396

P197-M Navy facilities to rise in Zambales

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 9, 2021): P197-M Navy facilities to rise in Zambales (By Zorayda Tecson)



SOON TO RISE. An artist’s sketch of the facilities of the Philippine Navy that will be built at the Naval Station Leovigildo Gontioqui in San Antonio, Zambales. This is the first Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS) program of the Department of Public Works and Highways with the Philippine Navy, Secretary Mark Villar said on Friday (Jan. 8, 2021). (Photo from DPWH-3)

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Various facilities for Philippine Navy personnel will soon be constructed at the Naval Station Leovigildo Gontioqui (NSLG) in San Antonio, Zambales.

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar led the groundbreaking ceremonies for the PHP197.2-million project on Friday, marking the first Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS) program of the department with the Philippine Navy.

“We’re happy that we’ve launched our first Convergence Special Support Program with the Department of National Defense (DND) for the Philippine Navy,” Villar said in a statement.

The TIKAS program was initiated for the mutual benefit of the two government agencies wherein the DND could mount projects with the DPWH while safeguarding the latter’s projects in conflict areas.

Soon to rise in the military installation are foreign barracks worth PHP32 million; buds barracks 1 (PHP17 million); buds barracks 2 (PHP17 million); barracks with parking bay (PHP15.1 million); female barracks (PHP12.9 million); foreign barracks 2 (PHP28 million); naval station headquarters (PHP20.5 million); and married enlisted personnel living quarters with ground floor parking (PHP54.7 million).

The construction will start on February 8.

Villar earlier commended officials of DPWH 3 (Central Luzon) for ensuring that the facilities would be delivered on time.

“Considering the vastness of territorial waters that the Navy has to protect and defend, more training facilities and barracks are soon to be constructed,” he said.

Villar also thanked DPWH-3 Director Roseller A. Tolentino and the Zambales District Engineering Office, headed by district engineer Edward Ricardo Ramos, which will construct the facilities.

Also present during the groundbreaking rites were Navy Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo J Bacordo and Zambales 2nd District Rep. Cheryl D. Montalla.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1126845

P100-K bounty up for soldier, cop killers in Maguindanao town

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 9, 2021): P100-K bounty up for soldier, cop killers in Maguindanao town (By Noel Punzalan)



REWARD. Mayor Shameem Mastura of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Friday (Jan. 8, 2021) raised a PHP100,000 reward for information that would lead to the arrest of gunmen who separately killed a police officer and soldier in the town recently. He also urged the cooperation of his constituents to maintain peace and order in their communities. (File photo courtesy of Sultan Kudarat LGU)

COTABATO CITY – Mayor Shameem Mastura of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao has raised a PHP100,000 reward for information that would lead to the arrest of gunmen who separately killed a police officer and soldier in the town recently.

The mayor made the offer during the municipal peace and order council meeting held at the town hall Friday.

“This is to encourage informants to pinpoint to us the whereabouts of these killers,” the mayor said.

On Jan. 6, gunmen onboard a motorbike tailed and shot dead in Barangay Simuay Police Cpl. Mark Tendero, 24, as he was on his way home to Libungan town in North Cotabato.

Tendero died on the spot from multiple .45-caliber bullet wounds in his body.

On Dec. 29 last year, riding-in-tandem gunmen also fired upon Army Cpl. Rosendo Oplino of the 37th Infantry Battalion after passing on board his motorcycle through Barangay Gang going to this city from his home in Alamada, North Cotabato.

Oplino was rushed to the hospital but died while undergoing treatment.

Mastura also urged the cooperation of his constituents to maintain peace and order in their communities.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1126867