Gabriela OFFICIAL killed while fighting WITH the NPA in September 2020

Gabriela Official Rona Jane Manalo in life and in death, Photo Collage by the Agta Malansi Facebook Account

The Dilawan Sections of the Philippine Press has been very, very busy lately trying to protect the Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP or simply “Gabriela”) from what they call as “Red-Tagging” while totally ignoring the fact that one of Gabriela’s Officials was killed just this September 2020 while fighting WITH the New People’s Army (NPA). 

Rona Jane Manalo, also known as "Ren", "RJ", “Ka Amir” and "Lemon", is an OFFICIAL of Gabriela in Mindoro. She was killed during an armed encounter by Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Units in Palawan. 

A-29B Super Tucano and FA-50PH Fighting Eagle Cockpits

A-29B Super Tucano Cockpit Photo by Embraer, the FA-50 Cockpit Photo was taken from the Airliners.net Website

Just showing side by side the Cockpit Layouts of the A-29B Super Tucano and FA-50PH Fighting Eagle Aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). 

The FA-50PH has more Multi-Function Displays (MFD), but they are smaller. Vice versa the A-29B has less MFDs, but they are bigger. 

Environics CR Systems announces integration of their Products on the Jose Rizal class Frigates

Screenshot of the Press Release of Environics on the Jose Rizal class Frigates

The Finnish Company Environics CR Systems recently announced thru a Press Release {Archived Link} that they were the ones contracted to provide the Chemical and Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation for the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Protection System of the Jose Rizal class Frigates of the Philippine Navy (PN). 

They didn’t specify exactly which Model of their Products were used on the Frigates, but they did tag their ChemProDM and ChemProFXi Products on their Press Release, so it looks like these were at least 2 of the Products they provided. 

China funded Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge to be completed in early half of 2021

The new Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge, Photo by the official Chinese Embassy Manila Facebook Page

The 506 m long, 4-Lane Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge funded by China is scheduled to be completed in the early half of 2021. The Bridge will be able to handle 50,000 Vehicles per Day and will help decongest the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). 

Other important Facts about the Bridge:

Embraer's High Resolution Photos of the Philippine Air Force A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft

The Brazilian Aircraft Manufacturer Embraer recently released High Resolution Photos of the A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft that they delivered to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) recently.

I have cropped them to 16:9 Ratio and then resized them down to 2560 x 1440 pixel Resolution below. You can get the original uncropped, full sized Photos here. 

Indonesia rejects the U.S.’ proposal to land and refuel their Military Aircraft there

A P-8 Poseidon Aircraft of the United States Navy, Photo from Wikimedia Commons

In another public rebuke of the United States (US), Indonesia had reportedly rejected the US’ proposal for their P-8 Poseidon Maritime Surveillance Aircraft to land and refuel there according to anonymous Senior Indonesian Government Officials. 

Remember that back in August 2020, Indonesia had publicly rejected the idea of choosing sides between the US and China.

The Tala Hybrid Rocket Research Project

Screenshot of the Tala Hybrid Rocket taken from a Video of the City of Mati LGU Page on Facebtook

The first-ever civilian, high-powered Hybrid Rocket Project in the Philippines called the “Tala Hybrid Rocket Research Project" is being built by High School Students and their Mentors from St. Cecilia’s College Cebu. 

Their goal is to eventually deploy Can Satellites (CanSat) at an altitude of a couple of thousand meters. CanSats are simulations of real Satellites, they are around the size of a Softdrink Can. The Project is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).