Friday, September 05, 2008 (Philippines)

Davao's top military police officials brief the members of media on the present peace and order situation in the city and Southern Mindanao. (Sun.Star Davao/Toto Lozano) THE search for the wreckage of the C-130 Hercules plane that crashed into the Davao Gulf on August 25 has become a US operation with the Philippine authority only playing second fiddle. Naval Forces of Eastern Mindanao commander Captain Rosauro Arnel Gonzales admitted that Task Force Hercules, the body created by the Philippine government to search and retrieve the plane along with its nine passengers, is now concentrating on providing "force protection" to the US Navy Ship John McDonnel. Get updates and join Dabawenyos Kadayawan 2008 celebration [full story]