Rama vetoes Drone Ordinance, councilor says measure already ‘killed’

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The regulation of drones in Cebu City will no longer be pushed after Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama vetoed the ordinance authored by Councilor Rey Gealon. In his letter addressed to the council,…

Russia kills at least nine in new wave of air strikes on Ukraine

Reuters 04/28/2023

UMAN, Ukraine — Russian forces pounded Ukrainian cities with missiles as people slept on Friday, killing at least nine people in their first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months. The early-morning attacks, the latest in a…

Hairdresser by day, drone hunter by night helps defend skies over Ukraine

Reuters 02/19/2023

KYIV — A hairdresser by day and a “drone hunter” by night, Oleksandr Shamshur, 41, is among tens of thousands of volunteers helping defend the skies over Ukraine against Russian attacks. As the Feb. 24 first anniversary…

PRO-7 eyes use of drones in crime prevention

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 02/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The use of drones will soon be integrated into the crime prevention program of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7). Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of Police Brigadier General…

Talisay’s Coastal Patrol uses drone to monitor coastal areas

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Coastal Patrol Team of Talisay City is using a drone to help them patrol the coastal barangays placed under a lockdown in the city without them getting inside the area. Commander Nelson…

Toledo City photographer does some drone-style purchasing

Immae Lachica 04/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Technology is now considered as one of man’s best allies in times of crisis as what has been proven by this Toledo City photographer. Technology provides not just entertainment but also crucial information on…

Buying in the near sari-sari store — drone style

Immae Lachica 03/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Most of the people around the Philippines are staying in their homes for health safety reasons. And most of them are running out of things to do, but surprisingly, this freelance photographer from Marikina…

Cebu Police reminds public: No-fly zone implemented in Cebu City during Sinulog activities

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) reported that one drone was confiscated during the Walk With Jesus procession on Thursday dawn, January 9, 2020. Police Colonel Engelbert Soriano, the director of the CCPO, said that…

NASA will fly a drone to Titan to search for life

06/28/2019

WASHINGTON — For its next mission in our solar system, NASA plans to fly a drone copter to Saturn’s largest moon Titan in search of the building blocks of life, the space agency said Thursday. The Dragonfly…

Rich Audio launches mini-drone DJI Spark

PR 03/26/2018

RICH Audio Equipment and Rentals is excited to announce the launch of DJI Spark, a mini-drone aerial photography that will amaze new and existing customers. It offers great value enabling users to capture even more memorable moments…

Drone parents

FR. FRANCIS ONGKINGCO 06/23/2017

We are all familiar with stage moms and dads, helicopter moms and CCTV dads. Now, given the increasing state of parenting paranoia, there are drone moms and dads. Drone parents possess a much more precise and real-time…

China returns US underwater drone

12/21/2016

BEIJING — China on Tuesday handed back to the United States an underwater drone it had seized last week in an incident that raised tensions in a relationship that has been tested by President-elect Donald Trump’s signals…

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