The eagles get their passports to fly higher than ever before! DFA Asst. Sec. Meynado L.B. Montealegre (left) and DENR Asst. Sec. Ricardo Calderon (center) present the official passports of Geothermica and Sambisig to Edgar Chua (right), chairman of the Philippine Eagle Foundation, prior to the departure of the two eagles on a PAL flight to Singapore.The historic flight today (June 4, 2019) of two Philippine eagles — from their sanctuary in Malagos, Davao City to Jurong Bird Park in Singapore via Manila — was made possible by the strong collaboration of various agencies and companies: from the Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources to the Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Phil. Eagle Foundation and Philippine Airlines, the Energy Dev. Corp., Dow Chemical Phils., Wildlife Resources Singapore and the Singaporean Embassy. Kennels of Geothermica and Sambisig are lovingly loaded into the cargo belly of the PAL Airbus A330 aircraft that flew them to Singapore today (June 4, 2019).Key airport and cargo officials – (from left) Wowie Pineda, PAL airport services manager – Customer & Baggage Services; Jenniffer Andal, manager-business development, Cargo Business; Gary Tuazon, division manager – MacroAsia; and Audie Villanueva, PAL asst. vice president – Manila Station Terminal 2 – personally ensure the kennels of the two Philippine eagles are carefully loaded on the PAL Airbus A330 jet that flew them today (June 4, 2019) to Singapore.Phil eagles arrive in SIN The Eagles have landed! Geothermica and Sambisig, nestled in their kennels, are unloaded from their first international PAL flight after arriving in Singapore, their new home under the eagle loan program.
