Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and major iPhone assembler, said its revenue in January surged 48.2 percent year-on-year
MANILA - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) and the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) will be working together to boost research capacity on volcanoes, an official said Wednesday. "PNRI has the equipment. We need their help because they know how to run these equipment. We have the technical capabilities and the experts," Phivolcs Director Teresito Bacolcol told the Philippine News Agency. Raymond Patrick Maximo, Phivolcs Science Research Specialist, said these equipment include Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy, X-ray Fluorescence, Fourier-transform Infrared Spectrometer, etc. Bacolcol said the PNRI will place equipment on active faults to measure the radon gas. Phivolcs, on the other hand, will trace where these active faults are located. He added that the partnership is essential also because the PNRI checks potential sites for nuclear power plants. Meanwhile, according to Phivolcs, the two agencies will work
COMING HOME. The two communist rebels who surrendered to the Army's 57th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Basak in Lebak town, Sultan Kudarat province on Tuesday (Feb. 7, 2023). The surrenderers said they were exhausted from evading government troops in the mountain of Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato provinces. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte - Two more communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels have surrendered to military authorities in Sultan Kudarat province, officials said Wednesday. Lt. Col. Guillermo Mabute Jr., the Army's 57th Infantry Battalion commander, said the surrenderers were fleeing from government forces in Barangays Salangsang and Kapilan in Lebak town, and decided to surrender on Tuesday. Mabute identified them as "Alias Mantong" and "Alias Lalang," both belonging to the NPA Guerilla Front MUSA operating in the mountains of Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato provinces. "They rushed home in Sitio Balayan, B