The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) boosted its earthquake monitoring capability with the opening of its 115th seismic station in Barangay Punong Pequeño in the municipality of Dueñas in Iloilo on Thursday. “This is a remarkable milestone because it satisfies our target to establish 115 seismic stations throughout the whole Philippines before the end of term of President Rodrigo Duterte this year,” Phivolcs officer-in-charge Renato Solidum Jr. said during the inauguration. The Dueñas, Iloilo Seismic Station to the Philippine Seismic Network allows faster and more accurate issuance of earthquake information to decision-makers, emergency responders, and the general public,

Five members of the Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group (DI-MG) and a soldier were killed while another trooper was injured during an encounter in the hinterlands of Lanao del Sur, a military official said Thursday. Lt. Col. Romulus Rabara, the Army’s 5th Infantry Battalion (IB) commander, said “intense fighting” broke out during an operation against 40 members of DI-MG, led by a certain Abdullah in Barangay Ragayan, Butig, Lanao del Sur, Wednesday afternoon. “The troops engaged the enemy in a four-hour gun battle which started at 8:30 a.m. until noon on Wednesday,” Rabara said in a statement. He said the 5IB’s 1st

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday that there are 151 cases of salmonella linked to the consumption of Kinder chocolate products in at least 11 countries. The organization said in a statement that bacteria with the same genetic structure as salmonella that infects the human body was detected in some tankers containing raw materials at the Kinder factory in Arlon, Belgium during inspections in December 2021 and January of this year. It was noted that the necessary hygiene measures were taken at the factory and the salmonella test on the products was negative and the Kinder products produced at