There you have it folks. The Philippines first entry into the World Solar Challenge: Team Sinag, has successfully crossed the finish line at Adelaide Australia on October 27 10:33:00 AM. They finished the race with a day to spare and running in 11th place althroughout. Class leader, Nuon Solar Team, arrived first with a whopping 2 day lead over most of the pack.
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After an ambush on Government troops in the notorious area of Basilan by Muslim Separatists that left 14 Marines killed, then to add further insult to injury, their bodies were beheaded and mutilated by Muslim Terrorists, the Abu Sayyaf. The war has further escalated and displaced families with pursuit operations going full swing in the area.
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Check out the official website of the Philippine’s first ever entry to the 2007 World Solar Car Challenge. Aptly titled “Sinag”, which means “Ray of Light” in Filipino, it was developed by the Faculty and students of my Alma Mater’s Engineering Dept, De La Salle University-Manila.
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Sunpower Corporation, majority owned by Cypress Semiconductor, announced that they are expanding their solar cell manufacturing plant in the Philippines (SunPower Philippines Manufacturing Ltd). About Php 27 B ($562M) is being allocated for the expansion that will increase plant capacity to 400MW. An estimated 2000 jobs will be created by the expansion.
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