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The Philippines and Switzerland are moving toward establishing a joint economic commission to intensify their economic ties, following their bilateral political consultations in Berne last week.

A Filipino bartender will represent Asia in the final round of the 2011 "T.G.I.Friday's World Bartender Championship" in Dallas, Texas on February 26.

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said some 400 children have been killed while about the same number have been detained in the 11 months of violence in Syria, which the Philippine government has placed under alert level 3.

A short film based on Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal's poem "Mi Ultimo Adios (My Last Farewell)" will be screened at an international film festival for the deaf on February 24.

The Costa Concordia sea tragedy where some 17 people were killed in Italy last month opened discussions among members of the cruise line industry about the safety measures and protocol that they follow in their operations. 

Residents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are considered as the sixth-richest in the world, based on the 2011 estimates by International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Two Filipinos were arrested in Macau on February 1 for alleged drug trafficking, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

The remains of the Filipina who died when a building in Lebanon collapsed last January will be brought home to the Philippines on Monday.

A manager in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) faced a court on Thursday for allegedly installing a camera in the office restroom and peeping on a 22-year-old Filipina employee, the news site Khaleej Times said.

Philippine officials in Hong Kong have scheduled at least four mobile overseas absentee voter (OAV) registration activities in Lantau Island and Central district in Hong Kong this month.