THE Philippine ambassador to Berne Rora Navarro-Tolentino has stepped up efforts to further strengthen the bilateral relations between the Philippines and Switzerland.

Ambassador Tolentino reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that her official visit to the Canton of Schaffhausen on March 1 focused on promoting further exchanges between the Philippines and Switzerland in the areas of trade...

By Arman Armero

MARLON Stockinger is only 15 years old, but because he has lived most of his waking hours racing at the track, those years have passed by him like a blur, a mere dot on the horizon.

But unlike other teens his age, Marlon has already won his share of accolades and honors as a young karter extraordinaire.

Marlon first learned to drive the go-kart at a tender age of 10, and from...

LAST month, a woman friend planed in from Miami, the Florida city made famous by Don Johnson in the television series “Miami Vice,” by a Pinoy who was reported to have been involved in the murder of Italian designer Gianni Versace, by the South Beach Diet and by that refreshing Cuban drink, Mojito! (Ole!)

After picking her up at the airport, we went directly to her folks’ place, which is beside the...

Deprived people are dying because pharmaceutical companies and worldwide governments of rich countries are obstructing the developing world from obtaining affordable medicines, according to a new report.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) 74 per cent of AIDS medicines are still under monopoly, 77 per cent of Africans still have no access to AIDS treatment, and 30 per cent of the world's...

ED GUEVARA LIVED AND WORKED AS a banker in Switzerland for 10 years. Money was good and life was comfortable. "You'd think that would make a person happy," Guevara confesses. "But no, there was something missing." That was the beginning of his journey towards an entirely new adventure and advocacy-that of organic farming, natural healing through herbs and natural methods, and sustainable...

Manila. DPA/baz. Ein neunjähriges Mädchen ist auf den Philippinen vor den Augen ihres Bruders von einem Krokodil angefallen und getötet worden. Das Reptil habe das Kind in der Nähe eines Dorfes in der Provinz Palawan geschnappt und davongezerrt, berichtete der schockierte Bruder nach Polizeiangaben vom Freitag. Dorfbewohner fanden in der Gegend später nur noch einzelne Körperteile....

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Bern/Frauenfeld. AP/baz. Ein auf den Philippinen verhafteter 47-jähriger Schweizer ist in die Schweiz ausgeliefert worden. Der Mann traf am Dienstag in Begleitung zweier philippinischer Polizeibeamter im Flughafen Zürich-Kloten ein, wie Folco Galli vom Bundesamt für Justiz auf Anfrage sagte...

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MANILA -- A Swiss man facing a string of criminal cases in his home country has been arrested by authorities and will be deported within the week, the immigration bureau said Monday...

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MANILA – Woher kommen die Goldstücke des Goldesels? Richtig. Eine ähnliche Geschichte wird jetzt auf den Philippinen erzählt. Vom Kaffee, der aus den Katzen kommt.  Es war reiner Zufall: Einheimische erzählten der Umweltschützerin Vie Reyes von einer Schleichkatze, die Unmengen von Kaffeekirschen frisst. Die Leute würden die Exkremente einsammeln und aus den im Verdauungsprozess fermentierten...

For most Filipinos, life in Swiss society is totally unfamiliar and its people's character and lifestyle difficult to decipher. Certain norms of difficult for ill-equipped foreigners to live up to. On my first week in the land of extremely precise clocks, scrumptious chocolates and impenetrable bank accounts, I immediately got the sinking feeling of being regarded as ignorant. Quickly, I that our traditions,...

DR. MARC Studer was born, raised and educated in Switzerland. A doctorate in Economics qualified him to run the family business (high-precision grinding the machines) with over 600 employees in Brazil, USA, and Switzerland itself. He also set up personal computer sales and service companies run by his best friend Reto Feuerstein.  Dr. Studer collected books, records, glass art and enough abstract...

GENEVA - The International Red Cross on Tuesday launched an appeal for 5.7 million Swiss francs (4.6 million dollars, 3.6 million euros) to help tens of thousands of people hit by Typhoon Xangsane in the Philippines.  The death toll from last week's massive storm has reached almost 200, as rescue workers in the Philippines discover more victims in remote areas where the disaster sparked flash...

The Adopt–a–School Program is one of VFV's projects where sponsors donate US$50 – $75 to buy the basic school supplies for students in village primary schools. Two schools already benefited from this project through the sponsorship of Ms. Lenny Bugayong. Ms. Lenny is a Filipina who is studying and living in Switzerland.

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BOLINAO, PANGASINAN—Somewhere in this western Pangasinan town a Swiss village rises.  But don’t look for Swiss watches, Swiss chocolates or even snow-capped Alpine peaks. For 20 years now, the women from the sub-village of Lipong, Barangay Luciente 2 (population: 2,922) have been marrying men from Switzerland.  “There are about 200 women from Lipong married to Swiss men and they are now living...