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 receptionist, the news site Khaleej Times said.

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

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).

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.

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 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.

Philippine and Saudi Arabia officials have agreed to work more closely together to fight human trafficking and to ensure the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there.

A Filipina is among at least three people detained in Malaysia since Jan. 31 after anti-drug authorities reportedly found “Eramin” pills in their possession.

The Filipino woman who was captured by Egyptian tribesmen during a Catholic pilgrimage last week claimed that her captors had been kind to her and two other companions during the six-hour ordeal.

Filipino golfer Juvic Pagunsan who is in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the $2.5-million “Omega Dubai Desert Classic” said he found his kababayans there “inspiring.”