31.   A Swiss national has been arrested in the Philippine capital after he put down a banned drug as a bet in a billiards game, police said here Friday.

32.   A typhoon, ironically named Ernie, hit the Philippine capital but organisers were confident the third round would go ahead as planned.

33.   An ethnic Chinese businessman was kidnapped in the Philippine capital Monday by four armed men claiming to be government agents, police said here.

34.   An explosive device was found on Monday along an expressway outside the Philippine capital but was safely defused by police, authorities said.

35.   Army intelligence operatives on Sunday captured the number-two officer of a communist death squad in his hideout in the Philippine capital.

36.   Classes were cancelled and government and private employees were sent home after midday in the Philippine capital.

37.   The Philippine capital was put on alert Wednesday after the discovery of four bombs in three days planted by an obscure group, police officials said.

38.   The Philippine capital will host another in early February.

39.   The UAL plane flew to Tokyo from the Philippine capital Saturday.

40.   The US Embassy here has sought additional police security for its facilities in the Philippine capital, a senior police official said Friday.