51.   Police arrested seven Chinese for allegedly manufacturing illegal drugs in a huge clandestine drug lab in a suburb of the Philippine capital, officials said Saturday.

52.   Police said a supporter of a mayoralty candidate in the Philippine capital was shot dead by suspected sympathizers of his rival.

53.   Police shot dead eight suspected members of a kidnap gang in a clash south of the Philippine capital, a police official said Thursday.

54.   SBC Warburg, the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corp., Thursday opened an office in the Philippine capital.

55.   Schofield said the implementation of the CMDP, which aims to develop the Philippine capital market, was at a standstill due to the dispute among the SEC officials.

56.   The bodies were taken to the city of Dumaguete in Negros, radio station DZBB reported in the Philippine capital.

57.   The contracts to operate and upgrade water and sewerage services for Manila and surrounding areas will divide the Philippine capital into two service areas.

58.   The events will also highlight the role of ethnic Asian communities in Canada, Heeney told a news conference in the Philippine capital.

59.   The loan will help provide switching and transmission facilities and plant and terminal equipment, the ADB said in a statement from its headquarters in the Philippine capital.

60.   The meeting is the first of a series scheduled to culminate with the fourth APEC summit in November in the Philippine capital.