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As early as 1975, Switzerland had 188 Philippine citizens living there. By 2005, that number had grown to 3,547. [3] From the 1970s until the 1990s, some Filipinas came to Switzerland as guest workers, primarily in the nursing sectors. [4]
Pages in category "Swiss people of Filipino descent" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Filipino people of Swiss descent" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
17 October – Swiss chemist of Croatian origin Vladimir Prelog receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry [42] 22 October – Ratification of the Bonn agreement, laying the foundation for cross-border cooperation in the Basel region, involving Germany, France, and Switzerland [43] 26 October – Federal elections for the National Council.
This is a list of countries showing past life expectancy, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country is expected to live if mortality ...
In 1984 and 1985 the Philippines saw the worst recession in its history: the economy contracted by 7.3% for two successive years. [1] Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority for 1985 showed that poverty incidence in families was at 44.2%—4.3 percentage points higher than in 1991 during the presidency of Corazon Aquino. [51]
Geraldyn Schaer Bonnevie was born on January 27, 1962, to Swiss mother Jeannette Schäer and French-Italian-Filipino father Honesto Bonnevie. Her paternal grandfather was Pedro José de Bonnevie, a significant landowner in the Bicol region, who hails from Évian-les-Bains, France and was part French and Italian. [8]
Nine referendums were held in Switzerland in 1975. [1] The first was held on 2 March on an amendment to the Swiss Federal Constitution on the article on the economic cycle. Although it was approved by a majority of voters, it did not receive the support of a majority of cantons (the result was an 11–11 tie), [2] so was rejected. [3]