MANILA, Philippines - First Life Financial Co. Inc. held a forum dubbed ‘Gearing Up for More Empowered Filipinos’ at the New World Hotel recently. In photo are: (from left) First Life president and chief executive officer Peter Coyiuto, Swiss Life Network representative Margrit Schmid, Swiss Ambassador to the Philippines Ivo Sieber, Sen. Bam Aquino, and TV personality Kim Atienza.