bought into the agenda of the philippine government and keep in mind the philippine government has been launching a massive this information campaign about that happening the philippines promising all sorts of thing because obviously the things that they think the international community want to hear and then you have also other countries you know when governments they have been dragging their feet put about or stopping the philippines i mean there are there are mechanisms that they can use to try to hold this government to account but they have been using that and that is that is quite a disappointment now we we realize that you know this this there are considerations to be made because you know where you're getting recovery with the federal government but you know the situation here the philippines i mean this not just after that that they happened but for decades now other killings they said you know killings i mean to put it bluntly how many more dead but you know any reading to. wait to see before they act before you know these countries that you p.n. union the united states canada

bought into the agenda of the philippine government and keep in mind the philippine government has been launching a massive this information campaign about that happening the philippines promising all sorts of thing because obviously the things that they think the international community want to hear and then you have also other countries you know when governments they have been dragging their feet put about or stopping the philippines i mean there are there are mechanisms that they can use to try to hold this government to account but they have been using that and that is that is quite a disappointment now we we realize that you know this this there are considerations to be made because you know where you're getting recovery with the federal government but you know the situation here in the philippines and this not just after that that they happen but for decades now other killings they said you know killings i mean to put it bluntly how many more dead but you know any reading to. wait to see before they act before you know these countries that you p.n. union the united states canada a

the philippines when he left the philippines early in march of 1942. he promised i shall return and of course he had this long family and personal background with the philippines and he was determined to go back and liberate that area from japanese occupation. now from 1942 until the summer of 194. american forces gradually essentially gain the initiative over the japanese winning key battles such as midway in june of 1942. and the guadalcanal campaign, which in august of 19 to and we began to march in what is called an island hopping campaign. back to take the war directly to the japanese home islands. island hopping was designed. essentially bypass japanese strong points if we could. gain, control of the water in the pacific with our submarines and surface ships and our naval aircraft. then any isolated japanese post no matter how large could not really threaten us. we could just bypass and they would wither on the vine because they couldn't receive any supplies from the japanese government the japanese armed forces back in japan. so this was the str

is happening in the philippines. they're promising the things they think the international community will want to hear, and you have also other countries -- foreign governments have been dragging their feet about what is happening in the philippines, and there are mechanisms they can use to try to hold this government to account, but they have not been using that, and that is quite a disappointment. we now realize that there are considerations to be made because you are dealing with a federal government, but the situation here in the philippines, for decades now, the killings -- i mean, to put it bluntly, how many more dead bodies do they need to wait to see before they act? before these countries -- the european union, the united states, canada, ausalia -- they have human rights commitments, not just to the hrc but also to the philippines. we have not seen any of these commitments being held up by these countries, and in the meantime, thousands of people are being killed. when are they going to act? >> i saw you nod

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says it stands by the philippines in a maritime disputes with china the philippines is urging paging supercold more than 200 boats that it said response it near the spratly islands in the south china sea their presence is also raising could put concerns about possible conflicts over fishing rights jamila island ogun reports from manila. the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at wits and reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has launched a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson refits claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that eastern most part of the spratleys group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these ready by militia. or. employed and that's basically. inability to make it ap

says it stands by the philippines in its maritime dispute with china the philippines is urging beijing to recall more than 200 boats that it said were spotted near the islands in the south china sea a presence is also raising concerns about possible conflicts over fishing rights as germans are undergoing reports from manila the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at whitson reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has lodged a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson reef is claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that the eastern most part of the spread lease group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these militia vessels are especially bizarre and for the greater purpose they're employed an

says it stands by the philippines in a maritime dispute with china the philippines is urging beijing to recall more than 200 boats that it said were spotted near the spratly islands in the south china sea their presence is also raising concerns about possible conflicts over fishing rights jimmy the island though getting reports from manila. the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at wits and reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has launched a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson refits claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that eastern most part of the spratleys group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these ready by militia vessels are actually bizarre and or. they're employed a

the philippine government has rejected that explanation. the reef is claimed by china, the philippines and vietnam. it is at the eastern most part of the islands. >> they are fairly large, 55 to 60 meters. the number is huge. these maritime militia vessels are specially designed for the purpose for which they're employed, and that is to establish a civilian presence and active toy -- activity to make it appear nonmilitary but it is under the control of the military apparatus in china. they look like fishing vessels but the hulls are steel -- these are steel-hulled boats. they are made to be very -- >> the philippines filed a landmark case against china. it ruled china's claim invalid. despite international condemnation, china continues reclamation and expansion of many areas in the south china sea setting up maritime patrols an airships on disputed islands. tension has been rising in the area for years. philippine president due territory has refused to assert the landmark ruling and taken a softer approach to dealing with beijing. but his t

they're not a state says it stands by the philippines in a maritime dispute with china the philippines is urging beijing to recall more than 200 boats but it said were spotted near the spratly islands in the south china sea presence is also raising concerns about possible conflicts of a fishing rights. reports now from the philippines capital manila. the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at whitson reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has launched a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson refits claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that eastern most part of the spratleys group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these ready by militia. or. employed and that's basically. inability to

says it stands by the philippines in america dispute with china the philippines is urging beijing to recall more than 200 boats that it said were spotted near the spratly islands in the south china sea their presence is also raising concern about possible conflicts over fishing rights jamila in the reports now from manila. the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at whitson reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has launched a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson reef is claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that eastern most part of the spratleys group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these militia vessels especially bizarre and for. that employed and that's basically. what i sai

a vaccine finally the philippines is set to roll out its covert 19 immunization program to last among countries in southeast asia. the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military and me and mom after the security forces shot dead 18 protesters and 2 negro terrace says the violence is unacceptable and that world leaders have to send a strong message to the military the u.s. secretary of state and lincoln has also denounced what's going on in the country calling the violence of horror and he says washington will push for the military to be held accountable these condemnations follow them. violent days since demonstrations began against the military coup live rounds were fired at huge crowds in several cities across the country tony chang as more. medics struggle to treat a wounded protester shot in the chest and arm on the streets of dar way in southern myanmar the security services crackdown early on sunday police supported by the military firing tear gas rubber bullets and live around. but despite the dangers protesters still turned out in large numbe

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a vaccine finally the philippines is set to roll out its covert 19 immunization program the last among countries in southeast asia. al-jazeera hears harrowing testimony that amounts to war crimes in ethiopia's more than 2 gravely. there's been less than a day since 18 people were shot and killed on myanmar streets by the security forces but that hasn't put off thousands of people who are out again to demand the release of the detained leader aung sun suu kyi the police fired live rounds of crowds on monday in the worst day of violence yet since the military seized control a month ago. the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military and until neither terrorists says the violence is. and that world leaders have to send a strong message to the military the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has also denounced what's going on in the country calling the violence horror and he says washington will push for the military to be held accountable these condemnations fall of the most violent days since demonstrations began against the military coup live rounds

the philippines has begun vaccinating its population against covert 19 1st batch of the chinese made sign about jobs arrived on sunday the philippines the 2nd worst hit country in the region and its vaccination program has lagged behind many of its neighbors. vaccination center in manila. there is a lot of fanfare around this called vaccination rollout here in the philippines today we are at the long center of the philippines which is one of the main hope in 1000 hospitals in the country over thinking vaccines are being rolled out in the 6 different major government hospitals here in the in the capital manila now why is there this level of anticipation it's because health care workers here to philippines as well as general public have been waiting for these calls with my team back scenes for months and. there's a lot of criticism of government officials bungling these posted 19 vaccination efforts they said that will be making vaccines were arriving in december it's now march the philippines is the last country in southeast asia for rollout 1000 back scenes but it's also important to

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have schools been closed across the whole of the philippines? yes, our schools have been closed since march. and starting mid october, online school opened and also what we call modular school, those who don't have very good internet access get modules that they go through and then there are some lessons on tv or on the radio. and there is some online lessons for them. but that has been really challenging. in fact for those who needed a consult because of anxiety and adjustment disorder, school has been the primary push for them to go over the edge. theyjust could not cope. they could not cope with the extra pressure from having to do the schoolwork? yes, and the way that it's done. it's a lot of pressure, both on the students and on their parents. especially if you have parents who have never really had much experience with online anything. and then suddenly, a lot of the burden is with them to help the children through with this. even if we say they take the modular option, they still need to go online now and then, and they have to help their

on reports from northern philippines. this is one of the most advanced and sophisticated vaccine storage facilities in the philippines sorted out to prepare. these. things. we have in this the. funds have also been allocated to purchase growing virus vaccines for millions of its people but the situation isn't deceiving many rural towns in this small town the. province villagers say they are allocating about 10 percent of their budget to the purchase of crew in the virus vaccines it's money that was meant for infrastructure and education. and i think. we know that the philippines he's struggling on the national government going to provide that seats for everyone that this way we decided to contribute for the good the power constituents. in. the freezer this refrigerator is a lifeline it stores of vaccines for polio and measles and we'll be able to keep. that don't need sophisticated cold storage systems well other wealthier cities they're able to set up separate vaccination facilities rural health clinics like this one wil

in the philippines rolls out its coded 19 vaccination program but many don't trust the jobs on offer more and that stay with us. for the perfect. sponsored plan qatar airways. we got something of a change in the weather across japan over the next couple of days for some warmth around at the moment but it comes this area cloud wet and windy weather will slide through as this cold front makes its way further eastward so really popping out the same some very heavy rain coming through q shoo in to haunt she southerly winds will lift temperatures up in tokyo to around 90 degrees celsius but as you can see the weather is not looking too brilliant as we go on through the next 24 hours or so snow on the western side of the country all the way up towards the north that will sweep through and here we go not see bad at all it freshens up 13 celsius but it will be dry and bright strong and bright see across the korean peninsula to northern parts of china by this date southern china on the other hand we'll see some showers over the next couple of days some of those showers just making their way d

we expect the philippine market to continue to grow. david: to have a dollar amount in mind that you have set aside or would like to set aside at some point, for acquisitions moving forward? >> we are open to acquisitions, because with the pandemic we ended up with a stronger cash position. we are open to opportunities, especially during the pandemic, we received more inquiries that asked for us to be strategic partners, so we are to this and we will continue exploring all possibilities. shery: that was the jollibee food ceo. china's largest food company is planning to merge several businesses to create a new agricultural commodity giant, ahead of a planned ipo. bloomberg understands costco plans to merge its international trading arm with several domestic assets. the ipo could value a new company at $5 billion. for the nissan infinity, came under scrutiny in china's consumer show. car owners asserted -- malfunction breaks and accelerators, the show calls out foreign and domestic brands for quality and service issues. bill ackman giveaw

anchor: philippines covid-19 vaccination program is underway. health-care workers were among the first to get doses of the jab. as barnaby lowe reports, the country faces major hurdles. reporter: filipino health-care workers had been expecting the arrival of covid-19 vaccines for months. the philippines was the only country in southeast asia that had not vaccinated a single citizen. but the wait is finally over. >> we have been asking for a vaccine ever since. this is our opportunity. >> i had been telling my colleagues in my area of the hospital, to have some protection rather than none. reporter: those government hospital staff had shown willingness to take the shots in surveys conducted internally. but that anticipation waned after it became clear they would not be getting the pfizer or astrazeneca jabs. it is a huge day for the philippines to be rolling out covid-19 vaccines after months of delay. but many health care workers here are resisting. they say they don't trust the only option that is being offered to them for now. the only vaccine

it is raining heavily again in the philippines mostly in the central philippines but this is the place to watch the moment but time we start developing some circulation some tropical depressions as one fairly obviously forming here or did he will come to much but it moyes just won't watch it's mostly over the open water but in the case is area very wet weather south of that is still the rainy season so their share of malaysia and indonesia some of them shop most of them not and the change of season is obvious in australia now this active cold fronts on its way through its dropping mid-term she bought least 10 degrees and it produced some pretty dramatic sunder storms and wet weather again in sydney and much of this part of new south wales it tails off into queens and much of the heaviest stuff probably in the tasman sea on its way to south out of new zealand and once or from sconce sure the temps will slowly start to rise in melbourne and adelaide and perth sits pretty at about 30 degrees anyway so melbourne's forecasts 172-0218 slow rise back to what's average at this time of the year

it's the time of year to watch out for the philippine sea now things are getting a bit more active it's just a mess of thunderstorms on the satellite picture not amounting to much but because they persist in being drawn into the central philippines there are flood warnings there at the moment and a hint to the west might even be a proper circulation that will mean heavy rain over the water you will notice in malaysia there are still a few showers around the end the rainy season is still pretty wet daily in indonesia and there's a fairly obvious change in the weather type in australia now things are more active it's not really feeling like late summer so much is early autumn which is to be expected this frontal system on its way through adelaide and melbourne has already dropped the temperature in adelaide by about 10 degrees it will the same in melbourne they will produce rain possibly thunder and the wind shifts so the wind changes the same for droughts in $24.00 to $17.00 but try to get to sunday in melbourne and then it goes quiet and temperatures slowly rise to 20 so it's sunday syd

the only back seem to have arrived in the philippines is crawling back from china 6 public hospitals in the capital manila were the 1st recipients but only a small number of their employees have signed up under the department of the food and drug administration and the department the past had said it isn't for health workers who are exposed to the bias every day so this would be back soon with a higher if. this reluctance by medical workers adds to the public's hesitancy to get back sedated that's largely because of the recent controversy about a vaccine against dengue fever the government had to suspend its specs a nation campaign using that then back to job after concerts about its serious side effects. officials have said repeatedly though the best back scene is what's available down there but the big fear him but they are. but protesting health workers see they should not have to face this dilemma farnaby law al-jazeera manila . spanish police have raided the offices of the barcelona football club and made several arrests among those reportedly detained is the comms former presid

local folklore here is steeped with stories of just how mystere use philippine bats can be. but we are not climbing mt mckee link to explore legendary tales like these filipino scientists are testing bad spring new strains of coronaviruses they hope to prevent another global pandemic. philip a live your life has been recording and testing bats across the country for more than 10 years the bat species found here on mount mckinley is that close this gene is to the one in one china where the 1st case of covert 19 was recorded give us all the more recent to be urgent about doing. this virus work for the government in more ways than one we focus their priorities. working on for all g an epidemiologist so it's $530.00 local time the mist that have been set up and researchers here tell us any time now the bats are going to come out of the cave. we stay quiet for a few minutes. the air is cold and the night's creatures soon start to make their presence felt. over and then the 1st bet flies into the trap and water. then another. and another. the researchers say about $5000.00 bats co

the coming war river has always run through the share of modern mountain range in northeastern philippines but a controversial down project is set to change its course forever so this might be one of my last boat right here. up ahead is the plan construction site for the collie walk and all along this forest wall here a big tunnel will be built for the convenience of water. the water behind it down and could be up to 162 meters deep. that's more than enough to inundate communities like this one i visited the village of seato keeper russell which is closest to the dam site here are the indigenous to moderate people have lived alongside peasant farmers and fishers for generations many of them have put up signs opposing the down as they face displacement and the loss of their livelihoods. i'm just wondering. when the flood comes how are we going to find. we can't swim or dive for fish. we wouldn't be able to do any of that. so what's going to become of us. for. the dam is designed to boost the water supply in manila the philippine capital and the country's economic and political center. we're

you might like there are warnings out for potential flooding particular in the central philippines and this hint of any circulation further west will produce heavy rain here mostly over water further south in the showers are most likely to be at the heaviest i think ensued away easy rather fewer for most of malaysia. sponsored by qatar airways. it's one of the biggest clubs in south america. but its greatest rival is just a few blocks away. a mutual dislike between firearms formed from a class divide sustained over generations. most buckley jr supporters are born into these club colors. in an epic feud of rich vs poor the fans who make football on al-jazeera. on the back of watching i was there with me as a whole rovner a bind of our top news stories government have kidnapped students in northern nigeria from a forestry college the 1st time a high institution has been targeted officials say $180.00 students are rescued early on friday but 30 more are still unaccounted for italy is planning to impose another nation wide lockdown over the easter weekend in april but follows a surge of cr

and fear and suspicion surround the rollout of the 1st pope in 1000 vaccine in the philippines. hello governments and donors of pledged $1700000000.00 to help fund a response to the humanitarian crisis in yemen u.n. chief attorney of the terror she has called the result of a virtual donors conference disappointing he's warned that after 6 years of war famine is bearing down on the country and that cutting aid is a death sentence with her said 50000 yemenis are already starving to death in famine like conditions within 20000000 that's 2 out of every 3 yemenis need humanitarian assistance with women and children among the hardest hit there's particular concern over 400000 children facing severe acute malnutrition you could die without urgent treatment but nearly half of all children under 5 will suffer from malnutrition this year with symptoms like wasting depression and tiredness the u.n. chief is calling for $3850000000.00 to help but in 2020 the world body only received just over half what it asked for was told to our diplomatic editor james bays who's live from the united nati

surgical facemasks are washing up on the philippine coral reef. it follows reports by environmental groups of covid—19 personal protective equipment strewn along the country's coastline. we joined a team of divers to take a closer look at the problem. my name is shayla. and i'm oliver. we are dive professionals here. there is this area it is wonderful. it's like my first time again there after the lockdown. it's gotten worse. there's more stuff like the ppe just ten minutes in the dive we saw around 10, 12 masks. and we never had that before. when i saw ppe masks i honestly felt sad and guilty about it. because i used a ppe mass that's easy to throw away. take a look at the rubbish that was brought back by the divers you can see here blue facemask, lots of them. there's a face here, plastic bottles, tarpaulins. the question is now, what happens to this rubbish? lots of it will go back to landfill and could eventually make its way back into the sea. and that's a problem because polymers inside the surgical mask are breaking down into micro plasti

still ahead here not to victims of roderigo detaches war and drugs where the philippine inquiry into dozens of killings. down at the border we look at why the number of migrants trying to get into the united states is growing. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored by qatar airways. how is that still pretty bad across japan recently laci fought a lot of the big area of high pressure now in the process of getting pushed out away so there's a high here we are going to see some what's the weather just making its way out of central and eastern parts of china not being a little further east was bumping into our high grassy feeding some wet weather in sioux south korea as we go on through friday heavy at times a little bit of snow there into a north korean itis and that west of weather will continue to drive the race which is be going into where friday secu shoes of positive honshu seeing some wet weather at that stage tokyo should be largely fine and dry for the time being as we go through the weekend the rain will set in here but you can see this is the area of high pressure gras

at that time human rights lawyers 'd in the philippines say they fear for their lives in are demanding protection from the government dozens of been killed since president of regurgitator took office 5 years ago and warning viewers may find some of the images in jamil indents reports disturbing. angelo carluke in the end is a human rights lawyer who was stabbed in the head in pan island in the province a week ago even in the philippines long accustomed to violence the images were a shock to many police say this may have been a case of attempted to cooperate but billions colleagues say it was a deliberate attempt to kill a lawyer who has been representing 16 indigenous farmers including 9 who were killed in last year's raid by state forces the farmers were accused of having links with communist rebels and is recovering in hospital but not all lawyers who were attacked survived benjamin ramos a prominent human rights lawyer in negras province was shot dead in 2018 his death was a blow to marginalized communities including the farmers he represented for decades but 2 years on his killers

howard: surgical face masks are washing up on philippine coral reefs. there are reports by environmental groups of covid-19 personal protective equipment strewn along the coastline. we joined a team of divers to take a closer look. >> we are dive professionals here. there is this area. it is wonderful. it has gotten worse. >> there is more stuff, the ppe. just 10 minutes into the dive, we saw 10, 12 masks. >> i felt sad and guilty because i have used a blue ppe mask that's easy to throw away. howard: take a look at the rubbish brought back by the divers. you can see lots of lou face masks. a face shield, plastic bottles, tarpaulins. the question is, what happens this rubbish? lots of it will go to a landfill and could eventually make its way back into the sea. that's a problem, because polymers inside the masks are breaking down into plastics, easily consumed by marine wildlife. the government is cleaning up waterways around manila, but more must be done to tackle the growing waste generated by the pandemic. part of the problem is the public don't know

i would be remiss, and i apologize, part of the problem in the philippines references back to one of the questions asked upfront, which was human rights. i have a fairly substantial filipino american community in my district, and they are deeply concerned about the human rights record of the president and what is going on in the philippines. for the moment, i am not arguing that, i know you know your country better than i do. i'm just telling you that in my district and in my world, my constituents are telling me that they are concerned about human rights, about the efforts, the drug war, how that is violating, they believe the civil rights in the philippines. and they are putting pressure on me to hold the philippines accountable, and say why are you still doing business with them? we still have a military relationship with them while this is going on. believe me, the philippines is not the only country right have that challenge. -- where i have a challenge. i hate this format, i can't look at you. we need to work together to talk about how we can address these issues to maintain th

they are putting pressure on me to it hold the philippines accountable. why building business with them? when this goes on and on. believe me the philippines is not the only country where i have that challenge i'm sorry not the ambassadors the attachÉ i hate this format i can't see, we need to work together to talk about how we can address those issues to maintain that relationship. i do not like to go with chopping off the relationship because other countries look at us and say about what they're doing? yours is not ideal either. you're going to have to have that conversation to figure out how we can build these partnerships and relationships even with human rights concerns. >> i told her having 1 quick last question. that comes' from paris how is the united states that have been fighting transnational organized crime groups with its own scarce resources? and still see a 95% reduction of drugs into the country. my guess the question is how are we helping them fight crime? >> i think that is a good example off partnerships that we need to do.li i am more

and 9 lives cut short in one day families of activists killed by security forces in the philippines call for justice. there has been some rain recently in china not much admittedly but it's just pumped a bit of motion the atmosphere the result that is probably we're going to see significant showers run through this mainland part of southeast asia big shout maybe in bangkok and then a focus on the coast of vietnam which has been remarkably dry for months after a very wet spell if you remember the end of last year otherwise the showers are distributed as you might expect track the philippines malaysia and into these use in heavier ones maybe in borneo and possibly south in sumatra and java but the really heavy and persistent rain of the last few days has been in new south wales and it's just this massive cloud here hinting at it there are still warnings the extreme weather has been extensive flooding north of sydney on the lowlands and evacuations we've had at worst 700 millimeters of rain recorded now give you an example 2 to put that in context sydney's average is 170 members of the whol

china is donating thousands of doses of the vaccine to the philippines. the philippines is among the last in southeast asia to receive the first batch of vaccines due to delivery delays. we'll be right back. >>> marcus, you caught this last night. the pandemic forcing an awards show for hosts on both coasts. >> here's stephanie staten. >> no man's land." >> reporter: the story of a woman coping after the great recession took top drama at sunday night's golden globes and best director for chloe zhou, the second woman to win the honor. >> no man's land is a pilgrimage through grief and feeling. >> reporter: borat double winner, best actor for sasha barren cohen. >> thank you to the young white hollywood foreign press. >> reporter: jabbing the organization that puts on the globes which acknowledged it has no black voting members, but pledging during the telecast to improve. >> we recognize we have our own work to do. >> reporter: best actor in a drama? >> chadwick boseman. >> reporter: the late actor's wife accepted his win. >> he would thank his parents, he

around one in 5 households in singapore employ a domestic helper like yan from the philippines indonesia or me on maher she spends 6 days a week washing and ironing but right now yan is thinking about her moment in the limelight she's taking part in a beauty contest for domestic workers so she'll get out of the shadows for once and take center stage for months she's been working on her costume which features a christmas motif. which. is not really my option and it's. kind of a good because i have a it's a face that people especially 200 people face and it may as they. say why not i will try something interesting something new and you give yourself and both your time and you can do it. orchard road is singapore's major shopping mile. it features both luxury brands and discount stores every sunday many of the over 250000 domestic workers like yan who work in singapore need here. it was but she has very different plans this sunday she's putting on eyeshadow for her big moment in a community center yan is dressing up to be a candidate for the miss petite beauty contest it all feels a little

many of my own constituents with ties to the philippines have watched as their family lost their lands and livelihoods against their will at the hands of the government and big businesses. i would like to pose this question to you, mr. shriver. given your experience dealing with the philippines could you explain why this issue continues to persist and what the united states is doing to resolve it? >> our alliances have always been somewhat hindered by the fact that the latino people have not had the good governance and quality governance that they deserve and their history of corruption and certainly a history of elitism and results in unfavorable government policies and to have the issues of ex- traditional killings in regard to the drug war so we have an important relationships with the philippines and it's an important ally and i think we should curb all our engagement particularly in the security side because things are happening in that region. the history that we have there and what they have done side-by-side we have to be encouraging the philippines for a more representative go

the cali war river has always run through the share of modern mountain range in northeastern philippines but a controversial down project is set to change its course forever so this might be one of my last boat rides here. up ahead is the plan construction site for the collie walk down and all along this forest wall here at a big tunnel will be built for the convenience of water. the water behind the down could be up to 162 meters deep. that's more than enough to inundate communities like this one i visited the village of secret keeper rosoff which is closest to the dam site here are the indigenous to moderate people have lived alongside peasant farmers and fishers for generations many of them have put up signs opposing the down as they face displacement and the loss of their livelihoods. i'm just wondering when the flood comes how are we going to find. i mean we can't swim or dive for fish. we wouldn't be able to do any of that. so what's going to become of us. for. the dam is designed to boost the water supply in manila the philippine capital and the country's economic and political ce

the cali one river has always run through the share a modern mountain range in northeastern philippines but a controversial down project is set to change its course forever so this might be one of my last boat rides here. up ahead is the plan construction site for the call you walk down and all along this forest wall here a big tunnel will be built for the convenience of water. the water behind that could be up to 162 meters deep. that's more than enough to inundate communities like this one i visited the village of c.q. keeper russell which is closest to the dam site here are the indigenous dumas good people have lived alongside peasant farmers and fishers for generations many of them have put up signs opposing the dam as they face displacement and the loss of their livelihoods. i'm. i'm just wondering. when the flood comes how are we going to find. i mean we can't swim or dive for fish. we wouldn't be able to do any of that. so what's going to become of us. the dam is designed to boost the water supply in manila the philippine capital and the country's economic and political center. a

the dam is designed to boost the water supply in manila the philippine capital and the country's economic and political center. were actually just 40 kilometers south of the dam site but this urban jungle feels worlds away from their remote mountain communities. the authorities here say dwindling supply primary water sources is leading to shortages in a city that won't stop expanding. the greater the metro by then that he's serious. about. growing the most without. the government argues that displacing thousands and destroying hundreds of hector's of forest land is justified as it will secure water for more than 12000000 people and that it's worth the taxpayer burden in the form of a contentious loan from china of more than $200000000.00. residents whose properties are set to be washed away by the dams construction are going to be taken care of according to official promises. but many here tell me that they're skeptical. what i mean i'm on about. oh we've heard a lot of offers but we're not accepting them because we don't want to give away what's intended for the generations that come aft

and especially our allies singapore and the philippines. our relationship can deep ties with taiwan mr. chairman and korea are also important. msa strategic ambiguity relative to time wanted china is my opinion absorb and dangerous. we have to be crystal clear that of china attacked taiwan, we will be there with taiwan. that is the best way to keep china for miscalculating and starting a war. by cooperating with her allies and partners, usc's to advance prosperity. human rights and economic development. in the rule of law. we believe we have for the best the region. it is by working with those who share our values that we now the region take full advantage of opportunity. finally, the united states must make trade investments throughout asia a top priority pretty country throughout the region hungry for u.s. vessels by u.s. businesses are here new markets and investment opportunities. by cultivating our economic ties will grow our economy and the economies of our partners. economic engagement is also an excellent use of fostering and develo

and i think for them bonta was born in the philippines and grew up in california. his filipina mother attended wednesday's nomination. >> back in the 70's. she was an activist who fought against evictions of filipino residents living at the international hotel manila town in san francisco. the site where wednesday's announcement was made. my parents are my heroes in my role models. they taught me to fight injustice to right wrongs and to help people. bonta was a deputy city attorney in san francisco for