♪ manila, capital of the philippines. it's june 2017 and a large demonstration marches on the presidential residence. as president rodrigo duterte

marks a year in office, they are here with a list of demands. the protesters include representatives of the country's 9 million or so shanty dwellers. near manila lies north triangle, site of one of the biggest shantytowns. on just 20 heck tares of land, some 20,000 hopes house an estimated 40,000 people. such ghettos began in the 1960s as people from rural areas came to the city in search of work. without documentation, they settled wherever they could. in 2007, the government launched a major urban redevelopment program in san row kay, bringing

widespread land clearances. there is a rehousing scheme for those who have lost their homes. but many complain that their new life is even tougher than in san row kay. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> some residents resist their evictions. and, in such cases, the police respond with force, even firearms and tear as the philippine economy continues to grow, we follow shanty residents who have found themselves at the mercy of urban developers.

san row kay's main street is lined with stalls selling fish, meat and other produce. each street has the feel of a market. it was in the 1980s that this settlement started to grow on derelict state-owned land. but today, there are even modern amenities, like internet cafes. most residents rely on casual work on construction sites or as drivers. but wages are low, and the hours unreliable. many women work on the side to helpme help meet family expenses.

three of these cloths sell for the equivalent of 10 cents u.s. snc [ speaking in foreign language ] san row kay also has infrastructure to deliver l electricity and water. those who have contracts with utility companies sell on to their neighbors. built by the residents themselves, many of the ramshackle structures have been added to and adapted over the decades. three generations of this eight-men family live under one roof. though the father's steady job at a printing factory puts them among san row kay's wealthiest

households. ♪ in the early 2000s, some 60,000 people lived here in around 10,000 households. but things began to change in 2007, when the government agreed to a redevelopment deal with the largest finance group. the development will cover 256 hectares, including north triangle where san roque is and a neighboring east try al angle. the shanty is to be replaced with offices and hotels, creating a business district to attract international corporations. all around san roque, rapid

development is under way. this shopping mall opened a few weeks ago. while this high rise hotel overlooking san roque has been in business for two months. in charge of development, the marb national housing authority or nha is pushing forward with evictions. 3,000 families have already been relocated and their hopmes torn down. and to prevent former residents from returning, security staff patrol the the government has a legal obligation to re-home those evicted. one area chosen for this is in bulacan province. it takes around two hours to

drive the distance from san roque, it was conceived in 2000 as a new home for shanty residents. mother of two, mary gresia moved here two years ago, but things in bulacan are tough. one kilogram of laundry pegs earns mary around 4 cents, which amounts to $1.20 making pegs for a whole day with her daughter. what's more, residents have to pay for their new accommodations. mary's house, the norm at 20 square meters is priced at $2800, with payments spread over a 25-year loan.

but when she moved in, there was neither electricity nor running water. she still has to walk two blocks to the nearest water but for mary, the hardest thing of all is time spent away from her husband. still working in kizon city, he makes it home barely once a week. but, with their former house already torn down, they have

nowhere to return to. mary's husband, carlito drives a tri sickle taxi. he had hoped to do the same near their new home, but there weren't enough passengers. of the 600 or 700 pesos he makes each day, around 120 go on bike rental and gasoline. some days he doesn't make the national minimum wage of 491 pesos, around $10.

most days, carlito works fro from 5:00 a.m. to midnight. it's a grueling lifestyle. far away from his wife and children, his only enjoyment is meals shared with local colleagues. and food isn't the only thing he scrimps on.

at midnight, when work comes to an end, he curls up sleep on the seat of his bike. carlito has not been home for nearly ten days. with business slow, he prolongs his stay to try to earn enough for his family. he's been living like this for three years. and amid the ongoing relocation scheme, carlito's story is not unusual.

the national housing association has served another part of san roque with an eviction notice. these700 households stand in the shad over the hotel we saw earlier. one resident is angie. today she's busy raising three children. angie lives upstairs in this two-story shack. the development work can be seen from the single, eight square meter room in which her family

of five resides. and work on the construction sites is how dank ibuprofens f dank provides for his family. he wants them to move, but they want to stay in san roque. san roque is now surrounded on all sides by urban development. these construction sites employ many shanty residents, including

some from san roque itself. one government group is mediating between the nha and informal settlers living under eviction notices. a representative explains the deep divide between the two sides. >> both sides are, they're not really friendly with each other of nha thinks their demands are too much. and the former settlers think that the nha doesn't do enough. actually, the fault lies either with neither, the fault lies with the law itself, because the law doesn't define what adequate, it says adequate relocation, but it doesn't define what adequate lrelow ca .

>> the 1992 urban and housing act states that the government must provide houses at a reasonable cost. they're also obliged to offer basic services as well as employment opportunities, but none of these terms are clearly defined. several years ago, in a nearby province, the nha offered poor-quality homes with no power or water and insufficient drainage. 1,000 of the new homes were flooded in a typhoon, forcing every relocate the family to leave. manila harbor. the banks are lined with a cluster of shanty housing. just 100 meters long and 20 meters wide.

monday the 500 or so living here are numerous families that have given up on their resettled lives and come back to a part of manila where for now they won't be a victim. elsa returned from housing provided in bulacan province. borrowing money from neighbors, shiba she buys vegetables at market to sell on at little profit. with no work, her partner left his family behind. not wanting to be a burden on her married children, elsa sold her home to repay the mortgage and came back to manila alone.

with all her stock sold for $1 of profit, elsa heads back to her quarters. this 60-centimeter ridge atop the break water is barely enough to keep off the rain.

elsa has no idea where her husband is, but she has heard a rumor that her son returned to another new shanty in manila. she clings to the hope that he will come and find her. as word spreads of the problems faced by those evicted, many informal settlers have grown more opposed to resettlement.

san roque's resistance movement is led by a resident since 1983. she holds regular meetings for her supporters. rather than simply wait for eviction, they are pushing the government to accept their demands. around 3,000 families have been evicted from san roque since 2007. in that time, numerous forcible

removals have culminated in violence. in this footage from september 2010, armed police chase out residents so their homes can be dismantled. in 2014, the police began to deploy tear gas, driven from their homes, residents had no choice but to move. when rodrigo duterte became president in 2016, he addressed the relocation of informal settlers. >> as long as as duterte is president, there will be >> antipoverty activists have spoken out, but she was

appointed with the antipoverty commission. >> this is really years of neglect with the government. because i think the housing needs of the urban poor, also the program of relocation has been a failure. the president, you know, really has a heart for the poor. and the hope that they will be remembered as not building palaces for the rich. like the presidents, some of the presidents before him, but houses for the poor. i hope that that is how he will be remembered. of >> in the year since president duterte came to power, violent forcible removals have dropped

by almost 90%. but shanties are still being torn down. the authority to do so lies with local councils rather than the president. from a supporter on the city council, she has procured an internal document about demolitions. the expired demolition order from the nha office authorizes police mobilization, though no demolitions actually took place this time, a new order may have already been issued.

the leaked demolition order related to a plot near the luxury hotel where the nha has made repeated requests for residents to leave. it's where angie lives in an upstairs room with her family. she and her husband have promised not to let their children know how scared they are. june 30th, early in the morning she rallies her supporters.

in matching ready d tee shirts,y prepare to head out. the participants include many local mothers who are desperate to stay in san roque. the protesters plan to make a direct plea to president duterte, a year to the day since he came to power. demonstrators from across the country chant in unison. after the march, they protest outside the presidential residence.

taxi driver, carlito is finally back with his family after two weeks in the city. though he left work early, he doesn't arrive home until after midnight. wife mary and baby daughter maria have stayed up to greet

him. carlito didn't meet his target for earnings, but with no pediatric clinic near their home, he had to return to take maria to her regular checkup. the laundry pegs that mary and older daughter mary grace have made are piled up on the floor. tired out from helping her mother every day, mary grace has fallen asleep, waiting for her father to get home.

their one dream is to live together as a family. back in the shantytown of san roque countless families like theirs remain. but as redevelopment continues, the construction work that so many rely on also casts a shadow over the future of this impoverished, urban community.

♪ ♪ a very warm welcome to nhk "newsline." north korea has issued another warning to the united states over its annual joint military drills with south korea. the country's national peace committee released a statement that it will not idly watch the u.s. take the foolish action of playing with fire on top of a nuclear warehouse. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this friday the country will commemorate the country's military first policy, which w