now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is

satisfied with him how have things improved for filipinos and the detectives will these past 3 years. that we can have a debate over to specifics what our objective has been successful in achieving his promises but the fact that the matter is that a forest the perception of the majority of phillip in his concern is now the most popular filipino president in history and in the last midterm elections the opposition was almost completely wiped off and now we currently are super majority in both houses of the congress so this is a very confident president and we saw how you started this speech may have seychelle it saying that there are very few who. are opposing him and there are people there in dollars of congress that you should not be among those few 3 percent people who are opposing me now it's fact of the matter is that the president also us few years left in office is now in his legacy juris and by perhaps 3rd quarter of 2021 is going to be already a lame duck president as everyone focuses their attention today the successor so yes very dominant one had the perception of the peopl

i want to acknowledge west bay filipino. podco. tenderloin filipino community association. the mint mall resident building and their leader stefani. and of course, united players. [applause] the many years that we spent in putting this project together, i still remember the first meeting i had with hearse when they told me the project would be coming to me within a year or 14 months for approval. i smiled. about five years later we had them come before the board of supervisors, but there was a small group of folks that worked to make this happen. now brookfield, jack and alexis and karen johnson and april ng and many of our community leader who told us what they wanted to see. ensuring that as we build more housing and grow this neighborhood, that those who have lived here, can afford to live in this development as well. while 40% is not equal in every development, it's important to know that 40% part of 5m is for formally erly -- formerly homeless. it's important as we build, to include those struggling, but working to live in the city. i'm so proud of this project. thank

karla is a second generation filipino-american and bay area native.she began working at west bay a decade ago as a volunteer helping to launch the first culturally sensitive college prep program for filipino youth in south of market and expanded west based services to immigrant families from other countries. as executive director, now remember, 10 years ago she was a volunteer, 10 years later she's executive director. not bad, huh. karla supports west bay's mission to enhance the quality of life, of underserved youth, seniors and their families. >> good evening, everyone. thank you to the san francisco office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. the executive director, clerk, the immigrant rights commission and it's chairs for this amazing honor. first and foremost i want to thank god for this amazing honor. i would also like to thank all of those who have made a difference in west bay for the past 50 years that we've been in service. to all of the board members, past executive directors, our community partners who are here as well. and all thos

obviously the family the filipinos who ended up dead or harmed by this campaign no but really when youlook at the longer lasting impact of the killings it's going to be the families of those victims and primarily children keep in mind that majority of the victims in these drug war are the poorest of the poor and so every time the police kill a breadwinner that's not going to have a ripple rippling effect on the family of the victims are there any plans in the gulf from the government to try and support these families whose main breadwinner has been killed in this so-called campaign well that's just the thing because we found that the government does not have a specific plan to help the families of this if it does particularly children know there are existing programs by the government for social welfare and they're trying to access that to help some of these victims but there is no specific program to deal you know the trauma the economic hardship that follows after each killing $12000.00 filipinos or more have died in this so-called war on drugs the government says it's official figur

are satisfied with him how have things improved for filipinos under detectives rule these past 3. quite different in that we can have a debate over to specifics of whether objectively has been successful in achieving his promises but the fact that a matter is that a forest the perception of the majority of philip is concerned he's now the most popular filipina president in history and in the last midterm elections the opposition was almost completely wiped off and now he current supermajority in both houses of the congress so this is a very dominant confident president and we saw how you started this speech by essentially saying that there are very few who are opposing him and dared people very indels of congress that you should not be among those few 3 percent people who are opposing me now it's not going to matter is that the president also us few years left in office he's now and his legacy juris and by perhaps 3rd quarter of 2021 he's going to be already a lame duck president as everyone focuses their attention today the successor so yes very dominant one hand the perception o

[inaudible] several housing issues faced by filipinos in the city. the city has 10,000 limited english speaking residents over one in four filipinos has limited english capacity. since 2014, the filipino language has been a requested language for the city. interpretations and translations are easily accessible. [inaudible] our filipino community needs more language accessible counselors. now we only have one filipino counselor. >> thank you very much. >> good evening supervisors. thank you for staying here tonight. my name is gabriel medina. the coordinator for the san francisco parity coalition. i want to thank you for taking the time to listen to community about all of the different needs. several leads, our coalition formed in 2016 to respond a two-pronged threat, hardship that has befallen the community - filipino community in san francisco to displacement and the refugee crisis we have is a great century city here in california. currently our organizations we represent over 21, serving 900 employees and 80,000 constituent served per year. just a

that we're seeing i mean no one is disputing that he is popular he is extremely popular because filipinos have grown sick and tired of the old ways of doing politics in the country and he presented himself as the solution to many of our problems not just on the drugs but to confuse popularity a widespread support and worse an endorsement or a justification for the drug war i think it's just extremely. curious and i think that's just not you know it just flies in the face of the many sufferings of the people that we're seeing. i want to know i am not in any way. or just a part of his popularity or were you know the excesses in the news as the. things like those. really mar the complaint and i actually look forward to the next 3 years actually moved over to their help and the more that we have lived a good aspect. and probably right may become more you may try to rein in this when the excesses of police and law enforcement behind an illegal drug operation i think into actually in the survey and if i may i just want to push you along a little bit because the numbers even though the to speak

you know it has done a generation of filipinos i think and particularly to probe sees that particularlythe poor one and that is exactly where community is picking up on so g.-o. here on twitter says it's not really the before paying the highest price but rather only the poor are paying the price bigger drug lords are still free to roam around while the poor become collateral i wrote an essay for this from a human rights class last week he writes and a turkey is becoming one knows most of it so there is an extreme example right there except a stream analogy that he's making right there that i don't think all the people in our community would agree with but the point he's making about who this a fax lucio what do you make of that point that this is mostly and mainly affecting the poor sure. the drug war is a very interesting campaign. where the government opinion poll busy shows the public support for the war since there were $179.00 of them to be most argue this war is after the there in support of the way the a.t.f. moved to a meeting where the conduct of the drug war. recently in the m

and attack of fear racking spider fighting is a filipino pastime popular on the gambling circuit but some fans are worried their supply of brawlers could die out. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with a bloody 12 hours in afghanistan more than a 50 people have been killed from late wednesday into thursday across 3 provinces a roadside bomb in the eastern province of nagar a taliban attack in northern takar on a security facility and in the capital of kabul 3 bombings of which one the taliban claimed responsibility they said it was their suicide bomber who blew up a bus carrying government workers so does the violence impact ongoing peace talks we asked journalist. based in kabul you have to remember you. no a peace negotiation chicks will sides so get told one has never actually said themselves that he would stop the fighting while the peace negotiations are going on this is something that they've asserted ever since 2013 when their office and we opened and we also have to remember that the government is also continuing to you know stage night r

while posing in fact he's the most popular filipino president ever and he's approval ratings actually jumped up in recent months and in the last me term elections he's completely dominated the race and the opposition is extremely isolated so you have a number of filipinos who are vehemently opposed to the president but the vast majority of the philippine us at least this is what the survey suggests are still satisfied with him and have a lot of trust in him that is why do speech i think has been so far his most disciplined and focused speech and in this speech he has been emphasizing that in the remaining years of his office he's going to cement his legacy and suppose that legacy is this war on drugs that he is adamant that he's going to souls for the philippines of course and i was that when he was elected several years back and of course he made such a big point about cleaning up the philippines and making it a country that was safe and secure will to live in those other well 2 things 1st of all the president started his speech by the interesting he said that the crisis in marley we

you know it has dominated generation of filipinos so i think you can.see that particularly the poor one and that is exactly where community is picking up on so geo here on twitter says it's not really the before paying the highest price but rather only the poor are paying the price figure drug lords are still free to roam around while the poor become collateral i wrote an essay for this for my human rights class last week he writes and a turkey is becoming one knows most of it so there is an extreme example right there except extreme analogies that he's making right there that i don't think all the people in our community would agree with but the point he's making about who this a fax lucio what do you make of that point that this is mostly and mainly affecting the poor sure. the drug war is there is this being campaign launched by the government opinion poll busy shows the public support for the war since there are 17 of them to be most argue this war is after the there in support of the way the a.t.f. moved to a meeting where the conduct of the drug w

has more now from the filipino capital. this was president or the good hitter to sport the state of the nation address his supporters promised it would be his most important yet laying out his plans for the remaining 3 years of his term. in his 90 minute address in congress where the majority is allied to this administration he promised a continuation of this policy until the end of his term and no let up in this campaign against the illegal drugs treat. that is still have a way to go. against this social minutes let the results. of the death penalty. for crying is still a big. legal. despite a united nations human rights council resolution to investigate the killing lists and a pending preliminary examination in the international criminal court the philippine government says more than 6000 filipinos have been killed since the terror to launch the so-called war on drugs but the rights groups say the total is more than $20000.00 local polls do show approval for detaches war on drugs but many people also fear they could becom

terrible as mother is one of 10000000 filipinos working abroad because of the lack of jobs in her own country she sends money home every month it's usually a little more than 200 euros arabella and her father go pick it up in the city. she uses private companies to send the money rather than banks and they take a 10 percent commission. 80 percent of filipinos can't open a bank account and get cash from an a.t.m. start ups that work with crypto currency can help. going is really a decentralized financial system doesn't mean a government it doesn't have central authority it's interoperable it's global it's borderless basically it's an option for people who. are excluded from the existing systems customers can use me where as platform to buy and transfer bitcoin at a reasonable rate the start up makes most of its profit from trading with the crypto currency he's betting on prices going up in the philippines there's 15000000000 people younger than that are 24 and below and they are tech savvy they're not afraid of technology they're not afraid of these told you know world because of don't

enthusiasts worry this bit of filipino culture is in decline. some point the finger at a runaway spider trade fueled by internet sales, while others say humans are encroaching on spider habitats in the wild. >> that't's a winner. see? >> for some, it is a cruel bloodsdsport. for others, spider fighting is a beloved childhood game and national pastime. this man keeps hundreds of spiders as pets, hand feeding them diced shrimp and making sure they get enough exercrcise. he says spiders are an important part of filipino culture and he''s worried they are on their last legs. >> we cannot say if these kind of creatures will be here 10 more years. >> spider fighting is best known as a schoolyard game for children. they cost roughly a euro each, meaning almost anyone can afford to play. more recently, it has turned into a popular form of gambling, and illegal derbies can mean big money. to meet the demand, spiders are shipped to buyers all over the philippiness, a trade scientists have warned could threaten populations in the wild. it is a trend spider

sticking to his guns and saying foreigners cannot get involved in what's happening here and for filipinos what he's doing is working he's spending a lot of money he's passed the universal health care law he's pushing for free college tuition does the government actually have this kind of money. they insist that they do and not just are they making re appropriations of the national budget to support a universal health care and free tertiary education in the forseeable future but they're saying that because of their continued fight against corruption they expect to have more collections in terms of customs taxes or indeed taxes on such products as tobacco alcohol or industries such as gaming and casinos so they're saying all in all because they have the political will and the support now of the legislature they are going to be able to do what they want and get the money that's needed to push all of this forward did he mention anything about foreign policy oh he did definitely and for many people it seemed quite unusual let's put it that way to see a philippine president give what sounded to

my name is ben minore, and i'm a member of the filipino chamber of commerce. i had a wonderful speaker and then it dawned on me what happened in the 80's and the 70's. i'm an educator, and i was a gang specialist for the state of california. i also worked with your police department, what i realized is that we're going to be dealing with a commodity that could become your modern day contraband. i don't want the children to have access to it, but if you don't regulate it the way others have said it, then we will have more than just a health issue. we will have a crime issue, so i said to the officers and leaders in the 80's, get your head out of the sand because the horse is out of the barn, and if we don't take control of this as parents and educate our parents to become parents, as front-line educators to protect children from abusing themselves, we won't be able to do it. so i hope you don't put this as a band-aid to serving the children of our community. thank you for your time. >> supervisor walton: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my

he says spiders are an important part of filipino culture and he's worried they're on their last legs. we cannot save this kind of creatures. be here to more years we're also show you a spider fighting is best known as a schoolyard game for children they cost roughly a euro each meaning almost anyone can afford to play more recently it's turned into a popular form of gambling. and illegal derbies can mean big money that will never ever cheapies happening to meet the demand spiders are shipped to buyers all over the philippines a trade scientists have warned could threaten populations in the wild. it's a trend spider collectors have seen for themselves but they blame new housing developments for destroying natural habitats and making it harder than ever to find the arachnids. someday where we go into you know on spiders if our children are going to experience these kinds of you know adventurers great no 3 me hard for us to find the spots and the place that because. they search by night when spiders build their webs scientists fear taking spiders out of the wild could spell disaster sin

do to combat the threat of far right extremism and attack of the arachnids a spider fighting is a filipino pastime popular on the gambling circuit but some sands are worried that their web of brawlers could die al. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight here in europe the evening low temper. sure is what the normal high temperature should be and millions here in europe are sweltering in an extreme heat wave and across the continent records are being toppled one after the other in france paris has a new record high of 42.6 degrees that's 108 degrees fahrenheit and for the 2nd straight day germany the netherlands and belgium have each recorded new all time highs. cooling on how of a possible temperatures in d.h. top 40 degrees celsius on thursday belgium is one of several european countries suffering under the some is the 2nd extreme heat way because. service announced that the capital registered its highest temperature. said 7 decades ago. and in the french countryside farmers are suffering as the high temperature brings drought and fi

bear plans for the remaining 3 years of his term but outside the halls of congress thousands of filipinos take to the streets and protesters here tell us the president's speech today is nothing but an attempt to conceal grave violations permitted against the filipino people. who are protesting against the killings of the poor the church people indigenous people and the human rights defenders. we are fighting for human rights for a life with a quality that is in accordance with the teachings of the church that we should all attain the ideal line they say acts of aggression spirited by china in the south china sea rising unemployment and growing numbers of human rights violations committed by state for says loom large over the consciousness of the general public despite the president's attempt to sweep it under the rug today. now hong kong leader kerry lime has strongly condemned the violence following a mass rally against the government police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds outside the office of jane's representative to the city she criticized people who threw eggs at

was burned and thousands of filipinos took to the streets in protest they say deterred to speech is just a rehash of violent rhetoric his often used against his critics they say instead of talking he should listen what we also see is a doctrine of preemptive surrender in our foreign policy in which this practice this government apparently is to give him whenever possible the kind of. the dirtiest perceived capitulation to china despite acts of aggression in the south china sea and his so-called war on drugs are the top major issues that dominate today's protests people here tell us the president is unfit to govern and they want him to resign the state of the nation address is meant to be a showcase of the government's achievements but protesters here say his speech is merely an attempt by government to conceal grave violations committed against the filipino people. to dogon. manila. teller i'm in doha with the headlines iran says it doesn't want to see a confrontation with the u.k. over the seizure of a british flag oil tanker the u.k. is demanding the vessel and its crew be released and

you know it has dominated generation of filipinos so i think you can.see is that particularly the poor one and that is exactly where community is picking up on so g.-o. here on twitter says it's not really the for paying the highest price but rather only the poor are paying the price figure drug lords are still free to roam around while the poor become collateral i wrote an essay for this for my human rights class last week he writes and a turkey is becoming one knows most of it so there is an extreme example right there except an extreme analogy that he's making right there that i don't think all the people in our community would agree with but the point is making about who this a fax lucio what do you make of that point that this is mostly and mainly affecting the poor sure. the drug war is a very interesting campaign. where the government opinion poll busy shows the public support for the war since the 17. benefited the most argue this war is after the there in support of the gate leading to a meeting where the conduct of the drug war. recently in th