of the transcribes of this great community the filipinos. and certainly its very significant for them because not only is it access to language and services because it makes them open up the city to themselves and feel like a home to them. certainly for any filipinos for the first time in the bay area this is wonderful and truly different when they're far away from home. i want to thank you. again mr. mayor and supervisors ms. city administer ms. kelly for the camp poosht timing for the community >> (clapping) >> thank you next i'd like to introduce terry valencia who the founder the community center terry served as the national alliance for filipino concerns and a great partner with the office of urban affairs part of the network and was helpful during the 2010 consensus so terry (clapping.) thank you all for being here today for spornl this press convention and i went talking about this specific, you know, issue in our community and i thank you, again, for lending our area in moving this forward. i forgot to say (speaking foreign word). i'

we represent the largest number of filipino-americans in san francisco. we're a little bit closer to city hall and it's great to be here at the center. it was really the community that pushed for the recognize of this community and to have this language recognized as one that all our departments should have to our of times could be included i want to recognize terry from our filipino center with rudy and he's here in the south market we have many south market leaders and, of course, jess listen and mayor one of our residents long term leader. the mayor ed lee brought up the hotel. i was born the year of the fall of the eye hotel. i think everyone in the room has seen the documentary not only because asian-americans were leading the structural and have been an advocate whether voting and housing but amazing to see the coalition that fought for that hotel and chicano-americans who lived there the black panthers for our seniors to have a place to live we rebuilt this for citizens and the one thing i can say about the community they persevere we're fighting t

i grew up in san francisco my dad told me and said filipino the language should never ever leave that. it's one of the languages you're supposed to be proud of where you came from the i grew up her i want my daughter and her sister going to betty and having the bilingual class they'll have the benefit to knowing that the telling gal and the filipino culture. it's nice when you go back to our own country even the filipino at least they daughters can talk back to them in their own language it's a nice woo to learn it i'm hopefully you guys can continue to support it and continue to be with us in knowing this b will go into high school it will be great knowing they have another language after using telling gal and thank you good night >> president fewer and commissioners and superintendant i'm a parent of a high school student at balboa. my son is a product just like chris of the telling gal unfortunately from the school district we were able to have a class and the school has been able to continue the program but we see now that the k through 12 is a bilingual pathway and there's a big

a chinese tourist and filipino hotel worker were taken. they were on a resort popular with the chinese. the armed men were believed from the filipino fighter group abosyav. no one has claimed responsibility. let's check the latest. why do we think that group may be behind the abduction? >> well, i have spoken to the philippine military based out of the rest of part of the the philippines. they say the way the abduction has been conducted. they believe that a group of armed men sailed from the short stretch of water between so rrk u to the eastern part of malaysia and have taken the tourists and a filipino. they said they have the imprint of the usual operations or the way the group, believed to be a criminal group conduct the kidnappings. we will not expect claims of responsibility whatsoever. the group has not made claims before. we believe that if, indeed, this is a kidnapping incident. it may happen. kidnapping is a real problem for the malaysian and philippine government. >> tell us more about this area where this is happening. this is

he and i have been to the filipino community out in mission they want to make sure they get the serviceshere as well. we have generations of families that had barriers and with more accurate information coming out of the surveys we can do this if we set a threshold i'm plowed u proud to work with the contingent partners and get rid of the barriers. that self-say we're not doing the outreach it won't be just to the spanish and to going we need to work with our south american communities that are growing so when we do big captions we want to reach attest to folks in competent ways this is the thrust of our city and i'll proud of this we reach everyone we can to make sure that language is not a barrier or culture. i want to thank naomi for your leadership i know the city leads this effort and over the next 18 months n reflected in our budget we'll have the resources to make sure that the to going will be the focus. in the a great city one i'm very proud of and proud to announce. (clapping.) >> thank you, mr. mayor. next i'd like to introduce our board of supervisors president david you chiu

he and i have been to the filipino community out in mission they want to make sure they get the services out there as well. we have generations of families that had barriers and with more accurate information coming out of the surveys we can do this if we set a threshold i'm plowed u proud to work with the contingent partners and get rid of the barriers. that self-say we're not doing the outreach it won't be just to

we are students of betty carmichael elementary filipino education center. k there 8 filipino and bilingual program. that means we're going to sing. let's play and have fun. this means to catch. means catch me. this means i'll run. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you, everyone (clapping). >> thank you for listening (laughter) (clapping.) thank you boy and girl thank you very much and thank you to our teachers we appreciate you being here so ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to move to the next part of our evenings to celebrate our board certified teachers the mission for mission certified education is to maintain high rigorous standards for accomplished teachers. it requires as much as 5 hundred additional hours of work outside the teachers regular responsibilities. teachers have completed 4 portfolios with lesson planning and student work analysis and the instructions. they've taken 6 written 15e78s on the knowledge and demonstrating the knowledge of the level of their students and how best to constrict contents for the student

fluent tagalog speaker i want to ucla but with my limited focuscy i had to do we have to help our filipino members access service and helped people to get food stamps and get legal assistance to fight for their reporters. a lot of the folks are doing this in district 6. i want to thank you naomi kelly for your work and supervisor avalos for proposing the amendment and passing it in 2009. your staff amy and so many folks to thank supervisor kim and supervisor avalos and april and supervisor avalos office staff and also a couple of supervisors not here supervisor campos and his office and supervisor ed mar were helpful in the process. there are so many people that helps to make this happen we're standing on the shoulder the filipino community that's been here almost a century fighting for housing and workers to live in san francisco. i i know supervisors that have been representing their districts 6 and 11 we know we've hit the 10 thousand folk people saipg i don't speak enough english and the united states is so important there is an under count of folks so we're very happy to get thirty to

i grew up in san francisco my dad told me and said filipino the language should never ever leave that. it's one of the languages you're supposed to be proud of where you came from the i grew up her i want my daughter and her sister going to betty and having the bilingual class they'll have the

francisco and i'm joined here today with me board supervisor president chiu and many members in the filipino community here in san francisco. and today, we have a huge amazement that represents san francisco value. for the fit since our ordinance was enacted we're adding a new language to the shared list of languages that makes our city safer and better able to serve our residents this is language access for limited folks t is mandated and our city enacted the ordinance in 2001 in that 2009 the organized was required to over our ordinance to determine which los angeles's meets the threshold and that's 10 thousand san franciscans that speak a limited language and this must be made by the immigrant affairs to all the departments and the city rights commission. it is now my honor to introduce mayor edwin lee telephones the administrator in 2003 when the amendment happened and continues to xoond opportunity as mayor to build bridges between our cultures. >> mayor edwin lee. >> and thank you to the center for welcoming us today. i practiced saying this word on a recent trip and consul general tha

our partnership reflects an important filipino concept.ayaniya, the idea that we have to work together to accomplish things that we couldn't achieve on our own. that's what we saw last year when typhoon yolanda devastated so many communities. our armed forces and civilians from both our countries worked as one to rescue victims and to deliver life-saving aid. that's what friends do for each other. and mr. president, i want to say to you and the people of the philippines we'll continue to stand with you as you recover and rebuild. our commitment to the philippines will not waiver. today i'm pleased we're beginning a new chapter in the relationship between our countries, and it starts with our security, with the new defense cooperation agreement that was signed today. i want to be very clear the united states is not trying to reclaim old bases or build new bases. at the invitation of the philippines american service members will rotate through filipino facilities. [ audio difficulty ] so we're prepared for a range of challenges including hum

. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm rudy the executive director of west bay filipino multiple service we're 35 years this year. i'm conflicted i know you folks are trying to do and in 2007 and 2009 you uscf paid us to the do a study of obesity so we engaged our children in the after-school program to let them know about the importance of eating height foods. and at the end we ask them to make their own policy and if i may i want to leave this is with the supervisors they'll came up with the policy that basically says any food items this has high corn sir, republic will not be eaten were when a kid comes into our after-school program drinking a soda, of course, theirs discouraged. supervisors i know what you're doing i must oppose it because the city already lost 11 percent of filipino population we've lost another 5 percent it's becoming too expensive to live in the city i'm trying to prevent the hermg of filipinos from our city you thank you very much >> next speaker . if there's anyone else to speak there are cards the last card i have is michael >> i'm miguel gonzales i'm an 83-yea

is strengthening of the philippine navy and is rotating more american troops for filipino military bases you'll hear the president saying what has been consistently us policy which is that these disputes. i needed the result on to be resolved through peaceful means. after gorging on three tracks as part of his week long visit. obama will also travel to malaysia which also has maritime claims in the south china sea to be the first american president to visit in almost fifty years. i love the way. us president barack obama is expected to top up the tent pacific partnership. it's a great trade agreement currently under negotiation but stalled between united states and japan over access to japan at the cultural and automobile markets. jessica's down cctv washington. pacific nations will abide by new table protocol aimed at avoiding this calculations and misunderstandings. that's the kind of conduct which was heavily backed by china was approved on tuesday at the western pacific navy symposium in the chinese city of qingdao. condon report some amazing which concludes today the handshake can m

the filipinos do not agree at all. malaysia had some problems. taiwan basically agrees with china but it is not china because we are the real china essentials the. [laughter] this puts the united states air force and navy in a difficult position because it is the united states air and sea power e essentially betting is mature in the west has to not allow china to undermine the sovereignty of all these countries. at the same time not let the nationalism of the philippines or be a non or the united states with vietnam. >> host: they say there is nothing wrong or aggressive it is the same as the americans did. but american dominance led to a huge role in the world. should united states be concerned about a larger chinese rule of the south china sea? >> they see it as on locking the door to break out the first into the wider pacific and allowing them to envelop to make the engine run around sovereignty without having to conquer taiwan. >> host: to surround it? >> by more and more trade and air connections and ballistic missiles focused at the same ti

the filipino center is a proud member of the language access network and we're proud to work with the network with adrian and others and our new speciality santa draw who will be working with (clapping) going forward so. the process is new this is the first language certified under the language act and we look forward to working with other community partners to certify other languages and hope to backing make the process better so we can make it a strong step forward as possible. we looked at to working with sandra and with the burn heights center and f ad s when is our sponsor today and bishop there are members of active leadership and grassroots we want to thank everyone for coming again, this is a big step forward a century of filipinos in the united states and this is >>right. step to recognize the contribution and the strength of our community in san francisco. thank you all for coming here today and all your work (clapping.) thank you terry. i would like to introduce grass lee for affirmative action dpras focuses on racial justice issues. c aa is part of the language access netw

and so i believe that the filipino community has announced part of the film because the filipinos areshown in the background and not in the forefront. and they were sitting next to chavez and he was one of the people that signed and in the film he is shown in the background. >> you shared with me before the presentation that you had worked as an agriculture reporter for the "los angeles times." i have two questions for you. the first is how did you physically retrace the path of cesar chavez. did you spend time in san jose and libraries in brazil, los angeles, i was going to ask if you were able to talk to his brother. but apparently not. so in your extensive research, is there one nugget that the public doesn't know? >> yes, absolutely yes. the rulings of the house are just kind of crumbled walls of the house where he was a child. so i think that this is really important when you are writing an so many places that exist in so yes my retrace all of that. in 1969 he had been in traction in all sorts of things and he couldn't sit up in bed. and so one of them you see here and he had to

the armed men were from the filipino fighter group. no one claimed responsibility for the disruption. >> i have spoken to military official from the western parts of philippines. while they cannot confirm that it is, indeed the work of the known band ied group from the -- bandit group from the phil poops, it looks to -- philippines, it looks the same group that took the chinese from the resort in eastern malaysia. it's likely they may have stopped in the smaller island between the short stretch of water between the rest of philippines, and sabah. this is not the first time that kidnapping happened. there's a prominent case in 2000. when about 20 nationals were take host binge by the al-shabab group. they were released except for one filipino national. it's long been a problem. insurgency has been a problem for the malaysian province, insewerage sis, kidnapping has dpied into the east of -- insurgencies kidnapping has developed into east of malaysia. if we look at the al-shabab, the way they conduct kidnappings, number one, there won't

they say the boat was trying to deliver food supplies to filipino marines stuck on a worship. both counties claimed ownership. >> in bangladesh, a garment factory has been forced to close after an international team of inspectors decided the building was unsafe. the inspections began last year after the factory blast that killed more than 100 workers. workers relying on an income are now facing a difficult future. >> this woman and her husband worked at the same factory. they lived in a tin shack and worked hard to build up a life for them and their 7-year-old daughter who is severely disabled. last week the factory was declared unsafe. without notice both lost their jobs. >> my daughter is never well. she always needs medication and treatment. it's very expensive. even if we don't eat, she needs to eat. now that we don't have work, i don't know how we'll take care of her. >> this is a building where safety inspectors found structural flaws, and ordered that several floors be evacuated until the problem is fixed. the company shut down, leaving thousands of workers unemployed.

a filipino world war ii veteran is being awarded a prestigious medal. why it took so long to honor his historic service. >>> back now to live pictures of the fire burning in southern california. firefighters are trying to contain this 200-acre wildfire burning in san bernardino county. some homes and at least two schools are being evacuated in the north side of rancho cucamonga. road blocks are set up in the area to keep people out. fire officials say strong winds are making it difficult to fight the fire and so far crews are being increased on the ground. so there's more firefighters there to try and put out this fire. again, 200 acres in san bernardino county. >>> a salvage operation is scheduled for later today to recover a plane that crashed into the san pablo bay over the weekend. yesterday, diving crews located the fuselage of the cessna using an underwater camera. it's believed the pilot's body it still inside the plane. this afternoon at 4:30 crews plan to pull the wreckage out of the water. investigators believe the small plane crashed into a l

of course the american meal, chinese, filipino, kosher, japanese, russian and modified diets. we don't necessary offer modified meals here because it's a little more expensive. nutrition counseling is offered to clients that need the additional assistance in order to adhere to their doctor's proscribed diet and with this one meals are delivered and meet 1/3 of this for adults and we serve about 290 meals daily. for the seniors meals we serve close to 4200 meals daily. in terms of eligibility earlier i mentioned they need to be disabled either mental or physical disability. another part is that these people don't have or really have -- don't have enough support for safe healthy alternatives for meals. of course nutrition education is provided and nutrition counseling is available for participant oses modified diets and for whatever reason if they didn't get the counseling from their provider a dietician is available to provide that to them, and again we target the service to low income consumers and when we looked at all of the data last year the majority of them are under 100%

choose to vent the suspect insurgents from philippines have taken hostage and chinese turrets and a filipino hotel worker from a resort in eastern asia if any further undermined confidence in a country that's been a popular destination for chinese tourists who has an estimated damage over its handling of the search for missing passenger jet. they didn't want to be his work in a statement on wednesday tempted to women. malaysian police say the victims were twenty eight year old chinese woman from shanghai and forty two year old filipino hotel market. the gunmen came and went on a speedboat. ap quotes the philippine intelligence officials say the attackers are believed to be from a militant islamic group. ancient china has already been tarnished by now does he cope with handling of the box. airlines fly to center. almost two thirds in eighteen thirty nine people on board with chinese statistics china on thursday it's my nature to take action regarding intentions. little joe. we will pay close attention to how the situation develops produce guidelines for our embassy. some also popular destinat

. >> the question is the role of the of filipinos in the strike. they originally called started. >> they had their own union they started the strike they blocked out thank those touche chavez. so they played the importune troll to re-emerge 66 a and they always felt like second-class citizens to bridge the differences but there is leadership although the most prominent is strongest organizer had their frustration with his unhappiness could not delegate to to become marginalized. >> did was say misguided effort to of ferdinand marcos that is a polarizing event as well. we have not talked about it but there is an important part of the story. >> i believe those were held in filipino hall for the most part. said it has denounced the film for not in the background for the four french i think it's the contract sitting next to new chavez but he was in the background. >> q shared with me before that a presentation you worked as the agricultural reporter. the first is how much did you physically retrace the path when you we're doing your research? did you d

the filipinos don't agree with outline at all. malaysia has some problems with it.brunei and has settled this issue and taiwan basically agrees with china, a ss because we are the real china essentially. in this puts the united states air force and navy in a difficult position because it is the united states air and sea power it essentially provides the security are mature for the region and the u.s. has to essentially not allow china to undermine the sovereignty of all these countries, but at the same time, not let the nationalism says that the philippine soviet tom lu at the united states into a military conflict with china. >> you say the chinese say there's nothing particularly wrong or aggressive but were doing. it's the same thing you americans did you do not american dominance in the caribbean led to a huge american role in the world. should the united states be concerned about a larger and larger chinese robe? >> chinese see, the south china sea is locking the door to breaking out of the first chain of the pacific into the wider pacific and also allowing the

in new york times where, a filipino activist criticized the accord. >> we are definitely against more.s. involvement in the philippines and in asia. it means that the presence of your military in the asia-pacific region is not beneficial to the social, political, and economic development of asian countries. is in thent obama philippines as he considers -- continues his to her. -- tour. the secretive pact would establish a free trade zone among pacific rim countries. it encompasses nearly 40% of the global economy. obama spoke at a town hall event in a group of demonstrators stood up and held placards in silent protest. in a egyptian judge has sentenced hundreds of people to death as part of a continued crackdown of the muslim brotherhood. the 680 three defendants were accused of violent acts. they have been deemed a terrorist group. the defendants in crude -- inclu de many. the judge sentenced others to death and a trial last month. in today's hearings, 37 death sentences were upheld while the rest were changed to 25 years in prison. a government panel in afghanistan says it has uncov