and we've--you know, filipino-americans have been here since the 1500s, or filipinos.nd they're the longes- you know, they've been here the longest in north america as far as asian-american groups. and they're also the second largest asian-american group in the united states. andand then they're--second lari'm sorry, excuse me,roup they're the second largest asian-american group. and the first in 10 out of the 13 western states. so, we're hardly mentioned in textbooks. and the fact that we actually don't even have illustrated books about our leaders was really quite a surprise, which is why we were on a mission. and we finished this book in less than two years. robert: yes, and how do people get the book real quick? gayle: so, you can get the book by going to www.bridgedelta.com. you can also get it in a brick and mortar bookstore at archipelago books in san francisco in the south of market area. you can also get it in berkeley at eastwind books. robert: okay, very good. and you know, i should point out that i'm many years away from being a ninth grader, but i found it

i want to acknowledge west bay filipino. podco. tenderloin filipino community association.nd 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. than

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

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 tho

we'll be right back. >>> hey, happy filipino independence day. don't forget about the late show with stephen colbert up next. >> big roar from daly city. >> huge. i told you second largest highest population of filipino americans in the country. >> dads, have a great weekend! >> yes. >> announcer: the following is a paid commercial program proudly brought to you be prosvent. do you make frequent trips to the bathroom... suffer from urgency... hesitancy? do you get up more than once a night? can you even sit through a movie? or, worse, have a diminished sex drive? if so, chances are you have an enlarged prostate. fact -- 30 million men now suffer from an enlarged prostate. fact -- every other man now watching this show will someday face the same painful problems. until now, you had three choices -- take expensive drugs with potentially serious side effects, face painful and bloody surgery, or try and live with the pain and embarrassment. fact -- you don't have to live with it anymore. introducing prosvent, the all-natural solution so good it's gua

filipinos have been celebrating the day. there's my little one. he was my dad. i'll be on hand for the client festival june 22nd happening in union square. please come by, say hello and i wanted to say thank you to the consul general for the honor and all the filipinos in the bay area, second largest numbers of filipinos here in daly city and i dedicated this to my late mom who was born here and was a nurse. thank you. >> that's wonderful. >>> coming up in sports tiger woods looking to make up some ground in round 2 of the u.s. open. >> and the giants facing the explosive brewers offensive, but it's the giants with the power at the plate tonight. we'll be right back. a little bird told me that you have fast internet and now the best mobile network too? yeah and get them together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. wow, that's great. oh, and this looks great. are these words for sale? no. go, go, go, go. now you can get fast, reliable internet and save hundreds on your wireless bill. that's simple, easy, awesome. for 12 months, plus ask how to get two-hundre

[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

for many years this boat has provided a livelihood for more than 20 filipino families but not anymore. this is all that is left of it it was wrecked in the reback a filipino maritime territory in the spratly group of islands in the south china sea the fishermen say they'd anchored overnight and were asleep when a chinese vessel rammed the rear of their boat. according to them the chinese vessel turned flashed its lights and sped away leaving them clinging to wreckage on the open sea. we were a group for hours some of us got on the small boat and. were bird grateful or be a fisherman. or we would know vender seen dog through a sketch of the chinese vessel he says it was 3 times bigger than their own boat in 2016 the philippine government won a landmark case against china at the international tribunals in the hague china's so-called 9 dash territorial claim has been declared invalid the philippines president of the go to terror to considers china his government's closest ally and is refusing to implement the court ruling. the chinese foreign ministry says what happened at the reed bank

fighting back the filipino martial artist using just kills to have victims of child abuse also coming off the full. mongolian metal goes on to offer our reporter catches up with the who band on plugged in by laying. claim. i'm going to welcome to the other news asia it's good to have you with us. protests continue in hong kong against a proposed law that would allow people in the territory to be extradited to the chinese mainland but at the cold of these protests is something bigger the fight for hong kong's autonomy and its democracy china applies the one country 2 systems principle to hong kong giving the territory the right to determine the laws that govern it but how successful have demands for this to be respected been let's go back 5 years and you will remember these pictures students and pro-democracy activists getting umbrellas protesting in hong kong's business district in late 2014 demanding free and fair elections but what did lead to 3 leaders of the umbrella movement were sent to jail in 2017 and in april this year 7 others were handed prison terms for their role in the m

robert: yeah, my wife is half filipino, so we're very much familiar with the culture, but how did itffect you in terms of what you wanna bring to this particular performance? june: well, this particular performance, actually, it's also very different. it's because we created something before we actually immersed with them, so we actually said--we coordinate within--through digital, right? so that's why, when we went there and we--actually what we did is we showed them what we actually created because the auditions already happened before we went to the philippines, so--we got feedback, so some happy, and some not so happy, so we focused more on the not so happy, and we actually corrected them for the san francisco ethnic, so we listened to the elders. robert: oh, okay. june: so that's what's really--yes, really, really positive, and we have to respect them as well because it's their culture. we are just presenters. robert: interesting. that's interesting. and the younger generation really responds. i can see that in the community that the younger generation filipinos have really, rea

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

once a year across the philippines they line up in their thousands healthy preteen filipino boys waiting for their names to be called out at makeshift clinics. but they are not sick nor are the risk from disease they are here for circumcision season. they call it a rite of passage. critics call it human rights abuse. among the need for my mom told me that i needed to get circumcised so i would grow taller and become a real man not for those of us. c in this classroom turned clinic the journey to man who takes 20 minutes 5100 boys will undergo the procedure many without anesthetic but with plenty of peer pressure the word for uncircumcised is also a slower word for a coward. now and be helpful to my family and become a fully fledged adolescent. i say let it burn he said insignias if it's on my lap to get circumcised it's probably the essence of being a man so for me it's really necessary for boys to get circumcised to be called a man laughing. for centuries removing the 4 skin was rooted in religion here but has now become a social requirement. that it's more of a. it's being i would say

filipino police prepared to raid a home on the island of mindanao, south of manila.american man who's been convicted of child sex abuse offences in the philippines. i'm travelling in a six—car police convoy through the town of santo thomas, which is around about two hours' drive south—east of davao city. the team's aim here is to rescue seven children, some as young as 13. as darkness falls, police prepare to raid the house where it's thought the abuse is taking place. it's thought that the suspected abusers may be armed or otherwise physically violent, so the police have told me to wait here and keep well away from the scene until they are sure it's ok to go in. a 16—year—old girl is led away by social workers and a 27—year—old woman is arrested by police on suspicion of sexually exploiting her over a long period. the next day, three more children, all aged 14, found in the house, are also taken into care. nobody knows just how many children are being sexually abused online in the philippines to meet demand from western paedophiles. but those who are convicted here

for many years this boat has provided a livelihood for more than 20 filipino families but not anymore. this is all that is left of it it was wrecked in the reback a filipino maritime territory in the spratly group of islands in the south china sea. the fishermen say they'd anchored overnight and were asleep when a chinese vessel rammed the rear of their boat. according to them the chinese vessel turned flashed its lights and sped away leaving them clinging to wreckage on the open sea. we were a group for several hours some of us got on the small boat and for several hours to look for help were bird grateful fisherman there or we would died but no vendor siento through a sketch of the chinese vessel he says it was a 3 times bigger than their own boat in 2016 the philippine government won a landmark case against china at the international tribunals in the hague china's so-called 9 dash territorial claim has been declared invalid. the philippines president to go to terre to considers china his government's closest ally and is refusing to implement the court's ruling the chinese foreign m

. >> next up is a filipino educators of san francisco.ll read the names of the scholarship award winners. >> good evening. my name is gerald and i am here tonight representing sfusd and an organizing group of filipino educators in the city of san francisco, previously known by the acronym '05. we are fortunate enough this year to receive donations from the community to financially award 26 students from the school of the arts. have dÉjÀ hill and abigail lou, from balboa high school, we have joshua cabrera, emily one, ainslie his on a dead -- ainslie sauna dad. from lincoln high school, we have kayla and ethan. [reading names] >> from mission high school, we have... [reading names]. link mac. >> from o'connell high school we have... [reading names] >> from washington high school we have [reading names] can we give it up for them one time? [applause] >> in addition to awarding our scholarship recipients, will be hosting a districtwide celebration for all filipinos graduating seniors this friday at balboa high school from 5:30 p.m. until 8:0

the filipino fighter, a figure of national pride at home.ow she is using her status to tackle the child sex tourism which blights the philippines with her campaign. reporter: one thing the filipino martial arts star notice is how to fight and howow to win. now she is wrestling with the scourge afflicting her country. using jiu-jitsu to help survivors of child abuse triumph over their trauma. >> before this, i always ran away from my problems. before this, i always cried about it. reporter: the philippines has been granted a -- brand new day hubb -- h had been brandnded a f child exploitation. a computer-generated girl wawas targeted by 2020,000 pedophilesn just a few weeks. they are often performed -- force to perform sex acts. it is why jiu-jitsu world champion decided to act. setting up the fight to protect initiative to help victims of child abuse to regain their confidence through self-defense. >> foror some of the kids i have gotten to know, some of them viewewed themselelves as nothin. they saw themselves as worthless. because e of wha

the festival put on by the consulate general in honor of the 121st filipino independence day.(doorbell rings) judith: i said, "no!" jake: and i said, "why not?" no! why not? i don't have to give you a reason. dad, i got my learner's permit, but mom won't let me drive her car. just because they give 15-year-olds learner's permits doesn't mean they're ready to drive. oh, please, i've been driving for years. grand theft auto one, grand theft auto two. and i never ran over anybody but pimps and crack whores. jake... sorry. crack prostitutes. go get started on your homework. afterward, will you take me driving? when? we'll talk about it later. just go to your room. i'm available now. go! man, if i knew how to hot-wire a real car, i'd so be outta here. well, thanks for bringing him by, i guess. yeah. uh, if you need to reach me, herb and i are going to laguna beach for a weekend getaway. oh, how nice. taking the baby? are you insane? i said "getaway." herb's lucky i'm taking him. i see.

not come to the border there, and we have problems in chicago, where nurses had to compete with filipino nurses and nigerian nurses who were brought over by the corporations and paid less than we were. it sets up a bad thing. here you have wonderful people who are capable of running things. like any group, have a new group comes in and starts doing things, then he would have the blacks in chicago, they cannot get the construction jobs if you're bringing over the next group of romanians and albanians. they will do it cheaper. it is always the people at the top riling up the cheap labor and making it harder. we need to see -- down in mexico, that makes me mad. mexico -- that is land we took from them. we took land from the native american indians. i do not see mexicans as a foreign. it is hard to work when people come in and they feel threatened. whatever, they just hide and have their kids and try to hide, then they get an immigration lawyer. that is great. it does not help when everything is hidden. corporations need to be accountable. host: got your point. guest: a lot of good points. w

dear much of filipino don't cry mommy promise you no one will come and devour you know greedy wail of a company sharking through political seas no backwater bullying of businesses with broken morals no blind folded baracoa see going to push this mother ocean over the edge no one's drowning baby no one's moving no one's losing their homeland no one's becoming a climate change refugee. or should i say no one else. to the carteret islanders of popular new guinea and to the taro islanders of fiji i take this moment to apologize to you we are drawing the line here because we baby are going to fight your mommy daddy who would you mind your country and your president to we will all fights and even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don't exist who like to pretend that the marshall islands to buy lucchino by small deeds type one ion in the philippines floods of algeria colombia. pakistan and all the hurricanes earthquakes and tidal wave didn't they it's. still there are those who see those cans reaching out this raise the banners unfurling megapho

it is still to come on the program fighting back this filipino martial artist is using her skills to help victims of child abuse. but 1st the 1st round of voting in the race to become the next british prime minister takes place later today each of the candidates to become leader of the conservative party has to secure at least 17 votes from their party lawmakers to stand the race former foreign minister boris johnson is the current front runner the colorful character and brags that hardliner has vowed to leave the u.k. out of the european union. oh the front runner has come to the fore boris johnson has promised to see 3 pranks it by the end of october which after the cost at least that was his pledge to tory voters. if i get in will come out a deal my deal with it over and over. that they would have me come back to baghdad in a good. burger is the same promise he's made to right wing members of the conservative party who joined him to kick start the campaign. he gave me his word to my face that if he became prime minister we would leave only 31st of october dream that pleases me adv

you're watching news still to come on the show fighting back this filipino martial artist is using her skills to help victims of child abuse. but 1st in china more than 1000000 pigs have been culled since last august as authorities try to stop an outbreak of african swine fever that the deadly disease in pigs has fred rapidly across the country and region experts say there are still ways to get the epidemic under control african swine fever is raging in vietnam and the pig killing disease has ruined many small farmers here since jumping the border with china back in february almost 2000000 pigs have been put down as authorities try to limit the spread of the pathogen but it moves fast though it doesn't affect humans the virus can cause infected hogs to suffer terribly and the most virulent strains will kill them they can be transmitted to domesticated herds via wild pigs and meat products made from the flesh of infected animals are another potential source of infection with the highly contagious virus vietnam and china are at the center of this scourge officially china the world's bigg

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one thing filipino martial arts star mega church or north is how to fight and how to win but no she's wrestling with the scourge afflicting her country using jujitsu to help survivors of child abuse triumph over their trauma. before this i always ran away from my problems before this i always cried about it. the philippines has been branded a hub of child sexual exploitation that's increasingly happening online might mean a squeaky charity omes highlight to the scale of the problem using sweetie a computer generated girl who was targeted by 20000 paedophiles in just a few weeks and thousands of other children are often forced to perform sexual acts from money. even if it's why jujitsu world champion a chore decided to. look at setting up the fight to protect initiative to help victims of child abuse to regain their confidence through self defense. i was 1st some of the kids that i've gotten to know some of them few of them so view themselves as nothing like the they saw themselves as worthless you know because of what they experienced. physical therapy like this has its critics who wa

dear much of filipino i want to tell you about the lagoon. the lazy lounging lagoon lounging against the sunrise men say that one day that the goon will devour you they say it will not at the shoreline chew at the roots of your bread fruit trees gulp down rows of sea walls and crunch through your island shattered bones they say you your daughter and your granddaughter too will wander rootless with only a passport to call home. dear much offended if a no don't cry mommy promise you no one will come and devour you know greedy wail of a company sharking through political seas no backwater bullying of businesses with broken morals no blindfolded caracas is going to push this mother ocean over the edge no one's drowning baby no one's moving no one's losing their homeland no one's becoming a climate change refugee. or should i say no one else to the carteret islanders of coppell in new guinea and to the taro islanders of fusion i take this moment to apologize to you we are drawing the line here because we baby are going to fight your mommy daddy wh

are filipino fisherfolk i don't want who will benefit the most from this before this was developed there are so many sightings of poachers but when the philippines plug in the structures we build all of the poaching stop it's a manifestation of a you know we have it by any and speak anything can possible be we are united and passionate to defend and protect but you have. now experts are telling us that any efforts that the philippine military has done here on this barren island can also greatly influence efforts in other territories of the philippines in the south china sea. jose antonio studio is defense and security analysts based in manila he says it's important. that needs to be monitored. it will be a listening and a monitoring air post for the philippine military because that area of that island is in the middle of 2 channels channel and berlin tongue channel which are waterways that connect the east china sea to the south china sea or portions of the rest of the us we would call it here and that is a major interdiction point ok so. i will be frank here by saying that chinese milit