the fall manila after of manila, but he only goes back twice more for the rest of his life.a was granted independence from the u.s. in 1946, july 4. he goes back for the ceremony, and shortly before his death, he went back on what he called a reunion tour and went back to visit a lot of old friends. but those are the two times he went back. it is interesting, one of the things i find interesting about the battle of manila and about he story is that in some ways, macarthur grows up with an overbearing mother and he is trying to live up to the image of his father. he spent his career in the shadows of these two formative figures. his first marriage doesn't work out. so when he gets to manila when he is asked to build the army, he meets his wife on a steamship over there. his mother comes with him. she actually dies soon after they arrive, she was living in the manila hotel with him. he orders her room shut there for a year at the hotel. he marries his wife, his son is born. he is at this point in his life where he has risen up, it risen to the top rank in the army. he has done

since last year police have been rounding up children who stay past curfew in different parts of manila most of them are taken to precincts where they are processed before being returned to their parents the government says it is one of the measures through with the streets of crime like. document with the. worst of the crimes. activists say the government is wrongly fixated on criminal liability they say instead the government should focus on improving existing reform policies there are already in place for children in conflict with the law. this place is called the. or house of hope many of these boys have spoken to see life is hard but here they get an education critics say locking them up with adults will only reinforce negative behavior instead of correcting it for now the bill to lower the age of criminal liability is pending in congress. like so many here ian says he feels as if the proposed law wants to choke them when all they really ask is a second chance gemelli dogon on jazeera many of the. top stories on. both candidates running for president in nigeria have called on a sup

and reports from manila.this is an lazaroff hospital in manila one of the biggest and oldest in the philippines the secretary of health wants to show us how the hospital is handling in easels outbreak their children ages five and below brought here by parents who were different answers when asked why their children were not that's needed many of these children are in critical condition at least sixty children have already died of measles in this hospital alone over the last month and the situation is getting worse we. are scared. all this drama that you know they were doing. really cost. babbage to be back with the. effectiveness of the be away for months the public attorney's office has been conducting televised inquiries into a vaccine corruption scandal involving health officials the investigation found that more than seven hundred thousand children may have been given an unsafe vaccine called the vaccine the chief thank you fever the public attorney's office says over one hundred children have died becaus

dog and al-jazeera manila.you're watching officer with means the whole rug a reminder of all top stories the deadline is the past for u.s. president donald trump to tell congress if sanctions will be reimposed to riyadh over the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi saudi arabia has denied reports of the crown prince also rise the killing of. saudi's minister for state of foreign affairs also denied the kingdom was involved in leaking intimate photographs of the world's richest man it comes as amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos suggested his ownership of the washington post newspaper which was reported extensively on the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi by saudi agents made him a target venezuela's president nicolas maduro has warned of catastrophic consequences if all of the country's oil shipments are blocked by u.s. sanctions he's also called for u.s. aid stockpiled at the venezuela border to be distributed to colombians national iranian national our national sovereignty is made vulnerable with a show called

for more we can speak to the bbc‘s howard johnson, who's in manila.e already are hearing rights groups like amnesty international saying that this is a trumped up charge and its brazenly politically motivated, they say. just how worrying is this arrest? yes, it's never a good site to see an award—winning journalist being led away by officers of the law but that's what happened here late last night. what we have heard is that there is this libel case against rappler and maria ressa and a former reporter of the rappler website. they say the charges are baseless and this is a politically motivated attack to clamp down on the freedom of expression. let's not forget, president duterte has been angered by their coverage of the war on drugs in this country in which thousands have died. human rights groups allege many killings are illegal summary executions. we've also heard from the spokesperson of the president saying this is a private case, nothing to do with expression of the media orfreedom of expression by the media and said that this is just a libel ca

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expansion is the sharing agreement and mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of the watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. and that is our show for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a g c t c when you do or you can drop us a live counting the cost that i was a zero dot net is an evil address as always there's plenty more for you online at al-jazeera dot com slash c t c that takes you straight to our page and there you'll find individual reports links even entire episodes for you to catch. but that's it for this edition of counting the cost of filling in for the whole team here and thanks for being with us the news on al-jazeera is next. ev

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expansion is sharing magri mountain mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of the kind of a watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me. or you can drop us a life counting the cost that i was. dressed as always there's plenty more for you all. see that takes you straight to our page and there you'll find reports links even episodes. but that's it for this edition of the cost. thanks for being with us the news on al-jazeera is next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the way around. so many times when you call home al-jazeera international bringing the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. this is al-jaze

what he wants to silence the press on it our correspondent on a piece sent us reporting for us from manila think you so much. you're watching news still to come in this half hour how a gang of stop at nothing teenagers take over the mafia in naples we'll take a look at who ran us the film that's just premiered at the berlin international film festival. but first the next second drug lord known as el chapo will likely appeal the ten guilty verdicts that were handed down by u.s. jury the lawyer for a walk inglis mond said the verdicts were unfair gaspard was convicted of running a massive drug smuggling operation and other related crimes he could now spend the rest of his life behind bars. impassive even as he awaited extradition to the u.s. seemingly sned for the final time after two or day shows a scapes and years eluding feel for a tease. the same stoicism was on display as the man known as el chapo was convicted of all ten counts related to decades of drug trafficking. he gave his wife of thumbs up as he was led from the new york courtroom to u.s. authorities meanwhile were in a triumpha

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expansion is sharing magri mountain mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of the watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. and that is our show for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a.g.c. to see when you do or you can drop us a live counting the cost that i was a zero dot net is our e-mail address as always there's plenty more for you online at al-jazeera dot com slash c t c that takes you straight to our page and there you'll find individual reports links even entire episodes for you to catch. but that's it for this edition of counting the cost of filling in for the whole team here and thanks for being with us the news on al-jazeera is next

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expansion is sharing magri mountain mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of the cholera watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. to melinda again al-jazeera tonight is on northern philippines. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera pakistan's prime minister says only dialogue can resolve the kashmir dispute with india imran khan was making his first address to the nation since there is a tie in indian administered kashmir which killed forty one indian security personnel the pakistan based on group jaish e mohammed with claimed responsibility for the attack but the top indian military commander in kashmir has accused the pakistani intelligence agency of being behind pakistan denies says sixteen u.s. states

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expenses in the sharon matter mountain mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of the killer watershed use the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. to melinda organ al-jazeera tonight is our northern philippines now a painting believed to be by united eventually is at the center of a mystery salvatore monday was sold in twenty seven thousand for a record breaking four hundred fifty million dollars but it hasn't been seen since now art critics are wondering if it was a fake under has a story from new york. it's named salvador moody a painting by leonardo da vinci depicting jesus christ thought to be five hundred years old it's said to be one of the world's last long lost davinci original seventy one for that's why when it was auction in two thousan

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expenses magri mountain mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of any kind of a watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. jamelle in dugan al-jazeera tonight is our northern philippines. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera pakistan's prime minister has rejected india's accusations that his country is behind those is car bombing in the disputed region of kashmir imran khan also says he is ready to work with his neighbor to investigate the time but warned india against retaliation. also today i am offering the indian government thought what a vista cation you do in this case that suggest the involvement of the new parks dorney we are ready to cooperate with you if you have any actionable intelligence to pro

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the philippines now an outbreak of measles has been declared in the capital manila nearly two hundred people contracted the virus in january compared to twenty in the same period last year local media say more than fifty children have died immediately and again has no. the cases of measles jumped by more than five hundred percent within a year and according to health officials almost two hundred new cases have been recorded within metro manila alone more than fifty five children have already died of measles just last month and most of them come from impoverished communities despite the measles vaccine being made available in local health centers there has been established decline of vaccination rates across the country and the department of health is spinning the blame on another government agency the public attorney's office this is agency has been conducting public hearings basically implicating local health officials and former members of former president being a government it says that these officials have been involved in a barged vaccination test of a dengue vaccine or formula t

will be live in london that in manila yeah i had been among them though many many years ago. please if you ever come to show you the city how long have you been in exile says so valsin. and your family has been the aggressor and that's. why. i hope i don't have to go into exile. so you did i know that even if you do it i will say that those. i mean. look at just a click you think of anything. i'm sufficiently simul that many more will expectation for of me being with a head of state is. that it will be approved but essentially it will be a performance for so political but it was a remarkable soon so that you were to say share with somebody who's not here. to influence political relations so we'll see what actually comes of it. it was an off the record discussion with him and that promise one of the leaders that was targeted by these bad actors on social media is he leader with liberal values that he stand for things that the geopolitical actors did not want who was behind those thirty thousand fake accounts that's interesting to me he probably knows he certainly did say anyth

howard johnson, bbc news, manila. misinformation and unwillingness to vaccinate children are not limited to the philippines. here in the u.s. there have been measles outbreaks in new york and washington state among -- on both coasts. for more i spoke earlier to dr. anthony fauci. thank you very much for joining me. how widespread is this problem? tdr. fauc problem of measles outbreaks is something that we really need to take veri sly, because every time we see a situation where there is a diminution in the percentage of people who are getting vaccinated, there almost invariably is an outbreak. for example, just last year, new york city in brooklyn among hasidic jews had a major outbreak. a couple years before, salians in minnesota had a major outbreak. just in 2018 there were well over 300 cases of measles related almost exclusively to people not vaccinating their children. jane: what shod be done? should these children be prevented from going to school and mixing with othechildren? dr. fauci: you know, that is a very

peter pomerantz of welcome to manila let me just figure out we're being manipulated their dissent from asian and misinformation campaigns by both state actors and private interests what do we do about it there's a much deeper question is that social media has kind of few a new type of. what i might term populism is much more emotional. and with an enemy very abstract one who is blocking your very private grievances the establishment the elite foreigners doesn't matter so you you actually wrote a lot about russian this information how would you define think about it from the point of view of a leader with author a tarion sentences so back in the twentieth century you could you could say shut off your population. with censorship you could just block off t.v. channels you can't do that anymore so instead of trying to censor things you spread as much cynicism as possible you of the mind the idea of trust you say yeah maybe our media isn't perfect the b.b.c. c.n.n. . the report i want to undermine the idea that there is any kind of truth out there that all this kind of leftism ocean and so

scott is the author of "rampage: macarthur, yamashita, and the battle of manila."his one hour talk was that of a three-day conference hosted by

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expect the sharing magri mountain mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of any kind of a watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. similarly in dugan al-jazeera tonight is our northern philippines. israel's plan to host a summit of eastern european countries known as the fisher grad group has been cancelled poland and member of the bloc pulled out after israel's acting foreign minister said many poles had collaborated with the nazis in the second wild war kept everything official us in diplomacy we always try to ensure people don't get offended but nobody will change the historical truth for anything of this sort of thing that the poles collaborated with the nazi. poles collaborated with the nazis certainly they collaborated with the

to silence the websites on syria's german island bogan can tell us more she's on the line now from manilagemma who or what is maria ressa supposed to have libeled. well to use the word once again in two thousand and twelve together with their. parents and the reason why this. calls for the site were libel law came along with the pain gets more mark. member says it doesn't. quite work and it's not all court courts have ordered clones to see mall only allude to the national bureau of investigation . it remains to be clue whether. one learned of iran there was an investigation. by the courts because first of all of the excuses. for michael moore it is also remains to be seen how this will impact the work of rappler. from the government there is an issue of the exchange for this and then a change and there are also. cases and thanks again. for the first. column all of these pieces afford to hire me personally because iraq very very quickly called president good government ok jon benet thanks indeed how serious of a little going back on the line from manila venezuelan opposition leader why and

when all they really ask is a second chance jim duggan on jazeera manila. still to come in this news. tweets on billboards and messages on receipt of big and little ways. of getting their messages out the. clowns are friends and former teammates who've been paying their final respects to argentinian football or. whether online. for them. or if you join us on sat all of us have been calling in some form or some fashion this is a dialogue we are talking about a legal friend you have seen what it can do to somebody people using multiple drugs including the phone and some people. everyone has a voice your boss your twitter and you could be on the street join the global conversation on al-jazeera. the most memorable moments with al-jazeera was when i was on air as opposed to. the crowds in tahrir square to all three. if something happens anywhere in the world al jazeera is in place we're able to cover news like all the news overnight. we're able to do it properly. that is our strength. there are just six weeks to go now until enough kingdom is due to leave the e

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expansion is sharing magri mountain mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of the kalua watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it jamelle in dugan al-jazeera tonight is on northern philippines. steph we'll have the weather here on the news hour in just a moment also coming up social media jon's a cold digital gangsters as u.k. politicians demand new rules to better control them we speak to survivors of religious violence in nigeria where one man has lost more than twenty members of his family. and in school to box tyson fury signs a one hundred million dollars broken steel find out why that might things might make things a little complicated in the heavyweight division. hello there there's a lot of rain and snow a to come for some of u

since last year police have been rounding up children who stay past curfew in different parts of manila most of them are taken to precincts where they are processed before being returned to their parents the government says it is one of the measures through with the streets of crime like. the command with. the crimes. activists say the government is wrongly fixated on criminal liability they say instead the government should focus on improving existing reform policies there are already in place for children in conflict with the law. this place is called the. or house of hope many of these boys have spoken to see life is hard but here they get an education critics say locking them up with adults will only reinforce negative behavior instead of correcting it for now the bill to lower the age of criminal liability is pending in congress. like so many here ian says he feels as if the proposed law wants to choke them when all they really ask is a second chance to melanie duggan under serum and. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has called the general election after losing an important vot

joining us live from manila a woman who needs almost no introduction journalist at a time magazine's person of the year maria teresa annie sydney australia ya know she's also a journalist and the filmmaker behind the documentary about maria airing this month on al-jazeera welcome to yarrow welcome maria yeah we're going to talk about the film later in the program but first maria what is it like covering a story and being the story at the same time extremely uncomfortable and you know i wish it would end tomorrow but at the same time i'm watching and looking at everything with our or because. i just don't believe the events that are happening. you say that it's uncomfortable actually being part of the story and covering the story at the same time but there was a moment in december when you arrived at manila airport and journalists were waiting to see you and i had questions and you having just got off the plane did an impromptu press media conference i don't see much discomfort have a look for us. on the ground you know. how do i feel about being arrested. well number one i am going t

i think it's not worth it because we have other means to supply water to metro manila there are several in them expansion is the sharing agreement and mention that can only be seen in the philippines so the first effect of the watershed is the death of those species it is a tough balance and as government looks for solutions there may be lessons that can be learned from indigenous tribes for centuries they were able to survive and live in harmony with nature without destroying it. to melinda again al-jazeera tonight is on northern philippines. he was the creative. industry. it's time for this full she's now with lydia thank you martin will indonesia is the first country to officially submit a bed to host the twenty thirty two summer olympic games the country's capital jakarta will host the games if the bed is successful last year the city hosted a successful asian games if they win the right they would become the fourth asian city to host after tokyo seoul and beijing tokyo will host next year's olympics with paris and los angeles to host the two after that and. the i.o.c. have come and

on reports from manila. well health officials have announced that there is a sharp increase of measles related cases just over the last few days from a few days ago eight thousand children being afflicted of measles just today more than eleven thousand cases have already been reported more than one hundred eighty children have died and this is from just the start of january alone this is something that could have been prevented according to health officials because as early as two thousand and seventeen they have been warning that an investigation that started then a very public investigation involving a research related vaccine was going to create a vaccine scare in different parts of the country that did happen with joint health officials a few weeks ago when they conducted the what you call a back to vaccine program encouraging mothers to have their children vaccinated they hope that some that something that government agencies will help them to do so even though many lies not the only city or area here i

speaking to us from manila thank you very much for your time. to speak chinese state media released a video but showing jailed we good musician up to break it alive after reports that he died in custody that video has triggered a massive response and social media. to we go other weaker families are demanding that chinese authorities relieve release proof of life videos for their relatives they allege are detained in internment camps this posted by a woman from istanbul she's calling on the chinese government to scholz that her father is alive and well and to release him immediately and this student who posted his photo with an area family members he says other than my parents i have accused eleven of my relatives detained in concentration camps prove that they are still alive and here are a picture of his missing family student i thought i would love he also was my moment two brothers are they alive or killed me too we. and you can head across to your page to watch that original story about a brave her youth and also a hero why another weaker si

joining us live from manila a woman who needs almost no introduction and journalist at a time magazine's person of the year maria ressa i mean sydney australia ya know she's also a journalist and the filmmaker behind the documentary about maria airing this month on al-jazeera welcome to yarrow welcome maria yeah we're going to talk about the film later in the program but first maria what is it like covering a story and being the story at the same time extremely uncomfortable and you know i wish it would end tomorrow but at the same time i'm watching and looking at everything with our or because. i just don't believe the events that are happening. you say that it's uncomfortable actually being part of the story and covering the story at the same time but there was a moment in december when you arrived at manila airport and journalists were waiting to see you and i had questions and you having just got off the plane did an impromptu press media conference i don't see much discomfort have a look for us. on the ground. how do i feel about being arrested. well number one i am going to hold my

reagan deter tacey her arrest as just one more attempt to keep his opponents quiet and speak live in manila to hear what her colleagues think. chinese state media provides proof of life for a weaker muslim poet who was presumed to be dead but now we girls around the world are demanding information on their relatives who are believed to be held in chinese reeducation camps amanda schapelle connect with us throughout the show using the hash tag its in its current. year with the newsgroup live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and al-jazeera dot com good to have you with us on this wednesday now spain could soon be getting ready for its third general election in less than four years prime minister pedro sanchez has had his budget plan rejected in a parliamentary vote sanchez was hoping for support from two cattle and separatist parties but they ended up joining right wing parties to block the plan the budget was defeated by one hundred ninety one to one hundred fifty eight it means sanchez may be forced to call a snap election to be held in april or may let's speak now

joining us live from manila a woman who needs almost no introduction and journalist at a time magazine's person of the year maria ressa i mean sydney australia ya know she's also a journalist and the filmmaker behind the documentary about maria airing this month on al-jazeera welcome to yarrow welcome maria yeah we're going to talk about the film later in the program but first maria what is it like covering a story and being the story at the same time extremely uncomfortable and you know i wish it would end tomorrow but at the same time i'm watching and looking at everything with our. it's i just don't believe the events that are happening. you say that it's uncomfortable actually being part of the story and covering the story at the same time but there was a moment in december when you arrived at manila airport and journalists were waiting to see you and i had questions and you having just got off the plane did an impromptu press media conference i don't see much discomfort have a look for us. on the ground you know. how do i feel about being arrested. well number one i am going to hold

joining us live from manila a woman who needs almost no introduction and journalist at a time magazine's person of the year maria ressa i mean sydney australia ya know she's also a journalist and the filmmaker behind the documentary about maria airing this month on al-jazeera welcome to welcome rhea yeah we're going to talk about the film later in the program but first maria what is it like covering a story and being the story at the same time extremely uncomfortable and you know i wish it would end tomorrow but at the same time i'm watching and looking at everything with our because. i just don't believe the events that are happening. you say that it's uncomfortable actually being part of the story and covering the story at the same time but there was a moment in december when you arrived at manila airport and journalists were waiting to see you and i had questions and you having just got off the plane did an impromptu press media conference i don't see much discomfort have a look for us. on the ground you know. how do i feel about being arrested. well number one i am going to hold my g

for more we're joined from manila by volman kong he's an associate professor and economic analyst at singapore's me kuan yew school of public policy professor vol i first question to you why we have the choice of venue for this meeting i think the at creagh reason the first one in vietnam is very important. because they're both lead to us or tonight who demonstrate to the world that they are willing to make a breakthrough all the season ending an enemy to a friend this second reason actually it showed that. meeting would be very outcome audie and it also not only symbolic but on so. audie and because vietnam is actually a simpler example and you see in the them i sat and. get a degree or so from a very isolated country now vietnam he's become one of the most globally integrated into the war and if i can just pick up on that point vietnam has a certain amount is this transformation but is this really the transformation is this really the chains of north korea wants. i think so because the interim upsized do not have any supposed bomb just try to speak now how to. make the country bett

for more we're joined from manila by volman kong he's an associate professor and economic analyst at singapore the kuan yew school of public policy professor vol i first question to you by we have as the choice of venue for this meeting i think the at crete reason the first one is in viet nam is a very important. gesture because they're both lead to us or deny to demonstrate to the world that they are willing to make break through the season ending and any friend this second recent actually show that. meeting would be very outcome audie and it also not only seem bleak but on so i'll come audie ended because viet nam is actually a simpler example and. i'm actually at and. get the green war so from a very isolated country now vietnam has become one of the most globally debated in the war again if i can just pick up on that point vietnam has a certain amount is this transformation but is this really the transformation is this really the teams of north korea wants. i think so because the internal upsized because vietnam do not have any so just try to figure out how to. make the country b

institutional practices that goes all the way from st peter's square all the way down to the small bars in manila or in. bolivia will take an enormous amount of effort that would most likely less generation so that a very short answer to that is no there is no immediate silver bullet but there are signs that there is something a food earlier we spoke with robert holtz and who was president of road to recovery that's an organization that assists sexual abuse victims and we asked him about the role of pope francis. has not taken actions for this new what he said. yes he can keep avoiding it as he has done throughout his papacy but it only leads to further and further distress and really traumatization of victims and yes he certainly can't continue on this path but it's going to lead to a further implosion of the catholic church which is imploding daily because actions have not been taken to this point and if this summit does not create substantive changes in the way the church operates then the pope probably will be called to resign that's quite a statement there to make the pope has to resign if n

for two days philippine press freedom activists has been on the streets of manila why because of this woman maria ressa c.e.o. of correct one of the philippines few independent news sources she spent a night in jail this week she's been accused of tax evasion and libel and faces twelve years in jail charges her supporters say are politically motivated an award winning journalist she's an outspoken critic of president did to take he's regularly attend journalists in his speeches and rappler in particular you know if they mean to move me cool or free if they want to move to feel their power. what the succeeded in doing is making me realize how far they will bend the law to the point of breaking the law in order to run after journalists i now know it firsthand and i can tell that story firsthand advocates of the free press see her wrist as a warning shot of freedom of speech and freedom of expression that is so important that them up the street without that you don't have a democracy and we are increasingly seeing that kind of democratic space be heaped in by the government i think it co

contagious virus since january more than one hundred eighty children have died jamila reports now from manila. well health officials have announced that there is a sharp increase of measles related cases just over the last few days from a few days ago eight thousand children being afflicted of measles just today more than eleven thousand cases have already been reported more than one hundred eighty children have died and this is from just the start of january alone this is something that could have been prevented according to health officials because as early as two thousand and seventeen they have been warning that an investigation that started then a very public investigation involving a research related vaccine was going to create a vaccine scare in different parts of the country that did happen with joint health officials a few weeks ago when they conducted the what you call a back to vaccine program encouraging mothers to have their children vaccinated they hope that some that something that government agencies will help them to do so even though manila is not the only is city or area he