in its golden years, the philippine nurses association of northern california posted the philippine nurses association of america, bringing in hundreds of philippine nurses from all over the united states into san francisco, treasuring the legacy of our health care's industry was the finest philippine nurses. the san francisco bay area philippine american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of nurturing and a passion for life. >> representing the philippine nurses association of northern california are board members of the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> much of our history is learned and much of life celebrated through the telling of stories. the documentation of our stories reveals the tapestry of our experience as a people. for the first ever celebration and gathering of hundreds of literary grades and artists, we honor the filipino american book festival. [applause] from children's bedtime stories to coming-of-age novels and memoirs of the most colorful lives -- >> first and last embrace. >> hours of a stock -- ours is

in 1961, the philippine news was founded in the garage.was to create a community newspaper to tell the stories of the growing filipino community in the united states and to advocate on its behalf. the family took over philippine news in 1996 and propelled into the digital age, linking over 7 million worldwide sites with their journalism of engagement. celebrating its 50th year, the philippine news published its 2,600th issue on the fourth week of august, holding true and continuing to celebrate their culture. the filipino-american in committee sees this milestone. a legacy of 50 years of chronicling the filipino- american story. >> our next guests are representing philippine news. [applause] [applause] >> our second honor read is the largest and most formidable national association of filipino women whose recent convention brought hundreds of the most accomplished an influential phillipines into san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, the filipina women's network. ♪ >> later, a teacher, mother, filipina. the celebration of filipino women begi

so i have the philippine consulate staff. where are you?ke our lives easier by helping us out with all the registrations and the packets. the little bags that you got. wasn't it great? filipino women, hey. there is somebody very important to the filipino community who is here tonight. as you know, as many of you know, domestic -- we have the filipina women's network that has a domestic violence campaign. it started in the 1980's when a filipino woman was murdered in front of her two children by her boyfriend. that really galvanized the community, because her alleged murderer at that time escaped to mexico. and we had a quest to make sure that justice was served. her mother, who was not here tonight, really championed the cause and got the filipina women's network involved. the district attorney's office has held the filipina women's network, and as a community, and i think it is fought -- signed an mou with the philippine consulate. i want to introduce the district attorney of san francisco who has been interest -- instrumental in helping t

from the philippines to san francisco. >> and you've been to the philippines with manny.it as crazy as it sounds when he goes back? >> yes. i mean it's -- it's so crazy and they give me so much respect and credit, that i can't go to the mall anymore either. >> manny, what are the values that are important to you in life? freddie was saying there that you used to ask him for advice and then you became a man yourself. what are the most important things to you, apart from god and your worship of god, what are the other things that you think are important in life? >> important in life if you know how to love people and to be friendly to everybody and always put love in your heart. >> you're married with four children, i think, now. how does your wife feel when you fight, honestly? >> before -- right now she's very confident that every fight that i'm going to win that. >> that's because you haven't lost for a while, right? this guy, marquez, that you're fighting tomorrow, it is personal between you, isn't it, because two very close fights, he's always given you a good fight, b

philippine news. the san francisco manila sister city committee.not least, the bay area fashion week. we congratulate all the awardees that the certificates of recognition from the office of the mayor, and where most honored to be part of these excellent milestones through our partnership with these organizations. thank you for bringing fame and glory for the filipinos to our community through your work in through your contributions. like modern heroes, you have become the torchbearers for all filipinos. shining your light in who we are, what we're here for, and who we can become. may you all continue to highlight our values, the richness of our culture, and the honor of our people. we only have one wish for all of us global filipinos -- [ speaking foreign language] wherever we are and wherever we go, let's always remember that we are filipino. [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> and now, please welcome your host for tonight, senate candidate -- san upset -- please welcome your host for tonight. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to this

the philippine navy has made little progress modernizing its fleet.y of its vessels are decades old. immediately after the ship leaves port, the electrical system goes down. the motor for the wheel loses power. the only solution is brute force. the next morning, there is tension on deck. >> good morning, sir. >> an unidentified military helicopter has appeared in the sky. it apparently flew past the ship several times during the night to have a closer look. our ship is headed for ayungin reef, where the philippine mitary has a base. 16 years ago, china built a structure in shallow waters about 40 kilometers west of the reef. that gave it defacto control of the area. in response, the philippines stationed a vessel on the reef to check the advances of china. for the first tv crew to be allowed so deep inside the disputed zone. four navy personnel are stationed here, keeping watch over the surrounding waters. >> translator: this our radio room. >> reporter: they communicate via radio with other philippine bases and with passing ships. they are stationed

we have enjoyed tremendously the ability to link with the philippines. we have generated thousands of jobs, both in the philippines and in san francisco. we have donated thousands of dollars to various events, such as the cleanup of the river, the symphony of the philippine cultural center, and the list goes on and on. we would not have been able to do that without being partners with the philippine consulate general. [applause] and in the five trade and cultural missions led in 1994 and 1998, 2005, 2006, 2010, one of the key posts for our entire committee and all of the various leaders, the people that head of the business circles, the political circles has always been the filipino channel, and we thank you. the most wonderful addition, the fresh blood that is going to come in and lead the sister city committee from this point on, as represented by the very beautiful and multi talented. [applause] thank you all. >> before we have them leave the stage, i want to take this opportunity. linda and dennis have given so much heart and soul to the manila siste

and you have news of a developing political story in the philippines. >> the philippine government has banned the former president gloria arroyo from traveling abroad for medical treatment. justice secretary said adequate treatment was available in the philippines, that there were concerns the former president might. return home to face corruption charges. we have our correspondent, that joins us from manila. what more do we know about why this travel ban was imposed? >> she look at the case very carefully and she thought the treatment could be done in the philippines rather than abroad. she says she was quite suspicious about the number of countries that missers. arroyo and her husband wanted to go to. some of them do not have extradition treaties. that means that if she was charged with corruption and refused to come back to the philippines to face charges, there would be little the philippines could do about it. so that is why the justice secretary said, given the circumstances and all the complaints and allegations against her, that she should not be allowed to travel. the arroyos

. >> reporter: a journey with a philippine navy. the ship enters an area where the chinese military is increasingly active. in february, a chinese war ship fired warning shots at a philippine fishing boat. >> we should be very watchful, vigilant. >> reporter: this footage from june last year shows an indonesian patrol ship investigating a chinese fishing boat near the southern edge of the south china sea. an armed chinese fishery surveillance vessel suddenly appears. >> do you have a map in this area? because our map shows this is our area. an exclusive economic area. >> reporter: southeast asian countries face a difficult situation in the south china sea. the philippines decided to beef up its bases in the area. work is under way to build a new facility to protect this tiny island, which is about 400 meters long and 30 meters wide. small islands like this are susceptible to waves and strong winds. the military personnel stationed there are cut off from their families. living in such an environment puts them under a lot of strain. >

in the philippines we benefited also from a lot of interests that was a better alternative and the philippines to the german or we benefit from being the new kids on the block in a sense and i believe in afghanistan that in 2001, 2002 we had those advantages as well but the allies supported what we do in afghanistan. including the russians they wanted to stability in afghanistan and we squandered the opportunity so my point is let's be attentive to whatever our allies will and let's take it advantage of those opportunities. >> jeremy was a professor of the university of wisconsin and recently moved down here to the university of texas. >> i'm teaching a course on the last century what have we learned from the war and reconstruction and nation building activities and also a course on strategy and global policy. how to use religious to make an organization? today and next year i will be teaching the american history survey which i loved having freshman exposing them to this kind of material. estimates on an american history where do you start? >> i tend to break the course around the time of the

. >> the philippines is believed to is most coral reefs on earth, with ten times more species than even the caribbean islands. they took this video of their dive team, finding and documenting life on the coral reef. it includes a wide variety of experts. >> you see something and you take a it.hoto of it. there is an expert that can tell i exactly what it is. >> most of the scientists on the trip is are researchers but three are from the academy of steinhart aquarium. they come armed with buckets and baggies to keep their treasures. they go through a permit process to make sure there is no damage to the reef. >> we just collected an ur chin. >> pretty and poisons. now you can see it safely behind glass. one so modeled on a reef. that is one reason the academy chose to go to the philippines for the biggest expedition in its history. >> we were able to bring back a lot of animals. >> animals likes these, known as sexy shrimp because the way they seem to dance around and ghost pipe fish, relatives of the sea horse to reflect coral or blades of sea grass. this is a coconut octopus. this one

. >> we have some breaking news coming to us from the capital of the philippines. the former philippine president has been charged in court this friday with a vote tampering. that has been confirmed by the electoral commission spokesman. he says they're going to file a case of electoral sabotages. the maximum penalty for the crime is life imprisonment. these are the first criminal charges to be filed against the former philippine president. that is coming to us in the past few minutes. >> there are some signs that burma's long political isolation could be coming to an end. >> burnett is being welcomed back into the international -- burma is being welcomed back into the political fold. burma has taken significant steps towards democracy. the leader of the democracy movement is expected to announce that her party will stand. >> burmese people support her would something close to reverence. she is mobbed everywhere she goes. conditions that prevented her party's standing in elections were lifted recently and all the someone to wait for further reform, it is expected w

it was held at the philippine consulate. i walked in and there she was. and i said, you must have won because you're here. so joanne, come on here. yeah. [applause] she was selected one of the 100 most influential filipina women in 2009. [applause] >> good evening, everyone, and congratulations to all of you. it is an honor for me to be here tonight. i have to say, the most gracious complement that anyone can ever give you is when it they say that i was there inspiration or i was their role model, and i thank you for saying that. because back in 2006 when i ran, in no idea what was going to be like. it was sort of put on me by accident. at the time, my brother was the ambassador to the united states in washington, d.c. and i began to circulate in the community as he came to visit the bay area. and when he did, people were saying, oh, you have a sister that lives in the bay area -- why does she not run? i thought, right? what do i know about running? so i did. i did run in my small town of coma, and i won that year. i was running in a town where people sta

in the philippines we benefited in other interests that saw us as a better alternative in the philippines to the germans or to the british or others. so we benefited from being the new kids on the block in a sense. and i believe in afghanistan that in late 2001/2002 we had a lot of those advantages as well. let's separate afghanistan from iraq. our allies supported what we did in afghanistan. our allies including the russians wanted stability in afghanistan. and we squandered that opportunity. so my point is, let's be attentive to what our allies will support us and let's take advantage of those opportunities. >> jeremy suri was a former professor of history at the university of wisconsin and he's just recently moved down here to the university of texas. what are you teaching down here? >> i'm teaching a course on the international history of the last century, what have we learned from the wars and reconstruction and nation-building activities. and i'm also teaching a course on strategy and global policy. how do you strategize to run an organization or make policy in a global world today.

the philippines decided to beef up its vessels in the area. work is under way to build a new facility to protect this tiny island, which is about 400 meters long and 30 meters wide. small islands like this are susceptible to waves and strong winds. the military personnel stationed there are cut off from their families. living in such an environment puts them under a lot of strain. >> if i see the pictures, it will be sad. that's why it is better if i don't have pictures with me. i read to keep my mind off them. >> on some island, civilians play an important role. the second largest among the islands. nine families a total of 53 people, live on the island. the philippine government asked them to live here. it pays them a monthly allowance of $130. an average salary in a provincial city on the mainland. it also provides them with free rides. residents keep livestock and grow farm produce. they are very aware of their role protecting the island. >> it would be very difficult for china to take this island because many civilians are living here. we

because there's no refrigeration in the philippines, we would try everything. we dried the fish and shrimp. this is through history. st. malo, louisiana, the first known filipino immigration. thank you. number two, i think that we honor those women who have been very influential in their own ways, and it is always part of our tradition that we honor those who have led us to where we are. but they are here today, and i just want to a knowledge once again, author, writer, singer, and guitar player, evangeline buell, former president of the filipino american history society in the san francisco- berkeley area. she was the national president, i am sorry. also, isabel. this is the face of women who have it in their blood to pursue the strength of the filipina women. and to them, we offer the leadership of tomorrow. all of us to dedicate the future for both of you. thank you for being here tonight. and so here we are in the seat of power in the city of san francisco, and only in a filipino tradition can you combine power, leadership, and lupia. so i would like to cal

san francisco researchers went on a fishing expedition in the philippines and our cameras went alone.he locals shop. >> it is a lot of fish a lot of odor, and a lot of slime as well. >> this is the academy of sciences. and jeff is with the smithsonian in washington d.c.. these guys know their fish. these are the species that i name. >> but even for experts, it is tough to tell one kind of fish from another especially if it is cut up. 70 percent of the fish is import most labeled correctly. but there is cases it is not. the fda is creating a dna database for fish to identify what is left. >> this is important for food security in the united states and philippines. >> unscrupulous exporters substitute cheap fish and poycinous fish are mislabeled and they can get sick. >> a large quantity of puffer fish were sold in the u.s.. >> ken and jeff spent three weeks searching for fish. >> the fish market in the philippines have the liest diversity. >> this was a good day. >> we collected 80 to 100 species. >> they take the fish to the make shift lab to process. >> very long day. we have done 16

massacre, the worst case of political violence in philippine history.embers members of the clan are on trial accused of murdering 57 people in 2009. but the pace of the criminal trial is frustratingly slow. the victim's relatives are also filing a number of civil cases, the latest of which targets the former president and claim she is could have prevented the killings. this report contains flash photography. >> two years ago on a hillside in the philippines, 57 people were brutally massacred. their bodied dumped in a specially prepared mass grave. the victims were the relatives of a candidate for a forthcoming election and more than 30 journalists traveling with them. the candidates election rival is the main suspect for the murders. he's now on trial, as is his father, but of the 19 people accused of being involved in the massacre, only 93 have been arrested and only one in six of the prosecution witnesses have testified. for relative the process is frustratingly slow and nerve wracking as there are still so many suspects on the loose. >> we're sad bec

manny was elected as a congressman in the philippines. and for his fight the following fall against antonio margarito, confusing the roles of legislator and boxing star proved to be demanding proposition. >> during the margarito camp, he was all over the place being a congressman to him. it was not a joke to him. he was not going to be manny pacquiao the boxer who became a congressman, he was going to be manny pacquiao, congressman. >> when i was elected congressman, it was hard to balance back to be a congressman and it is better now when i am in training that i can focus on the fight in training. when i'm in congress, i set aside boxing and focus on being a congressman. >> so when pacquiao's battle on november 12th concludes, another will resume. taking place thousands of miles away and fought on behalf of the half million citizens of the impoverished province of seringani. >> sit a challenged province. about 6,0 about six of ten households live below the poverty line. >> he attacks it with ideas like a cattle distribution program which

major general henry lawton arrived in the philippines.s one historian noted, lawton was "america's kitchener who enjoyed -- with the politicians and press. in addition to his reputation as an indian fighter he was a national hero for leading the attack on cuba the previous year. in military bearing, he was a model officer. he was known as a fighting calvary man who unlike the meticulous otis disliked red tape. where is otis jealously guarded his resources repeatedly postponed, lawton was vigorous and energetic and was thought to be the ideal commander for the philippines for. "the new york times" declared quote, the puffed up crackbrained egoist had to realize there were no match for the man who captured geronimo are go privately, even general arthur macarthur, douglas macarthur saga, hoped otis would soon be recalled and replaced by the more aggressive lawton. yet lawton carried a dark secret with him. normally easy-going lot and had a drinking problem dating back to the 1880s that produced violent fits of temper when he was intoxicated

the philippine government asked them to live here.pays them a monthly allowance of about $130, an average salary in a provincial city on the mainland. it also provides them with free rice. residents keep livestock and grow farm produce. they're very aware of their role protecting the island. >> translator: it would be very difficult for china to take this island because many civilians are living here. we'll continue protecting this island. >> reporter: no matter how hard for the people, it's about living for free, and for the government sustaining it. all these disputed territory. charmaine deogracias, nhk world, pagasa island, in the spratleys. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post-march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahead" examines japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't miss "nuclear watch" and "the road ahead

one of the babies fromhe philippines has been chosen to recognize the number. the 8 billion markets closer than you might think. >>she was born shortly -- shortly before midnight in the philippine capital of manila. ahffiarent a cake to the proud officials. she represents a global population milestone, and unlike many ohe prsn the philippines, she is already off to a privileged start. her unreal title as e veh billionth baby comes with a college scholarship. but the world is concerned the world population is growing too quickl china is still the most populous country with 1.3 billion people, but china is expected to spa china in just one decade. they warn of the challenges of a growing population. >> we wanted to decrease population growth through education and planning. >> just 12 years ago, of annan and welcome the world 6 the billionth baby in bosnia. the global population is expected to go to 8 billion by 2025, but the u.n. says in the long term, the trend could reverse itself. just as the popatn europe is currently declining, the world population could als

it is bringing a deluge to the philippines.u're traveling to manila for business over the next couple of days, pack the rain gear. it is going to be raining and raining heavily. the rain will be coming down so heavy, i think we are in store for some flash flooding over the next couple of days. and then the low really tries to continue to get going here. you see kind of a spin there in the south china sea. we'll monitor that for potential development eventually here. right now, the big word is a lot of rain in the philippines, including metro manila. we'll watch that, upwards of 250 millimeters not out of the question. moving to the west, this is an area we've been monitoring over the last several months with devastating floods in thailand and bangkok. dry for now. in fact, the important part here is that over the next three months, which is the dry season, we're beginning to have a normal dry season. so that could certainly always change with each year here. so we are glad to see that the outlook for the next three months is a

when i return to the philippines, i learned my cousin, who murdered my mother and sister, and almost killed me as well, was released from prison after serving only 10- year sentence. i feared for my safety and i knew i was in danger and understood in order to meet, but -- to live, i have to leave the philippines to jay, where i would feel safe. i hired an attorney to apply for legal asylum. my application was denied, so my attorney filed an appeal to the ninth circuit court, and jay and i requested and a regular basis on theúagr status of the appeal. again and again we were told that it would take a long time before the court gets to my case. i did not know it, but my appeal had also been denied. my attorney never told me. all the while, we thought i was legal in we were waiting for the decision of the court. jay and i went about building our lives together. i gave birth to my two kids. they are the biggest joy in our lives, and i became a full-time mother. our family has always been like every american family, and i am so proud of jay and the twins. the boys attended catholic school