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.ision 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 wome

unlike the philippines, few people here spoke english.er of 1999, indonesia was in the midst of rebellion. americans were outsiders, often unwelcome in a nation battling internal strife. >> it was not a safe place for americans. it was very dangerous. so, i was a little apprehensive going in. i wasn't sure what to do. >> reporter: armed only with a letter from filipino prosecutors, karl went to the jakarta office of interpol, the international police agency. >> they heard my story. and they took me to several departments. we signed complaints. and they told me exactly what needed to be done. >> reporter: back in los angeles, the other investors who first told karl not to go after dennis were now firmly behind him. they understood why this hunt seemed to possess karl, take him over. >> dennis probably made the mistake of hitting at the core of karl's character. and my observations, he's a very honorable man. and he couldn't let that go unchallenged. >> reporter: but in jakarta, as so often before, the question cropped up again. where to lo

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

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

the philippines has a lot of disasters, floods and typhoons. there was a big typhoon in the north of the country, and many people, tens of thousands were moved to evacuation centers before the typhoon hit, which is not something that happened just a couple years ago. in some ways, it got better. at this particular storm, either they underestimated the severity of it, in an area where storms usually happen. exactly where the communications failed between the weather bureau and the national government, the local government, everybody is blame each other. the president has promised an inquiry into it to try to learn from it and make sure the scale of the loss of life does not happen again. >>> two earthquakes have hit new zealand's south island near the city of christchurch. the first had 5.9 magnitude. the second which struck out 17 minutes later was almost as strong. so far, reports only of minor injuries. the earthquakes are 10 months after one measuring 6.3 on the richter scale hit christchurch, killing 180 people. i have been speaking with a

this is happening in the philippines.desperate search and rescue effort going on. the country was slammed by a major tropical storm. the estimates now are confirmed we're getting from the government there at least 200 or nearly 200 people dead. you've got another 400 missing. 20,000 soldiers being mobilized to help in the search and rescue efforts. it's nighttime there right now. it's going to make things a little more difficult. i talked to a journalist who was covering this, maria ressa just a short time ago, talking about the challenge right now. >>> it's aftermath turning to aid and rescue workers looking for hundreds missing. they are trying to supply drinking water. they are asking for volunteers to try to get food and clothes fry night it rose to roof level as residents were sleeping. >> reynolds wolf now, we see this time and time again. we talk about winds and rain with hurricanes. >> when it comes to tropical systems that's the number one killer, flooding. rainfall, storm surge, that's the danger, certainly in p

nhk world, philippines. >>> u.s. president barack obama on monday pledged to support the recovery effort but help from the international community has only just started to arrive. that will wrap up our bulletin. >>> now to other stories we are covering here on "newsline." a tough month in november, our business desk joins us now, tell us about it, ai. >> japan's trade deficit widened in november. dipping into the red now for a second month in a row. the finance ministry said in a preliminary report on wednesday that japan posted a trade deficit of about $8.8 billion last month. experts were down for a second consecutive month. that's a 4.5% decline from a year earlier. this is due to a drop in semi conductors. imports rose 11.4%. increase in liquefied natural grass and crude oil was the main factor for the increase. and as for growth forecast, reconstruction boom predicted next fiscal year is a needed boost for japan's economy but concerns over a global slow down are likely to dampen growth in japan. >> government es

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

he made mistakes at the philippines on december 8, by not dispersing their place.they're still landed when tip to wing tip. it was easy for one bomb dropping from a japanese plane to destroy many planes on the ground. so he had not dispersed his points. by mid-december he has no air force to fight off the onslaught of the japanese air force. which obviously led to his eventual demise of the philippine and american army, they retreat to, macarthur's retreat to australia. but this counteroffensive began was an act of brilliance in moving up the asian peninsula and bypassing japanese strong points. i mean, douglas macarthur had his good points and his bad points, but i think is good points far outweigh his bad points. >> another controversial figure and also a hero in america, charles lindbergh. >> yes. was the spokesman, not head of the american first movement but he was the most famous member of the american first movement. he was not, you know, there's been this mythology that he was a not a sympathizer. you is not a knotty sympathizer. he was a patriot. he was an

charmaine deogracias, nhk world, philippines. >>> u.s. president barack obama on monday pledged to support the recovery effort. but help from the international community has only just start to arrive. >>> and that will wrap up our bulletin, i'm pachari raksawong in bangkok. >> pachari, thanks. >>> the japanese government has completed and environmental assessment report about the planned relocation of a u.s. military base in okinawa. the report says the move would have only a limited environmental impact. japan and the united states have agreed to relocate the u.s. marine air station in futenma to a less populated area in nago city, also in okinawa. progress has been slow because of strong protests by local residents and officials. they want the base moved out of the prefecture entirely. the environmental assessment report was a condition for pushing the process along. it says the marines plan to use transport aircraft and not violate noise ordinances. the reported adds that two new v-shaped runways will also help reduce noise. the govern

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

we forget it that pan am flights between san francisco and the philippines, there were commercial vessels and fishing ships that operated there. it was partially the assumption that nobody could get away with the massive strike. but there is probably a little bit of the cultural aspect to that as well. >> any underestimation? >> the japanese bought into the myth that we really interested in creature comfort not aggressive warfare we did not have been matched -- national will. >> did take us until april. >> billy mitchell had predicted a japanese attack on pearl harbor three he was off by a half hour in the morning. was batted issue where they took his advice or go back to the original documentation? to find any answers to those? >> no. there had been an analysis of the previous military action by bet japanese but what was noted was the case of the russian japanese war and that instigated a war with russia without declaring war first midday the blew apart the russian navy. as far as i know they never went to the formality of declaring war before the actually engaged in it. there are other

used radio intercept stations stretching from seattle to the philippines to listen in on japan's everyjapan wired for sound listening 24 hours a day to every message september by the japanese fleet. >>> blaine whitlock was one of nearly 70 sailors intercepting and trying to break the japanese naval code. >> when i first started intercepting the japanese were using a character code. nine characters and a period. they stopped using that code completely and started using a five digit code which the navy promptly named jm 25. >> oliver: to maintain security, yamomodo changed the code. even with the number of people that we had there was no way that could have been broken in time to read anything prior to pearl harbor. >> oliver: "war stories" investigates tracked down boris who remembers that august of '41 was a strange time in jo pan. he had been living in tokyo for go years as part of a special u.s. navy program. >> the naval at the embassy sent a message to washington saying they should go. we you saw the war coming on. >> oliver: but there was one problem. the japanese refused to let h

used radio intercept stations stretching from seattle to the philippines to listen in on japan's every move. >> the u.s. navy had japan wired for sound listening 24 hours a day to every message september by the japanese fleet. >>> blaine whitlock was one of nearly 70 sailors intercepting and trying to break the japanese naval code. >> when i first started intercepting the japanese were using a character code. nine characters and a period. they stopped using that code completely and started using a five digit code which the navy promptly named jm 25. >> oliver: to maintain security, yamomodo changed the code. even with the number of people that we had there was no way that could have been broken in time to read anything prior to pearl harbor. >> oliver: "war stories" investigates tracked down boris who remembers that august of '41 was a strange time in jo pan. he had been living in tokyo for go years as part of a special u.s. navy program. >> the naval at the embassy sent a message to washington saying they should go. we you saw the war coming on. >> oliver: but there was one problem. t

. >>> we are following a developing story from the philippines.a virginia teenager escaped al- qaeda kidnappers who had been holding the boy hostage pri militants capture the 14-year old in july. we'll have details and reaction from his family. >>> it is a stunning story of survival the 14-year-old of campbell county virginia made a daring escape after being held deep in the philippine jungles for five months. it was a tough time brawl says his father. >> it was a tough time, a difficult five months. i know he is a hero by his ordeal began this summer when he was vacationing in the philippines with his mother and cousins. july 12, armed men from islamic military group with ties to al qaeda stormed the resort and took all three by boat to a remote area. a ransom was paid in october but only kevin's mother was released. his cousin escape last month leading kevin the only remaining prisoners. this past friday, he said he tricked his captors by telling them he was going to take a bath and a nearby stream. instead, he made a run for it, dashing barefoo

they have been fighting the philippine army there. and one group are criminals that live in the village and they grab winners and there are 50 kidnaps in the philippine each year. so it is dangerous. >>shepard: 150 kidnappings? >>guest: they do not report most. officially only 50, but, they will do very small kidnaps and take you down to a.t.m. machine to force you to take out money. >>shepard: good to see you, thank you. a grandmother in florida is now facing charges of attempted murder. after her son-in-law recorded a could front station with her on his phone. >> bang, bang, bang, bang. >> no, no, no, why did do you that? all "that "being pulling out a gun and opening fire. more of the video ahead and what granny told the cops on a 9-1-1 call and occupy protesters say they wanted to shut down some of the biggest ports in america. did they succeed? stay tuned. ♪ i wish my patients could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol plus diabetes... or high blood pressure... or family history of early heart disease... can

the fear of disease mounts in the southern philippines. unicef appeals for more money to help the thousands who need homes. >> racist and xenophobic. turkey condemns the bill passed in french parliament making it a crime to deny the armenian genocide. in the wake of the worst unrest in kazakhstan in years, the president has announced he will dismiss his son-in-law. at least 16 people died in clashes with police last week. we report. >> this footage appears to have been filmed from a building overlooking the main square on december 16. it shows riot police opening fire on protesters. the video is accompanied by female voices speaking in causal -- in kazak. the footage was posted on youtube and has not been verified. it shows killings. speaking to journalists on wednesday, the commanders where a state of emergency has been declared, said the video is being investigated. in an interview to radio free europe, the ambassador to the united states described the footage of a shocking. >> these were shocking video images. i cannot tell you specific

senate has passed a senator solution proclaiming october 2011 as philippine-american history month ashink it is also appropriate to announce that govern merck -- governor edwin brown announced that he had signed ab 199, school curriculum, social sciences, filipinos in world war ii. i think that all of these events show that the filipino- americans are really coming out of the woodwork and showing themselves as a group that needs to be recognized. as we, this evening, a well recognized quite a number of them. we welcome you tonight. may i also ask you to welcome the honorable mayor edwin lee. [applause]

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

ahead, the aftermath of the deadly philippine floods. that story is next. >> mitchell: in the philippines, more than 650 people are known dead on the southern island of mindano in flooding from a tropical storm. but almost 1,000 are missing and the devastation is staggering. lee cowan has more. >> reporter: the damage is on a scale few here have ever seen, and those suffering the most are the young and the old. hardest hit was the mountainous island of mindano, the second largest in the philippines. tropical storm washi brought a month's worth of rain in less than a day. so much the hillside and rivers could take no more. the ensuing flash floods and mudslides slammed into villages in the middle of the night. by dawn sunday, the toll was obvious. and this may be only a fraction of the carnage. many of the victims are believed to have been swept out to sea. the mayor of one of the island's larger cities said in some places the land had been stripped clean. >> it is the worst. everywhere you see spaces that had been before occupied with so

. >>> a tropical storm has ravaged parts of the philippines, the country's red cross says the death toll has exceeded 650 and more than 800 others are still missing. tropical storm washi made landfall on friday bringing heavy rains. disaster management officials say 120,000 people have had their homes swept away or damaged. about 46,000 of them are said to be staying at shelters. the military has deployed 20,000 troops for rescue operations while the government and the red cross are distributing food and clothes and medical supplies. but they say relief goods have not reached many of the displaced people seeking shelter throughout the island. the red cross is on alert over a possible outbreak of infectious diseases. >>> prime minister noda and mle myung bak met and they were discussing the korean women forced to work in brafles during world war ii. noda expressed his cooperation to work. in response, he raised the issue of the so-called comfort women. >> translator: japan must have the courage for this matter. it has been the hurdle between the two countries. >> he explained that the wom

the search for bodies continues, following a devastating flash floods in the philippines.we will hear from someone who has been affected. >> in a race against time, the american man tried to visit as many as he can before the close. >> the man who buried his fiance alive in a cardboard box was found guilty of attempted murder. she was attacked with a taser and left for dead in a shallow grave in northern england. she used her engagement ring to help free herself. this report contains flash photography. >> she was tasered and buried alive by the father of her child. today, her fiance was found guilty of trying to murder her because he was bored with their relationship. it was here, at the home she shared with their son jacob, where she was twice fund with a taser. she told the court the pain lasted for 10 minutes and felt like she had been kicked. also there that night was this man, patrick morris, her fiancee's friend. he helped carry her out of the house in a large cardboard box, up the steps, and out to a car. the 27-year-old was taken here, where both men dug a hole in