initially golden rice was planned to be marketed only in the philippines and in bangladesh. that was the plan set out by the gates foundation. as the principal donor and gets to make the decisions but the inventor patroclus wants his miracle rice to be introduced worldwide preferably sooner than later he is irritated at the dictatorship of money and i think they came into the project at the end just as we were almost finished and we worked for twenty years to develop this rice without any help from the gates foundation and then in the end gates comes in with his riches and takes the entire project over for turning it into a date's project. single forwarded its research material to erie and later in collaboration with the gates foundation also relinquished rights and responsibilities regarding golden rice to the erie. the inventor did not approve of this agreement made in two thousand and ten. but his objections were ignored today to try because feels he was booted out. that iseman data rice they are working with in the philippines today doesn't it belong to you anymore in th

that's the secret i'm sure it did not come from the philippines because the philippines is this really god in the us you don't believe it i don't believe it because there's no way for somebody like you in the media to be holding things like this because our policy is it's very clear in the philippians access the world inside should only be limited by special and i'm not sure they don't have. access to this so well. can you explain what's going on with a golden rice after you harvest and then i just up a bit to compile all those regulatory data those coming from the field is just one part of it there will be a date that i mean from the lab you know protein analyses positional analyses all these things all those will be form part of that the regulatory set of data that will be submitted to the regulator and that's the department of agriculture bureau plant in the story so based on those data they will make an evaluation. it's gold in the days safe the. basic by safety requirements when we philippine people eat golden rice so where would the golden rice become available for planting iris

the philippines are not a very good example because in the philippines vitamin a deficiency is a problem for only about ten percent of the population with and for other countries provide better perspectives for girls and i was recently in india where i visited a village of traditional farmers i wasn't there for thirty minutes before i had seen two cases so the cases do exist as it is you just have to look out for them in the right segments of the population and be frugal she's dimness and. although vitamin a deficiency is said to be more prevalent in india the miracle rice is planned for introduction in the philippines first we contacted innumerable organisations and authorities charged with documenting vitamin a deficiency without success. we would like to have spoken with the national authorities again no success instead they sent us an e-mail referring us to another office once again we were perplexed they were referring us to an office we had already tried to contact namely the national rice research institute phill rice. in other words to the same people who are working with the eri

initially golden rice was planned to be marketed only in the philippines and in bangladesh. that was the plan set out by the gates foundation. as the principal donor and gets to make the decisions but the inventor patroclus wants his miracle rice to be introduced worldwide preferably sooner than later he is irritated at the dictatorship of money and i think they came into the project at the end just as we were almost finished and we worked for twenty years to develop this rice without any help from the gates foundation and then in the end gates comes in with his riches and takes the entire project over for turning it into a gates project single into forwarded its research material to erie and later in collaboration with the gates foundation also relinquished rights and responsibilities regarding golden rice to the erie. the inventor did not approve of this agreement made in two thousand and ten. but his objections were ignored today to try because feels he was booted out. that iseman data rice they are working with in the philippines today doesn't it belong to you anymore in

basic by safety requirements when we philippine people eat golden rice so when. golden rice become available from samsung for planting iris i can tell you that i was i can have a definite answer to your question but i can't because it will depend on that. if and when they would approve golden days based on the day that he will submit to them if this group had its way the people of the philippines would never eat golden rice this is the rice cultivation center of the park an organization made up of small farmers it is a nationwide network with thirty five thousand members farmers who cultivate their fields using traditional equipment and who raise traditional types of rice. in this at the moment. and i said but i think that but they know it all. but some of them had been planted in the with the saw we have a. good one thousand six hundred. an enormous variety cheetah medina and his team document each and every strain with all their individual characteristics farmers can acquire tried and tested traditional seeds and multiply them on their own free of charge. sheet

opposition to the golden rice is increasing in the philippine . government. money back in minoan we met up with rafael marianna a member of the philippine house of representatives and he is critical of genetic modification. he made a combative impression. now. more than fibro binge province s. . when he finally peace and but on guys that passed their respective ordinance s. binding the entry commission field testing and commercialization of. pride containing genetically modified organisms including god and ice in their respective . or jurisdiction and it's the number is still increasing we don't one. of the mystic. blooded the golden age and consequently be controlled by a few transnational corporations obgyn dianne's. and i know but they want to keep it for free we. believe that. for every three. primary motive is profit. not for social justice. quickly but. in equalities the project has a lot of opposition no doubt about it. not really no because. this rises just like only rice except the can be carroty and any. you know what why would you not want to give

, such as the biff which finds it in opposing the philippine government and they feel that the philippine government is not trustworthy and the future doesn't lie in a peace agreement with the philippine government, but in confrontation of the government. >> sorry to bankrupt you for a second. how does solving or striking a deal with one group, the most important one, but when you have other splinter groups and military exercises against them. is the government chasing their tail. there's always going to be another splinter group? >> well, i have been among people critical of the administrations approach to the peace negotiations. it should have been more inclusive, being the pragmatic elements with other important groups, including back in 2013 and "12 should have been part of the negotiation. they were not put into negotiations and that explains a lot what is happening last year, where you have some of the radical groups using people as a human shield. you have a flare-up. the radical groups are a spent forest. they are the last violence lashes of the groups that feel they'll be margina

now the philippine military and top philippine military official having said it has a van load full ofarrants it's going to issue and going to serve, in fact, two members of the biff. it's not known exactly whether this may have been the reason as to why fighting has broken out this morning but it is also that maybe the milf has given the philippine military green light to go after previous members of biff. we know the peace agreements may be signed in the next coming weeks to end the decade-long rebellion in the philippines and last saturday aims to decommission and milf to lay down weapons but several groups are still opposed to ongoing peace talks and the liberation front who once signed peace agreement to the philippine agreement in 1996 that was never fully implemented and now it's fighting against the philippine government then. islamic freedom fighters now opposing ongoing peace talks to the philippine government and believes to be deneutralized by the philippine government as we speak. right now the peace agreement may be signed but talks have never been more talked about at th

philippine police say a number of officers are in custody. >> a director with amnesty international philippinesves that the police don't just torture for information, but do it for fun. >> it is despicable that until now, torture for punishment or extract information is continued here in the country. in fact, the recent cases discovered in laguna province even include entertainment for the police. they do it for fun, not just to instigate pain and injury. since 2001 to 2013, torture continues, and they have more than 600 victims of torture. we have an anti-torture law passed in 2009. and more than 300 people have been tortured since then, according to the commission on human rights. yet no one has been punished for torture in our country yet. >> the philippine government announced an economic growth rate of 6.8% for 2014. foreign direct investments doubled since prime minister acheano came to power. millions of filipinos say they are not benefitting from the economy's success. >> this woman lost her job, working as a medical assistant in manila. now she is hoping to find work abroad. at this po

it says many of the many kinds of from indonesia the philippines bangladesh me not to comment here. yet we cannot confirm the total number at this moment but all of them will be deported as soon as possible. when the country was still part of the british empire at many migrants were brought to malaysia to whack in the tin mines and on bravo plantations. the country continues to depend heavily on the migraine was forced to carry on the plantation specialist in fact trees and in the construction industry human rights groups have expressed consent of the possible abuse link to the crackdown also calling on authorities to take action against the human traffic is who smuggle people into the country. and that wraps up of twenty ten and top unsigned appeared in bangkok the railway company in northern japan failed to fix defects and in fake data about checks on its tracks japan's transport ministry has decided to take action transport minister aikido old said on tuesday order call ideal railway company to remove its top safety official quota says he will order also order the company to make

as we come in, we see this philippine just.ot offt collected a philippine items, chairs, furniture, and this is a storage chest they bought while they were over there. it was one of the items they picked up while they were there. what i have here are some photographs from some ladies in the philippines. they took some formal photographs here. inscriptions, gave them to mrs. taft. atst wishes from a telecom december 22, 1903, manila, philippines." that illustrates the admiration the philippine people had for the taft family, especially mrs. taft as she worked to make them feel integrated in the greatest society, make them feel equal to the other people, inviting them to parties, putting on musicals, those types of things, helping with education. so they really love the tafts, and to this day we still get people coming from the philippines who have that connection with the taft family and the things they did while they were there. >> while they were courting, first lady allen and president wilson wrote fervently to each other exp

. >> the philippine army launched an offensive. it's happening in the region. the military is targetting the banks and more islam yik freedom fighters known as biff. a number of separatist groups broke away from the main group, the moro islamic friends in 2008 after it entered peace talks with the government. the iff says it will not settle for anything less than independence. the conflict has been around since the 1970s, and more than 120,000 people are estimated to have been killed. we have more from manila. >> what we know is this: fighting broke out between the military and the islam yik freedom fighters. hundreds of residents are believed to have fled the villages that have been affected by the fighting. this comes days after the philippine military founded an agreement with the islamic liberation front fighters. it's expected that the agreement between the former break away group is expected to be signed in the next coming weeks. they broke away from the more islamic freedom fighters in 2008. it is opposing peace talks. the top philippine military officia

the philippine eagle is rare endangered and no match for poachers. efforting to share it are falling short. >> that looks like a lion's maine, the philippine eagle is considered a wild life treasure, but it is one that is dying out. there are around 400 pairs of eagles left in the wild. they need rain forest and large trees to live in. but now almost 90 best of the country's forests have already disappeared. >> well, it's really difficult. especially when we do enforcement. >> efforts to save them is now at a precarious stage. >> environmental groups have made public education a priority. especially in areas like this one. where clandestine activities have long been the norm. gary and his friends have been poaching in the southern philippines for many years. they set up around eight p transitional presidents every week. they do not specifically hunt for eagles, may say, but when the birds get trapped they eat them. their any recess stores believe that eating an eagle means a longer and healthier life. >> it is also has been a practice since people mo

s international labor organization in the philippines.he agrees that schooling is key to breaking this cycle of child labor. >> we see education as a way to help the next generation become more productive, to have a better quality of life. but it's also right now allowing for an environment where these parents can provide for their families and not just go out and mine just enough for today to survive. >> reporter: in a country with so many desperate challenges, even before the typhoon, johnson says if people want to help stop this practice, they can start by being more conscientious consumers. >> whether we're talking gold or silver that we mine, it's a bulk commodity. so we ask consumers, are you sure that the ring you're wearing, the necklace are free from child labor? that's more difficult but it's up to consumers to start making that choice again. >> reporter: for now, the divers will continue to bear the risks, taking their dangerous plunges and grasping for gold. >> ifill: you can find more of larry price's photos of compression mi

the philippine government wants him dead. the military launched an all out offensive early monday morning. the government calls his group a threat to national security. they remain unfaze. >> from the very beginning we broke away from th them and saie won't be joining the peace talks between the government and the mlf. >> that pending peace agreement aims to end the rebellion in the philippines. they insist it is not them who should be considered spoilers of peace. >> we are not the ones sabotaging. the military are the terrorist. why do they attack us every time there is development in the talks. it has happened again now that the peace deal is close to being signed. they keep bombing communities here. >> 30,000 people have been misplaced. many of those have gone to nearby villages for safety. it was expected to end wednesday morning but the military admits it need more time to neutralize the rebels. >> they're the one who is are spoiling, the peace talks is moving on smoothly. >> the village said there will be no let up in

the philippine government says such human trafficking is a matter of high priority. >> our government is determined to stop human trafficking in all its forms and manifestations. through concerted action by all concerned government agencies in cooperation with other countries. >> an international children's rights advocate says the online screaming of child sexual abuse is increasing in the philippines. the advocate is concerned that it may be taking place in other southeast asian countries, as well. >>> the campaign to destroy syrian chemical weapons is entering a new phase. italian government officials have announced that a ship containing weapons components is headed to a port in italy. experts with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are overseeing the disposal of chemical agents, including sarin and mustard gas. they plan to transfer the chemicals to a u.s. vessel at a port in southern italy, then dispose of them at sea. the first batch left area earlier this month. italian government officials say the transfer could start by the end of the month. they said t

and from the philippines, the story of a group encouraging young people to stay in the country, build their careers and help bring their nation out of poverty. the next generation like you will be wealth creators in the philippines, job generators, not job seekers abroad. >> ifill: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it's needed most. but i know you'll still find it, when you know where to look. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation

foreign minister gordon brown they sat down with his philippine counterpart. alberto was dying on thursday to talk about how the conflict norway has been fine since two thousand ford to get the two sides to some studio at mediation efforts have been on hold since two thousand and eleven. we are committed to continue as the facilitator in the use of different places is as long as this is the interest of the garment of the philippines minus ten the tourism interests of wholesome for the future. it defines a good solution zombie is still ongoing armed conflicts. so the administration is have held on the peace talks with insurgents since nineteen eighty six. the station stopped in two thousand and eleven as common as rebels continued their attacks and demanded the release of their new year for christmas the rebels focus their activities on the country's poor regions. some people suggest they're holding back economic growth of the philippines. clouds of hot gas and ash school for mobile polling in english that has forced more than twenty thousand people to flee the

they took the family into the philippines, where taft was later governor general of the philippines. she had a chance to travel the world. she also introduced her children to the travel. she learned differently which is. banquets were a big thing. before she and the children, william howard taft cabled about some of the banquets, and mrs. taft like to have some of the banquets and incorporate the military people, the philippine people, and these are programs from those. the philippine people loved william howard taft and his family. they treated them just like equals. this is taft invited them to dinners, they attended a lot of the celebrations at the luneta, where she like to see the bands play. entertainment was a big part of the things she did over there while she was in the philippines. we are about to go into the collection storage area, where we keep some of our more valuable artifacts as well as things that are not on display. as we come in, we see this philippine just. mrs. taft collected a lot of philippine items, chairs, furniture, and this is a storage chest they bought wh

from nineteen sixty five the philippine presidential commission on good government has been working to their kids and be calm about ten billion dollars worth of which is funded by democracies and crannies governance is all the pieces in the present case when purchased with the state's money and the full unknown to the filipino people the presidential commission says it will file a civil lawsuit to monitor it and all the three unsold paintings this is lily is rp. that wraps up our planet and protect the attacks on one in bangkok. you do. still struggling with he told its citizens to whom and to increasing the opponents of entropy. she will come. don't open til tuesday. from boeing the world needs. judges for the token just record have rolled again the metropolitan government in a case of violation of privacy. seventeen plaintiffs filed suit after their personal details were leaked from police documents the court order the government to pay compensation of around eight hundred and sixty thousand dollars. one hundred and fourteen documents related to international terrorism were leaked on

they want an islamic state in the southern philippines. people here are worried that peace may come. >> a grenade attack injured two people. it happened before anti-government protesters prepared to set off for march. the elections took place op sunday. the electoral commissions threatened to postpone the vote. >> there has been little process. the chief u.n. negotiator said no breakthrough has been made on humanitarian aid. both sides are continuing with the process. >> translation: negotiations have not been easy today, these past days, and they will probably not beasy in the coming few days. but i'm glad that you have been told by representatives of the two sides that they intend to stay and continue, these discussions until friday, as originally planned. nobody is working out, nobody is running away. >> well, the united nations security council authorised the deployment of european union troops. they'll bolster french and african forces quelling political violence. >> celebrations in the streets of bangui as french and african soldiers

reports from the southern philippines. >> the philippine military described this as an all out offensive against the islamic freedom fighters in the philippines. it says it aims to put an end to the rebels clandestine operations particularly in the area of magdano. as early as monday morning attacks have been relentless. >> i think they are amenable to extend our operations to put a stop to this, that's why i hope today, we are requesting that our operations be extended for additional 72 hours. >> this operation comes just days after the philippine government announced it is already completed peace talks with the more islamic front. and the b.i.f.f. is in its way. and is opposing the peace talks. the operation has been sanctioned to the left, which can soon mean an end for the biff fighters. and this is what less than two days of armed conflict has brought. at least 30,000 people have already been displaced. he woke up to the sound of military soldiers marching in, and he said all he could do was to grab whatever he could of his belongings. >> when the soldiers started coming we started

and as we come in, we see a philippine chest mrs. taft collected a lot of philippine items, furniture, chairs, beds, these types of things. this is a storage chest they bought while they were over there and it was one of the neater items they were able to pick up while they were there. what i have here is in photographs from some ladies in the philippines. they took some formal photographs here and they wrote inscriptions and gave them to mrs. taft. my dear mrs. taft, best fishes adelia paterno, manila, philippines and goes to illustrate the admiration the filipino people had for the taft family, especially mrs. taft, as she worked to make them feel integrated into greater society, make them feel equal to the other people, invited them to parties, put on musicals and those types of things, helped with their education. they really loved the tafts and to this day, we still get people coming from the philippines that have that connection with the taft family and things that they did while they were there. >> while they were courting, fi

they took the family into the philippines, where taft was later governor general of the philippines.ad a chance to travel the world. she also introduced her children to the travel. she learned differently which is. banquets were a big thing. before she and the children, william howard taft cabled about some of the banquets, and mrs. taft like to have some of the banquets and incorporate the military people, the philippine people, and these are programs from those. the philippine people loved william howard taft and his family. they treated them just like equals. mrs. taft invited them to dinners. they attended a lot of the celebrations at the luneta, where she like to see the bands play. entertainment was a big part of the things she did over there while she was in the philippines. we are about to go into the collection storage area, where we keep some of our more valuable artifacts as well as things that are not on display. as we come in, we see this philippine chest. mrs. taft collected a lot of philippine items, chairs, furniture, and this is a storage chest they bought while they

has with china the philippines has been you know pushing out its navy and provoke. king chinese naval ships and china has been doing its own kind of aggressive actions as well but in a normal situation the philippines which is a tiny tiny nation would never be so bold as to challenge a rising regional great power like china the only reason they're doing so is because we have a security agreement with them which says they will come to their defense if they ever get in a conflict with china and you know this is beneficial to us because we want military bases in their lands and we want to actually project power to check china so look this is a this is a clear example of where an alliance can actually make the smaller power far more reckless in its actions and lead to lead to action is they could actually create a war that nobody wants ok nic if i go to you in los angeles do american on a smaller let me get to this first time ok nic how would you weigh in from what we've heard here because we we've heard from john that a client states can be of very much i downside for

in a statement today the philippine government said it regretted the move to suspend visa free travel for philippine diplomats that a will so refuse once again to make a formal apology for the twenty ten when the hostage crisis in which ice hong kong tourists died in a vault police rescue the sanctions to clear dome wednesday it would take effect on every the fifth. up to eight hundred holders of philippine diplomatic and seven spouse force will see their fourteen day visa free privileges suspended. hong kong was angry that nonetheless has consistently refused to apologize for the handling of the police rescue. ukrainian will make it so well for the an amnesty to people detained in the wave of anti government protests but only on condition that activists vacate all complied buildings in kiev and other parts of you crying. government officials have insisted that it would only come into force once the premise is a way of vacation. the opposition has refused to cost them votes on an amnesty law which president kenya coverage supporters hope will help the dusky light two months of st of d

. >> and emotional stories from a disaster zone the care provided to victims in the philippines. >> and pet owners left in a lurch when an animal hospital s that are stepping in to help. >> this is is a crime and unacceptable. >> fbi investigating an attack against a chinese consulate in san francisco. someone poured gasoline on the front door, then set it on fire. good evening, everyone. >> no one was hurt in this fire that charred the building's doorway but now the chinese government is calling for better protection in the united states. >> no one claimed responsibility this, is the main entrance to the chinese consulate. you can see charred doors and damage was contained to the outside. today, business as usual, but they couldn't miss fire canalling. many had strong opinions about what happened. >> terrorism. right? it's terror. it's the nature should be the same as any group attack, u.s. embassy consulate >> 9:35 raft last night a camera mounted on an apartment building shows a van stopping and moments later fire broke out. a witness says she saw two men inside of the kons slit. inv

eagle would mean 12 years in prison. >> around 14 philippine eagles are being looked after.unds to maintain them are limited. it is depend on private donors. >> workers here say they are doing their best to provide assemblance of a life in the wild. hopeful that some day these eagles will know what it is like to be free. al jazeera, southern philippines. >> time for all the sports what's the late nest the tennis? it is coming up now, they are set to meet on friday with one last spot up for grabs in the australian open final, and it would be an all swiss contest. alysse reports. >> . >> it is amazing, you know. i didn't expect to make finally one time in my career, and it is happening so i am really happy. >> he had knocked off in the finals and made it against czech thomas. >> he had taken the first set 6-3, but tie breakers were needed to separate the pair, in the second, third, and fourth sets. the 28-year-old eventually outlasting his opponent, but an intimidating prospect awaits in the final by rafael nadal or roger federer. they can be good. but -- you know, against raf

for more, here is steph. >> for the last eight days we've seen the heavy rain over the philippines. over the past is it hours it has intensified and become a tropical cyclone. here is the satellite picture showing the cloud as it has been with us over the past 12 hours, it's covering a huge area. the bright white areas of cloud here are in the south-east and that's where we are seeing the heavy rain. the tropical storm is not where the thickest of the cloud is, giving you an indication that the problem from this feature will not be with the winds, but with the amount of rain. the winds - they are not too strong. they are around 50km per hair. gusting a little higher than that. it's the amount of rain that is causing us problems. the rain - well, we have seen over 200mm of rain in two days, it's close to tacloban where we were slammed bit the storm. people there living in tents and plenty of rain is falling. heavy rain. we can expect 100 to 200mm of rain from the system as we head into sunday and monday, mostly in the south-east. >> thank you very much. a giant panda club born in cap