in the philippines?ica. i stayed there for almost 30 years. >> anthony: aurora is recently back in manila after most of her life spent abroad. what kind of work were you doing? >> aurora: i did the housekeeping, you know, and babysitting. >> anthony: the money she sent home put everybody here and many, many more through school, lifted them up to a more comfortable life. and you would have left family behind? >> aurora: yeah. >> anthony: to go out there and make money. that's never an easy decision, a painful, painful choice. aurora's children, now middle-aged, are finally getting to know their mother. >> aurora: okay, okay, okay. bring in the food inside. >> anthony: many, many, many filipino women like you who had to leave their families, go abroad. >> aurora: yeah, absolutely yes. >> analyn: her three children. >> emy: children -- my eldest is about four years now in qatar, and the other one is two years, and the other one is in hong kong. >> anthony: working conditions, for ofws, particularly in some

the country we're talking about is the philippines.eased to have the secretary of finance. thank you for joining us. lots to talk about. this is our middle east show. i want to talk about the roadshow that you have at the end of the year. various places there. has been scheduled to go to the region. what is the priority? what kind of deals the want to come back for? >> essentially the president is going there because we have a lot of foreign workers in the middle east. they contribute a lot to the philippines. marginby an overwhelming in the os w's. middle eastern capital to come to the philippines. we are open for business. the middle east capital. you want to set up a bank in the middle east? where are you in those talks? >> and the chairman of the land think of the philippines. we have been mandated by the president to establish a banking presence in the middle east for ease of transactions with our os w's there. our people have been surveying the areas. we have look at dubai and bahrain. meeting with had a the chairman of the bahra

of the landchairman bank of the philippines.n mandated by the president to establish a banking presence in the middle east for ease of transactions with our osw's there. our people have been surveying the areas and they have looked at dubai and bahrain. a couple, or 10 days ago, i had a meeting with the chairman of the bahraini chamber of commerce. he was saying it would be very good for us to establish a bank there. >> and you think a decision would be made? -- when do you think a decision would be made? >> by august or september of this year, we will have a banking presence. perhapsrd you are trying to attract will refinery in the philippines by middle east companies? >> we are looking at improving their investments in the philippines and certainly a refineryobably an oil would be perfect. >> help out brexit? -- how about brexit? u.k.00 filipinos in the remitting $1.4 billion. what is going to be the direct impact from brexit? >> the philippines, we get yeard 2 $29 million a that way. every dollar counts. we are worried about

but, robert, it is extremely competitive in the philippines. to be how do you stay ahead of the curve? we have 70 plus yea rs of ahead of the curve? we have 70 plus years of experience and have very good brands under our portfolio. with that leverage you get all the great spots in malls and other areas. when you have been there proving yourself time and time again, it will also be a repeat of other loyal customers. they will all come back and enjoy our great food. you have plans, basically, of increasing your international portfolio to 200 stores by 2020. how will you achieve this? we showcase and bring our brands all over the world. the difference with the maxis group is we have the portfolio, pizza, chicken, pancakes, and japanese food. we have a lot of variety to bring towards the international market. robert, you area international market. robert, you are a successful businessman in the philippines. what implications of the policies of rodrigo duterte have on this? the business fundamentals are intact we are looking at a 6.5— 7.5 projected

the philippines senate has just approved the proposed anti—...t working mothers. what was it like, is it difficult to push for better of conditions for women in the philippines? not at all. in fact there's great corporation between there's great corporation between the women and the men of the senate. we passed it on third reading, i'm one of the authors but not the major sponsor because i do not chair the committee, i'd chair the finance committee, i'd chair the finance committee but even as we defend that, it's not difficult at all. there are questions like there are in any legislative measure. as the chairman of the finance committee, which allocates the budget, i make sure much of the budget is also allocated for women, women in the workplace, winning four enterprise, rural women and agriculture so it's not just a matter of rural women and agriculture so it's notjust a matter of education, it's about allocating funds for women, funding laws already in acted for women and equalising the allocation of resources for women. because i think at the

a retired police officer in the philippines testifies that president duterte apra the killings of nearly 100 people. iam kasia madeira in london. china promises to make the sky is blue again. it is at losing the battle against smog? and some timely trouble for the total who ate hundreds of coins. —— tummy trouble. —— skies blue. glad you could join us. it is a them in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in washington, dc, web president donald trump has finally signed his replacement executive order on immigration. it really imposes travel restrictions on six muslim—majority nations. but it admits iraq —— but admits iraq and allows people who already have green cards and lives a ban on syrian refugees. nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america's airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to president trump. so today he sign

. >> reporter: rapid growth in the philippines has caused air pollution.hat has led the japanese manufacturer to build a factory in manila four years ago. it received an order for 3,000 tries kells for the philippine government. >> translator: we are a foreign company here. but we'd like to help the philippines get back its beautiful skies. >> reporter: that was changed in the administration last june. they put the brakes on the project. president rodrigo duterte began an -- he's made rural development his top priority. the plans to put 100,000 electric tricycles on the road was given a back seat. payments to the manufacturer has stopped without explanation. the company was forced to halt shipments. tens of thousands of dollars in monthly expenses. >> translator: the project won't go ahead without the decision of a person in authority. we're facing a huge challenge. >> reporter: the company enlisted the support of an official from the home prefecture in japan and brought him to a meet with the philippine government representatives in january. they asked th

beijing used its vessels to evict the philippine coast guard. any fishing boat that approached it was chased away. a four-year blockade ended last fall, when countries agreed to mend ties. the captain of the boat remembers the blockade all too well. >> translator: a chinese patrol vessel pointed a water cannon at us. they ordered us to leave saying this area belongs to china. >> reporter: for philippine fishermen the tensions hurt their livelihoods. being allowed to fish again was a godsend. the fishermen were in high spirits as they took in their catch. but a few minutes later, things got tense. a small chinese patrol vessel was headed straight at them. thankfully for the crew, it didn't disrupt the fishing that day. but it stayed nearby, like a reminder of what it could do if it wanted. >> translator: we can keep fishing for now, but we could be chased away any time. this is our fishing ground, but we're so worried. >> reporter: philippine fishermen will continue to fish around scarborough shoal but they feel intimidated by the continued prese

the last tax reform the philippines went through was in 1998. to update our text tables since they have been overtaken by inflation. we are also part of that package. to increaseis our tax stake. we are doing that by updating the taxes on fuel. our taxes were set in 1998. also the tax on automobiles. we need the funds because we are going on a big infrastructure push. the only way to really finance basis is toonsible improve our tax collections. aside from the tax bills we have pushed, we are also pushing very hard on tax collections. taxave gone after very big evaders. are veryeams successful in gathering the evidence of tax evasion. >> on the domestic front, we don't know who the next central-bank governor is going to be. he will finish his six-year term in july. normally we would know. what is holding it up? i know that you have a say. can you give us some insight right here on bloomberg television? [laughter] carlos: yes, it you listen to my first choice which i announced last october, you will come to the conclusion who my second and third

a retired police officer in the philippines testifies that the country's president duterte approved the killings of nearly 200 people when he was a city mayor. i'm kasia madera in london. china's war on traffic pollution as it promises to "make the skies blue again," but is it losing the battle against the smog? and tummy trouble for the turtle who ate hundreds of coins! live from our studios in singapore and london. you're watching bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 9am in singapore. 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where president trump has finally signed his replacement executive order on immigration. it reimposes travel restrictions on six muslim—majority nations. but the new order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. even so, new legal challenges are expected, as nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america's airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedl

this is the crisis that philippine president rodrigo duterte has vowed to end. of his many outlandish solutions? encouraging addicts to commit suicide. >> reporter: soon after the new president took office, a wave of summary killings swept across the country. suspected users and dealers were shot dead on the streets by unknown hitmen, an estimated 40 people die everyday. political analyst ramon casiple believes the violence is part of the president's strategy to sow fear. >> reporter: are these killings changing anything in the philippines, or simply a sign of nationwide lawlessness? we found answers from a supporter of the president. she goes by the name zeny, and she wants to hide her identity. zeny says duterte's war on drugs had a positive outcome in her neighborhood. many users and pushers have turned themselves in. >> ( translated ): our neighborhood became more orderly and peaceful because of his war on drugs. i voted for him because i want the drug crisis solved. it really worked. >> reporter: she says her own son was so scared that he stopped doing drug

i had been to the philippines before. >> i told him how nice the people are.ut then we were kidnapped. >> gerfa! >> one wrong movement and i could have a bullet go straight through my head. >> what do you want from us? >> i'm dealing with religious fanatics. how can this be? >> you die. >> i had to find my way out, i had to escape. ♪ >>> it was the summer of 2011. >> have you got the charger? >> i was going to the philippines with my 14-year-old son kevin. >> could you get it, sweetie? >> my husband is from germany. he doesn't come with us. the idea is that kevin and his cousins can spend time together. >> come on, you'll love it. it's beautiful. >> i know, but i just don't know what anyone is saying. >> i really didn't want to go to the philippines at this point. >> they're your cousins, kevin. they don't mind. >> i had been there before. i liked going. but i just wanted to stay home and be with my friends, enjoy my summer before i became a freshman. >> let's go. >> we're going to have a good time. it's going to be a fantastic vacation. ♪ >> my cousin recentl

and because he was larger than life, when he was living in the philippines training the philippine army, where he lived while he was doing that was in the fanciest room in the fanciest hotel in the whole country. while he was training the philippine army, douglas macarthur lived in the penthouse suite of the manila hotel. other than the presidential palace, it was basically the ritziest place to live in the entire country. and his suite at the manila hotel is still there, upgraded and partly preserved. you can, if you have enough money, rent the general douglas macarthur suite. at the manila hotel in manila, in the philippines. you can soak up some history along with your jacuzzi bath and the other amenities of your luxury stay. today's news someday becomes tomorrow's history. and that dynamic still holds. and i'm sorry to say that the general douglas macarthur suite at the manila hotel now features in a new footnote in history -- or at least it will someday, because in today's news it's part of a lurid international military bribery case which everybody calls the fat leonard scandal. >

like president rodrigo duterteof the philippines.e doesn't seem bothered much bylaws and statutes. in his battle against the drugstrade in his country, duterte first sought assistance from thepolice, followed by the army. since last summer, 7,000 peoplehave lost their lives. reporter: ryan was shot twice inthe leg -- and seven of his friends were killed in anight-time attack by masked assailants.the 18-year-old is at a clinic run by baclaran church inmetropolitan manila. it mainly serves poor people whocan't afford to go to a regular clinic.but ryan fled here from a regular hospital, because e he wasfrightened the e assailants might come after him again.ryayan: e were innocent. why did they shoot us for noreason? reporter: ryan and his friendsare victims of the the country's so-called "war on drugs" -- it'skilled more than 700 people in eight months.and those are police statistics. dealers and users are beingmurdered, but also people who have nothing to do with drugs --and small children. ryan says one of his murderedfriends was invo

we have a loud and listened to voice in the philippine senate. are. some looking at the philippines from the outside say you have this president who is known for this macho image. but is he on the same pages you chris does he support the furthering of women's rights? in fa ct, furthering of women's rights? in fact, when he was the mayor of davao city, he was to make provided —— he provided the model for many the progress the women. in fact, in davao city, when he was mayorfor several decades, he was a model for gender balance and four pro— women legislation as follows pro— women activities. —— for. as the islamic state group are gradually driven out of iraq, the scale of their atrocities is being revealed against one ethnic group in particular. the yazidi people are the victims of a genocidal campaign, according to the un. so far, it's thought 5000 have been killed. over 3000 mostly women and children are being held captive. some yazidis have managed to escape and seek sanctuary in germany. the bbc‘s naomi grimley went to meet them. a secret loca

chance of a move from the philippine central bank today?l, there are two economists who follow this in our recent bloomberg news survey who are looking for a rate increase, but 19 others say no way, and that is the majority few when it comes to the philippines. bank is keeping the therate at 3%, but it is first time it has not been ironclad unanimous since 2014. let's look at a chart, this is about the fed hiking rates, the philippine central bank, it is about inflation. it is about inflation moving higher. you can see that blue line. that is what is pushing them to raise rates, but not yet. thank you. still ahead on "bloomberg markets: asia", what does china need to do to rebalance its economy. ♪ ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: we begin with the confirmation hearings for the supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. in the first day of questioning, judge gorsuch emphasized his judicial independence and he was asked by charles grassley if he would have any issues going after the president. >> that is a

their range is double the philippines military aircraft.he country plans to maximize their capability in patrolling surrounding waters. trirchlts as we face many security-related issues, including that of the south china sea, our cooperation with the philippines on regional security and stability is now even more significant. >> one of the issues is increased chinese activity there. japan hopes it can also boost the philippines' capabilities through the lease and training of pilots. the planes are the first to be leased abroad by japan. >>> the leading candidate from south korea's largest opposition party has won his first primary in the lead-up to the may presidential election. he is the former leader of the democratic party of korea. he beat out his main rival by a large margin, gaining 60% of the votes. moon ran unsuccessfully in the last presidential election. south korea's presidential race will happen months ahead of schedule due to the impeachment of park. the party should know who will lead it by early next month. the election is sc

in this video started with the pail that was told but his neighbor from the philippines -- >> duringsmall boy here. he told me in america he's deceased now, that he witnessed japanese gold in a chest being buried. so he told me many times to come and dig it up. >> he says for the most part he just missed the story, but now he finds himself in the philippines and decided to reach out to some of the locals and said i've got some directions. >> this is the old foundation of some type of guard house. . >> her like what do we got to lose. >> this sounds fun. a real life treasure hunt. >> they are digging and dig. luck was on their side. he must have had some four leaf clovrs because watch this. there's a thump. it's incredible. they find something. >> that alone, i u b don't care what it is. the fact that you went b to the philippines, dug a hole for the first time and found something that's exciting. >> it's a legit treasure chest. now they are walking it back to the village. they are able to get this thing to a point where they can open the lid. gold covered chock las. >> it's so cool.

as the philippines marks earth hour, star wars fa ns as the philippines marks earth hour, starwars fanshe earth. around 60 people from philippine lightsaber guild marched and held lightsaber duels to urge filipinos to be heroes for the environment. one of the event's organiser stressed on the importance of its message. don't forget you can get in touch with me on twitter. good morning. it was a lovely start to the weekend and there is more sunshine to come on sunday. these we i’e sunshine to come on sunday. these were saturday's blue skies, taken by a weather watcher in aberdeenshire. here, the temperature rose to 19.1 c, making it the warmest day of the year so far. closely followed by west wales, northern ireland and into cumbria. similar temperatures again on sunday. but it is pretty cold out there at the moment, especially underneath the high pi’essui’e, especially underneath the high pressure, where we've got no wind to speak of. maybe a couple of mist and fog touches just shortly that. not as cold to the south due to the wind, but across the northern isles where we have a touch of

their range is double the philippines military aircraft. the company plans to maximize their capability in patroling surrounding waters. >> translator: as we face many security-related issues, including that of the south china sea our cooperation with the philippines on regional security and stability is eveve now more significant. >> one of the issues is increased chinese activity there. japan hopes it can also boostst the philippines' capapabilities through the lease a and trainin of pilots. the planes are the first to be leased abroad by japan. >>> nuclear states are boycotting a conference to negotiate a legally binding treaty to ban nuclear weapons, set to begin at the u.n. headquarters on monday. u.n. general assembly voted to start negotiationsns. more than 50 nonnnnuclear countries submitted the proposal and 115 states supported the resolution. the treaty is to ban nuclear weapons on the basis that they are in breach of international laws. more than 100 countries are expected to take part in the negotiations. u.s. and russia say neg

but the philippines, it's a different story.f a survey of 21 economists, 2 are predicting that they will, the bnp will raise that key rate today. it's the first time it has been not unanimous that they are going to hold the rate since 2014. it is significant. it's not because the fed raised rates last week. it's because of inflation. let's look at a bloomberg chart, 7034. what you are seeing now is the white line that is the key rate. the blue line, that pretty turquoise, inflation is down to 3.3%. that means it is above the key rate. we have a negative real rate at the short end. that is something people are pointing to as a suggestion, combined with that yellow line, that is the gdp rate growing pretty quick. in 2016, 6.8% in the philippines. that is among the best going economies in the world. at any rate, people say maybe they are starting to fall behind the curve. economists said exactly that in a note, david. that is why there is at least the possibility that they might. they are in the same camp with r bnz. they are not g

adoption family hoping to inspire others, they adopted maria from a special needs orphanage in the philippines. they marked the first adoption anniversary with a youtube video with 700,000 views and 6,000 shares. so many people out there need a home with love, i'm so glad they did that for maria. >> reporter: so nice she found

adoption family hoping to inspire others, they adopted maria from a special needs orphanage in the philippines. they marked the first adoption anniversary with a youtube video with 700,000 views and 6,000 shares. so many people out there need a home with love, i'm so glad they did that for maria. >> reporter: so nice she found her forever family. looking quiet, you could say yes, looking live in southwest philadelphia. the platt bridge as if i painted it myself. the platt bridge by i-95 skies trying to brighten a little bit, don't let it fool you it's cold out there. mass transit is on time and running smoothly right now

still to come on the programme: behind the shock tactics of the philippines war on drugs.day we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. fifi gt inns esq—fail? ijy the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible and that's what the voters wanted. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: president trump accuses north korea as kimjong—un claims a breakthrough in rocket technology. "no evidence of collusion" between the trump election campaign and russia. that's according to the head of the panel investigating the claims. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: we start with the south china morning post, which carries the story of the

a retired police officer in the philippines has admitted to killing nearly 200 people, saying he was part of a "death squad" approved by the man who is now president, rodrigo duterte. and this video is trending on bbc.com. vets in thailand have operated on a green sea—turtle to remove more than 900 coins she'd swallowed that were thrown into her enclosure for good luck. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: trade union leaders want assurances over the future of thousands of jobs at vauxhall‘s car plants at luton and ellesmere port. vauxhall has been sold by general motors to french car manufacturer, psa, which owns peugeot and citroen. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. threats of legal challenges and a new warning from businesses over president trump's revised travel ban. activewear. the fashion phenomenon that is grabbing australia by the seat of its pants and is now heading to asia. good morning, asia. hello, world. this is asia business report. i am rico hizon. it's a tuesday. us president donald trump

which side hasjustice on its side — the chinese or the philippines?cific claims. no, but you respect the courts and the courts made a decision. we repsect international courts. decisions are made and they can be scrutinised, they can be examined, they can be criticised. in singapoer‘s case, our interest is a freedom of navigation, rule of international law and also the cohesion of asean and the relevance of asean. i suppose, looking at this from the beijing point of view, also your decision during the obama administration period in 2015 to sign a deeper defence agreement with the americans and to the chinese that looks like a statement of intent which works against their interests. we have had this relationship with the us for a long time. we buy a lot of military equipment from them, we train on quite a big scale in the unites states, our airforce is there, and for more than 30 years we have had...we have hosted american aircraft and ships in the region which pass through and stop in singapore and we think it is the right thing for us to do because w

we cannot swim from the philippines up to here. >> you can swim there the philippines here. >> it's too doesn't make a difference. >> that would be a far swim. it is a far swim indeed, ali, while president trump requested all this money for the border wall today, secretary kelly the man in charge of that proposed project actually said during his confirmation hearing that isn't an efficient way to track people who overstayed their visas, now the biggest group of undocumented immigrants to the country. this is what he said we should send someone to their house and ask them why they haven't departed. >> america is the only country that doesn't track people when they leave so you have no way of knowing whether they left. great reporting. it's harvard's loss that they didn't get you jacob. >> i don't know about that. >> doing great reporting for us in los angeles. i'm out of time. that's it for me for this hour of msnbc. find me on social media. right now on msnbc, my friend chris jansing hosts "andrea mitchell reports" from d.c. hi chris. >> hi there. right now on "andrea mitchell reports,"

yvonne:. -- philippines.e next to decide. it was quite a quiet sessions say -- session in the u.s.. we caught -- got the money put to work. let's see how the market is opening in tokyo and seoul. >> were talking about what the strategies -- macro strategies were to new york in the rpm. there are three certain things -- taxes, death, kurt and the rpm trying to draw down the currency. we are indicating that we are managing to get a little bit over $19,000. that's 90000 and the nikkei 225 -- 19,000 on the nikkei 225. andphilippine central bank it is a fairly mixed spectrum across currencies. it is a decline right now -- 7666 on the dollar, but when you look at the south korean won, it -- when youoward look at this oil price story, half of 1%. have pressure on oil prices, so we are seeing a slightly bonne that as we do anyway at this time of the day. for a while, it was trading below $50. let me flip the board to look at the dollar-yen. $1.11, and if you look at the midpoint between the low end of november and th

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they received 2 months of training in the japanese language and culture before leaving the philippines. >> i really want to start work. i am so excited. >> it allows foreigners to perform housekeeping work in tokyo and they can workk for up to three years. they cannot take live in jobs for their own production and employees are required to pay the same level of wages as they give japanese workers. people using housekeeping services are increasing as the number of dual income households rises in japan. businesses are struggling to find enough workers to meet the demand. checking the markets tokyo's benchmark nikkei average snapped a four day losing streak and got higher. a stronger dollar helped lift investor sentiment. our business reporter has more from the tokyo stock exchange. >> exporters, rosose on the ba of the u.s. dollar streng but then on the flip side we see shares based on the fall we saw in u.s. crude prices so let's have a look at how the nikkei and broader topics ended thursday march 9th. the nikkei, a third of a percent beginning at 19,318. the broader topics rose 0.3%.

philippines. he was arrested on an unrelated charge.he said he was going to leave the country and come back with an army, "islam is coming." stars with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. he said he was prepared to strap a bomb to himself to sacrifice his life for jihad. all right, switching gears now, a chilly day outside. josh: fighting back a bit from old man winter. not over just yet. the warmer weather is notoo far down the line in the forecast, but we have a very cold night before we feel like spring. outside in frederick, clear skies. that will be the big thing for area, thet of the lack of cloud cover, the dry air, and the fact that the brees will lighten up. that will allow the temperatures to work their way into the teens in a lot of places. mid-20's in frederick. 40 degrees at reagan national. the dew point is seven degrees, which means the air is really dry. the dryer the air, the more efficiently it cools down, so we have very cold temperatures tonight. we also still have this norther

they because even in the philippines they are chuck berry. are talking about chuck berry. he lives to the ripe old age of 90, known as one of the pioneers of rock .n. known as one of the pioneers of rock 'n' roll. his core genre was actually with and blues, but he introduced as rock 'n' roll element. he said he was not blues enough. he a lwa ys he said he was not blues enough. he always had food on the table, he said you have to be poorto do the said you have to be poor to do the fifzz they said by bike, g— said you have to be poor to do the 5733: they said by bike, johnny % said you have to be poor to do the fifz: they said by bike, johnny b blues. they said by bike, johnny b goode, because he wrotejohnny b goode. are you fans of john berry goode, because he wrotejohnny b goode. are you fans ofjohn berry -- chuck berry? i discovered him on back to the future, of course. at his chuck berry. there were some other really good lines, have to tell you we other really good lines, have to tell you - we are off out. our tell you once we are off out. our time is up. thank you to com

something mentioned about the philippines being the first to raise rates, and i was wondering why youay that? >> the philippines has been a strong performer the fast -- past five or six years, growth six or 7% very persistently -- 6% or 7% very persistently. the budget is not ideally where certainlyo be, but growth has been strong and money growth has been strong. you can see that for instance, it is almost back to balance. of all the economies in asia, acth running this high wire between fed driven rate hikes on the other hand and a global trade cycle which is picking up, i think the philippines is likely to handle that makes the best. betty: good to see you. .ichard is zynga in sydney up next, boxed in. how australia's big city housing price boom is that to keep going. it --th the rba on how keep the rba on hold. haidi: i'm haidi lun in sydney. betty: and i am betty lynn in new york. the rba will make its march rate decision tomorrow. expecting no change among the key concerns for the central bank. bloomberg's emily cadman is in sydney with us with more. have inus, because we hearin

. >>> the streets of the philippines can be very crowded with traffic. difficult to get around.ple speeding through, trying to find their way. thankfully, there is a dedicated traffic officer out there to try and keep the law of the roads going. his name is magdalino, he's 58 years old, and he was born different. magdalino does not have legs and his arms are slightly deformed, but it has not slowed him down. every day, he gets on his custom-built bicycle, rides down to this street corner here, puts his gloves on and does his best to just simply get people to slow down. >> i love that he walks with his hands, so he is nice little sandals. >> driving in the philippines is not fun. you honestly have to have the force if you want to get through unscathed. people really do help in the crazy intersections when people get a bit -- >> he leaves his house before the sun comes up, braves the heat, the traffic fumes and all of that to put himself on that curbside and remind people to keep it easy. >> it's also a reminder, there are no excuses. he heads to work every single day and helps pe

regarding the philippines, u.s. officials eventually supported the master of a repressive dictator there, but only late in the game. to use a second cliche, only at the point where the writing was on the wall for the philippine dictator ferdinand marcos. rather than express his concern about the aggregation of democracy or abuse of its human rights under martial law, which marcos had imposed, reagan focused on the stability provided economically. the assassination of an opposition leader in 1983 precipitated a new crisis. reagan still responded by articulating his continued support for marcos, saying the united states was quote, not cut away from a person, though he may be perfect on human rights, has worked with us. others in the administration began to force reagan to reconsider his position. in particular, this impotence was spurred by the violence and fraud that complicated marcos-s election against the -- and force reagan to bend. finally under intense pressure from some of his aides, he called upon marcos to a

the newly independent philippines tried 72 cases involving 169 defendants.here were 133 convictions after several cases were dismissed. the 17 death sentences did not include the military governor. for orinda steeds committed by the forces under his command he was sentenced to life of hard labor. the whole process of trials in the philippines was collocated by issues relating to the extensive collaboration of numerous filipinos with the japanese during the occupation. we cannot possibly going to that subject here and now. the french tried 230 japanese in 31 trials. they convicted 198 of them. 26 death sentences were carried out, but it has to be noted that 43 of those tried were tried in absentia because they had been charged but not caught. to the best of my knowledge, except for a tiny number of individual cases, nothing of this kind happened in the cases tried by other allied countries. the soviet union conducted only 1 case under the general offices that offices. this was officially a cold war propaganda effort to discredit western allies for not trying

. >> reporter: back in the philippines?hilippines where i'm from. >> reporter: will you go back there any time soon? >> i can't because i won't be able to come back to america because i'm undocumented. >> reporter: as immigration from latin america declines, asian are to be the biggest group by 2055. that's your brother? >> yes. >> reporter: your fiancee? >> yes. >> reporter: you're undocumented? >> yes. >> reporter: how about you? >> same. >> reporter: also undocumented? >> yeah. >> reporter: did everybody come here on an airplane? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: you all flew here? >> we all flew. >> tourist visa. >> reporter: everybody? >> yes. >> reporter: everybody just decided, we're going to overstay our visa, we're going to compromise our visa and now we're going to be in the united states illegally? >> we are here to stay because exerted our life, effort, our body, our soul, our mind, to work and to contribute a lot. >> reporter: will a wall stop people coming from the philippines? >> no. >> no. >> because we came here