at the end of the day how many troops are actually on the ground in the philippines? >> maybe a few dozen. the core of it was basically lansdale and 10 assistance and that was it. >> keeping in mind again that you don't always get the luck of those individuals. >> they also have made their own luck by pushing them forward. >> mr. maliki was not the easiest individuals to work with but by god we did together and ryan crocker and others. so again a very, very important achievement here and he gets elected. he's the president sadly for only a few years. >> e. diaz in a plane accident tragically. >> by the way the aircraft is being piloted by the chief of staff of the air force as i recall the guy who knew fighters really well. of course we talked about pat kelly and what transpired there. how does he end up over in vietnam? >> he have this single success in the philippines where he in fact basically masterminded the hook rebellion. he was all this with the flavor of the month and eisenhower demonstrations and became allen dulles the cia director and ron who masterminded

left and externally to use the philippines as a springboard to reassert u.s. military power in the senate which brings us back to you know two years ago when i was in japan everybody there was talking about the specific policy. pacific you know we're going to pivot we're going from the middle east now we're going to get into the war in the south pacific and what's really interesting to me to have is right now they're saying it's going to be about two hundred three hundred guys you know service of your soldiers and they're now it's like logistics and weapons and things like that to all help deter you know kind of basically run its course and fight these terrorists they've been fighting for the last years largest so who the terrorists and that's their right. and then they're saying the number will remain unchanged but i don't buy that that's going to stay they always promise it always just going to be advisors all is just going to be this a lot of eventually it escalates but one of the big reasons that's not being talked about is the other reasons why the philip

left and externally to use the philippines as a springboard to reassert u.s. military power in the senate which brings us back to you know two years ago when i was in japan everybody there was talking about the specific policy. pacific you know we're going to pivot we're going from the middle east now we're going to get them to the war in the south pacific and what's really interesting to me to have is right now they're saying it's going to be about two hundred three hundred guys you know service of your soldiers and their dollars like with just sticks and weapons and things like that to all help deter you know kind of basically run its course and fight these terrorists that they've been fighting for the last over the last years a lot harder to tell who the terrorists in that situation though are. and then they're saying the number will remain unchanged but i don't buy that that's going to stay they always promise it always just going to be advisors oh it's just going to be this and that eventually it escalates but one of the big reasons that's not being talke

in the philippines, the slogan was bombs not ballots. nobody has any outcome confidence and they would turn that around because he delivered here elections and helped. i would say that it was advertising basically. that basically defeated the rebellion because you turned the slogan around and it became balanced not bullets because people realized they could affect local change at the ballot box they no longer have to fight with the gun and that took all the air out of the rebellion. this is so familiar to what it is that we try to do during the search. i just want to dwell on fees being courteous and polite. when it becomes lethal in the airborne strikes because they kill civilians and they do by the way. he gave filipino soldiers cheap photographs in part to get actual accurate reporting. they hated the mentality. think about how that becomes electric of vietnam and how different that was kind of a statistical reductions of the war that came ditka became so familiar in vietnam. together, they developed what as you mentioned would turn c

left and externally to use the philippines as a springboard to reassert u.s. military power in the senate which brings us back to you know two years ago when i was in japan everybody there was talking about the specific policy. the pacific you know we're going to pivot we're going from the middle east now we're going to get into the war in the south pacific and what's really interesting to me was right now they're saying it's going to be about two hundred three hundred guys you know service of your soldiers and they're now it's like logistics and weapons and things like that to all help deter you know kind of basically run its course and fight these terrorists they've been fighting for the last years large so who the terrorists in that situation though are. and then they're saying that that number will remain unchanged but i don't buy that that's going to stay they always promised it always just going to be advisors always just going to be this a little venture lead escalates but one of the big reasons that's not being talked about is the other reasons why the

he was known as the guy throughout the philippines so including filipino civic organizations to keep the other party from stealing the election. or working with the journalists to face favorable profiles. everything you would expect a campaign manager to do. the agency and the state department a lot of people were not sure it to get involved in the politics of another country. and that the way the communists acquired power to shoot through the bit role of gun. they had a political strategy and then to fight the communist militarily. and in the philippines the slogan was bombs not valid because the election is so crooked nobody had the confidence. but then with that policy. >> he was not stuffing ballot boxes. and as a result that basically defeated it turned the slogan around. some people realized the political change at the ballot box that took all the air out of the hook rebellion. >> that is so familiar. that was the surge of ideas not forces. and not to dwell on you a bit courteous and polite to the population that you are engaging in me. and with those airborne strikes and then

protesters in the philippines are urging president to take to stop china's military expansion in the south china sea philippines media published photos last week showing that china has continued to build installations on the disputed spratly islands former rebels in colombia have suspended their campaigns to be elected because of threats by angry mobs now colbie com an alternative revolutionary force political party leaders urged the government to ensure their safety. fighters handed over their weapons last year and became a political party after a peace deal ended fifty years of civil war but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost section that's watching. the nature music as it breaks the u.s. cut the funding has cemented the feeling here that the u.s. is now part of the problem and has picked the israeli side with detailed coverage the nigerian government insists negotiations are ongoing to secure the release of the girls and hundreds of others. from around the world three decades on chileans are still thinking about abuses but this t

in those working abroad we chris is in the attempts of the population of the philippines two million of them are contract workers or overseas foreign workers and they send back the last column an average of twenty billion dollars a year so this is a very important prop for the philippine economy and it's helped develop the philippine economy over the last generation so no government can afford to have these filipinos abruptly come back and have nothing to offer them so they just something that the government or at least its officials are carefully considering and finally what sort of assurances then will the delegation of acquiring don't want to. to recommend to the president that filipinos are able to return to kuwait . well first of all they want to sign a memorandum of understanding which apparently has been held in abeyance or has been in limbo for the last few years because of reluctance on the part of the way the government they want the government to scientists and this is apparently going to guarantee certain protections for the filipino domestic helpers in kuwait so that the

or any other country can do to stop china from its military zation and that the philippine government silence on the issue is enabling china's expansionist ambitions in the south china sea in danger of not only its own sovereignty but also the security of its allies in the pacific. dog an al jazeera mandela. cape town has pushed back days evil the day may have to turn off most taps because of a long drive by nearly a month now officials say it's now expected to be may the eleventh they're anticipating a reduction in agricultural demand for water so they may not need to make a drastic move a tall but restrictions for water use is still in place with residents only allowed to use up to fifty meters a day per person. a prominent american investigator into the illegal ivory and right now trade has been stoned to death at his home in the kenyan capital seventy five year old bradley lawson has spent decades investigating the illegal practice which threatens the two species with extinction his work spanned asia and africa he also served as the u.n. special envoy on right now conservation. is

or any other country can do to stop china from its military zation and that the philippine government silence on the issue is enabling china's expansionist ambitions in the south china sea in danger of not only its own sovereignty but also the security of its allies in the pacific. dog and al jazeera. only us the house of representatives intelligence committee has voted to make public a memo prepared by the committee's democrats this is a rebuttal to a controversial republican document released on friday the republican memo was declassified by president trump and contained allegations of f.b.i. thoughtless and abuse of power in the way it spied on a trial. the f.b.i. questioned the accuracy of the republican memo saying it contained emissions of fact the committee's top democrat adam schiff says the president will need to approve the rival papers release. i think it's going to be very hard for the white house like it was hard for the republicans on the committee to block release of this i am more concerned that they make political redactions with actions to protect sources and methods

or any other country can do to stop china from its military zation and that the philippine government silence on the issue is enabling china's expansionist ambitions in the south china sea in danger of not only its own sovereignty but also the security of its allies in the pacific similarly in dog and al-jazeera manila a prominent american investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino trade has been stabbed to death in his home in the kenyan capital seventy five year old esmond bradley martin a spent decades investigating the illegal practice which threatens the two species with extinction his work spanned asia and africa he also served as the un special envoy on rhino conservation canada's facing criticism from human rights groups for its attempts to deport a twenty four year old man to somalia day was born in saudi arabia and came to canada as a child refugee he says he's got no ties to somalia and is fighting government attempts to send them there from toronto dunya lack reports. born to a somali mother in saudi arabia abdul abdi was six when he came to canada as a refugee he was t

father in residence at the social weather stations that's a social research institution in the philippines he's joining us now via skype from the capital manila thank you for talking to us is the picture that has been outlined by the c international a picture that you recognize of the philippines today. well certainly the scope of the killings in the drug war has been accurately reflected in a number of international ports the philippine administration would on the other hand retort that they're anti-crime. tactics are working and that's why they are serving the filipino people in that manner and of course president detested came to power on a wave of approval and support because of the the tough measures that he was promising to put in place and as far as i'm aware anecdotally at least that that popularity remains. yes indeed the data that social weather stations produces quarterly shows that in fact president are charities extremely popular people are very satisfied with the way he is running the government they might have some quibbles for instance most people in the philippines would p

the relationship between rich and poor real in the philippines we were here on a weeknight for example you'll see a lot of millennial is here working around financial centers with purchasing power able to get a starbucks coffee right there but then you move a few kilometers away from here then you can really see kids begging who probably don't even have a shot at finishing high school with. families who have their own social bonds and especially when you think about the kind of life they have industry it's not just about purity bagging a lot of these children live off the streets and they contribute to the epicenter of an urban society like many other kids watch for your car and make sure no one robs your tired so in a way there's this symbiotic relationship between urban dwellers and street children. this relationship can usually be seen here probably not of manila bay it's a popular tourist spot so an ideal place to bake except that something has changed here in the past few days it's strangely empty. my visit to manila coincided with the summit of world leaders this mega city went i

i've come here because unlike the philippines there are funds in sweden to help the poorest in society it's famous for its generous welfare system but despite that safety net the raw many beggars here too in cities across the country and they get a mixed reception it's a problem because it's not. a view of the street we are used to seeing and that certainly is something common swedish thing either and it's it's difficult because it's putting all of its people in a difficult situation yes it's sad to see the beggars but i can they're just so common nowadays to just walk by and think about this match it's ok to give money to somebody who is disabled don't have arm or something ok this guy cannot work and stuff but when you when you see a grown person who is. capable for work. work your money matters. to people here maybe a little. it's been a profitable day for katalin and he's heading home. for now that's the squatter camps on the outskirts of malmo in southern sweden. the people here are a dispersed ethnic group with roots in central in eastern europe. hundred sixty of them on this sit

in the philippines is far from over. are going to turn our attention now to the u.s. where debate about gun control is back on the agenda after last week's massacre at a florida high school but as the debate rages on some gun owners are taking matters into their own hands elizabeth show joins us now from our social media desk liz i understand there is a a new hash tag one less tell us about that. and the hash tag one less is actually being used by gun owners in the u.s. they say they want to send a clear message against that the ownership of fold a weapon like no and that was used the last week at florida shooting there at the high school and this whole thing started with the scott lobdell he is a gun owner from new york and he posted a video that has gone viral on you tube on facebook actually if you just take a look at parts of that video. i mean think about is the right to own this weapon more important someone's life. a weapon like this that can cause so much death and destruction. we look at the pictures of those victims. is that right more important. than being

the south china sea in march the chinese consulate in manila philippines media published photos last week showing that china has continued to build installations on the disputed spratly islands duggan has more in the capital manila. protesters say there is just the start of a long series of campaign to put pressure on president to agree good charges government to put out a man. to stop it there is a strike and have noted areas in there are trying to fill their ranks after a little post report shows that china is almost already finished with its military's ation of disputed areas in the spratleys group of islands. in the long run very damaging impact has to be started to be reversed otherwise we may be losing the he was. already controlling my huge part of the disputed area. it is our president who does not have the consciousness to fight for our old man but it is easier for him to give our really old philippine rice to the chinese . the spokesperson of president that artist says the blame should be put on the previous government that even president benigno aquino was not able to do a

the relationship between rich and poor real in the philippines we were here on a weeknight for example you'll see a lot of millennial is here working around financial centers with purchasing power able to get a starbucks coffee right there but then you move a few kilometers away from here then you can really see kids begging who probably don't even have a shot at finishing high school with. families who have their own social bonds and especially when you think about the kind of life they have industry it's not just about purity bagging a lot of these children live off the streets and they contribute to the eco system of an urban society like many other kids watch for your car and make sure no one robs your tires so in a way there's this symbiotic relationship between urban dwellers and street children. this relationship can usually be seen here probably not of manila bay it's a popular tourist spot so an ideal place to bake except that something has changed here in the past few days it's strangely. my visit to manila coincided with the summit of world leaders this mega city went into l

the philippines and hawaii. katherine: yes. interviewer: so what sense did you get of the divisiveness within the nation at that point? katherine: well, you see we did not have television particularly in the philippines, and i guess we realized in hawaii some, but when we got to the philippines, you just had the army times and we really did not have television, and i guess we did not know it was so bad. interviewer: you were insulated. katherine: yes. interviewer: shortly after your husband returned from vietnam -- your brother, the lt. colonel, commander of the 47th infantry regiment, was killed on -- katherine: july 4. interviewer: july 4, 1968, when his helicopter was shot down in the mekong delta. tell me about how you learned about his death. katherine: oh. well, i had not seen my parents in -- gosh. four years. and -- oh, this was an awful time. interviewer: i'm sure. katherine: that was almost the first thing that came over west's desk. as chief of staff. so, he had to wait until they acknowledged it, and then my older b

or any other country can do to stop china from its military zation and that the philippine government silence on the issue is enabling china's expansionist ambitions in the south china sea endangering not only its own sovereignty but also the security of its allies in the pacific similarly in dog and al-jazeera manila the dispute over the islands inside china sea is a pretty complicated saga well we're going to try and break it down with this map it's parasail and spot the islands of the scarborough shore of the islands that are just speech said vietnam malaysia the philippines taiwan and china all have overlapping claims to the areas an estimated three trillion dollars worth of trade passes through the region and it's also believed to contain oil and gas reserves well william j. park of the third is the chief operating officer at the east west institute which specializes in conflict prevention and resolution joins me now live from new york a very warm welcome to the program william thanks very much for being with us just how concerning is this militarized kind of build up in the area

the whole rest of the philippines was not going to be able to keep the philippines at all. the people of the philippines headed the spanish, so now that they've been defeated, they were going to be able to go back in there. it wasn't going to be the filipino people, and fortunately, so they have to be either rest or germany or some other european power. her possessions or colonies and if germany had all these other irons, that the securing basically decided i'm taking the whole thing. that fighting two wars he knows very much like the vietnam war. he was the the insurrection and it was global warfare is very difficult and have a figure from my view ran that insurrection, ultimately captured in that kind of went up the back of uncertainty and into teddy roosevelt administration. so, as i say, that seems to be a controversial equipment fee. why does that make it more credit? why does he get no respect? one reason has to do with his successor, teddy roosevelt. i'm a great admirer of roosevelt. i think is a genius. he might've been the greatest genius ever became president. wha

said i could go to the philippines. interviewer: and you did not much care for the philippines? katherine: no, i should probably be very careful. interviewer: why? -- i workede really -- i can't remember the name of the hospital. philippines,o the evac errands back -- air and worked at an air evac hospital and i flew air evac. i would go to saigon and fly back with a planeload. did any incident stick out in your mind about the red cross work you did? i guess the one thing that was really kind of funny was that i was in vietnam, and i always went to see the wounded there. we in the hospital was where went to school. we all went to school, and there were two black men that were and oner to one another loss to the other lost the right both,nd they were very they were bonding with this -- they were very close. they were bonding with this. the it mom andn evac back to the philippines and my two black men were on the airplane. and they said, by this time we recognize one another, and they said, oh, if we could just stay together and go to walter reed. so, i said -- well, they came int

the philippines president's push to change the constitution raises concerns of a threat to democracy plus. let the party begin brazilians forget the economic and political troubles the carnival mood grips the country. israel says its responded to the downing of one of its warplanes by syrian government forces with its most significant attack on syria in decades the israeli fighter jet was shot down near the occupied golan heights on saturday it all began when israel said it intercepted an iranian drone that flew into it says space from syria israel replied with airstrikes targeting what it says were iranian bases in southern syria and near the capital damascus meanwhile the u.n. secretary general is told him for an immediate and unconditional deescalation and russia's president vladimir putin is warning israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu against raising tensions well in a few moments same bus driver will join us live from the iranian capital tehran but let's first cross to west jerusalem and talk to him and. so what do you expect to see out of israel today. well let me just b

philippines? >> no. i probably should be very careful, but -- >> okay. so what was it like in hawaii? >> well, we loved hawaii. we really, i mean, we -- i worked at the -- i can't remember the name of the hospital. >> mmm-hmm. >> i did red cross work there and met some airplanes, but then when i went to the philippines, i -- i did air evac and worked in the air evac hospital. then i flew air evac. i would fly into saigon and spend a couple of days and fly back with a plane load. >> mmm-hmm. now, does any one incident stick out in your mind about the red cross work that you did? >> i guess -- i guess the one thing that was -- was really kind of funny was that i was in vietnam and i always, you know, went to see the wounded there. >> mmm-hmm. >> and the hospital was where we were -- rip went to school, where they all went to school. there were two black men that were right next door to one another, and they had -- one had lost the left leg and the other had lost the right leg, and they were clvery c

and the philippines president pushes to change the constitution critics say it's a power grab. and i there is still quite cold for many of us in the southeast in parts of china the temperatures in shanghai during the day all too bad they're getting to around seven or nine degrees but at night they're still dropping below freezing so certainly feeling very cool for us for the south and for hong kong will be around nineteen generally there's not a great deal of cloud around the coast there but head down towards the philippines this formal cloud here on monday that's thanks to an approaching storm so we keeping a close eye on not over the next few days that's not going to reach us until choose day though so for the time being it's actually been quite quiet across the philippines is the far more clout further south borneo and across job wrong all the way here and plenty more rain still to come as we head through the next couple of days towards the west well it's largely quite quiet weather wise here stretching from thailand all the way down through k.l. and singapore that's a good

philippine authorities however say complaints of abuse compelled them to take action we have. five thousand some five thousand eight hundred more than five hundred complaints of abuse last year. including treatment sexual harassment and rape. the philippine ban on allowing new workers to go to kuwait is a problem for you can now only after over a decade in kuwait van jones a restaurant and money exchange businesses she needs to expand her work force the president's ban she says is holding her back. and some of my stuff was really one of the deal game here this is really very very big problem as the officials are critical to of the ban they concede it might be necessary to review. some creative measures like the ability of sponsors to hold migrant workers passports however they say the philippine president's statements have only complicated the situation at the moment. the ban was ordered for domestic reasons it's a clear there are also other reasons for such an escalation we're not in joules but we are also at the vels the the congregation sings for their community to be deliv

in the size china sea they marched to the chinese consulate in manila philippines media fabius photos last week showing that china has continued to build installations on the disputed spratly islands the islands are rich in natural resources and are important strategic course for navigational and military purposes jimmy fallon's ogun has more now from manila. protesters say this is just the start of a long series of campaign to put pressure on president to be good with charges government to point out that. to stop it many there is a shortage of them noted areas in the triangle now they're found after a group called report shows that china is almost already finished with its military zation of disputed areas in the spratleys group of islands. in the long run it was very damaging one has to be stopped while he was murdered or why we may be losing would be he was. already controlling a huge part of the disputed area. it is our president who does not have the consciousness to fight for the old man but it is easier for him to give our really old philippine rice to the chinese. the spokes p

like my sister the philippine government reacted strongly to john his death banning its citizens from coming to kuwait for work it later issued a clarification exempting those who already have jobs here about the initial announcement never the last century through the country. for many filipinos a job in the gulf is a lifeline for extended families so my spirit and. they don't have they don't get that. good at math from the philippine authorities however say complaints of abuse compelled them to take action we have. five thousand some five thousand eight hundred. complaints of abuse last year. including treatment sexual harassment and three. the philippine ban on allowing new workers to go to kuwait is a problem for you can now only after over a decade in kuwait fangio owns a restaurant and money exchange businesses she needs to expand her work force the president's band she. he says is holding her back. the officials are critical to of the ban they concede it might be necessary to review some measures like the ability of sponsors to hold migrant workers possible however they cite the

plus prayers and anger in the philippines as the body of a maine discovered in kuwait has returned to her family. from the clear blue sky of the doha morning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of love. hello again across much of southern and eastern china the weather is looking generally fine and with that southerly flow it's all quite warm twenty two in hong kong twenty four fuzhou temperatures way up for taipei further north where we have got a frontal system which extends along the young sea river valley so we're going to see rain developing here and certainly on the northern nature of putting cold air from the far north and we could well see some snow developing further towards the south on monday we should see fine conditions across indochina one only they're looking at my sort of twenty six degrees that's above average for this time of the year weather conditions across the philippines not too bad certainly for central north and there is largely dry thirty one of manila further south there were likely see some showers affecting mindanao is looking good across much of borneo

investigators in the philippines say more than ten foreign nationals are suspected of paying money todren being abused. the national bureau of investigation say they are investigating the cases, following a raid of two properties in which three people were arrested and 13 children were taken into care. i spoke to our philippines correspondent, howard johnson, a short time ago, and asked him about the circumstances of the case. this story goes back to the successful prosecution of a 39—year—old british paedophile by the name of allan collins last year. please successfully prosecuted him. he was jailed for 18 years for sexual abuse of more than 46 children. what we saw was that he paid around 45,000 us dollars to a couple of women here in the philippines to perform live, to get the children to perform live sex a cts the children to perform live sex acts on skype while he watched and recorded them back on the uk. the chief investigator hine that investigation flew over to the philippines last week to secure a west warns —— arrest warrants... but howard, we know it's notjust alan collins

in the philippines as the body of a made us return. welcome back we'll look at the weather across the americas this time of seeing quite an active frontal system clearing the way southeast which bring in some colder air with it as we head through sunday will see some recovery in temperature for washington compared to say about five degrees on stuff they summed up to ten new york eight not looking too bad we've got some snowfall though across more central areas cause northern plains and into the rockies obviously some big negative temperatures there for parts of canada more snow developing across the west here in the course of monday dry conditions expected for los angeles and san francisco the islands of the caribbean are enjoying some really nice weather at the moment showers very few and far between are not to be entirely dry but only the bulk of the day you made up the sunshine twenty nine the high in kingston jamaica continuing that way as we head through monday obviously winds commune of the caribbean is along this coast that will

in the philippines is far from over. now some of you might have seen this before it's an iconic image of silent protest that's now fifty years old after winning the two hundred meters at the nine hundred sixty eight olympics tommy smith and his teammate john carlos who came third in the race raised their fists in a black power salute they were booed forced out of the game suspended from the u.s. olympic team but they're just of defiance became legendary and it emboldened others . we're honored to have here the legendary tommy smith and john carlos the owner of the over there the powerful silent protest. in the one nine hundred sixty eight games was controversial but it woke folks up and created a greater opportunity for those that follow. well smith and carla says silent protest was the inspiration behind the recent take a neat campaign by a n.f.l. players here in america it started when a former san francisco forty nine ers quarterback calling capper nick knelt during the national anthem and he said he was challenging r

the philippine government this misses this and blames the previous administration so what they want us to see all that we could do is to extract a promise from china not to declaim any new ideas which i learned but what you feature in your people today are all directly islands that were there even before the duty of the administration came but these photos are believed to have been taken between june and december last year under president rodrigo due to his watch and it also betrays the fact that the government itself has no coherent policy of incomes to the west for the pins. and that can only be the advantage of the chinese who will then use this situation president there to insists china should still be the country's strongest ally he calls it an independent foreign policy veering away from the united states while trying to build closer relations with china and russia security experts say there appears to be little that the philippines or any other country can do to stop china from its military station and that the philippine government silence on the issue is enabling china's expan

howard johnson reporting from manila in the philippines.ition, parents giving children red envelopes containing lucky money. while it is meant to express good wishes for the year ahead and revive a aspect for the future, but whose money is it? this week a young chinese woman went to court and force the parents to pay $9,000 in university fees, a sum she believes is covered by her lucky money. to tell us more about this, i am joined by a reporterfor the los tell us more about this, i am joined by a reporter for the los angeles times covering asian—american issues. shejoins us now. thank you so issues. shejoins us now. thank you so much tojoining us on newsday. in your view, who should be holding the money? should it be the kids or their parents? i think a lot of people will say both. the kids get a portion because it is their gift and the parents, who provide all the other necessities during the year, wa nt to other necessities during the year, want to have something else. you are vietnamese and during your time when you were a kid and when

former philippines president for didn't marcus ruled with an iron fist for decades his martial rule was seen by many filipinos as oppressive in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the people power revolution removed him from office ushering in a new era of democracy the one nine hundred eighty seven philippine constitution was drafted with an emphasis on bringing about social justice past presidents have tried to change that constitution in the hope of prolonging their stay in power president a very good authority is making another attempt this time to change to a federal form of government he wants to decentralize power from what he describes as an imperialistic mandela and improve life for those living in rural areas no person should be deprived of life liberty or editors who helped draft the present constitution says it is not the form of government that is problematic but the quality of those people in government more than eighty percent of those elected officials come from political dynasties a federal form of government could help the remain in power charter change for me. is a t

. >> and then they said i could go to the philippines. >> and you didn't much care for the philippines? >> no. i probably should be very careful, but -- >> okay. what was it like in hawaii? >> well, we loved hawaii. i mean, we -- i worked in the -- at the -- i can't remember the name of the hospital. i did red cross work there and some airplanes. but when i went to the philippines, i did aro evacuate and spend a couple of days and fly back with a plane load. >> does any one incident stand out in your mind about the red cross work that you did? >> i guess the one thing that was really kind of funny was that i was in vietnam. and i always, you know, went to see the wounded there. and the hospital was where rip went to school, where they all went to school. and there were two black men that were right next door to one another, and one had lost the left leg, and the other had left the right leg, and they were very close. i mean, they were bonding with this. so i saw them in vietnam. and then i flew an aero vak back to the philippines. and my two black men were on the airplane. and they sai

turning to the philippines now.der the poverty line. in the capital manila, many struggle to find work and the money to buy food. that's led to the rise of a trade of ‘pagpag' — that's food scavenged from rubbish tips, then cooked and sold in poor communities. our philippines correspondent howard johnson visited happyland barangay to meet the people involved in the trade. renato digs through bags of rubbish, looking for scraps of meat thrown away by fast food restaurants in manila. he became a pagpag collector after he lost his job in the nearby docks. translation: my boss gives me around $6 per week after he has sold the pagpag. somehow, it is ok because it helps with house expenses, rice and other food. like renato, millions of filipinos live under the poverty line and in the overcrowded slums of manila, this is what the poorest of the poor eat — pagpag, food thrown away by others. so it is 4 o'clock in happyland ba rangay. i have seen different groups of people sifting through the rubbish already this morning. th

one example of that is what was going on in the philippines, what do you do with the philippines, how do you govern it. in part, had a feedback loop into what people thought about the bill of rights at home. that was the effect it had over time. it is fair to say to some extent the debate about what rights to extend to the philippines, puerto rico or guam gives us an insight into what people thought was important at the time and the answer is some things we expect to have extended like freedom of speech were extended. other things where you might understand why they weren't interested in extending them like the right to bear arms to people in a colonized situation but jury trial rights were not extended to these colonies. there were different explanations for that. there was the thought that people on these juries would be the people who live there and might not be so keen on promoting the authority of people running the governments but also you could simply say people had a different perception to the importance of jury trial at the time as compared to the way it was preceded earlier

islands in the south china sea the president's spokesman says the philippines cannot afford war with beijing over all media have released images showing chinese naval docks runways and several multi-story buildings to the island ogun reports from manila. these are aerial photographs of detained by the philippine daily inquirer newspaper it shows that china will soon finish its military zation of seven reefs in the south china sea an international tribunal in the hague in two thousand and sixteen rejected china's argument that it enjoys historic rights over most of the south china sea but the pictures clearly show that china has built a massive runway on mischief reef which the tribe you know ruled it was in philippine waters including control towers and radio meters often used in milegi communication small the reefs now have wind turbines halla pads and observation towers transport ships designed to carry are more the vehicles and up to eight hundred troops have also been spotted according to security experts three of these reefs now have three kilometer long runways making them as e

the philippine ban on allowing new workers to go to kuwait is a problem for them and you can now only after over a decade in kuwait van jones a restaurant and money exchange businesses she needs to expand her work force. the president's band she says is holding her back. there in some of my stuff one of them here this is really very very big problem. the officials are critical to of the ban they concede it might be necessary to review some quality measures like the ability of sponsors to hold migrant workers passports however they say the philippine president statements have only complicated the situation at the moment. the bird was ordered for domestic reasons it's a clear there are also of the reasons for such a risk lesions were not in jewels but we are also devolves the congregation sings for their community to be delivered from the devil the devil of abuse and the devil of hasty government decisions sami say that al-jazeera kuwait bangladesh has handed over a list to me and now with the names of more than eight thousand range of refugees from repatriation in mamma's first verify