tax forces for the philippines and philipines hash police. police. i have been carrying for him for over 12 hours a day as a nurse. i hope you can do everything within your power to help brandon. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is julie lee and i'm brandon's auntie. brandon was born and raised in sunset district of san francisco. he attended middle school and lincoln high school and san francisco state university. he is a caring, good natured kind-hearted person. i used to drop by saturday mornings after working a night shift and would fall asleep on the sofas. at that time, brandon was six or seven-years-old. and would always find a blanket to cover me to keep me warm. which was sick in bed, whoa come to my bedside and tell me funny things to cheer me up. i was very sad when he decided to leave his home in san francisco and relocate to another country. there was a bigger purpose. something he cared so deeply and passionately about. that made him leave his comfortable surroundings. for the past 10 years, he has been a human rights and environm

i was in the philippines when we heard about brandon being attacked. and we went to the general hospital and i wanted to show you a video that was taken at the general hospital and this is of his mother. before we left, i said -- he had six cardiac arrests. when we arrived, we heard that he had eight cardiac arrests. i can't believe that he had eight cardiac arrests and survived. he was alert and he smiled and (inaudible). >> i'm just so happy and my family and i are very thankful for the car that he is seeking here at the general hospital. we are very concerned for his safety. the assail enter is still out there and come back to finish the job. i'm hoping that -- >> supervisor yee: thank you. >> to help us evacuating brandon and bring him back home to san francisco awa and away from his perpetrators. the people who want to kill him. >> hello, i'm also from san francisco committee for human rights in the philippines and i will be reading a statement from aaron lee, brandon's brother. my name is aaron lee and i was born, raised and he educated in san fr

that was a preview of what might have been in the philippines. shortly after the united states under douglas macarthur went to take the philippines and particularly focused its attention on the city of manila. a cd containing a million people. it was at that point the sixth largest city in the united states. the united states forces first started by bombarding it and aiming for the japanese targets but aware they can't always discriminate friend from foe and then with the united states army came in on the ground hoping to dislodge japan from this city where the japanese had set up a fortified positions. and it started by doing it this ortiz away building small arms fire trying to dislodge the japanese from where they were called uheld up and quickly it t at the cost of the soldiers. it contains hostile japanese sailors were soldiers and the way that the head of the outcome of the commander of the division but it cometh to me, the thought of losing an american life to save the building was unthinkable, which makes sense. it's not a hard call to ma

he has no doubt that this was the philippine army that targeted him.e got to meet with his colleagues and his family and friends while we were there. they told us a number of them were also visited by the army on the same day, but they were not home. he had experienced escalating threats to his life from the military in the lead up to the assassination attempt. so this is a context in which brandon has been deeply involved in fighting for the rights of indigenous people in the philippines, human rights, defending their natural resources -- particularly against the proposed dam in the area where he works. he and his colleagues and friends feel very confidently that this was from elements connected to the philippine government. the police have told the family that they believe it was brandon's friends that did this, which is an absurd thing from what we saw and everyone we talked to. brandonant to turn to and his own words. this is over a year ago. in a video message released in july 2018, before the assassination attempt, he talked about t the threats s

books will be by philippine authors. robert: it will be hard to kind of cover all of them, but give us a couple of examples in terms of the books that were written, the ones you collaborated on, and sort of what the idea was behind putting these books together. christina: this is a--i'll hold up for the camera. this is "melo." so this is a language from the far north. it's a small language group and a small community. so this book was done in collaboration and it was very much sourcing themes from that community-- robert: go ahead and hold it up so that people can see it as you're talk about it, okay. christina: and this was the one co-written with my friend, allyssa. these two books, "amina" and "kalipay" were--i wrote them, but did quite a lot of research. and this book, "amina," i worked closely with a translator, floraime, who's from the city that the book is based in, and she interviewed a lot of people from zamboanga. and then the fourth book that just came out, this is by voltaire. so this is the waray story that

the philippines is a pretty good place right now.to be affected too much by this china us trade while because we have experts that a firm. we might even benefit from it because some of the chinese will relocate. thank you for joining the chinese will relocate. thank you forjoining us in asia business report. thank you forjoining us, the philippines central bank governor. as the rugby world cup ticks off today, —— kicks off today, it is the first time tournament is being held in asia. mariko 0i is in tokyo and told us how organisers are hoping it will bring a major boost to the economy. it is notjust the excitement of hosting the rugby world cup. the economic impact is quite significant. let me crunch some numbers. the organisers think that the event will bring in some 400 alien yarn. that is a whopping 4 billion us dollars. they think nearly half a million foreign visitors will come to japan for the six week tournament and they think fa ns six week tournament and they think fans are expected to spend an average of 20,000 yen orjust u

famously says i shall return to the philippines. he will think in terms of building of the up the army to go back to the philippines. almost a messy antic mission. when he gets to australia that he left the philippines under the pretense that there were these big reinforcements waiting in australia and he would immediately go back and counter attack the japanese in the philippines. i personally feel that i couldn't of been the case but that's what he will often clean. before he left. he accepted half a million dollar payment from the philippines treasury but also was not known at the time. personal money to him on active duty. that is about $8 million in today's money. needless to say the average american did not know that. the person left behind to deal with the philippines. they had been first captain. remarkable guy. he holds on his best it can. they surrender on april 9. sort of historical based. the base. the guy who surrender there. and of course he knew full well that that day he was surrendered. that's all he could think abo

that began a love affair between the family and the philippines and its people. and the douglas inherited about and had many pores of duty. he came to prominence during world war i as a brigade commander earned many medals for valor and what's interesting about macarthur and this is interesting in its psyche he viewed himself as an outsider, people plotting against him in washington or who had other agendas that doesn't jive with his. they were sabotaging hemp. but if you step back from this more objectively, it is the ultimate army insider. the son of a general who was able to pull some strings for his, for douglas, and his mother would write letters to everyone from general pershing on down to promote career with greater success. douglas was the younger of two brothers. his older brother was actually in the navy and had a very prominent courier and then died in 1921 of appendicitis of all things. not long before that, her husband had been speaking at a veterans event and collapsed and died. so, really to her the life and career meant everything. he becomes the

and in the philippins it. is the internet. the journalist real estate that. in the end it comes down to the platforms and social media in particular will determine what gets delivered to people. in january twenty eighteen the government of the philippines tried to shut rapper down we're being investigated and thehere were four facing legal cases one on ownership that could land me in prison for anywhere from five to fifteen years. the court of appeals came out with a decision after midnight the night our appeal. harassment it is to distract does it is to stop us from reporting it's to intimidate and so we don't. so we don't. i think the biggest wakeup call for the government was the day after the they tried to shut down rockler. there was a global reaction to it so i don't think they counted on that. they also didn't count the rapper would fight. rappler was a dream. in twenty eleven a group of friends and i kind of thought that this this new technology that is that we can't completely try out inside traditional networks because everything that made tradition

brandon is still subject to military and police surveillance in the philippines. even though we know that it was military or police agents who shot him multiple times in the back. this is before us because the attack on brandon has gotten too little attention here in the united states, even when a united states citizen was subjected to an assassination attempt by a foreign powers military that we as taxpayers continue to subsidize. this is before us because the attack on brandon has been met with silence by far too many, because the u.s. embassy in the philippines is failing to protect him, because the federal government is failing to acknowledge or to address the systematic human rights abuses under the philippine president duterte that led to this. and, to fran be frank, because y are failing to have the ability to adequately defend brandon or to bring him home. i appreciate the partnership and the assistance that we have received from speaker pelosi's office and senators harris and finestein and i want to be clear that it's insufficient and we are running out o

what about the philippines?o you make of where we are currently in the spat between beijing in d.c.? seeing in the export data, the philippines is faring quite well, particularly on the tech front. they have seen strong growth in shipments from philippines to the u.s. we saw philippine exports to the u.s. are up 10%. that's evidence and it also supports the anecdotes we're seeing of her there has been supply chain readjusting away from china in the tech space and towards philippines, where philippine shipments into the u.s. are subject to the tariffs. that's a really good thing for the philippines and that's helping export data, as well. in terms of the trade war between beijing and washington, i mean, it looks like it's in a slightly more positive mode at the moment heading into those october high-level discussions. but if the past year has taught us anything, it's really this trade spat could go back to escalation phase at any phase and it could head down a worrying path quite quickly, which would be bad news

citizen, brandon lee, in the philippines by suspected elements of the philippines military. the resolution supports the immediate evacuation of brandon, from the philippines and his repatriation to san francisco to ensure his safety and access to adequate article care. it also urges our san francisco federal representatives to initiate a congressional investigation into the shooting of brandon. it also urges our federal representatives to support a congressional hearing on consequences of u.s. tax dollars going to the philippine military and police, and to advocate for suspension of u.s. aid to the regime in the philippines. and tell case is resolved and the perpetrators are brought to justice. as we were just beginning our august recess. i, along with so many here, in san francisco and the bay area were really shocked to get the news of the attempted assassination of brandon lee, and -- brandon is a u.s. citizen, born and raised in san francisco. he was shot multiple times outside of his home on august 6, in the philippines. brandon has been working as a an indigenous and e

or to address the systematic human rights abuses under the philippine president duterte that led to this. and, to fran be frank, because y are failing to have the ability to adequately defend brandon or to bring him home. i appreciate the partnership and the assistance that we have received from speaker pelosi's office and senators harris and finestein and i want to be clear that it's insufficient and we are running out of time. we need to bring brandon home. we need to ensure that he receives adequate medical care, care that we here can give him. we've added to the record to this file a letter from the san francisco health commission supporting this request. and recognizing brandon's mother, louise lee, has been a dedicated staff member at the department of public health for the last 40 years. alongside supervisor haney we have been advocating on this issue for over a month. in that month, community members have come together to raise funds and to send a delegation to the philippines to visit brandon, including supervisor haney and to organize an incredible breadth of grassr509s ad

the condition in the philippines is offering us a capsule into the future. all we're seeing gold retiring. this is anton from rss here in a body the nobel prize laureates insignia from moscow. mananage y your roles fr use or some. pain it's. the french understand facebebook taken down the thirty thousand. may nonot. or they don't really think that that's. for the study. you have come to our country. how would yoyou descrie journanalism in turkrkey today. wiwith interest professional. imagine a country who have a chance. to reach the food like cool. so we need to find a global solutions to this kind. who is president micron i want to understand how one head of state who's holding the line for the leasing looks at it and what he thinks is even possible i would ask him what can be done what are other leaders in. democracies talking about. will the levy manila in manila yeah i had the money in the many many years ago. please if you ever come i'd love to show you. how long have you been in exile. since two thousand ninine. and your family. i hope i don't have to

with so many islands an archipelago so what challenge is is the philippines facing. the philippines is listed as the 3rd most climate vulnerable country in the world and the 1st of. feel the effects of climate change i really the people at the peripherals of society these are the ones who live in the coastal areas are fishermen the ones who are farming and also those who live in urban poor or marginalized communities the ones who are in very vulnerable housing they feel the effects immediately now these people are here at this protest and they are joined by the students who are saying that they are also feeling the effects of climate change because they fear for their future they are disappointed that the government has not sending a representative to the c o p talks this december the president said that the talks will call for emission. carbon emissions and that disproportionately f.x. countries like the philippines who don't really contribute to carbon emissions but they are saying that's precisely where our voices need to be heard that's precisely where the philip

nearly 6 years ago a powerful earthquake struck the province in central philippines. more than 200 people were killed and thousands more lost their homes. at least 10 churches that dated back to spanish colonial times were also destroyed hall is home to some of the country's historical church landmarks the devastation also signals a period of longer agony for the feet will more than 80 percent of filipinos are roman catholics catholicism was 1st introduced here by way of the visavis region hundreds of years ago making the philippines the only bastion of catholicism in asia the church in the town of madiba hawk was established in the 18th century they said that they had dreams that the image of same is inside asking for $33.00 remains so 3 days after the earthquake it's trying to retrieve but you made from there there. the national museum says this is one of its biggest projects in recent years for centuries the church has served as a moral and spiritual calm pass for communities here this is why people here tell us it felt as though their own identity was also lost in

jim ellenbogen al jazeera behold providence central philippines. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump has counseled secret meetings due in the u.s. on sunday with taliban leaders because of a suicide bomb attack in kabul which killed 12 people including a u.s. soldier the afghan president appears to welcome the u.s. leaders decision another british government minister has questioned protests over prime minister voice johnson's breck said strategy. was work and pensions secretary she told the b.b.c. she resigned because too much of the government's planning is headed towards a no deal breaks it. i have not seen enough work going into actually trying to get a deal when earlier in the week i asked number 10 for a summary of what the plan was for actually getting a deal i was sent a one page summary so it's the combination of the fact that there's not enough work going into actually getting a deal which is i think is not what the prime minister signed up to try to do and secondly the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues

the pa rents in the southern philippine city. protection laws where the boy has been placed in the custody of social services. magistrates in france have dropped manslaughter charges against air france and airbus over a plane crash that killed all 228 people on board in 2009. the airbus 330 aircraft had stalled in a storm and fallen into the ocean. the victims' families had blamed the plane's crew for losing control after speed sensors froze. they called the magistrate's decision an "insult to the memory of the victims" and plan to appeal. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. opposition parties have agreed not to back a government push for a general election. it means that a ballot before october the 31st is now unlikely. borisjohnson is now unlikely. boris johnson is in now unlikely. borisjohnson is in aberdeenshire to announce extra funding for scottish farmers but he is still facing questions about his brexit plan. a senior police chief has criticised the prime ministerfor a senior

we are living in a fearful society in the philippines. every day we wake up this that one of our people will be killed or our office or homes will be raided by the police. but we get home from many people around the world for solidarity and giving us support always and every day. hopefully together we will be able to fight and defeat my j - misogyny, sexism in the philippines. i would like to invite everyone on sunday for the commemoration of the anniversary of the comfort women statute. we have been trying to put them up, but pressure from the government and the government of japan, the last statute was -- went missing, despite all the secrecy and protection that we tried to do. hopefully we will be able -- we're still trying to put up statutes. not just for the recognition of the lolas or comfort women, but to teach the young filipino women about this history and we learn from this hm. on sunday, 22nd september, we would like to invite you to st. mary's square for the commemoration of the statute. thank you very much. [ applause ]

i‘m not sure how strong the support system is in the philippines with regards to mental health. 0ne philippineslebrate the greatness we are at the same time. you have been watching newsday. and i‘m rico hizon in singapore. i like to think of newsday as a mood healing sanctuary. let‘s finish the programme with an extraordinary story. a trainee pilot in australia managed to land safely a light aircraft during his very first flying lesson, after his instructor passed out. the operators at an airport in perth in western australia, guided matt sylvester through the landing. he spent nearly an hour practising the approach before touching down safely. an extraordinary story! hello. there‘s a trend to something cooler for all of us in the week ahead. still not much rain in parts of east and south—east england and barely a cloud in the sky in sevenoaks on monday afternoon. for others who‘ve had more cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of which has been heavy, especially in scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england. more rain on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined

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turning plastics to food another program in the philippines allows people to do just that but doesn't tackle the root causes of plastic for use of the food. i'm going to welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us. now they've been called snowden's guardian angels and with good reason. because family that's the 2 people to my right immediate right over here they are among those who hid a fugitive whistleblower edward snowden in their home in hong kong as he was on the run from u.s. authorities that was back in 2013 since then edward snowden has been granted asylum in russia and today has released his autobiography permanent record it details the crisis of conscience that led the former n.s.a. contractor to leak classified documents revealing the extent of u.s. and u.k. government surveillance but that's material for suporn and medica both refugees from. their families asylum applications in hong kong have been rejected they are now faced with deportation and an uncertain future. it's just a game for 3 year old enough but for his family hiding has become a way of life one that d

the philippines where u.s. troops will be stationed on a rotational basis this threat to china from yet more u.s. bases on its doorstep was not an issue when an arbitration tribunals ruled against china's claims to the strategic spratly islands in the south china sea in 2015 the us navy rehearsal the blockade that would cut china's lifelines of oil and trade and role materials. the danger of confrontation grows by the day. the u.s. navy is on the doorstep of china regardless of disputed islands and is there with low draw off ships planes battle groups it's right on the doorstep one of chinese ships what if the equivalent was off california won't turn we ask ourselves that question regularly and it's important to put yourself in the other guy's shoes so we don't operate in the pacific in an effort to scare china to contain china to back foot china our operations and our presence in 1st of all is warmly welcomed by the vast majority of the coastal states but secondly is fully accepted by the chinese time after ti

philippine authorities have tracked that mother down and she is being charged. unclear at this point. now, the woman's name is jennifer. as i said, she is from utah. now, another person involved is a delta employee because tolbet was traveling on a delta employee stand-by privilege ticket. that delta employee we're told by the airline is suspended pending an investigation. and the 6-day-old baby has been taken into care. >>> and now a birth for the record books. a 73-year-old woman has reportedly given birth to twin girls. she and her 80-year-old husband conceived through in vitro fertilization. the couple had tried to get pregnant unsuccessfully for years so their doctor agreed to give science a try. the twin daughters were born by c-section thursday. the new mom is believed to be the oldest ever to give birth. >>> all right. still ahead, families are separated and they have no idea whether their loved ones are alive or dead. cnn special coverage of the humanitarian crisis in the bahamas caused by hurricane dorian, next. thanks to priceline working with top air

i'm at the university of the philippines where students are joined by members of the indigenous community and are calling for immediate climate justice the philippines is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world it's located in the pacific ring of fire. fire making it very vulnerable to volcanic eruptions typhoons and earthquakes now the students here say that unless the government declares a climate emergency immediately those who are the most vulnerable those who are living in the coastal areas like our fisherman the farmers and those who are living in urban poor communities in flimsy houses are going to be the most affected and they are going to be affected as well unless the government acts now they fear that they will have no future to call their own. and a sentence there in manila ok let's go to the city center of the german capital berlin just a few kilometers away from our studio where our correspondent lenny fun how much time is standing by for us dates you know what can we expect in downtown berlin where you are today. well we can certainly expect a lot of noise fro

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in the philippine capital, manila, there is a restaurant unlike any other.er. he designed his restaurant to make himself and others like him feel safe and happy. he also hopes it will encourage discussion about mental illness in the philippines. this is his story calling miss joanne! i amjetro rafael and i am the merriest, kookiest resident here at van gogh is bipolar. van gogh is bipolar is more than a restaurant, it is a safe haven for the community. i may claim it is the first mood healing sanctuary in the whole world. this space, this very tiny space, every nook and cranny tells a story. we just have five tables, so it is the most intimate place to dine in. that's my bedroom! guests are encouraged to write their deepest darkest secrets. this is part of playing and at the same time healing. there are a lot of broken things here. you have your broken chair to acknowledge the imperfect parts of us. looking back ten years ago, before this place was born, i was on the brink of ending my life. what stopped me? ifelt something inside my being. it felt like a fi

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he is in stable condition, paralyzed from the chest down in the philippines. he is -- his doctors think he will be ready to be transported back to the u.s. within the next couple of weeks, and we are here to ask for your support. one, that the department of public health will help coordinate his transfer from the philippines to san francisco general hospital because he will definitely need to care care there. two, that the department will try and help us locate funds to pay for the medical evacuation of brandon. three, that his mother would be supported in whatever way she needs in order to deal with this family crisis, and four, that you would issue a statement of support for the family in condemnation of violence against someone who was trying to work on behalf of environmental justice and indigenous community rights. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners i am brandon's anti- and this is his other anti. -- i'm brandon's on tea and this his other auntie. >> i don't know if this is the right form to speak about this, but i'm desperate. my family needs he