this is a housing project a suburb of manila. government-built homes are being sold in easy installments to low salary group. -- salary groups. ♪ this housing project accommodates more than 10,000 low-income families in homes of many different types. this is another project. it accommodates 180 families transplanted from unhealthy district slums. ♪ industrial development was another requisite to national economic stability. jobs had to be created. natural resources tapped to ensure the growth of industry. the government undertook the establishment of hydroelectric plants to furnish cheap electric power for growing industries then with government encouragement and the cooperation of private capital, large industries begin to develop. ♪ modern factories making wire and nails. storage batteries. electric bulbs and fluorescent lamps. and the world-famous manila hemp. a modern shoe factory is equipped with the latest machinery. a giant bottle factory supplies the needs of industry. ♪ textile products of many kinds are woven in

they were ordered back to the lines in manila. they didn't get to stay so they if they they all said if we knew the massacre was gonna happen we would have stayed. so after that konichi, you know, he kind of ragtags around with some of the the forces and so forth. and then you know, we do have a document on the website that actually has his history. he kind of became a gardener and i i'm not able to recollect where but he was hiding out basically in the war was over. he was just hiding out and then one of the blue was one of the internees or one of the filipino gorillas one of the two recognized him and so i'm at that golf course. yeah. yeah golf course, that's where i was. yeah turned him in and so forth. so, you know, he was he was in prison as as you know for war crimes and so forth and then he you know, he he was executed but you know, it's related that he decided to change his ways and accept christianity before that or so says one of the priests and the prison and so forth, but, you know talk to some of the internees and the

bay and where the capital of the philippines manila is located? macarthur essentially had about 12,500 americans plus some philippine troops to defend luzon from any japanese attack. and that attack did in fact come early in 1942. in the american and philippine troops were driven south and eventually onto the batan peninsula, which is in the lower left there right at the entrance to manila bay. macarthur during the defense of luzon and batan only visited the troops one time his headquarters was on the island of corigador right small island right in the mouth of manila bay. he bitterly complained throughout the early months of 1942 about washington and how washington was not sending any relief troops to help him out. well, washington under those circumstances in early 1942 had no way of sending any kind of relief troops to the philippines. it was trying to just hold on to what we had. eventually macarthur would be ordered off of corrigador by roosevelt. and we go to australia and there he would command as we'll see one of the major theaters of war

doctor greece but delia is the medical director of wind of the leading public hospitals in manila she says health workers across the country have been overwhelmed by the pandemic but today at least there are some signs of progress it's the 2nd day of public inoculations against 19 and she says this is what gives those working on the front line some hope this vaccination is the solution for this disease so there's no other way to fight. but. that is the solution. at this hospital at least 1300 medical workers are receiving their 2nd dose of vaccine people here tell us they have to line up for hours but it's something that they don't mind they say because in a country with more than a $100000000.00 people they tell us they feel grateful to be inoculated now the government is facing delays in its national inoculation drive due to limited supplies and its own initial restrictive policies towards vaccine imports but it now promises to inoculate around $70000000.00 filipinos by the end of this year. for the country's health community this cannot come soon enough the philippines is spacing a

duggan manila. unusual celebrations in indonesia as well christians there holding their easter sunday services a bit heavy security after last week's suicide bombing at a cathedral 9000 people were injured in tunisia has been on high alert since the attack on the island with armed police seen at jakarta's main cathedral and church is undergoing security checks now egypt's museum of national civilisation has opened its doors to the public with the hope that it can rescue beleaguered tourism industry and museum in the ancient capital a 1st step south of cairo has been under construction for several years but the pandemic has given it even greater importance it's hoped that foreign tourists will flock to see the world's largest collection of egyptian antiquities after the travel restrictions and lift it. on remind you of our main stories this hour now jordan is saying it's prevented what it called a malicious plot by top officials and king abdullah's half brother to destabilize the country deputy prime

manila. while in indonesia christians of how there is to sunday services with heavy security after last week's suicide bombing at a cathedral which injured 1000 people indonesia has been on edge since the 2 attackers blew themselves up as a church in sort of a sea island. community isn't gone as a far northern region have been banishing people they queues of practicing witchcraft neighboring regions of set up camps to help for as you've been forced out but as ever to broker reports from dan baba there's concern now that because of the coronavirus even more people are being sent away the car you paul see is blind and the self is failing he wants to go home to live on his final decent but not so mighty to happen. he was banished from his village yes ago by those who once called his family on us friends and they want to take him back a boy died in the killing of a chicken and they accused me of killing him by witchcraft they chased me out of the community and i ended up here many people in this

maria dolores mercado has been coming to the church of the latter and in the capital manila since she was a little girl in the holiest day of the christian calendar this is a spar as she's allowed to go as in many countries places of worship are seen as potential hubs for spreading coronavirus so for now attending men as is different. for me this isn't a for now that i am able to hear my ass outside the church his swerves give me strength my faith is my god that surgery has long been the refuge for the faithful who come from the poorest sector of society but public ease their gatherings have been restricted for a 2nd consecutive year raising concerns from many catholics here that the pandemic may have permanently altered the ways of worship. the philippines has seen a steep price in corona virus cases since february prompting the government to impose another round of lockdown in manila and nearby provinces but in recent days at least $1.00 out of 4 filipinos who have been tested have turned out positive with coronavirus. so this priest has been left with no choice but to preach in an

manila. for the past week a court in the city of minneapolis has been the focus of global attention for what many are calling the us trial of the century emotional and damning witness accounts have marked the 1st week of the trial george floyd's family is following it closely and one of his uncles who lives in south dakota has traveled to the city to attend it in an exclusive interview. spoke to him. the 1st week of the trial saw some emotional testimony that was hard to listen to particularly for some of george floyd's family members who are here like selwyn jones his uncle who i had a chance to speak to and this is a little bit of what he had to say what is it like to be here in that courtroom. this is all a lot i've had tree. you say somebody that you've loved and cherished 4546 years and one day he's gone because they're just power and control this is this is what. justice for florida. we got to have justice for forward we got to have justice for all is it hard to relive floyd's death thr

doug and manila. both still out here on al-jazeera desperate for something to ease over 90 knots to the problems for many in this off. zone's poorest people. in the u.s. climate envoy calls for cooperation to tackle global warming as climate talks kick off in the united arab emirates those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways it's raining again in japan it's part of the developing system in this massive cloud here that is a bit of a tail end break to it as you can see and it's on its way out of things going in that direction so most of monday the rain you can see the back of the wave to it it's a bit of cool breeze after 17 degrees in tokyo 50 in new socketed probably feels rather cool not on the coast itself in the korean peninsula most of china is relatively settled as more cloud and rain developing particularly in the southwest but it's also heading in the form of light showers towards beijing and the effect hong kong as well i suspe

dr greece but delia is the medical director of wind of the leading public hospitals in manila she says health workers across the country have been overwhelmed by the pandemic but today at least there are some signs of progress it's the 2nd day of public inoculations against 19 and she says this is what gives those working on the front line some hope this vaccination is the solution for this disease so there's no other way the fight will be 90 in. little box in the vaccination is the solution for the nation at this hospital at least 1300 medical workers are receiving their 2nd dose of vaccine people here tell us they have to line up for hours but it's something that they don't mind they say because in a country with more than a 100000000 people they tell us they feel grateful to be inoculated now the government is facing delays in its national inoculation drive due to limited supplies and its own initial restrictive policies towards vaccine imports but it now promises to inoculate around $70000000.00 filipinos by the end of this year. for the country's health community this cannot come

we are reporting from manila. >> dr. grace is the medical but delia -- medical aid. she says -- medical lead. today, there are some signs of progress. it is the second day of public inoculations against covid-19. she says that this is twhat givs those working on the frontline some hope. >> this vaccination, this is the resolution to this disease. there is no other way to fight covid-19 but through vaccination. vaccination is the solution. >> at this hospital, at least 13 hundred medical workers are receiving their second those of vaccine. >> people tell us they have to li up for hours but it is something they don't mind. they say that in a country with more than 100 million people, they tell us they feel grateful to be inoculated now. the government is facing delays in the inoculation drive due to limited supply and its own restrictive policies toward vexing imports. -- @@accine imports. it now promises to inoculate over 70 million filipinos by the end of this year. this cannot come soon enough. the philippines are facing a steep rise in coronavirus cases. hospitals

a covert 19 intensive care ward in manila a med this crisis the sick patients are in fact lucky to even have a bad unprecedented demand has left hospitals turning desperate people away. was among them. we didn't dissipate that it was as it was this bad and the more hospitals we called and went to the mortar the panic settled in the lower the feeling of helplessness at them and. angelo spent 5 frantic hours driving around manila looking for a hospital that could help his sick father. it was just heartbreaking because even if we went to all these hospitals that said again i had all these writings on there and you know people were telling us that they couldn't accommodate and there were still people there you know there were still people just begging to go inside . or to be admitted to be cared for and you know eventually became one of those people as. his father died on the steps outside one of 15000 filipinos to perish in this tragedy. in recent weeks the virus has spread faster with hospitals building makeshift tents to accommodate the result. last week. last week was our washed scenari

manila. for the 1st time in more than a year new york's broadway was back in business on saturday the st james theater opened with a small performance and valving just 2 stars 150 masts and socially distance audience members watch dr nathan lane and world renowned tap dancer savion glover the event brings hope of more shows to come for years communities in gone as far northern region have been banishing people they are practicing witchcraft neighboring region set up camps to help those who've been forced out but as i reports from gun battle there's concern now because of coronavirus even more people are being sent away the current policy is blind and his health is failing he wants to go home to live on his final decent but not so mighty to happen. he was banished from his village years ago by those who once called his family on us friends and they want to take him back a boy died in the killing of a chicken and they accused me of killing him by witchcraft they chased me out of the community a

it's saturday afternoon on a popular food strip in manila 21 year old stephenville ina has turned his motorbike into a makeshift curbside coffee bar calling it c. cup coffee seek up means effort in tagalog the linda has been doing this with his partner and her friend since december last year as an advocacy for local coffee farmers and also making a profit out of it. i wanted to make a bet with in one day make it up down. here. but i've been working there. temporary by bring me full if you have been. dying to have a farmer. he's part of a growing independent coffee culture despite being a coffee producing country the philippines is predominantly an instant coffee market that is changing from the grassroots level to facebook group coffee home brew is only had a few 100 members before the pandemic now it has over 24000. former coffee chain barista john santos and a friend are among hundreds of new startups tapping into that market they started selling homemade bottled brews under the name resonate coffee then they set themselves up near an area of east manila that's popular with cyclists

manila. as communities and ghana as far northern region have been banishing people that they accuse of practicing witchcraft neighboring regions even set up camps to help others who are forced out but has a right to broker reports from there's concern now that because of the current virus even more people are being sent away the current yield possy is blind and his health is failing he wants to go home to live on his final decent but not so mighty to happen. he was banished from his village years ago by those who once called his family on us friends and they want to take him back a boy died in the killing of a chicken and they accused me of killing him by witchcraft they chased me out of the community and i ended up here many people in this camp have similar stories now at least 6 so-called which comes likeness in often gonna pass on people who are accused of witchcraft and chased from their homes. all gallows but in the way this is a they're mostly every now and day and then if you were in t

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after religious gatherings were manila and four outlying provinces. the government placed more than 25 million people back under lockdown this week. the country is dealing with more than 756,000 confirmed covid-19 cases and 13,000 deaths. those are the second highest totals in southeast asia. only indonesia has more cases. here at home "the mercury news" says stanford is investigating claims that hackers sold personal data from the school of medicine. not yet clear what information was stolen or how many people were affected. the hack is believed to be part of a larger national cyber attack on universities and organizations all of which used a palo alto-based file-sharing service. we reached out to stanford for comment but we've not received a response. >>> you probably heard of the activist group moms for housing. the group was born a little more this a year ago when two moms moved into a vacant home in oakland without permission and then they refused to lead. they are the subject of a new four-part documentary series we just posted this week on our

spent 5 frantic hours driving around manila looking for a hospital that could help his sick father. it was just heartbreaking because even if we went to all these hospitals that said again i had all these writings on there and that you know people were telling us that they couldn't accommodate and there were still people there you know there were still people just begging to go inside. or to be admitted to be cared for and you know eventually became one of those people. his father died on the steps outside one of 15000 filipinos to perish in this tragedy in recent weeks the virus has spread faster with hospitals building makeshift tents to accommodate the result. last week on which the nati of all last week was are washed scenario we have 400 beds in ward and 100 beds in i.c.u. what happened was i had to borrow 50 i.c.u. beds like so we had $450.00 beds in ward all of them were occupied and then only 50 beds were left for i.c.u. right. and 50 beds the ones i see. the government has provided extra money to expand capacity in the system but health care professionals warn that's an acu

and you know spent 5 frantic hours driving around manila looking for a hospital that could help a sick father. it was just heartbreaking because even if we went to all these hospitals that said again i had all these writings on there and you know people were telling us that they couldn't accommodate and there were still people there you know there were still people just begging to go inside. or to be admitted to be cared for and you know eventually became one of those people. his father died on the steps outside one of 15000 filipinos to perish in this tragedy in recent weeks the virus has spread faster with hospitals building makeshift tents to accommodate the result. last week on washing audio last week was our washed scenario we have 400 beds in ward and 100 beds in i.c.u. what happened was i had to borrow 50 i.c.u. beds so we had 450 pads in ward all of them were occupied and then only 50 beds were left for i.c.u. so right polio and and then 50 beds then once i see. the government has provided extra money to expand capacity in the system but health care professionals warn that's an

dog and al jazeera in manila so it's not a pretty picture and really aside from vietnam they haven't been many southeast asian economies that have managed to weather the pandemic even with the swift lock downs a year ago in fact the united nations believes 89000000 people in the region have been pushed into poverty 140000000 jobs have been lost as measured by the loss of working hours all told countries in the asia pacific spent $4.00 trillion dollars in response to the pandemic and here's an interesting statistic as well past zatanna related diseases that is diseases which have made the jump from animal to human have cost the region 2 $100000000000.00 previously between $22010.00 so let's pick up on that with our guest south say alice jana who is the united nations undersecretary general for economic and social commission for asia and the pacific and she is with us from bangkok today thank you so much for your time asia has experience here doesn't it it's dealt with mers it's dealt with sars it's dealt with h one n one can we deduce that it should have been able to maybe deal with t

outbreaks in asia the government has extended restrictions on movement in gatherings in the capital manila and 4 nearby provinces for another 2 weeks those hardest hit are the poor many have turned to community run food banks to feed their families. for granted like the porter said that this community pantry is very important because this is a big help to us i'm lucky it's here and i'm very thankful ever since help started coming from here corona virus is making a resurgence elsewhere in southeast asia cambodia had one of the world's lowest number of infections in the 1st year of the pandemic. but it's now locked down its capital phnom penh a nearby town and the coastal town see how to fill. neighboring vietnam reported its 1st community transmission in more than a month on thursday the new cases come ahead of a 4 day holiday weekend health authorities have warned against mass gatherings and ordered state agencies to tighten screening and contact tracing efforts. thailand recently added more measures including a ban on dining in restaurants in bangkok and making it compulsory to wear masks

to tertius initial decision to walk away from it for counting the costs al-jazeera has more now from manila. the u.s. they are duros yvel to a strike group returns to the south china sea for a 2nd time this year the u.s. 7th fleet says the visit is part of its routine operations. but regional tensions are flaring because of china's reclamation of many areas and its use of maritime militia to enforce its illegal claims in the south china sea. the u.s. considers the philippines one of its strongest allies in the region and these so-called balikatan exercises allow both countries to conduct joint military and humanitarian exercises. they resumed this week after being cancelled last year because of the pandemic but they've been toned down that's because philippine president rodrigo to terror to cancel the visiting forces agreement between the 2 countries early last year after a political ally was denied a u.s. visa but faced with widespread criticism and mounting public pressure there to announced in november he was suspending that position for 6 months. the turtle has declared since he took of

levels by you know your workers we are already preparing to mend the shortage of medical workers in manila by sending some from nearby provinces this is something that we expect in a matter of these. forcing the government to reimpose tighter restrictions it had already implemented one of the strongest and strictest lockdowns in the world last year and many year have grown weary of what they see as the government's top stands in fighting the pandemic but for nurse assistant of lori bullen getting her 2nd doze means she's able to worry less about infecting her own family. that it feels like liberation be soon now i can refocus and taking care of me it's i am happy a glimmer of hope she says in what otherwise appears a very desolate situation jim duggan al-jazeera manila. well let's bring you some breaking news now jordan's a former crown prince hamza who is currently under house arrest has signed a letter saying that he places himself in the hands of the king and that he remains committed to the constitution of jordan the royal court has released that statement after king abdullah put his u

dogon al-jazeera manila. a court in turkey has handed down life sentences to 6 former soldiers for their involvement in the 26 tinku attempts they are charged with plotting to overthrow president reject typer one of the biggest cases related to the failed coup with $497.00 suspects in total trial starting in $27000.00 and it's a long awaited word are they in their senses there are no surprises however it's a very important verdict for the country today the criminal court for major cases in ankara has sentenced for high ranking soldiers to life for 2016 could bid. to comdex little colin olds. who have been on trial 2 since 2017 are sentenced of the turkish public broadcaster t.r.t. and foreseen an anchor to read out a statement on behalf of the coup plotters the other 2 convicts army majors feather caricature or small cotton or the member of the presidential guard that at that night who tried to take over the turkish army's had quarter in ankara on july 15th of 2016 a faction within the turkish army used the w

ungentle spent 5 frantic hours driving around manila looking for a hospital that could help his sick father. it was just heartbreaking because even if we went to all these hospitals that said again i had all these writings on there and you know people were telling us that they couldn't accommodate and there were still people there you know there were still people just begging to go inside . or to be admitted to be cared for and you know eventually became one of those people. his father died on the steps outside one of 15000 filipinos to perish in this tragedy in recent weeks the virus has spread faster with hospitals building makeshift tents to accommodate the result. last be. the nati of all last week was are washed scenario we have 400 beds in ward and 100 beds in i.c.u. what happened was i had to borrow 50 i.c.u. so we had 450 beds in ward all of them were occupied and then only 50 beds were left for i.c.u. so right. and 50 beds the ones i see. the government has provided extra money to expand capacity in the system but health care professionals warn that's an acute shortage of st

manila is lashing out at beijing over tactics in the south china sea with chinese fishing boats. let's get the details from our southeast asia government reporter. why are the boats there? >> good morning. the vessels, officially numbering in the hundreds, were taking shelter from the wind according to beijing. countries view this differently, perhaps as a form of coercion at a time china is becoming more assertive over its claims. china claims more than 80% of the south china sea based on a 1947 map. beijing has rejected a resolution under the u.n. this could partially be a way for china to get the philippines to give up on its claims of sovereignty through the area or more simply as a way to get the philippines to work with them on joint exploration deals for oil and gas, one thing they are discussing. >> what has been the response from the philippines? >> the language has been a bit more brusque. has been more than two weeks with this development. while the number of boats has decreased, over the weekend there have been 47 votes. the philippines foreign affairs said they will

it's the 37th infantry division who received the medal of honor for his actions and manila liberating the city from the japanese. so there are many many examples of hispanic americans in the pacific theater. and perhaps that's the subject of your next next book dave looking at some of these in the warmer locales of the pacific theater. so our next question comes from longtime friend and somebody that we all we all saw yesterday rich frank. dave can you speak of marine corps general pedro de valle commander of the first marine division artillery at guadalcanal and later commanded the division in combat in 1945. do you know anything about the general? well, i haven't done research on him, but he is on my list of of things to look into i mean again. we're here was a general with the united states marine corps. there's with it was of a hispanic descent. but yeah, i wish i could talk a little bit more about him. but let's let's look at that in the future. but yeah. and one of the one of the side effects of being virtual i can guarantee you that rich could probably speak at length about the

right now things in manila are quiet. for sure. you know how those has arranged to meet professor knees are examples he's a well known artist who has studied the history of syria including this special place called. ok. he says that even during those terrible weeks back in 2013 there were courageous people who helped their neighbors. when the militant muslim residents from the village of. help the christians of mali. for some even hit the christians in their homes a few minutes of. this relatively peaceful coexistence between diverse cultural groups set syria apart before the war good is the force could you imagine syria without this diversity these different religion it's really be sure to be a few one parish. syria has 18 different religious denominations i'm definite groups. the list of adversity is one of its most outstanding characteristics. of the dimmest now you've looked around damascus and think of things how you expect them to be. the. bill that i thought i would only see images with because. everything we saw in europe w

the planet is greater tokyo population 38000000 followed by jakarta with around 34000000 delhi mumbai manila and shanghai each home to more than 20000000 people as are the biggest metropolises in latin america sao paolo and mexico city. traffic is a major problem in megacities but there are new ideas out there on how to tackle it . we're also used to cars that we can't imagine cities without them anymore but if we were to experience that we wouldn't want to go back to cars at an office or. this is how cities might look in future if different kinds of road users were separated one road is for fast moving electric vehicles another for pedestrians cyclists and scooters with the 3rd a prominent reserved for pedestrians only. welcome to the woven city a project under development by japanese carmaker toyota a prototype city and living laboratory for cutting edge technologies. here all vehicles will be self driving and run on electric power or hydrogen the many city itself will be powered by solar and geothermal energy with everything coordinated centrally by ai technology. it's been designed for a

glimmer of hope she says it would otherwise appears a very desolate situation jim duggan al-jazeera manila. the japanese city of osaka has formally asked for its leg of the torch relay to be canceled because of a spike in coronavirus cases $10000.00 runners take part in their relay and it's seen as a 1st major test of tokyo's ability to hold the games under strict rules the torch was due to reach osaka in mid april. so again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera a us police chief has testified against one of his former offices who is accused of murdering george floyd on day 6 of the trial my diary our own don't do it told the jury in minneapolis that derek show vein broke rules on respecting the sanctity of life and acted in in a way that was against police training it is my firm belief that the one singular incident we will be judged forever on will be our use of force and so while it is absolutely imperative their officers go home at the end of the ship we want to make sure and ensure that our community members go home to and so same to tears life is absolutely vital that

dogon on just 0 manila. and 2015 the zick a virus swept through central and south america and made its way to the islands of cake but off the coast of west africa it costs a very best effects and babies and today children all growing up with disabilities nicholas huck reports from cape the capital korea of the on and. alice was not the child her mother expected cloudier was 3 months pregnant when doctors told her she was infected with his eikenberry wrists and that her unborn daughter but suffer from lifelong disabilities realizing that alice will never have a childhood like other kids her heart sank but for years on cloud as has the disability turned out to be a blessing. she's loved by her neighbors the family and most of all by children who seem to be able to communicate with her better than i can and she wants to play with them but sometimes her disability gets in the way she has convulsions her muscles are weak she can't sit properly ellice is born with what doctors call microcephaly her brain is failin