to the philippines has become more common. no player from the philippines has ever made it to the n b a. so why has this basketball mad country never produced a star for the world's top league at the enter? they, we still are. asian asians, hard. genetically, small filipinos are genetically small. reason are we're not in n b a because we're so agents, we're still small. number one is height is really height and you can't teach height . right? and the average filipino player at these easy st. these maybe 2000 back then was little under 65, michael jordan, 66, and he's a shooting guard soul. traditionally back then, when you have 6465 players, they're already centers. so how could you compete? there's a big disparity already because of horror of our, our descent. that's how he turns off. at 6, but huge iran is the same height as modern and via heroes, like steph curry and kyrie irving. but his true strength lie in his skill mentality . he does everything right? shoot a lot. ben can attack the basket post up and defend. i think o

the philippines will always be tied to the united states. whether it's about exporting labor to the united states or foreign direct investment or trade. you can have to disconnect from the united states at the same time. there is a question of political survival and that a question of relational politics here. china dos give opportunities to the market government to do our. ready leech through particular for and projects birth through like foreign project meant to some other more the financing and, and as much as i agree that as well. and this goes back to infrastructure, and as much as i agree that it's fluid and i've done feel work here both in the out and then start to finish my ph. d. there is always a question of how do you, why do you look at, how do you extend your power as the president? and to me, that goes back to having foreign financing, whether it's a budget deficit strategy or it's a public private financing. it's all about toward the local, at least to keep production power. denila is he going to be in a way or another, oversh

richard, what does the revival of the marcus political dynasty mean for the philippines? well, in many ways, this marks are decades long frustration of ordinary people with a dysfunction off the supposedly democratic system that replace the markets dictatorship after $986.00. i mean, that revolution was supposed to bring about the progressive order. it, what happened was the liberal, all the works in the country. what happens, what political dynasty in the countries co opted the revolution. and hence, we had a lot of these functions. i mean the philippines, as one of the most concentrated growth on earth, 40 reaches families to come, 76 percent need to create the growth in 2011 up to 83 percent of the philippine congress is dominated by political dynasties. i mean, these are mind boggling numbers. and of course, the pandemic in recent years has also made the poverty gains and developmental gains also. they were reversed in many ways. so the return of the market, this is really counter lucia and it's, it's a way by which the mark this is we're able to exploit people's frus

the philippine constitution is like the u. s. we have a bill of rights press freedom is and shrine freedom of expression, freedom of speech, right. and what we have experienced in the last 6 years is like having a bulldozer try to push you back because the end goal of any autocrat dictator to be, is to have everyone voluntarily give up their rights. because then they're not autocrats or dictators. it's the people who want it. well, we sound the alarm, there is a concerted effort to, to push back to, to have us to force us to give up these rights. and that we're not going to voluntarily give up our rights. how do we do our jobs? we just keep doing our jobs. it's certainly much harder. but for me, you know, this, i don't think it's in the philippines alone. press freedom in the last 10 in the last decade. as you know, i think if you look at c, p j's own own and r s, f's own indexes, you can see that it's rolled back beyond that. um the freedom. oh my gosh. another study, freedom house has shown that democracy itself has rolled back

to the philippines has become more common, no player from the philippines has ever made it to the n b a. so why has this basketball mad country never produces off? the wells taught late at the enter. they, we still are asian, asian, sorry, genetically. small filipinos are genetically small. reason are we're not in n b a because we're so agents, we're still small. number one, if i really hate, you know, you can't teach height. right. and the average filipino, clear at these 80 st. these maybe 2000 back then was little under 65 michael jordan, 66, and he's a shooting guard sole. traditionally back then when you have 6465 players, they're already centers. so how could you compete? there's a big disparity already because of our, of our, of our descent that how asians off at 6 but huge iran is the same height as modern and b i. here i was like steph curry and kyrie irving. but his true strength lie in his skill mentality. he does everything right? shoot a lot, bad and can attack them basket post up and defend. i think one thing that's really awesome about, you know, j t not only is a good

but there are certain countries that have turn the culture on the philippines. we saw the fall in foreign direct investment, for example, under the deterred administration. and that was related also to the, to the investor economy and in the investor confidence in the philippines, which i think has suffered because of the human rights violations, extrajudicial killings, and the brutal drug war under the terror there. let's see how marcus junior can improve the globe or global reputation of the philippines under his administration, by being friends to all but not forgetting all of those human rights violations, as well under his own father's administration. while the world is a certainly watching anna santos at. thank you very much for your insights today. thank you janelle, for having me. and finally for years, venice has complained about over crowding during tourism season. now it's doing something about it. the italian canal city will start charging tourists sophie to visit. it will also require visitors to register before they come, official se that's necessa

ah, a stunning combat for a philippine political dynasty guardian. and marcus julia won the presidency more than 30 years after his father was pushed out from power. but will he unify the nation or bring back his father's controversial legacy? this is inside story. ah. hello, welcome to the program. i am hush am abolla ferdinand. marcus junior has been inaugurated as president of the philippines. his father was a controversial leader that didn't bark a senior who was forced out of office in 1986 popular uprising. manny say he was under to aquatic leader. how killed jail or disappeared. thousands of opponents during his 21 years in office. and more than 30 years since his father fled the philippines, his son is now in power after winning a landslide victory, promising to tackle inflation and struggling economy. but when his father's legacy proved too much of a challenge, we bring in our guests in a moment. first, this report from demila and into gun in manila, the burden room workers after more than 30 years. the rehabilitation of the marcus name in t

president of the philippines. -- has been a cannot -- has been inaugurated as president of the philippines. his father was a leader who killed, jailed thousands of opponents. and more than 30 years since his father fled the philippines, his son is now in power after winning a landslide victory plan -- promising to tackle inflation and a struggling economy. will his father's legacy proved to be too much of a challenge? here is a report from manila. >> after more than 30 years, the rehabilitation of the marcos name in the philippines is nearly complete. ferdinand marcos jr., the only son of the countries late dictator is now it's president after winning an unprecedented 31 million votes. they are one of the most in -- infamous names in asia and it is synonymous with corruption of power. they were ousted after a people's revolution. >> his appearance on friday is more grand than his predecessors. there is more parade and party than usual. his speech was less of nostalgia and more on reconciliation. we will build back

the philippines from the mid 1960 s to the mid eighty's. almost half of it on the marshal law. thousands of people were tortured, murdered, or disappeared. this wall of remembrance has the names of more than 300 people who fought against his dictatorship. this manchester was one of those who disappeared under the former president's reign. it's a nightmare saying the son of the dictator become the 17th resident of the philippines. it's an imaginable marcus junior takes over from rodrigo to take them another controversial leader known for his bloody war against rocks and his attacks and critical media. his daughter, though, was service marcus, his vice president, creating a merger of 2 political dynasties. that is a partnership that some feel with further reduce their freedom, making their life in the philippines even harder. we have a special guest now. maria russel, she's a filipino journalist and author. and she's also a nobel peace laureate. the 1st person from the philippines to win the nobel peace prize. you joins me the night from her.

it's a nightmare ah, seeing the son of the dictator become the 17th resident of the philippines. ah, it's on the margin of, of the to our viewers watching p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with the one question, nato and g. 7. leaders are not answering when could the war in ukraine come to annette today, wrapped up a week of high level summits and high stakes assumptions. g 7 leaders vowing unconditional support for ukraine in its war with russia and nato leaders saying that the alliance is prepared like never before, in case the war widens. but what about preparing for a possible piece? today before he boarded air force, one to fly home, he was president biden told reporters at the nato conference in madrid that washington and its allies are committed to helping ukraine pushback washing forces for as long as it takes. now, does that mean months should we be bracing for a war lasting into 2023 to those questions biden. and his counterparts offered no answers. we have this report tonight from that nato summit in spain pump on p

she covers of the philippines and follow that speech for us. on a mark says 1st state of the nation address, open on the economy. what did you make of his speech? chanel? it was all about the economy. and after months of motherhood statements from his campaign about unity and bringing the nation together. finally, we saw what was like a checklist on the things that he was going to do to revitalize the economy. there were 19 legislative priorities that he set out, but i think what really stood out to me the most was like how it was progressive in terms of its focus. there was a lot of mention about technology both as a way to digitize the philippine economy and bring it forward and also as a contributor to the economy. the digital industries also climate change and addressing it as o, u. one of the things that affect the economy, and thirdly was how to achieve all those things by reforming tax collections and making tax reforms. interesting though, is that the mention of tax reforms is also while marcus junior is facing tax evasion, charges hims

in the philippines. you have to remember that the war on drugs was really categorically targeting a lot of the poor young men. all right, they live in enchanted communities. and in these communities, they would be gone down in their homes, for example, by mass vigilantes. or sometimes they would go missing. you know, what we've spoken to relatives who would the hunt for their, for their loved ones for a whole evening. and finally, find them in some morgue. now their bodies would not be released to them if they didn't sign off on a medical certificate that just said another cause of death, like a natural disease like odd pneumonia or something like this. so that was the predicament that these families faced. now what would you do if you had leg you wanted to claim your lower body of your loved one. you were scared. you didn't have money to pay for it. proper autopsy. that's. that's what introduced sign off on this paper just to be able to grieve on words. what is it been like for the relatives of these pe

the victims of the philippines as board on drugs speak their truth from beyond the grave. o forensic pathologist and a priest on coveting evidence of execution style killings of those allegedly involved in the drug st. it's led to questions of police accountability under the government that looked set to continue the drugs wall and the indonesian president, he's on the re visit to 0 covered china, where he's hoping before a trade ties and to talk investments are to got a bureau will offer more insight ah i british manager, welcome to did up the news asia. glad you could join us. for more philippines president rodrigo, to test a so called war on drugs kim to thousands. the government sees a little over 6000 people, were killed in major to met anti drug operations rights groups. however, dispute both claims that of legitimacy and the number of those killed. it prompted the international criminal court to open an investigation into the drugs wall. but some consult filipinos are already carrying out their own investigations. and their findings are troubling. each of these skel

the philippines has been lagging in that regard . and so he said that there is a need to improve the employability of filipino students to strengthen the science technology and engineering and math subjects in the country. and then he also mentioned that he would like to build nuclear power plants. there is actually a nuclear power plant that was built by his father, but this has not been in use was never used. and so this is quite a controversial issue. restarting this nuclear power plant and building more nuclear power plants. so what's likely to be the reaction of his critics to all of this? well, it's hard to see right now what would be the reaction from his critics because the speech is still ongoing. critics wanted him to mentioned concrete steps with regards to how he would solve the economic crisis in the health crisis. and so far, he's laid out some concrete steps. and so that is something that the critics would be pleased with. but the critics, especially the protesters, will gather and not far away from the house of repres

the philippines is an importer of rice, even though the philippines had traditionally been an agricultural country. and so this is one thing that the president marcus says that he would lead himself one issue that he would lead. and he would like to see the philippines being food self sufficient, rice self sufficient. adrian, bobby low reporting live that from manila. many thanks. need not to be the head of the roman catholic church is in canada to apologize in person for the role the church played in running residential schools for indigenous children. hope processes in the city of edmonton forties, cooling his pilgrimage of penance, more than a 150000 children were forcibly removed from their families and sent to schools where many faced years of abuse. at some 1st nation, leaders say they feel excluded from the pope's trip to canada. i think the visit is long overdue. maybe something had happened many, many years ago. maybe the start of reconciliation would have started again. that's a part of the problem we've had with the church is that they have not been really including us in the pr

. expect to see some big now port across central and northern parts of the philippines as we go through the next few days. usual rush hours across much of south east asia, barrier showers across india, particularly to the south. we have got orange. one is in force here over the next couple of days with very heavy rain for a good part corolla. and tom, when i do, ah, the new voice is heating up the airway. lot of chinese listeners with, kimberly here, but i really think in their own country shifting palate a case, the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do you happen? it happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative petroleum point to the pole. with those images front of mine is a wall. it's very much going for it's out in the media as well as on the battlefield. they're listening page. dissect the media on al jazeera lou. ah, hello again. this is al jazeera reminder of the main use, the south supporters of the iraqi politician, mac tulsa, still camped inside parliament on saturday, thousands of people stormed the building and banked, a

it is the strongest of quake to hit the philippines in years. but here's how people in the philippines experienced the quake. oh my god, it's really are very long. the shaking is really strong about that. of course i was afraid we haven't felt the strong in old creek before. the impact was really high in idea. i mean, yeah, i know the gory, the me known, my colleague and i were working in a coffee shown when he noticed that the chandelier was moving. we panic because it was so strong about and it lasted for a minute over a minute. i think by more than one minute either and be banished because it was the 1st time you were on such a high floor. when the queen struck women, the only one in who, as firefighters and the state of california, say they're making progress and containing a giant blaze on the edge of yosemite national park. a fire that's been raging since saturday was threatening the parks giant sequoia trees and many endangered animals. but now, favourable weather conditions have slowed the fire. the blazes already destroyed thousands of

top, singapore, philippines. top, singapore, philippines. yields pushing higher. this is a market that investors and traders are banking on the next headline that drops. and it is precisely that. rishaad: inflation moving higher of course as well as we got the cpi print where the fed was saying that the hot inflation report suggests that interest rate hikes of at least 75 basis points may well be needed later this month. they spoke exclusively to bloomberg. prices have not peeked despite the shock and report. >> it was uniformly bad. there was no good news in that report at all. inflation remains unacceptably high. we at the fed have to be very deliberate and intentional about continuing on this path and raising our interest rate until we get and see convincing evidence that inflation is turning a corner, is on a downward path, and is sustainably on a downward path. and we just have more work to do. kathleen: if we had asked you about 100 basis points two or three months ago, i do not think we would have thought to ask you. is that something that you could see bei

and whatever that the call was, it's impossible to ukrainian philippine fighting for their freedom for ages will not win. this was the person bloody occupying war. he and going from the people on the street to people in power. there's been, of course, a lot of political unity people backing florida me as the lensky the president does . that unity that we've seen seem to be holding up it see, it's definitely holding up with regards to our everything that concerns the war with regards to a foreign policy with regard to weapon deliveries, demands will, weapon deliveries from the west with regards to russia. but of course, there are cracks and there are a people accusing zelinski of monopolizing power. there are, there is discontent with the role of the opposition can play in this situation where much power lies with the executive. there are quarrels there. for example, a ukraine has deprived an oligarch off his of his citizenship, but there have been, there have been attempts to, to prevent opposition leaders from leaving the country by blocking their exit, et cetera, et cetera. these thi

obviously, schools in offices suspended in the northern philippines. but even here in manila, trains have been stop. and so there is a long queue of commuters riding the bus is here, as a maintenance operators are checking on the viability of the commuter trains. here in metro manila also, office buildings evacuated, their checking damages in these office buildings, both private and government office buildings. i've, i've seen initial photos of the damages there seems to be extensive damage in the northern philippines. abra, it's not a heavily populated, not heavily urbanized province, but there are neighboring provinces and cities that are heavily populated in heavily herbalist and major roles have at cracks. ah, what at least one major road is now impassable due to a landslide and i've seen homes that have partially collapsed. there was a bell tower, a church bell tower, that the crumbled an orchard at lee. so far there are no, no rewards of casualty, but we will see we will continue to monitor and run water. hello, there. life ross from manila europ

his hometown is in the northern philippines. he has already coordinating with the you know, the relevant agencies. he's orders relieved in rescue workers to the site. really good as well. those will be affected by the quick and he's scheduled to fly to the northern philippines. that's one of the low with all the latest there from manila. thank and he's really generic drug make has reached an agreement in principle to pay over full $1000000000.00 for its role in the us opioid epidemic. if the deal is finalized eva would be the latest major company to reach a settlement over the crisis o periods of killed more than 500000 people in the u. s. i've passed 20 years now. the settlement wouldn't require even to admit any wrongdoing. in the case. iowa attorney general tom miller's office was directly involved in these negotiations. he says the u. s. federal drug administration should face some serious questions. i think some really serious question should be asked to be up the 8 concerning this. ok, you know, basically what happened is

still to come on the programme, we head to the philippines where protests are expected, ahead of the new president — ferdinand marcosjunior�*s inaugural state of the nation address later today. we'll be speaking to someone who is expected to attend those protests, in a few minutes. see you coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being played tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that too apart the state of yugoslavia, but now, a decade later, it has been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there has been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. the us considers declaring a climate emergency as firefighters in california struggle to contain a wildfire they call explosi

at least at 5, he will have died after an earthquake struck in northern philippines, although it did not generate his unami wanting governance. i apologize for the worst might be yet to come on. below reports for manila, a centuries old belt howard crumbling as it magnitude 7 point or earthquake strikes the philippines jordan provinces. it sent people out of their homes and buildings and into the streets. the tremor was spelt all the way to the capital manila, 300 kilometers to the south. were metal train operations were disrupted? kevin, about me guessing? of course i was afraid because we didn't feel that much shaking with previous quakes. but with this one, the impact was really strong. we felt it on the 11th floor, there were items that fell dumb, so we panicked a bit. but we managed to come ourselves is severely affected areas. small buildings caved walls crumbled, and historic structures gave in the earthquake cracked open concrete roads and triggered landslides, launch lives are a problem, especially men only for earthquakes, but ah, during rain. so we mean you have to make su

how does that apply to japan and the philippines? that's with china want is a kind of like instead of fighting everybody basically taken a few of these guys and the message goes around look, sometimes you're going to be put under the hot microscope and it will go poorly for you. the americans will talk a big game but magical. it's better to cut a deal. that's a very real possibility. at cutting remark about the ties fairly or not but he said they bend before the wind blows. it's an expression that applies to almost pre-much every country, which is they will see where the wind is going and if they think they're going to be left out to dry a will cut a deal. >> so, as the united states puts its strategies together to determine that kind of attack, deterrence theory, which i'm not a scholar, canada divides itself into these thoughts about deterrence by punishment, applying as more punishment than it at you can withstand and get them to deter, and then deterrence by denial. denying an objective, , the objectives of the enemy. your book e

so it was measured by the us g s at magnitude 7 point one, but measured by the philippines baseball g agency at a bit stronger. at 7.3, it happened close to 9 in the morning, so people or the out in the streets, there were in traffic. they were already in offices. and so a lot of the people working in offices, they were evacuated out of their buildings. people obviously were still steeping, aroused their steep. this is very quick that was spelled by millions, not only felt in the northern philippines again, all the way to manila, a large area. now there are already initial reports with damages. there was a hospital that had partially collapsed in the province of abra. i've already seen photos of damages cracks on your road. there are a lot of walter collapsed. i saw a vehicle. it had been crushed by a wall that had collapsed. this was in the residence in nearby beacon city, but there are no casualties, reports of casualties as of yet. now this earthquake is very reminiscent of the earthquake that happened back in 990 that earthquake left over a 1600 people dead. the fact that the eart

the philippines is in the middle of the rainy season and rains a lot in the mountains. that could weaken the ground and cause landslides. authorities setting up evacuation centers and advising people to leave their homes. many are still very worried about aftershocks. last night we heard reports about people spending the night outside their homes because they felt it would be safer. >>> tokyo prosecutors have raided the headquarters of a major business retailer in connection with a ssible bribery case involvinge sponsorship of the tokyo olympic and paralympic games. prosecutors on thursday searched the main office and a subsidiary office in tokyo. they suspect they may have given former games member large sums of money as a bribe. they are denying any wrongdoing. a company he headed allegedly received at least 330,000 dollars in consulting fees since september 28. they sold suits and other items with olympic raining on them a stormy sponsorship agreement. >>> japan's education ministry wants to boost the number of foreign students. the figure has dropped significantly s

it is the strongest earthquake to hit the philippines in years. well, here's how people in the philippines experienced this quick. oh my god, it's really very bother. the shaking is really strong. of course, i was afraid we haven't felt the stronger note creek before. the impact was really high, and i do a my colleague and i were working in a coffee shop. when he noticed that the chandelier was moving. we panic because it was so strong and it lasted for over a minute. i think more than one minute. that would be panic because it was the 1st time we were on such a high floor when the queen struck me well earlier i asked if melner rog from the philippines seismology institute, how common so it's such earthquakes are in the region. well right now and almost every 2 years we experience i'm altitude, 7th grade here in the philippines. so we're not really new to the idea that earthquakes would affect certain areas in the to be. so we just, we just have a long term program of improving the awareness of people about their assets related doors. so with that

the philippine government filed 10 arrest warrants against me. i've had to post mail 10 times just to do my job. last at least 7 of those cases, a still active. and with the arrival of do today's successor, fernando mark has junior into office and do turn to his daughter as vice president ratcliffe, editor will be keeping her lawyers busy for some time to come. thanks flow. below, tristan is a land of contradictions. it is pakistan's largest province and its least populated . it is rich in natural resources, minerals, gold, coal, gas, and yet the bulge people are the poorest in the country. it has been the sight of a separate struggle ever since pakistan came into existence, yet it is barely covered in the domestic news media. not for a lack of try. for decades below, ched journalists have risked their flies to report on topics such as corruption in local government to the resource grab to the pakistani states involvement in the kidnapping and killing of bullets activists. a few reporters from the pakistani mainstream media have tried to cover th

let's take you to the philippines now — where the the former president fidel ramos has died. he was ninety—four. mr ramos became a hero to many filipinos when he split from the autocratic leader ferdinand marcos who was toppled in a popular uprising. emer mccarthy reports. he earned a reputation as one of the countries most effective leaders. fidel ramos nicknamed steady eddie was known for his unflappable character during regular moments of people in philippines. ——upheaval he was the national police chief who helped enforce martial law during the authoritarian rule of president ferdinand marcos in the 1970s and 80s. thousands of people were killed and jailed. but mr ramos to affected and in 1986 was a leading force in the people power revolution which brought down the marcos regime. six years later he was voted in as the new president, oversaw an unusually calm. of politics and economic growth. during his tenure the economy surged in poverty rates fell nearly 10% through his social reform agenda. in an historical twist to his death coincides with the recent election o

and i live in carina stewart in the philippines. the philippines is one of the most at risk countries to hazards brought about by climate change as we are at the front lines of the climate crisis to typhoons and droughts and natural disasters. farmers are one of the most vulnerable populations to that, which is why i realized that as i was building this venture, it was inevitable that we had to bring in environmentalism stewardship and our climate education into this kind of work with a lower level over finally. yeah, me, uncle doing that. let me take a while on me so i can have it put on down the road and i'm never coop, i'm and i mean i hide our yep. live in call. i need a call. i called tom mini my a unique mcguire that i live my wife to pamela campbell over here. oh my god, i t p m on call gardena. when i read again, mack wow. the gang of how i like it. they like, i like them through the like in mac, while the car to andy thing, holla, anavia relented by. you had its own cop, you're given a how come will they call it going? i di

ransom repeat for the philippines. until the coalition falls apart. if we can block them from seizing and holding the key territories of our allies, then china has a decision, it could say well, i'll give up to fight another day, where i can try to escalate this, they've lost in the immediate battle, they can do that and they can blow up some tankers in the middle east but that's probably not gonna matter for us that much. you might be able to stop. the models say, let's launch nuclear strikes in america, and we can impose costs back on then, but in that context they will be the ones that will prepare the burden of escalation. they're basically gonna seem like the aggressor in the a bad guy. and fdr talked about, the righteous might, or the flashing sort of anger, or vengeance i should. say so, that stuff won't end well for the buyout there. that mixture is i think, emphasizing denials the rights gradually, the right strategy for the american people and for what's fundamentally our interest nature are really, really important, but not existential true