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I'm T.J. Manotok and this is your TFC News Now.
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Today we mark a historic moment.
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We begin with a historic event in Washington, D.C., the first joint summit between the United States, the Philippines, and Japan
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amid growing tensions with China following repeated confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels
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in the disputed waterway in the South China Sea.
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The United States' defense commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad.
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They're ironclad.
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As I said before, any attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels, or armed forces in the South China Sea
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would invoke our mutual defense treaty.
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We meet today as friends and partners bound by a shared vision and pursuit of a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Indo-Pacific.
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It is a partnership born not out of convenience nor of expediency,
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but as a natural progression of a deepening relation
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between the United States and the Philippines.
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and robust cooperation amongst our three countries.
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At the trilateral summit, the United States, Japan, and the Philippines announced new joint naval exercises
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and new economic cooperation measures.
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Biden told Marcos Jr. that Manila's partnership with Washington and Tokyo
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would result in more jobs and more investments for Filipinos.
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Philippines is not for sale!
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Philippines is not for sale!
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Philippine-American activists and their supporters took to the streets in Washington, D.C.
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to condemn what they call
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an increased U.S. militarization in the Philippines.
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This was part of a national day of action led by
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Bayan USA in Portland, Seattle, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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Protesters believe this trilateral summit will lead to more war and militarism in the Asia-Pacific region
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as tensions rise in the South China Sea over disputed territories.
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The U.S. government talks about bringing economic growth, prosperity, clean energy,
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and peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region,
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but we know this is a guise for more war and militarism in the Asia-Pacific region.
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and also an opportunity to perpetuate unequal economic and military agreements.
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The war and increasing tensions between China and the United States
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is bringing the Philippines closer and closer to being on the crosshairs of war.
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You're going to die!
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I will not allow you to go away!
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You're going to die!
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And finally, in 2022, award-winning filmmaker Ramona Diaz documented the Philippine president's speech.
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He said, I will not allow you to go away!
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I will not allow you to go away!
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And focus on the Filipinos who risked it all in their fight for democracy and hope for a better Philippines.
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And So It Begins premiered at Sundance in January and will have its Los Angeles premiere in May.
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And So It Begins continues a story started by Diaz in 2020's Peabody-winning documentary, A Thousand Cuts.
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The film highlights the hope, heartbreak, bravery, and challenges faced by Filipinos
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during the 2022 presidential elections between Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Lenny Robredo.
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It was overwhelming to capture it, and we captured a lot.
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the putting it together was also overwhelming.
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VP Lenny always said, she didn't know, they didn't know whether it would be a lonely campaign.
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They thought it would be a lonely campaign, and then people just started showing up in numbers.
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And you can see this is a...
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end to something or just the beginning.
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And that's why we also called it, And So It Begins.
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We wanted to lean in on the hope.
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The documentary also features 2021 Nobel Peace Prize awardee Maria Ressa,
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who has advocated for truth in journalism for years.
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And So It Begins will be one of the top-billed offerings at the 40th VC Film Festival in Los Angeles on May 2nd.
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And those are the news-making headlines today.
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You can catch more TFC News on our website, news.abstashtv.com slash tfcnews.
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Head on over to the ABS-CBN News YouTube channel and download the ABS-CBN News app for your smartphones and tablets.
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I'm TJ Manoto. Stay with us, Kapamilya.
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I'm TJ Manoto. Stay with us, Kapamilya.
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Thank you for watching!
