Question: The jazz and popular music scene is dominated by Filipino performers of very high quality.
Competent Filipinos are frequent performers in the jazz and popular music scene in the area.

Answer: yes

Question: and uh i their figures i think are true so i mean it's like compared to you know compared to weapons and stuff like that i mean you're spending nothing on on crime in the country itself what you're doing is you you know it's like you have other things you know it's like you have the AIDS we're going to solve try to solve the AIDS problem while while you know some people are getting killed here and there and then
Crime exists in the country.

Answer: yes

Question: The picture is much different today.
Today is very different.

Answer:
yes