A man takes a picture of a lion dancer inside their store during Lunar New Year celebrations in Binondo, Manila, Philippines, on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A child looks on as people watch fireworks during Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila, Philippines, on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A performer breathes fire during Lunar New Year celebrations at Binondo district, considered the world's oldest Chinatown, on January 29, 2025 in Manila, Philippines. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, will begin on January 29, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. The celebrations, which last for approximately 15 days, are filled with traditional activities such as family gatherings, lion dances, and the exchange of red envelopes, making it a vibrant cultural event observed by Chinese communities worldwide. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A performer breathes fire during Lunar New Year celebrations at Binondo district, considered the world's oldest Chinatown, on January 29, 2025 in Manila, Philippines. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, will begin on January 29, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. The celebrations, which last for approximately 15 days, are filled with traditional activities such as family gatherings, lion dances, and the exchange of red envelopes, making it a vibrant cultural event observed by Chinese communities worldwide. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte at the People Power Monument on January 31, 2025 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Vice President Sara Duterte is facing possible impeachment following her statements that she had contracted an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife, and the House Speaker if she were killed. The shocking claim has intensified a bitter feud between their once-allied families, with Congress also investigating Duterte for alleged misuse of public funds. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A man bikes past a wall of campaign posters for senatorial candidate Erwin Tulfo on the first day of the campaign period for the May 12 midterm elections, in Manila, Philippines, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Naked fraternity members link arms after their annual Oblation Run advocating for fair elections, at the University of the Philippines, in Quezon City, Philippines, on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Naked student fraternity members present themselves to a crowd during their Oblation Run at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 14 February 2025. The naked run, known as the Oblation Run, attempts to bring attention to current issues of importance in Philippine society. This year, naked runners carried signs with messages to vote wisely in the upcoming May 2025 elections, impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte, and to criticize Senator Imee Marcos. (Photo by Rolex dela Peña/EPA/EFE)





Students dance during global action on violence against women and children dubbed “one billion rising”, to coincide with Valentine's day, at St. Scholastica's College in Manila on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





Students and nuns dance during global action on violence against women and children dubbed “one billion rising”, to coincide with Valentine's day, at St. Scholastica's College in Manila on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





A member of the Addition Hills Life Emergency Response Team (AHLERT) conducts fogging in community alleyways with underground drainage and potential mosquito breeding areas as part of Dengue prevention in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 19 February 2025. The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) has reported a rise in dengue cases across three regions, including Metro Manila. Local government units urge residents to maintain cleanliness, practice proper hygiene, and seek medical attention if dengue symptoms appear. (Photo by Rolex dela Peña/EPA/EFE)





People visit the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig, Philippines, on Saturday, February 22, 2025. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Manila. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Filipino Catholics marked with ash crosses on their foreheads pray after offering candles on Ash Wednesday, at Baclaran Church, in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





An elderly woman sits next to shanties as a Philippine Airlines (PAL) plane flies over a slum area in Paranaque city, Metro Manila, Philippines, 06 March 2025. According to the latest report of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), poverty rate dropped to 15.5 percent in 2024 from 18.1 percent in 2021, with 17.54 million people living below the poverty line, a decrease of 2.4 million from the previous survey two years earlier. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)





Philippine Army troops fire rounds from Sabrah light tanks as they take part in a live fire exercise as part of CATEX (Combined Arms Training Exercise) on March 07, 2025 in Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines. Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. affirmed confidence in U.S.-Philippines ties despite President Trump’s shifting foreign policy, citing their shared opposition to China and the restoration of $400 million in U.S. military aid. As concerns linger over a potential U.S. withdrawal from the South China Sea, Manila has expanded defense ties with Japan and New Zealand and increased its military budget. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





This handout photo taken and released by the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) on March 11, 2025, shows former Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte (C) inside the Villamor Air Base in Pasay, Metro Manila, after arriving from Hong Kong. Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, arrested on March 11 on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity during his “war on drugs”, once said he would be happy to kill three million addicts. (Photo by Handout/Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas NG Bayan (PDP LABAN)/AFP Photo)





A supporter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shouts slogans holding a doll bearing the face of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as they hold a rally outside Villamor airbase after Duterte was arrested, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, near Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A supporter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pleads with members of the Philippine National Police standing guard outside the Villamor Airbase where Duterte is currently held after being arrested, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines on March 11, 2025. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Filipino Catholic priest Flavie Villanueva, left, consoles Melinda Lafuente, as she holds the urn containing the remains of her son Angelo, during an interment ceremony for victims of extrajudicial killings, at the “Dambana ng Paghilom” or Shrine of Healing inside a cemetery in Caloocan City, Philippines, Wednesday March 12, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Police personnel standing guard (R) look on as supporters of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte continue their motorcade calling for the return of the former leader, in Manila, Philippines, 16 March 2025. Duterte, who is being held in Scheveningen prison in the Netherlands, is facing charges of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court (ICC) following investigations into a war on drugs campaign that resulted in thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings during his presidency. (Photo by Rolex Dela Pena/EPA)