Residents walk past damages caused by an earthquake as they evacuate to safer grounds at Hinatuan town, Surigao del Sur province, southern Philippines on Sunday December 3, 2023. A powerful earthquake struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. (Photo by Ivy Marie Mangadlao/AP Photo)





People watch a Christmas light show at the Ayala Triangle Gardens, operated by Ayala Land Inc., in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





In this photo provided by the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office – Urban Search and Rescue Unit, a rescuer rappels down a damaged passenger bus in a ravine at the mountainous Hamtic town, Antique province, central Philippines early Wednesday December 6, 2023. The passenger bus lost control while negotiating a downhill curve and plunged into a deep ravine Tuesday afternoon killing some passengers and injuring others officials said. (Photo by Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office – Urban Search and Rescue Unit via AP Photo)





Devotees attend the first of nine daily dawn Masses at the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo, Philippines on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Filipinos attend nine consecutive dawn Masses before Christmas as part of traditional Filipino practice in this largely Roman Catholic nation. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A Filipino sells balloons outside the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo, Philippines on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Many Filipinos attended the first of nine consecutive dawn Masses before Christmas as part of traditional Filipino practice in this largely Roman Catholic nation. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A man collects trash during a cleanup along a river in Paranaque City, Metro Manila on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa/AFP Photo)





People gather at Rizal Park on Christmas day in Manila on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Earvin Perias/AFP Photo)





Jeepney drivers shout slogans as they stage a protest rally during a transport strike in Manila, Philippines, 29 December 2023. Jeepney drivers protested the government's plan to modernize public transport and potentially phase out their vehicles, which have been a unique symbol of mass transport in the country through many generations. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced that the government will not extend its year-end deadline for the dilapidated jeepneys' phase out. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





People watch as fireworks light up the sky at Rizal Park ushering in the New Year in Manila on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Jamillah Sta. Rosa/AFP Photo)





Children play during New Year's Eve celebrations at a street in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Fireworks explode over Rockwell Center in celebration of the New Year in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Devotees carry a replica of the Black Nazarene during the traditional blessing outside the Quiapo church in downtown Manila, Philippines, Thursday, January 4, 2024. Tens of thousands of Roman Catholic devotees are expected to join a procession to celebrate the Feast Day of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A Filipino devotee rests while waiting for the procession of the Black Nazarene to begin, during its feast day and annual procession, in Manila, Philippines on January 9, 2024. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





People help emergency personnel carry a Catholic devotee who passed out during an annual religious procession held in honour of the so-called Black Nazarene in Manila on January 9, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful swarmed a historic statue of Jesus Christ as it was pulled through the streets of the Philippine capital on January 9, in one of the world's biggest displays of religious devotion. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





Devotees raise their hands during the annual Black Nazarene procession which was resumed after a three-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 in Manila, Philippines. A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic devotees joined a chaotic procession through downtown Manila Tuesday to venerate a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ with many praying for peace in the Middle East where Filipino relatives work. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A devotee kisses the crucifix of the Black Nazarene during its annual procession which was resumed after a three-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Devotees grab the rope as they pull the glass-covered cart carrying Black Nazarene during its annual procession which was resumed after a three-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A devotee reacts as he tries to block other devotees from climbing the cart carrying the Black Nazarene during it's annual procession which was resumed after a three-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





In this handout photo provided by the Municipality of Monkayo, rescuers retrieve a body of one of the victims after a landslide due to heavy rains at Monkayo town in Davao de Oro province, southern Philippines on Friday, January 19, 2024. A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house in the southern Philippines where people were holding Christian prayers, killing multiple people, including children, and seriously injuring some others, a disaster-response official said. (Photo by Municipality of Monkayo via AP Photo)





Residents push a makeshift raft loaded with a motorcycle through floodwaters brought about by heavy rains in Propseridad town, Agusan del Sur province on southern Mindanao island on February 1, 2024. Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have killed six people in the Philippines, with one other person missing, rescuers said February 1. (Photo by Erwin Mascarinas/AFP Photo)