In this August 26, 2016 file photo, commuters and motorists go on their way as heavy monsoon rains inundate low-lying areas in Manila, Philippines. Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific – especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch – have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Filipino fishermen on a boat maneuver amongst water lilies along Manila Bay in Paranaque city, Philippines, October 1, 2016. According to state weather bureau, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Tropical Storm Chaba has entered Philippine Area of responsibility (PAR). Fisherfolk have been alerted on rough seas at the eastern seaboards of Luzon Island and residents have been informed on moderate to heavy rains. (Photo by Eugenio Loreto/EPA)





Show promoters for Motolite batteries sit on a jeepney as they pose for photographers during the Manila International Auto show in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines on April 4, 2013. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Relatives play cards at the wake of 22-year-old pedicab driver Eric Sison who was killed when, according to local officials, police were looking for drug pushers in Pasay city, Metro Manila in the Philippines August 29, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





An street vendor sells snacks to drivers stuck in traffic in Metro Manila, Philippines September 6, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





A boy holds a sack while clutching a banana under his armpit while scavenging trash in metro Manila, Philippines September 6, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





Small-scale miners and their families sit on sacks containing iron ores mixed in black sand they have gathered at a river in San Marcelino, Zambales, north of Manila February 4, 2013. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A goods delivery worker rests on boxes containing coffee creamer at the back of his truck in San Fernando, La Union in northern Philippines September 23, 2016. (Photo by Czar Dancel/Reuters)





A worker takes a break atop of a water tank parked along a main street in metro Manila, Philippines September 28, 2016. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





Applicants look at job offers displayed on a glass window of a recruitment agency in Manila in this October 9, 2010 file photo. (Photo by Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)





A walks past the fishing boats that just returned from disputed Scarborough Shoal, as they are docked at the coastal village of Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan in the Philippines, October 31, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Fishermen, who has just returned from fishing in disputed Scarborough shoal, unload fish from a boat, overlooking a Philippine flag in Subic, Zambales in the Philippines, November 1, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Fishermen, who has just returned from fishing in disputed Scarborough Shoal, hold fish as they pose before the media in Subic, Zambales in the Philippines, November 1, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Fishermen, who has just returned from fishing in disputed Scarborough Shoal, sort fish from a boat in Subic, Zambales in the Philippines, November 1, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Fishermen, who has just returned from fishing in disputed Scarborough shoal, unload fish from a boat in Subic, Zambales in the Philippines, November 1, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Fishermen who has just returned from fishing in disputed Scarborough Shoal sort fish from a boat in Subic, Zambales in the Philippines, November 1, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A fishing boat that has just returned from fishing in disputed Scarborough Shoal is pictured in Subic, Zambales in the Philippines, November 1, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Drug dependents face a wall to reflect on their addiction, as others take part in a bible study at a dormitory for newly admitted patients at Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Pampanga province in northern Philippines, October 7, 2016. Picture taken October 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Drug dependents sleep with their shirts over their heads during a siesta at a dormitory for newly admitted patients at Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Pampanga province in northern Philippines, October 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A commuter uses his mobile phone as a train arrives at a station in Pasay City, Metro Manila July 7, 2008. (Photo by Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)





Fishermen ride on a small boat past their big boats as they prepare to fish at disputed Scarborough Shoal, at the coastal village of Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan in the Philippines, November 3, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A fisherman preparing to fish at disputed Scarborough Shoal walks towards the shore at the coastal village of Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan in the Philippines, November 3, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A fishermen prepares to travel to disputed Scarborough Shoal to fish, at the coastal village of Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan in the Philippines, November 3, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A boy plays in the water at the coastal village of Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan in the Philippines, November 3, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Fishermen prepare to travel to disputed Scarborough Shoal to fish, at the coastal village of Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan in the Philippines, November 3, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A fisherman carries a block of ice to prepare to travel to disputed Scarborough Shoal to fish, in Subic, Zambales in the Philippines, November 3, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Fishermen prepare to fish at disputed Scarborough Shoal at the coastal village of Cato in Infanta, Pangasinan in the Philippines, November 3, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Labourers work at a construction site of a new expressway in Manila, Philippines November 17, 2016. (Photo by Czar Dancel/Reuters)





Local residents pass the time under C-3 bridge in North Bay Boulevard South (NBBS), a Navotas City district of slums and waterways with a high number of drug war deaths, in Manila, Philippines November 3, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A Filipino climbs on an anchor chain of a cargo ship docked at the country's main seaport in Manila, Philippines, 24 September 2016. According to the International Maritime Bureau's latest sea crimes data, Southeast Asia recently accounts for the majority of seafaring attacks globally, surpassing the Horn of Africa. Pirates in Southeast Asia are increasingly hijacking ships, oil tankers and tugboats, stealing their cargoes, rob their crew and kidnap them for ransom, according to data from the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)





Filipino typhoon victims riding on a three-wheeled motorcycle maneuver on floodwater in the typhoon-hit town of Abulog, Cagayan province, Philippines, 20 October 2016. Many houses, trees, and electric posts were destroyed after Super Typhoon Heima made landfall in the Northern Philippines. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)