In this Sunday, August 12, 2018, photo, a delivery van lies on its side after it was swept by heavy rains and strong winds brought about by a tropical storm that flooded Marikina city east of Manila, Philippines overnight. The tropical storm exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday afternoon but it spawned the southwest monsoon rains over most parts of the main island of Luzon, including Metropolitan Manila, according to the government's Philippine, Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Filipino residents view a fire which gutted a shantytown in Manila suburbs, Philippines, 11 January 2019. According to arson investigators from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), at least 100 families were rendered homeless by a blaze that swept a poor community. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





In this Sunday, January 20, 2019, file photo, Roman Catholic devotees raise hundreds of images of the Child Jesus, known as Santo Niño, as they are blessed with holy water to celebrate its feast da, in Manila, Philippines. Many parishes around the country whose patron saint is the Child Jesus take part in the celebration which culminates in a mass and procession. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Fans react during the WBA Welterweight Championship boxing match between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and American Adrien Broner Sunday, January 20, 2019, in Manila, Philippines, which was beamed live via satellite from Las Vegas. Pacquiao retained the title via unanimous decision. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Residents flock to polling precincts to cast their votes on January 21, 2019 in Cotabato City, southern Philippines. Nearly three million Filipinos in region of Mindanao are voting in a plebiscite which could pave the way for lasting peace at the country's Muslim-majority southern region and place them under a substantially more autonomous regional government. Based on reports, Monday's plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law could provide a political solution to decades of fighting between Islamist separatists and the Philippine army which has left at least 120,000 people dead over years of violence. (Photo by Jes Aznar/Getty Images)





Inmates play basketball in the Quezon City jail in suburban Manila on September 25, 2018. Personnel from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and 900 inmates of the Quezon City jail, 20 percent of the jail' s population, were subjected to drug testing to check if any personnel or inmates had access to illegal drugs in the jail. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Children use a raft to cross a flooded alley in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Calumpit, Bulacan on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Village day care center pupils participate in evacuation measures during the third quarter Nationwide Earthquake Drill in Escopa 1 District in Quezon, Philippines, 16 August 2018. The country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) encourages the public to participate and learn emergency response protocols in order to react in a safe and orderly manner in the event of an actual disaster such as an earthquake. (Photo by Rolex Dela Pena/EPA/EFE)





Children living in a slum area take a bath, in Manila, Philippines, 01 December 2018. A slum area is traditionally described as a settlement of improvised housing, also known as shanties, made of sheets of plastic, cardboard boxes, corrugated metal, and plywood. In many growing urban cities such as Manila, New Delhi, Cape Town, Jakarta or Caracas slums are the main types of housing for people with low-income. Slum areas are commonly lack of adequate living conditions, and residents of these areas often have no electricity, proper sanitation or clean water. One of eight people in our world live in slums. In total, around a billion people live in slum conditions today, according to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). In the Philippines, according to a report by Homeless International, around 22.8 million of Filipinos reside in slums while the capital city of Manila has the highest homeless population of any city in the world at 3.1 million, out of which more than 70,000 are children. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA/EFE)





A family shares a meal using a flashlight inside a temporary evacuation center as electricity was shut-off following the onslaught of Typhoon Mangkhut in Tuguegarao city in Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines, Saturday, September 15, 2018. The typhoon slammed into the Philippines northeastern coast early Saturday, it's ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





In this Sunday, January 20, 2019, file photo, fans react during the WBA Welterweight Championship boxing match between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and American Adrien Broner, in Manila, Philippines, which was beamed live via satellite from Las Vegas. Pacquiao retained the title via unanimous decision. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





A motorist braves the rain and strong winds brought about by Typhoon Mangkhut which barreled into northeastern Philippines before dawn Saturday, September 15, 2018 in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





A man uses a net, operated by electricity from a car battery, to catch fish in a river a day after Typhoon Mangkhut hit Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, in the Philippines, September 16, 2018. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Filipino families visit the graves of their departed loved ones during All Saints Day in a public cemetery in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on November 1, 2018. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Workers carry slaughtered pigs to be roasted for New Year celebrations in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 31, 2018. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





An on-going rehabilitation road project in the island of Boracay, Philippines, 27 October 2018. The Philippine resort island of Boracay reopened its doors to international tourists on 26 October, after six months of intensive rehabilitation to recover from the excesses of mass tourism, reported the official Philippine News Agency. (Photo by Jo Haresh Tanodra/EPA/EFE)





Workers covered with gunpowder material make fireworks for New Year celebrations in Bocaue, Bulacan, north of Manila, Philippines on December 26, 2018. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Rickshaw driver carrying passengers manoeuvers on a flooded street due to a heavy downpour brought about by tropical storm Yagi as it exits the Philippine's area of responsibility, in Manila on August 11, 2018, with commuters stranded as they wait for their ride back home. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Residents clean their mud-filled homes after flooding brought about by heavy downpour due to exiting Tropical storm Yagi, submerged their homes in Marikina City, suburban Manila on August 12, 2018. The latest storm brought misery to many, with 20,000 residents fleeing the riverside district of Marikina in the national capital region, where floods swept away cars, authorities said. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





Residents living along the coastal community of Baseco wait to receive rice porridge as they seek temporary shelter at an evacuation center in the onslaught of Typhoon Mangkhut which barreled into northeastern Philippines before dawn Saturday, September 15, 2018 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine officials were assessing damage and checking on possible casualties as Typhoon Mangkhut on Saturday pummeled the northern breadbasket with ferocious wind and rain that set off landslides, damaged an airport terminal and ripped off tin roofs. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





An enterprising Filipino Muslim brings out her sweets as she prepares to pray outside the Blue Mosque in observance of Eid al-Adha, the second most important holiday in the Muslim world, Tuesday, August 21, 2018 in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines. Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is marked in the Philippines with prayers and the slaughter of goats and cows and their meat being given to the poor. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Residents clear their homes off mud and other items after heavy rains and strong winds brought about by a tropical storm flooded Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines overnight, Sunday, August 12, 2018. The tropical storm exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday afternoon but it spawned the southwest monsoon rains over most parts of the main island of Luzon, including Metropolitan Manila, according to the government's Philippine, Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





In this Friday, February 1, 2019, photo, Filipino-Chinese display piggy banks at the start of celebrations leading to next week's Lunar New Year in Chinatown, Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Earth Pig on the Lunar calendar and is supposed to represent abundance, diligence and generosity. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





A Filipino boy watches a display depicting alleged harassment of the military to people in the provinces, as demonstrators call for an end to martial law during a rally near the Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines on Friday, December 7, 2018. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the country's south by another year amid concerns over possible militant attacks, although democracy advocates fear it could worsen human rights conditions. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Motorists brave the rain and strong winds brought about by Typhoon Mangkhut which barrelled into northeastern Philippines before dawn Saturday, September 15, 2018 in Manila, Philippines. Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year, slammed into the country's northeastern coast early Saturday that forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Residents flock to polling precincts to cast their votes on January 21, 2019 in Cotabato City, southern Philippines. Nearly three million Filipinos in region of Mindanao are voting in a plebiscite which could pave the way for lasting peace at the country's Muslim-majority southern region and place them under a substantially more autonomous regional government. Based on reports, Monday's plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law could provide a political solution to decades of fighting between Islamist separatists and the Philippine army which has left at least 120,000 people dead over years of violence. (Photo by Jes Aznar/Getty Images)





Inmates sit on the floor of Saint Dimas chapel as Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency personnel with a K9 dog look for contraband among inmates at the Manila City Jail on September 29, 2018, during an anti-drug and contraband inspection codenamed Oplan Greyhound. The inmates were temporarily held in the chapel as jail personnel inspect their cells during the operation, which is a regular inspection conducted with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology at the jail. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)