In this Thursday, May 9, 2019, photo, children play outside their shanty at Manila's former dumpsite Smokey Mountain, Philippines. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's name is not on the ballot but Monday's mid-term elections are seen as a referendum on his phenomenal rise to power, marked by his gory anti-drug crackdown and his embrace of China. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Manila City public workers remove the campaign posters, mostly that of incumbent Mayor and former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada around the Manila City Hall, a day after the country's midterm elections Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. Estrada lost his third term mayoral bid along with four of his children who ran in local polls, ending his 50-year-dominance in two metropolitan cities in the country. Two of his sons, who ran for senators, are also clinging to the last senate slot in initial results, which were dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte's allies. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, April 16, 2019, file photo, a Filipino Catholic woman yawns as she joins other devotees in the marathon chanting of the story of Jesus' life, passion and death during Holy Week rites in downtown Manila, Philippines, as they observe Holy. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo/File)





Oliver Emocling, 23, who works for a magazine, rides a jeepney to the train station in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 29, 2018. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





Residents dress up with colorful local version of Roman soldiers as they celebrate Easter Sunday on April 21, 2019 in Mogpog in Marinduque, Philippines. Christians worldwide celebrated Easter on Sunday, commemorating the day on which Jesus Christ is believed to have risen from the dead. Also known as Resurrection Sunday, Christians across the globe describe Easter in the New Testament having occurred on the third day of Jesus' burial after his crucifixion on Good Friday by the Romans at approximately 30 AD. (Photo by Jes Aznar/Getty Images)





A resident gathers her goods for sale, while a house nearby burns after a fire gutted an informal settlers area in Quezon City suburban Manila on March 20, 2019. Local news reported some 250 houses were destroyed leaving 750 families homeless. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





A Christian devotee lies on a cross on a street in Mabalacat, Pampanga on April 18, 2019, one day ahead of the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Residents of Addition Hills in Madaluyong City, Manila, queue to recieve water distributed on water tank truck and fire trucks on March 15, 2019. Manila has been hit by its worst water shortage in years, leaving bucket-bearing families to wait hours for a fill up from tanker trucks and some hospitals to turn away less urgent cases. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Boys contort their faces as they participate in a game where they need to slide a coin from their forehead to their mouth to win, during the annual Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia in Manila, Philippines on May 19, 2019. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Filipino graduating police officers march during an event for the 2019 graduating class of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) at Camp General Mariano Castaneda in Silang, Philippines, 22 March 2019. According to reports, Duterte on March 21, formally announced the end of government's peace negotiations with communist rebels. The president ordered a stop to peace talks with the communist rebels, due to continued attacks on government forces by the communist armed group “New People's Army”. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





Filipinos enter a polling precinct to cast their votes on May 13, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. About 60 millions of Filipino voters will head to the polls on May 13 for the congressional midterm elections and bring a set of winners and losers for lawmakers and local government officials in the Philippines. Based on reports, Mondays midterm elections will be a test on Filipino President Rodrigo Dutertes popularity as recent polls show that his administration remains popular ahead of the midterm elections despite receiving largely negative attention overseas. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Filipino children shower flower petals onto Catholic devotees holding decorative palm fronds during a procession to mark Palm Sunday at a street in Las Pinas City, south of Manila, Philippines, 14 April 2019. Palm Sunday for Roman Catholic devotees symbolically marks the biblical account of the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, signaling the start of the Holy Week. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





In this Thursday, May 9, 2019, photo, a man walks past election banners in the slum district of Tondo, Manila, Philippines. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's name is not on the ballot but Monday's mid-term elections are seen as a referendum on his phenomenal rise to power, marked by his gory anti-drug crackdown and his embrace of China. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Star Wars enthusiasts huddle with their lightsabers after participating in Earth Hour at Taguig City, Philippines, March 30, 2019. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





People walk along a canal polluted with plastic and garbage at the Estero de San Lazaro in Manila on March 22, 2019. Each year on March 22, World Water Day is observed around the world, focusing on the importance of fresh water and advocating for sustainable management of water resources. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





A couple carries empty containers looking for places to collect water in Mandaluyong, metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Aside from the daily line of residents waiting for water rations from trucks, many businesses like laundry shops, carwash and water-purifying stations in Manila have been affected by a water shortage from the Manila Water Company due to low levels at the La Mesa dam and the onset of El Nino which causes below normal rainfall conditions. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





In this April 22, 2019, file photo, wearing protective helmets, employees evacuate their office building following an earthquake in Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo/File)





Filipino boys play with red lanterns that are displayed at a park in Manila, Philippines on Friday, March 1, 2019 (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, May 9, 2019 photo, Agnes Veles, right, watches as children count their day's earning from selling ice candy outside their shanty at Manila's former dumpsite Smokey Mountain, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, May 8, 2019, photo, supporters brave the rain during the last campaign rally together by the opposition senatorial candidates in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Dancers perform during the annual Aliwan Fiesta in Manila, the Philippines, April 28, 2019. The Aliwan Fiesta is the annual summer dance festival competition, showcasing folk and ethnic performing art from around the country. (Photo by Alamy Live News)





A boy enjoys water coming from a busted pipe that was damaged after a fire razed a slum area in Manila on April 20, 2019. Hundreds of families were left homeless after the fire, according to officials. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)