A worker pours garbage on a machine at a recycling facility in Malabon, Philippines on Monday February 13, 2023. Food waste emits methane as it breaks down and rots. Waste pickers are helping set up systems to segregate and collect organic waste, and establishing facilities to compost it. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





In this handout photo provided by the Bureau of Fire Protection Camalig, rescuers prepare to search for passengers of a Cessna 340 aircraft with registry number RP-C2080 at Tumpa Gulley, Camalig town, Albay province, the Philippines on Monday February 20, 2023. Philippine authorities said Monday they would verify whether the wreckage of a small plane spotted near the crater of a restive Mayon volcano was that of a Cessna aircraft that went missing with four people on board over the weekend. (Photo by Bureau of Fire Protection Camalig via AP Photo)





Catholic faithful pray inside a chapel after receiving ash on the observance of Ash Wednesday at a church ground in Paranaque City suburban Manila on February 22, 2023. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





Members of a honor guard stand at attention during ceremonies marking the 37th anniversary of the near-bloodless coup popularly known as "People Power" revolution that ousted the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year-rule at the People's Power Monument in Quezon city, Philippines on Saturday February 25, 2023. It is the first year marking the event under the rule of Marcos Jr. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A woman kicks confetti after ceremonies marking the 37th anniversary of the near-bloodless coup popularly known as “People Power” revolution that ousted the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year-rule at the People's Power Monument in Quezon city, Philippines on Saturday February 25, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Detained former senator Leila De Lima (C) is escorted as she attends a court trial in Muntinlupa city, Metro Manila, Philippines, 27 February 2023. Leila De Lima, a staunch critic of former president Rodrigo Duterte, has been detained inside the Philippine National Police headquarters for the past six years facing two drug-related charges. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Climate activists destroy an image of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and a mockup of an excavator used for mining, during a Global Climate Strike protest in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on March 3, 2023. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





An activist holds a sign on top of a passenger jeepney during a transport strike in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, March 6, 2023. Philippine transport groups launched a nationwide strike Monday to protest a government program drivers fear would phase out traditional jeepneys, which have become a cultural icon, and other aging public transport vehicles. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





An activist arranges a slogan on a passenger jeepney during a transport strike in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, March 6, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Passengers wait for a ride during morning rush hour as passenger jeepney groups hold a transport strike in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, March 6, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A driver looks out from his passenger jeepney as he joins a rally during a transport strike in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, March 6, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A mangrove stained black by the oil spill from the sunken fuel tanker MT Princess Empress is pictured in the coastal town of Pola, Oriental Mindoro province, Philippines on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A bunker once used by American forces as a weapons storage at the former US largest overseas naval base in Subic, Zambales province, Philippines, 02 March 2023 (issued on 06 March 2023). Philippine Defense chief Carlito Galvez Junior announced that Manila and Washington agreed on US troops access to four new bases and allow increase its military footprint in the country under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





Filipino women and activists attempt to get past a police blockade during a protest on Women's Day, in Manila, Philippines on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





A Filipino activist holds a placard during a protest on Women's Day, in Manila, Philippines on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





A woman attempts to get past a police blockade during a protest on Women's Day, in Manila, Philippines on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)





A protester shouts at police as they are temporarily blocked while trying to march near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines as they mark International Women's Day on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





This handout photo taken on March 8, 2023 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows coast guard personnel and volunteers collecting debris covered with oil during a clean-up along the coast in Pola, Oriental Mindoro Province, days after an oil spill from a sunken tanker. (Photo by Handout/Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) via AFP Photo)





An aerial view shows oil slick from the sunken tanker MT Princess Empress along a shoreline on March 08, 2023 in Pola, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Authorities are racing to contain an oil spill after an oil tanker sunk off the coast of Oriental Mindoro, south of Manila. The tanker, MT Princess Empress, was carrying 800,000 liters of industrial oil when it sank on February 28 due to engine trouble and rough seas. Marine experts estimate that about 36,000 hectares of coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass are in danger of being damaged. The spill has also prompted authorities to ban fishing and swimming in contaminated waters, halting the livelihood of countless residents who rely on fishing and tourism to survive. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





Filipino troopers stand during rites at the 126th founding anniversary of the Philippine Army at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig, Philippines on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)