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In this image made from video, cruise ship performer Erick Arenas, 34, speaks to the Associated Press via video chat while under quarantine in a hotel in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Tens of thousands of workers have returned by plane and ships as the pandemic, lockdowns and economic downturns decimated jobs worldwide in a major blow to the Philippines, a leading source of global labor. (AP Photo)

Quarantine bottlenecks add to woes of returning Filipinos

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

CORRECTS AIRLINE - An airport personnel walks beside the remains of a Lionair, West Wind 24 aircraft after it caught fire during take off at Manila's International Airport in Philippines on Sunday, March 29, 2020. A plane carrying eight people has caught fire while attempting to take off from Manila's airport on a flight bound for Japan, killing all those on board, officials said. (AP Photo)

Philippines grounds company’s aircraft after deadly fire

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Firemen and rescuers stand beside the remains of a Lion Air, West Wind 24 aircraft after it caught fire during take off at Manila's International Airport in Philippines on Sunday, March 29, 2020. A plane carrying eight people has caught fire while attempting to take off from Manila's airport on a flight bound for Japan, killing all those on board, officials said. (AP Photo)

Plane catches fire at Manila airport, killing all 8 aboard

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

An employee in protective gears sprays disinfectant in the wake of coronavirus outbreak inside a train at the Senen train station in Jakarta Indonesia, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Indonesia's capital city announced a lockdown of all tourist destinations and entertainment spots as well as the closing all of its public schools for the next 14 days amid the global outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Daily life near a standstill as nations try to halt pandemic

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A man's temperature is checked by an army trooper before entering the metropolis at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Quezon city, Philippines Sunday, March 15, 2020. Thousands of Philippine police, backed by the army and coast guard, have started sealing the densely populated capital from most domestic travelers in one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment moves against the coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines isolates Manila to fight coronavirus outbreak

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The site of a helicopter crash is cordoned off in San Pedro, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines Thursday, march 5, 2020. The helicopter carrying the Philippine national police chief and other people crashed Thursday, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine police chief, 7 others injured in chopper crash

By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A group of armed police soldiers arrive at the Greenhills Shopping Center Monday, March 2, 2002, in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police on Monday surrounded a shopping mall in an upscale district in the Manila metropolis after gunshots rang out inside and sent shoppers rushing out in panic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Officials say ex-guard releases hostages, leaves Manila mall

By Jim Gomez and Aaron Favila - Associated Press

Catholic devotees have ash sprinkled on their heads during Ash Wednesday rites Feb. 26, 2020, in Paranaque, metropolitan Manila, Philippines. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has recommended sprinkling ash on the head of devotees instead of using it to mark foreheads with a cross to avoid physical contact and fight the spread of the new coronavirus in the Lenten period in places of worship. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Catholic Church: Caution, cancellations mark Ash Wednesday in time of virus

By Nicole Winfield and Jim Gomez - Associated Press

A woman and a boy purchase face masks in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. China’s death toll from a new virus has risen over 250 and a World Health Organization official says other governments need to prepare for “domestic outbreak control” if the disease spreads. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Philippines reports 1st virus death outside of China

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In this Jan. 21, 2020, handout photo provided by the Office of Civil Defense, Taal volcano emits small amounts of ash in Batangas province, southern Philippines. The government will no longer allow people to live on the crater-studded island that's home to the volcano. (Office of Civil Defense via AP)

Philippine volcano alert lowered, thousands return home

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A man dances with a statue of the baby Jesus after a mass to celebrate it's feast day at an evacuation center near Taal volcano in Tagaytay, Cavite province, southern Philippines on Sunday Jan.19, 2020. Taal volcano continued to emit plumes of smoke on Sunday, following nearly seven days of activity that have displaced massive numbers of villagers. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines looks for safer homes for volcano residents

By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A roof covered with volcanic ash shows a sign &quot;help&quot; at a lakeshore village beside Taal volcano where residents have evacuated to safer ground in Agoncillo, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Saturday Jan. 18, 2020. The Taal volcano near the Philippine capital emitted more ash clouds Saturday, posing the threat of another eruption. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine volcano simmers, officials brace for long crisis

By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Police block a road going to a village near Taal volcano as authorities enforced a total evacuation in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Jan.15, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava into the sky and trembled constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Officials block villagers as quakes shake Philippine volcano

By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

People watch from Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, as Taal Volcano continues to spew ash on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Thousands of people fled the area through heavy ash as experts warned that the eruption could get worse and plans were being made to evacuate more. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine volcano trembles more, spews lava half-mile high

By Joeal Calupitan and Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Taal Volcano spews ash and smoke during an eruption as seen from Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday. Jan. 12, 2020. (Jogs Danao/AP Photo)

Volcano erupts near Manila; villagers flee, airports shut

By AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Taal Volcano spews ash on Monday Jan. 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. The small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila's international airport to shut down. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine volcano shuts down Manila international airport

By Joeal Calupitan and Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Taal Volcano spews ash on Monday Jan. 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. The small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila's international airport to shut down. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Lava gushes from Philippine volcano as ash spreads to Manila

By Joeal Calupitan and Jim Gomez - Associated Press

People watch plumes of smoke and ash rise from as Taal Volcano erupts Sunday Jan. 12, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, outside Manila, Philippines (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Taal Volcano erupts near Manila, Philippines

By Aaron Favila and Jim Gomez - Associated Press

A crowd of Filipino Roman Catholic devotees try to climb the carriage of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Manila, Philippines. A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics prayed for peace in the increasingly volatile Middle East at the start Thursday of an annual procession of a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ in one of Asia's biggest religious events. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in huge gathering

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

House representative Esmael Mangudadatu, center, whose wife and relatives were victims in a 2009 election-related killings, hugs a lawyer as he steps out a court at Camp Bagong Diwa, suburban Taguig, Philippines, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. The Philippine court on Thursday found key members of a powerful political clan guilty of a 2009 massacre in a southern province that left 57 people, including 32 media workers, dead in a brazen act that horrified the world. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines convicts key clan members in 2009 massacre

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press