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Filipino forecaster Meno Mendoza illustrates the path of Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named &quot;Typhoon Ompong&quot; as it approaches the Philippines with sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 255 kph (158 mph), at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Philippine officials say they plan to evacuate thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and scramble to harvest rice and corn as the most powerful typhoon so far this year menacingly roars toward the country's north. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines starts massive evacuations as huge typhoon nears

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

The left engine of Boeing passenger plane from China, a Xiamen Air, sits several meters away on the grassy portion of the runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after it skidded off the runway while landing Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines. All the passengers and crew of Xiamen Air Flight 8667 were safe and were taken to an airport terminal, where they were given blankets and food before being taken to a hotel. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Plane skids off rainy Manila runway, rips off engine, wheel

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Rescuers are seen at the scene as a Boeing passenger plane from China, a Xiamen Air, lies on the grassy portion of the runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after it skidded off the runway while landing Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines. All the passengers and crew of Xiamen Air flight MF8667 were safe and were taken to an airport terminal, where they were given blankets and food before being taken to a hotel. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Plane skids off rainy Manila runway, rips off engine, wheel

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 11, 2018, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing the crowd at the 120th Philippine Independence Day celebrations south of Manila, Philippines. Duterte, notorious for having insulted the pope and former U.S. President Barack Obama, has sparked outrage for calling God "stupid" in Asia's bastion of Catholicism. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine president, slammed for calling God ‘stupid’

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Protesters shout slogans while displaying small catch during a rally at the Chinese Consulate in the financial district of Makati city to protest alleged continued seizure of catches of Filipino fishermen at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea despite a protest by the Philippines following an earlier incident Monday, June, 11, 2018 east of Manila, Philippines. The Philippines expressed concern to China in a meeting in Manila in February after receiving a report of Chinese coast guard personnel boarding a Filipino fishing boat at Scarborough Shoal and taking some of its catch, officials said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines says Chinese seizures of fish catch unacceptable

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 13, 2018, file photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's indigenous aircraft carrier lifts anchor in Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province. The Philippines says it is taking “appropriate diplomatic action” to protect its South China Sea territorial claims, after China landed bombers on one of the islands it controls. China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier completed a round of sea trials, putting it closer to possible deployment in the disputed waterway, while Chinese tourists in Vietnam sparked anger by wearing T-shirts showing their country’s territorial claims, some of which overlap with Hanoi’s. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Co-Exercise Directors Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, center, commander of the 3rd U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces, and Northern Luzon commander Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat, left, unfurl a flag of the joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise dubbed "Balikatan 34-2018" during the opening ceremony Monday, May 7, 2018 at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. About 8,000 U.S. and Philippine troops are taking part in the annual exercise to enhance their interoperability in counterterrorism and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response or HADR. Contingents from Australia and Japan are also taking part in the two-week exercise. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

U.S., Philippines kick off largest military drill in the region

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A Filipino hooded penitent places his crown of thorns during Good Friday rituals to atone for sins in San Fernando, Pampanga province, northern Philippines, Friday, March 30, 2018. The ritual is frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Devotees nailed to crosses on Good Friday in Philippines

By AARON FAVILA - Associated Press

Oklahoma family donates treasured flag

By MATT PATTERSON - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing Filipino Overseas Workers who were repatriated from Kuwait, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines. Human rights groups condemned the Philippine president Tuesday for his remarks about troops shooting female communist rebels in the genitals to render them "useless," which they said can encourage sexual violence and war crimes. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

U.S. intelligence tags Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte as threat to democracy in Asia

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Philippines eyes turning volcano villages to ‘no man’s land’

By JOEAL CALUPITAN - Associated Press

Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jostle to get closer and kiss the image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined the annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ under tight security. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Huge Philippine procession secured tightly amid terror fears

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippines to extradite priest accused of molesting US boys

Associated Press

A member of the U.S. Army who trains Philippine troopers welcomes a wounded Philippine National Police Special Action Force who just got back from Marawi, southern Philippines, as they arrive at Camp Bagong Diwa, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. The Islamic State group sent at least $1.5 million to finance the recently ended siege of the southern Philippine city of Marawi, with the assault leaders using the 2014 IS seizure of the Iraqi city of Mosul as a blueprint, the Philippine military chief recently said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Mattis reaffirms U.S. commitment to Philippines counterterror mission after fall of ISIS-held city

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Islamic State claimed over the weekend that its Philippine affiliate, known as the Maute group, killed 50 troops as government forces launched a massive offensive to drive militants out of Marawi. (Associated Press/File)

ISIS affiliate Maute a tough foe for Philippines, U.S. in Marawi

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A North Korean flag flies with other flags of the ASEAN countries and its dialogue partners outside the Philippine International Convention Center, the venue for the Aug. 2-8, 2017 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, as a passenger plane flies above Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Sea dispute, North Korea, Muslim militants top ASEAN meetings

By Jim Gomez and Teresa Cerojano - Associated Press

In this image made from security video released by Manila Police and Resorts World Manila on Saturday, June 3, 2017, a gunman walks away after setting fire to a gambling table in the Resorts World Manila entertainment and gambling complex in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines on Friday, June 2, 2017. Dozens were killed during the attack, mostly from smoke inhalation. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Security footage reveals methodical gunman in casino attack

By TODD PITMAN - Associated Press

Smoke rises from the Resorts World Manila complex, early Friday, June 2, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Gunman in Philippines casino kills 36 after setting tables on fire

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte touches his head during his speech at the swearing in of officials of various municipalities at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Duterte declared martial law in the Mindanao region, the southern third of the Philippines, and poured in troops backed by airstrikes, artillery fire and tanks to crush the urban insurrection. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Friendly fire incident kills 11 Philippine troops in ISIS fight

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times