metro manila, bustling, sprawling, southeastern asian capital.ted city. ♪ i light a candle put the presents round the tree ♪ >> anthony: but it is christmas. where the mostly catholic population take their holiday season very seriously. because filipinos are, for reasons i have yet to figure out, probably the most giving of all people on the planet. think i'm talking shit? keep watching. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon everyone. we're the band called keystone. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: ofw stands for overseas filipino worker and they're one of the largest and most important exports, people. go abroad, make money, improve the quality of life for the whole family. all over the world, the philippines sends architects, doctors, construction workers, house keepers, nannies. the entire filipino economy relies heavily on the money sent back by nearly 10 million or 10% of the nation's gdp. until recently, the largest category were musicians like filipino cover bands. they're everywhere. on cruise ships, hotel lobbies, bars and of course in manila, where the competition is f

especially here in metro manila, a capital as well as into rounding areas. because scott could be the 1900 cases have been low in the past several weeks, only in the 100 daily compared to our peak of more than 20000. just a few months ago during the height of the delta wave of infections. and so people have now been more confident to gather and be together with their families and friends. we have what we call here, the notch of wenna, which is the meal that families and friends share in their homes. during christmas eve going into christmas day. and a lot of families were happy that they were able to do this last night last night was the christmas eve here in the philippines. and you know, this is also true for the victims of the typhoon in the central and southern philippines. they may be in evacuation centers. they may be in make shift shelters even in hospitals. where right now there is a looming diary outbreak and they may just, you know, be surviving on relief packs, gathering and eating it in candle light, but christmas is not canceled. even in hyphen