Philippines return to rural areas amid pandemic

Marlen Zilmar woke up to the sound of roosters for nearly all the pandemic. Before the sun rose, she would swing a makeshift watering can made of a perforated plastic bottle over the garden in her family home, where she had returned after the coronavirus hit Manila.

The scene of okra plants, banana trees and harvesting the day s crop might seem timeless. Economic prospects in urban areas have attracted Filipinos from the countryside in larger numbers than the cities can handle. It will depend on the nation's ability and desire to reinvigorate the economically neglected hinterlands to determine whether that pattern can be sustained.

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