Photo by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat

Do storms and typhoons dampen business? Not so for umbrella repairmen like Mang Ramon here, photographed in Baguio City (246 kms. north of Manila). In fact, for him, business is at its prime during the strongest rains as customers flock to him one after the other, their umbrellas worn out by the violent winds from the succession of storms and typhoons in recent weeks.

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