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Father Boyet’s assistants--some are in training to become nuns--carry elderly patients to the bathing area.

In the laundry room, Father Boyet rests by leaning on the wheelchair of a resident he is dressing.

At the provincial jail, Father Boyet discusses mistreatment by guards after he said mass for the prisoners.

He empties the bedpans, washes the laundry and cooks the meals for the residents. He has help from a volunteer staff. Some days no one comes to help him.

Father Boyet walks from the House of Emmaus (his sanctuary for the old and poor) to the provincial jail and hospital, where he says mass each day.

Some of the thousands of people paid to attend Ferdinand Marcos’ final rally before the Feb. 7 election, they look upon the event with mixed feelings.

An elderly woman returns from the mosque in a remote town in Mindanao, Philippines.

Joselito Enriquez has worked the same rice field for over 30 years. He says he wishes Aquino well, but he has been asked by his brother to vote for Marcos.

Outside the presidential palace, a group of protesters is restrained by barbed wire during an anti-Marcos protest.

Family members mourn over the body of Aquino organizer Evelio Javier. Javier delivered the vote for Aquino, but his opponents had him killed.