Seeking warmth

A farmer’s family gathers around a fire after working in the fields of Cabuyao, Tuba, Benguet on Sunday. As the thermometers (inset) show, the temperature dipped to 5 degrees Celsius in nearby Atok, Benguet due to the northeast monsoon or ‘amihan’, the state weather bureau said. Frost or ‘andap’ often forms on the vegetables during this time, harming the crops.