freshly harvested swamp cabbage along the Laguna Bay near the town of Tatay, east of Manila...

A fisherman uses a modified air gun known locally as a "Tiksay" to try to catch fish along the Laguna Bay near the town of Tatay, east of Manila on June 23, 2009

A woman paddles a boat laden with freshly harvested swamp cabbage along the Laguna Bay near the town of Tatay, east of Manila on June 23, 2009 to be sold at market. The Philippines has said that its budget deficit had soared 556.2 percent year on year in the first five months as it increased spending to stave off recession, with the government releasing figures showing it was 123.2 billion pesos (2.4 billion US dollars) in the red by the end of last month compared with 18.8 billion pesos at the same point in 2008.


A woman carries with freshly harvested swamp cabbage along the Laguna Bay near the town of Tatay, east of Manila on June 23, 2009 to be sold at market. The Philippines has said that its budget deficit had soared 556.2 percent year on year in the first five months as it increased spending to stave off recession, with the government releasing figures showing it was 123.2 billion pesos (2.4 billion US dollars) in the red by the end of last month compared with 18.8 billion pesos at the same point in 2008