Kevin Maramakami met his wife Marikita when they both scratched out a living in Cebu.
They would make ends meet by diving to the bottom of the bay in search of coins thrown over the side of arriving and departing passenger ships.
Known as Badjao, or sea gypsies, this couple came together after leaving their home in Mindanao.
Maramakami and his wife have since moved to Tacloban, a developing city in Leyte province, in a bid to find a more stable source of income.