< Christian Paul Velo, photojournalist for [redacted]🔊 >

"Amongst the powerful political cabals both internationally and in the Philippines, the Caringal clan stands out for a very peculiar reason. In all of recorded history, there never had been a case of two living generations of the Caringal clan. Each member of the preceding generation expires before the succeeding members of the present generation live i.e., if a new Caringal is born, then a Caringal must have died.

This anomalous lineage has often been called into question by political rivals, however, they and anyone else had yet to receive a sufficient answer from the Caringal, until now.

I recently received a discreet invitation from Raymond Caringal — patriarch of the clan — to observe and document their peculiar ways of living and eccentric sense of style and being.

I have been trying for decades to gain access to this family's secrets yet the doors are always closed. Why the sudden invite?"