Malaysian Citizen Confirmed Dead In Philippine Building Collapse

MANILA, May 24 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- A Malaysian citizen who was trapped in an apartment hotel next to a collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga, in the northern Philippines, has died, according to local media on Sunday, reported Xinhua.

Twenty-six people have been rescued after a nine-storey building under construction collapsed early Sunday in Angeles City.

Twenty-four people were pulled from the collapsed structure, while two others were rescued from the nearby apartment hotel struck by the incident.

-- BERNAMA-XINHUA