Mayor Sara Duterte said the priority now was to find and recover soonest the remaining 36 victims trapped inside the New City Commercial Center (NCCC) Mall of Davao. Mayor Duterte said questions about filing of cases would depend on the report of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). “Negative comments are not helpful right now,” Mayor Duterte said. Apart from counseling for its employees, the US firm also pledged to support funeral arrangements and create a fund for contribution to extend further assistance to the victims’ relatives. ADVERTISEMENTAuthorities have designated a room at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) as holding area for victims’ relatives as 37 beds were readied to receive and process recovered bodies.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 25, 2017 09:25 UTC