MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers were scrambling on Tuesday to reach more than 90 people trapped beneath the rubble of a supermarket in Porac, Pampanga province, that collapsed when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Luzon on Monday afternoon. Don’t spread fake newsPresident Rodrigo Duterte was scheduled to tour quake damage in Pampanga on Tuesday afternoon, according to his spokesperson, Salvador Panelo. Among the dead in the collapsed supermarket was a child whose parents were working in South Korea and four employees who were from Tarlac province. The four-story building housing Chuzon Supermarket crashed when the quake rocked Pampanga, as well as several other provinces in Luzon, including Metro Manila, on Monday afternoon. Like the rest of Pampanga, Porac was formed from the accumulation of sand from the eruptions of Mt.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 23, 2019 23:26 UTC