On Friday, Kidapawan Mayor Joseph Evangelista said he had issued a week’s notice to the owners to demolish the building, but the owners had asked for another week’s extension. Eva’s Hotel now looks like a five-story building, the upper floors having fallen on the first level. Its columned facade is crumpled like a paper bag, with the columns leaning precariously against the heavily damaged front wall. ADVERTISEMENT“If you remember the NCCC mall of Davao, which was burned because of faulty wiring, it was the Davao city government that shouldered the demolition cost of the structure,” Viloria said. “Why can’t the [Kidapawan] city government do that for us?

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 10, 2019 20:56 UTC