{"id":20189,"date":"2026-05-25T00:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=20189"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:52:44","slug":"9-storey-building-in-angeles-collapses-malaysian-dead-23-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/9-storey-building-in-angeles-collapses-malaysian-dead-23-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"9-STOREY BUILDING IN ANGELES COLLAPSES; MALAYSIAN DEAD, 23 MISSING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A NINE-STOREY building being constructed at a subdivision in Bgy. Balibago. Angeles City early Sunday morning collapsed leaving a Malaysian tourist dead, with at least 23 people missing, authorities said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the Malaysian tourist was trapped inside the apartelle next to the collapsed building.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At least 26 people survived the collapse, the Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (ACDRRMO) said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jess B. Mendez said search and rescue operations are ongoing as of press time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mendez said the<\/strong><strong> building collapse blocked two major streets in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He said the rescued individuals were rushed to the Ospital Ning Angeles (ONA) after the incident which occurred around 3:45 a.m. at the corner of Oak and Teodoro Streets in Bgy. Balibago.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The building collapsed following<\/strong><strong> heavy rains and strong winds that hit the city on Saturday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A vendor in front of the construction site told police she heard a loud rumbling sound moments before the structure gave way causing her to lose temporary consciousness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>She added that when she\u00a0 regained awareness, she saw the building completely collapsed, with debris spreading across both streets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Members of the local police station immediately responded to secure the area, while fire department units and emergency medical teams were deployed to assist in rescue and emergency operations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the structural failure.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Officials also said the exact number of possible casualties and the extent of property damage remain undetermined pending further assessment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police cordoned off the area as engineers and responders work to clear debris and account for possible individuals trapped under the \u00a0rubble.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; A NINE-STOREY building being constructed at a subdivision in Bgy. Balibago. Angeles City early Sunday morning collapsed leaving a Malaysian tourist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20191,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20189\/revisions\/20191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}