Early in March, a group of 30 people gathered around a huge table in a Makati residence to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of Asia’s earliest five-star hotels – the Manila Hilton.

The guests had worked for what is now known as the Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino, part of which severely burned down, resulting in five fatalities.

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