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The death toll in Friday afternoon’s blast at the Glorietta 2 in
Makati City rose to nine after rescuers retrieved the body of a
victim near Ground Zero before dawn Saturday.
Makati City Police Chief Supt. Gilbert Cruz said
rescuers found the body of Reiner Tan near an escalator near the
entrance to Glorietta 2 at 2 a.m. Saturday. The victim was
identified by his wife Normita.
Cruz, who stayed overnight in the Glorietta
Ground Zero, that he saw a kin of a certain Maureen de Leon who was
stone’s throw away from the site after finding out that the
rescuers recovered the latter’s wallet.
The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) has
identified the eight bomb explosion fatalities as Anthony Arroyo,
Cesar Niño Vidano, Lester Allan Peregrina, Janine Marcos, Jose
Allen de Jesus, Maria Celeste Domingo Cruz, Jee Ann De Gracia, and
Liza Enriquez.
As of 11 a.m. yesterday, 71 injured victims were
discharged from the Makati Medical Center and Ospital ng Makati
while 2 others came out in the late afternoon.
Meanwhile, as of yesterday, 15 people were still
confined at the Makati Medical Center. Three were still inside the
Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Last night, the Ospital ng Makati, one of the
hospitals where some blast victims were brought, reported receiving
at least two bomb threats, the last at 7:23 p.m.
A check made by the Southern Police District (SPD)
revealed no bomb, said head SPD Chief Supt. Luizo Ticman.
Operations at the Glorietta 1, 3 and 4 were
“back to normal” as of yesterday as both foreign and local
mall goers flocked to the shopping mall when it opened about 10:15
a.m.
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