RESCUERS at the collapsed building in Angeles City.
ANGELES CITY – Twenty bodies have so far been recovered in the collapsed building here.
Three more – a young girl, a man, and a woman – were found one after the other on Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities earlier found four bodies from late Monday night to early Tuesday morning.
Also recovered from the rubble was the body of a dog.
The building collapsed on May 24 following a heavy downpour.
Twenty-seven persons were rescued in a multi-agency effort.
Two separate investigations are being conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on the building.
Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino said one focuses on possible violations committed by the construction company, Golden Years Construction, and the other probes why a work stoppage order previously issued by DOLE-Region 3 was lifted.
Lawyers of the owner and contractor of the building said they are willing to help the victims and
Search and retrieval operations are now on its 10th straight day.