Dead at toppled building now 27

ANGELES CITY, PAMPANGA, Philippines — The death toll from the May 24 collapse of a nine-story building under construction in Barangay Balibago here rose to 27 on Wednesday after rescue workers recovered four more victims from the rubble of concrete and steel.

The latest fatalities were recovered between 7:21 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, ...