Manila, May 26 -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Tuesday announced that "search-and-rescue" (SAR) efforts for the collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga have now shifted to "search-and-retrieval" mode.

"SAR operations have ended effective 25 8:27PM May 2026 and transitioned to search-and- retrieval operations," OCD deputy spokesperson Diego Agustin Mariano said in a message to reporters.

Reports coming from the Bureau of Fire and Angeles City local government unit and Incident Command Post indicated that no more signs of life were detected as of 3 p.m. Monday, he added.

"Yun mga (the) life detectors, K-9s walang nang makuhang response (were unable to get a response)," Mariano said.

The incident involved a nine-story struc...