In photos: Speaker Arroyo visits site of collapsed building in Porac, Pampanga

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visits the site of the collapsed four-storey building in Porac, Pampanga where rescue and search operations are still ongoing to retrieve and rescue more quake survivors. (Eagle News Service)
House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visits the site of the collapsed four-storey building in Porac, Pampanga where rescue and search operations are still ongoing to retrieve and rescue more quake survivors. (Eagle News Service)

(Eagle News) – House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited the site of the collapsed building in Porac, Pampanga to personally assess the situation.

She cut short her stay at the Boao Forum for Asia held on Monday evening, April 22, and decided to travel to Porac, Pampanga to visit her constituencies.

The 6.1 magnitude quake has killed six persons in Pampanga — four in Porac town, and two in Lubao.

The death toll, however, is expected to rise as the search and retrieval operations continue.