WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — President Barack Obama, the release noted, will personally extend his condolences to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte when they meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Laos next week.
2 September 2016, 18:44 GMT
"We understand that local authorities continue to investigate the cause of the explosion in the night market, and the United States stands ready to provide assistance to the investigation," Price stated.
Philippine presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said initial reports of an explosion in a night market in Davao City, a southern commercial coastal town, indicated that ten people were killed and 53 injured, the Manilla Bulletin reported earlier in the day.
