1 body recovered 36 feared dead in raging Philippine mall fire
Rodrigo Duterte
Investigators will determine the cause of the fire and the prospects of criminal lawsuits against the mall owners and officials would depend on the outcome of the investigation  said the mayor  who is  the daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte .
Duterte  the mayor and Roman Catholic Church officials went to the site and met with relatives of the trapped office employees late Saturday and asked them to pray.  The president  was photographed wiping  his  eyes with a handkerchief   his  head bowed  at an emotional moment with the relatives.
 President Rodrigo Duterte  comforts a relative of one of the victims after a fire engulfed the mall. (KIWI BULACLAC/AFP/Getty Images)
 Duterte  served as Davao mayor for many years before being elected to the presidency last year.
It's been a difficult year for the tough-talking  72-year-old leader  who faced  his  most serious crisis when hundreds of pro-Islamic State group extremists laid siege on Marawi city  also in the southern third of the Philippines.  He  declared martial law in the south to deal with the insurrection  which troops crushed in October.
Investigators will determine the cause of the fire and the prospects of criminal lawsuits against the mall owners and officials would depend on the outcome of the investigation  said the mayor  who is  the daughter of President  [TGT]  .
Duterte  the mayor and Roman Catholic Church officials went to the site and met with relatives of the trapped office employees late Saturday and asked them to pray.  The president  was photographed wiping  his  eyes with a handkerchief   his  head bowed  at an emotional moment with the relatives.
 President  [TGT]   comforts a relative of one of the victims after a fire engulfed the mall. (KIWI BULACLAC/AFP/Getty Images)
 Duterte  served as Davao mayor for many years before being elected to the presidency last year.
It's been a difficult year for the tough-talking  72-year-old leader  who faced  his  most serious crisis when hundreds of pro-Islamic State group extremists laid siege on Marawi city  also in the southern third of the Philippines.  He  declared martial law in the south to deal with the insurrection  which troops crushed in October.