Bomb threat hits Pasay hotel

MANILA, Philippines - Employees of the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City panicked due to a bomb threat shortly after midnight yesterday.

Hotel manager Anna Liza Vergara told police that she received a text message at past 12 a.m. saying bombs were planted in the hotel and would explode at around 2 p.m.

Members of the Pasay police searched the hotel for one hour but found no bombs.