Fifteen people were killed Tuesday and 130,000 people displaced in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the Philippine capital and several provinces, officials said. Government offices, courts and schools were suspended in Manila and nine northern provinces after rain since Sunday night caused major dams and rivers to overflow, according to a report of DPA. The president's office also ordered private businesses to close, while the Philippine Stock Exchange suspended trading. Up to 50 per cent of metropolitan Manila - an area of about 12 million inhabitants - was flooded, according to Benito Ramos, head of the Office of Civil Defence.
