Awwal 05, 1432 / April 09, 2011, SPA -- The military said a powerful explosion destroyed a small lodging house in a southern Philippine province. Troops later found a separate bomb near another hotel. Basilan province army commander Col. Alex Macario said the Spasky lodging house "totally collapsed." There were no immediate reports of injuries in the blast late Saturday, AP reported. Macario said troops found the second homemade bomb minutes later near the Sofia hotel in Isabela City, the provincial capital.
