Portion of Taft Avenue collapses into condo construction site near DLSU 

The LaSallian, official student publication of the De La Salle University – Manila, reported Friday evening through its Facebook page that “(t)he south bound lane of Taft Avenue from Quirino to Vito Cruz was closed due to a portion of the road caving in. The damage occurred in front of the construction site of SMDC Green Residences, beside Andrew Building.”

Landslide at constrn of SMDC Green Residences near DLSU causes closure of Taft SB. | PHOTO: bit.ly/OiZhQT (via @MMDA, TheLasallian) — GMA News (@gmanews) July 13, 2012  

Hope no one got hurt from the SMDC Green Residences construction. :-) It caused the closure of the SB of Taft Avenue. Hope everyone's okay!

— Margaret ⚡ (@derpinya) July 13, 2012

Thanks SMDC. Traffic all day because of you. — Anthea Go (@antheago) July 13, 2012    

ADVISORY:Taft Quirino to Vito Cruz SB, is closed to traffic (dahil sa kumalat na lupa sa kalaye sa ginagawang SM (cont) tl.gd/iabbeh — Official MMDA (@MMDA) July 13, 2012

Commuters and transients through Taft said the incident resulted in slow traffic along the major Manila road. As of posting time, SMDC has yet to respond to GMA News Online's tweeted request for an official comment or statement about the incident. — ELR, GMA News