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The heavily corroded mortar bombs and artillery shells will be taken to an aerial bombing range in the northern Philippines for disposal, police Senior Superintendent Pablo Francisco Balagtas said. It was not immediately clear if the ordnance was American or Japanese, Balatagas said.
US Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Thompson said workers found the bombs on Friday as they were digging the foundations for new visa and veterans' facilities at the seaside embassy.
Workers and staff were immediately evacuated as a safety precaution while the police bomb squad removed the explosives, Thompson said.
Normal embassy operations resumed on Saturday, she said. Manila was the scene of heavy fighting between US and Japanese forces during the liberation of the Philippines in 1945, and war-era explosives are often found in the city.
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