Landslide buries 40 in Compostela Valley April 22, 2011, 6:51pm

Landslide buries 40 in Compostela Valley

April 22, 2011, 6:51pm

MANILA (AP) – Philippine officials say a landslide in a remote gold-mining community in the south has killed one person and left 40 others missing.

Mayor Celso Sarenas says dozens of soldiers, policemen and miners are scrambling to dig out those feared buried in the landslide that struck the mountain village of Pantukan in Compostela Valley.... MORE


Source:  Manila Bulletin

URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315256/landslide-buries-40-compostela-valley