Landslide deaths hit 28
MANILA, Philippines — The death toll in the landslide that devastated a mining community in Maco municipality in Davao de Oro has reached 28, disaster officials said yesterday.
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Masara landslide area a no-build zone since 2008
MANILA, Philippines — The locality hit by a landslide in Davao de Oro last week has, since 2008, been identified as a critical area and no-build zone, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) revealed.
Philippines landslide: Child rescued after 60 hours under rubble
A three-year-old girl has been rescued from a landslide in southern Philippines sixty hours after she was buried.
28 lives lost in Davao de Oro landslide by Saturday noon
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Davao de Oro landslide fatality count had reached 28 as of noontime Saturday, the Maco Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reported.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Mindanao, Philippines
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The quake was 10 km (6 miles) deep, GFZ said.The Philippine seismology agency had a different reading, saying it was a magnitude 5.9 earthquake with a depth of 27 km (16.8 miles). The Philippine agency also said in a bulletin it was expecting no damage, but that there could be aftershocks.Rescue workers searching for dozens of missing people in an earlier landslide in Maco town in the southern Philippines province of Davao de Oro had to stop their operations because of the earthquake, authorities said.
'Miracle' rescue nearly 60 hours after Philippine landslide
MANILA: The rescue of a child on Friday nearly 60 hours after a landslide hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has been hailed as a "miracle" after searchers had given up hope of finding anyone alive. The girl, whose age has not been disclosed, had been among the more than 100 people missing after the rain-induced landslide hit the village, killing at least 11 people.
Quake halts search at Davao de Oro landslide disaster site
MANILA, Philippines — A strong earthquake in the southern Philipppines on Saturday halted a search for scores of people believed buried in a deadly landslide, forcing rescuers to vacate the area, officials said.
Death toll in Davao de Oro landslide climbs to 27 after burying mining workers
MANILA, Philippines — More casualties are being tallied by government officials following a deadly landslide that occurred in Maco, Davao de Oro that buried two buses carrying workers of Apex Mining Co. Inc.