By Karen Boncocan
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 22:43:00 04/22/2011
Filed Under: Disasters (general), Philippines - Regions, Police, Mining and quarrying
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Search and rescue operations continue in the landslide-hit sub-village in Compostela Valley Friday evening, a police spokesman said.
Citing reports from Region 11 police, Philippine National Police spokesman Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz said that authorities continued to search for victims of the landslide that devastated Sitio (sub-village) Panganason in Kingking village, Pantukan, Compostela Valley around 2:30 a.m. on Good Friday.
A National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (NDRRMC) report identified a 15-year-old miner killed in the landslide as Jun Rex Torrejos. The report said the army have recovered two more bodies aside from Torrejos' and were still unidentified.
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