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This photo shows the extent of a landslide at a mining camp of Compostela Valley, Friday, April 22, 2011. The landslide tore through the remote mining camp, killing three people and leaving 22 more missing as it buried shanties, tents and the entrances to illegal mine shafts. (AP Photo/Philippine Army)
MANILA, Philippines - Army and police teams today resumed the search for 22 people reported missing after a landslide hit a small-scale mining site in Pantukan, Compostela Valley province, before dawn on Good Friday.
Benito Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said in a report today that troops from the Philippine Army's 71st Infantry Battalion, local policemen and a team from the municipal branch of the agency have continued the search, rescue and retrieval operations at the landslide-hit mining area in Panganason-B, Barangay Kingking.
The missing persons were identified as:
1. Bernard Celestial of Pantukan
2. Bobit Celestial of Pantukan
3. Crititoto Torrejos Jr. of Tagum City
4. Crititoto Torrejos Sr. of Tagum city
5. John Torrejos of Tagum City
6. a certain Dennis of Tagum City
7. Andy Lapates of Bukidnon
8. Junel Lapates of Bukidnon
9. vincent Lapates of Bukidnon
10. a certain Jerico of Bukidnon
11. Alvin Canincoy of Bukidnon
12. Noe Canincoy of Bukidnon
13. a certain Bitoy of Davao City
14. a certain Jong Jong f Lasang
15. a certain Jun Jun of Lasang
16. a certain Erning of Samal Island
17. Jay Omega of Maco
18. Robert Inay of Leyte
19. Marlon Guilabtan of Panabo
20. Brendo Dani of Panabo
21. Relleto Tabay of Panabo
22. Marvin Anglay of Panabo
The landslide took place around 2:30 a.m. on Good Friday due to heavy rains.
Three people have been confirmed killed, one of them was identified as Jun Rex Torrejoy, 15 years old, of La Filipina in Tagum City. Ten more were injured.
The NDRRMC said that an incident command post has been established at the Pantukan town hall. It is being headed by Lt. Col. Camilo Ligayo of the 71st Infantry Battalion.
Ramos said rescue teams are using two bulldozers to clear the landslide's debris and K9 trackers to help in pinpointing the location of the missing. Two helicopters from the Philippine Air Force have also been dispatched to the area.
The NDRRMC said that relief goods and medical supplies have been provided for by the the regional branches of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Health to the victims and their families.
On Friday, dozens of soldiers, police and militiamen arrived by foot and helicopter to help in the search and rescue, which was being hampered by the muddy terrain, a drizzle and the gathering darkness late Friday, Army Col. Roberto Domines said.
Sarenas said the miners have long been warned to stay away from the disaster-prone area.
"We have warned them repeatedly of the danger there, but they wouldn't listen," Sarenas told The Associated Press by telephone from Pantukan, about 930 kilometers southeast of Manila.
A landslide in the same village and a nearby community in 2009 killed 21 people, including children, officials said. (With Jim Gomez/Associated Press)
(source:.philstar.com)
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