Death toll from gold mine landslide in southern Philippines reaches 68
MANILA, The Philippines: This week, officials said that the death toll from a landslide in the southern Philippines on February 6 rose to 68, stressing that the window for finding more survivors was closing.
Rescuers were looking for 51 more missing people, they added.
The landslide, which happened outside a gold mine in Maco in Davao de Oro province, buried homes and vehicles that transported employees