Rescue of dog lifts hopes for missing miners
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ITOGON, Benguet --- A pet dog was found alive in the rubble four days after Typhoon «Ompong» triggered a killer landslide at Barangay Ucab here, buoying hopes that missing miners were still waiting to be rescued under tons of mud. &nbRescue of dog lifts hopes for missing miners
ITOGON, Benguet --- A pet dog was found alive in the rubble four days after Typhoon «Ompong» triggered a killer landslide at Barangay Ucab here, buoying hopes that missing miners were still waiting to be rescued under tons of mud. The dog's rescue was announced by Ruben Carandang, Cordillera director of the Office of Civil Defense, at a briefing on Wednesday here. The announcement prompted Mayor Victorio Palangdan to say: «While we have not found them, [the 59 missing people] are still considered alive.» At noon on Wednesday, 19 more bodies were recovered from the landslide that dragged down houses and a chapel where pocket miners and ...Keep on reading: Rescue of dog lifts hopes for missing miners Read more