Rescue of a Child from Landslide Ruins in the Philippines

Philippine authorities reported that rescue workers extracted a child more than two days after a landslide occurred in the southern region of the country, recovering several other bodies from the debris on Friday, raising the death toll from the disaster to 15. The landslide happened on Tuesday evening outside a gold mining site in Maco, in the province of Davao de Oro, burying houses, three buses, and a jeep intended to transport employees of Apex Mining Company. Local authorities stated that the child who survived is in stable condition, which bolsters hopes of finding more survivors. The number of missing individuals remained at 110. Disaster officials had earlier reported that two buses carrying 27 passengers were buried under the landslide, but Apex Mining Company announced in a statement on Friday that four vehicles were found buried due to the landslide. A communications officer from Apex indicated that the company currently has no information on the number of passengers in the vehicles at the time of the landslide. Apex had previously stated that the buses have about 60 seats, while the jeep can accommodate about 36 passengers. The province of Davao de Oro has experienced heavy rainfall in recent weeks, leading to flooding and landslides.