Saturday, February 18, 2006

Philstar.com - The Filipino Global Community

Philstar.com - The Filipino Global Community: "117 escape from muddy grave
By Miriam Desacada
The Philippine Star 02/19/2006

SAINT BERNARD, Southern Leyte — At least 117 people have so far been rescued from a muddy grave as rescuers continue to battle against time to find more survivors amid the muck left by a massive landslide that flattened a farming village here last Friday.

Rescuers here said they had recovered the bodies of 35 people with 21 critically injured and 878 still missing. "

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