A landslide is seen in this photo taken Feb. 14 in the Panian pit area of Semirara Mining Corp's mine in Antique. The Philippines' biggest coal miner, Semirara Mining Corp., has suspended operations at the mine after five workers were killed and five left missing when part of the mine collapsed. Reuters
Updated 11:28 a.m.) - Retrieval operations for the bodies of dead miners trapped in a mining pit in Antique were temporarily suspended Monday after two new landslides occurred at the same site due to rainy weather.
Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., police
director of Philippine National Police-Western Visayas, said the
retrieval operations of buried dead bodies are being hampered at the
Panian pit of Semirara Mining Corporation
As of last weekend, the death toll from the landslide that hit the mining pit in Semirara in Antique remained at five.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the
landslide occurred at 11:54 p.m. of Feb. 13 at Semirara Mining Corp. in
Caluya, Antique.
The NDRRMC said the five
fatalities include: Abner Lim, 39; Joven Hocate, 31; George Bragat, 30;
Efren Equiza, 28; and Anthony Siblet, 26.
Rescued were Marjun Catoto, 23; Adrian Climar, 29; and Leonardo Sojor, 40.
The NDRRMC listed those still missing as Leovigildo Porras, 50; Jan
Riel Planca, 28; Randy Tamparong, 30; Richard Padernilla, 26; and Junjie
Gomez, 19.
The Department of National Defense has sent five K-9 units to Antique to help look for the missing miners. —KG, GMA News
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