INQUIRER.net: Death toll in Leyte landslide rises to 6

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Death toll in Leyte landslide rises to 6 Mar 4th 2013, 06:50 TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines--The number of fatalities in last week's landslide at the Energy Development Corp. geothermal complex in Kananga town, Leyte has risen to six with eight more workers still missing.   Kananga Mayor Elmer Codilla in an interview Monday said the body of Marlon Boanghog was retrieved from the site at 8:10 p.m. Sunday by a search and rescue team.   The body, which was already in a state of decomposition, was found at 5 p.m. Sunday but bad weather had hampered retrieval.   Boanghog, a native of Barangay Aguiting, Kananga, was buried by debris of at least four meters deep and one of his feet was pinned down by a rock.   Bo... Keep on reading: Death toll in Leyte landslide rises to 6 Media files: leyte-map.jpg (image/jpeg)

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