By Mike Crismundo and Philippine News Agency
LANDSLIDE blocks a road in Agusan del Sur.
BUTUAN CITY – Three persons were killed in a landslide in San Luis town, Agusan del Sur province.
The search team recovered the remains of another victim around 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
The identity of the victim was still being withheld as of posting time pending confirmation from family members.
The landslide occurred Sunday night in Sitio Tagbulakan, Barangay Mahayahay, triggered by continuous rains.
Authorities recovered two bodies since the start of the search and retrieval operations on Monday. Six were reported missing.
The other two recovered were a three-year-old and a truck driver, both male.
“The local government unit (LGU) of San Luis continues to work with the provincial search and rescue teams and other support groups to recover the three remaining victims in the landslide incident,” the LGU said in a statement Tuesday.
Mayor Ronald Corvera said that equipment and technical personnel from the LGU have been sent to the area for search and rescue operations.
The municipal social welfare office has coordinated with the victims' families for support.
"We are still monitoring the tragic incident,” Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer, chief of the Regional Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office 13, said.
