Southern Leyte

Maid praying for a mudslide miracle for 30 relatives

24 Feb 2006

Domestic helper Celestina Pie is praying for a miracle to save at least 30 of her relatives feared entombed in last week's mudslide in the Philippines.

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The thriving village silenced by a sea of mud

21 Feb 2006

Crude blackboard map is only reminder that people once lived in Guinsaugon

The small farming village of Guinsaugon used to have a school and three churches, lush green fields and more...

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Same tale of greed, neglect and death

20 Feb 2006

Rampant mining and past logging in a geologically unstable area led to the mudslide

Behind the horrific mudslide in southern Leyte that wiped out a village of 1,800 people is the same...

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Killer mudslides can be stopped if there's a will

20 Feb 2006

The Philippines is an unlucky country when it comes to the ravages of nature, a reality apparently confirmed by the mudslide in Southern Leyte province which may have killed 1,800 people.

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