Asking for justice: (Top) Activists scuffling with police during an anti-mining protest near the Sofitel Hotel, where the International Conference of the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines is taking place, in Manila. (Bottom) Rescuers pulling out a victim from a landslide after it struck their village in Naga city, Cebu. — AFP/AP
Naga: Six people were killed and dozens are missing after a landslide unleashed by monsoon rains struck in the central Philippines, inflicting more misery on the already storm-battered nation.
The new tragedy comes just days after 2018’s most powerful storm, Typhoon Mangkhut, pounded the nation’s north with heavy winds and rain, sparking a separate landslide that left dozens dead.
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