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Quake survivors losing hope of finding missing alive in Philippines
Feb 10, 2012, 6:25 GMT
Manila - Survivors of a magnitude-6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines were losing hope Friday that missing relatives would still be found alive after four days of desperate searching.
At least 35 people were killed in Monday's quake in Negros Oriental province, 570 kilometres south of Manila, which suffered the most damage. More than half of the casualties were buried in landslides triggered by the tremor.
Civil defence chief Benito Ramos said 70 people were still missing in landslides in the village of Planas Guihulngan City and the village of Solonggon in La Libertad town, where relatives were pleading with authorities to step up search and rescue operations.
'I don't think there is hope that they are still alive,' said Jerwell Pocong, whose wife, two children and parents were among those missing in Solonggon. 'The landslide is so huge.'
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