TAGUM CITY--(UPDATE 3RD) At least six persons, including three children, were confirmed dead while several others remained unaccounted for following a second landslide in the mining village of Mt. Diwata in Monkayo, Compostela Valley late Thursday, authorities said Friday.

Because of the incident, a state of calamity has been declared in the area and provincial officials said they were considering forcibly evacuating residents from landslide-prone areas of the gold-rich village to prevent further loss of lives.

Senior Supt. Ronald dela Rosa, Compostela Valley police director said the body of Saturnino Mangobi was retrieved 5 p.m. Friday.

The body of six-year old Christina Daug was pulled out from the debris of mud and boulders that covered a portion of Sitio Depot at around 6 p.m. Thursday, 30 minutes after the avalanche took place according to Josephine Frasco, provincial social welfare officer.

Monkayo Vice Mayor Avelino Cabag said four other bodies—including two more children, were retrieved on Friday morning while an undetermined number of victims are feared trapped under tons of earth that had crashed down on the JB Mining area.

Dela Rosa identified the other fatalities retrieved Friday as Maricris, 11; Marjun, 7 (siblings of Christina); Dominador Taan, 44; and Reynaldo Alcos, 40.

He said the bodies of the four victims were recovered by joint teams from the Army and the Diwalwal special police sub-station led by Senior Insp. Nathaniel Villagomeza before noon Friday.

"The Daug family was resting inside their residence while the two other victims were walking along a road on their way to Monkayo town proper when the landslide occurred at around 5:30 p.m.," Dela Rosa said.

He said among the missing victims were the children's parents.

Compostela Valley Gov. Arturo Uy told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by cell phone that a team from the provincial government had been dispatched to locate the missing victims.

The second landslide occurred after a similar incident buried a house in Purok 17 in Tinago district, also in Diwata. Nine persons were injured in that landslide.

The landslides occurred as many parts of Mindanao have been battered by rains for days now.

"The local government of Monkayo has put the area under state of calamity on Friday so funds could be readied for the rescue and relief efforts," Cabag said.

Cabag also said they were supporting the idea of forcibly ejecting residents in landslide-prone areas of the mining village.

A similar action had already been implemented in Barangay Masara in Maco town following September's landslides that killed 26 people.

"The important thing now is for residents in the area to relocate temporarily for their safety. Anything could happen so it's better to be prepared," he said.

Uy said he will be talking with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau so that an assessment could be done for the planned forced evacuations.

"I have yet to assess if the place of the incident is a mining area. We have to fast-track efforts on how to really convince these people to vacate those areas considered high-risk for incidents like this," Uy said.

The rain-triggered landslides occurred even as the MGB issued an updated list of landslide-prone villages in the Davao region.

In Malita, Davao del Sur, police authorities said reports about a missing boy in the aftermath of the flashfloods and landslides that hits several villages on Thursday turned out to be inaccurate.

Chief Insp. Victorina Mendez, Malita police chief, said a miscommunication triggered the false reports.

Mayor Benjamin Bautista earlier said the report about the missing boy reached him as residents of Mana, Sabang, Sto. Nino, Labrador, Tubas, Culaman, Makul, Tikal, Bito and Poblacion frantically sought refuge in safer grounds.

Bautista said 540 families were displaced by the floods and the landslides.

"An emergency meeting that involved the Quick Action Response Team was already called in our efforts to assist the victims and assess the damages brought by floods and the mudslides," he said.

Bautista said a state of calamity has already been declared in the affected areas.Reports from Frinston Lim, Orlando B. Dinoy, Eldie Aguirre and Dennis Jay C. Santos, Inquirer Mindanao