Residents in ComVal mining site face forcible evacuation, says gov | Inquirer News

Residents in ComVal mining site face forcible evacuation, says gov

/ 10:36 AM January 06, 2012

This photo released by the Philippine Army shows the extent of Thursday’s landslide that hit the small-scale mining community of Pantukan in Compostela Valley. The landslide buried dozens of people months after government officials warned miners that the mountain above them was guaranteed to crumble. PHOTO COURTESY OF 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMY

MANILA, Philippines — Residents living around the mining site in Pantukan in Compostela Valley will be forcibly evacuated, Governor Arturo Uy told Radyo Inquirer 990AM Friday, adding that search and retrieval operations are ongoing.

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