Another cadaver recovered in ComVal

By AARON RECUENCO
January 16, 2012, 1:46pm

MANILA, Philippines — Another cadaver was recovered from the landslide site in a mining community in Compostela Valley as authorities concluded the search and retrieval operation.

1Lt. Salvacion Conejos, head of the monitoring team of the Incident Command Post in Pantukan town, said the cadaver belongs to a woman, adding that the body was retrieved a few hours before the retrieval operation was ended on Friday.

“She is still unidentified along with three others,” said Conejos as she revealed that a total of 41 bodies were retrieved since the landslide occurred after New Year.

A total of 42 others remain missing and Conejos said the landslide site in Sitio Diat Uno and Diat Dos in Barangay Napnapan will already serve as the mass grave.

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