MANILA (Reuters) - The search for survivors from a deadly Philippine mudslide was called off as rescue workers gave up hope for nearly 1,000 people buried under a huge crust of earth and debris, a senior official said on Saturday.
Southern Leyte province Governor Rosette Lerias said 139 bodies had been retrieved since the Feb. 17 landslide obliterated the remote farming community of Guinsaugon, about 675 km southeast of Manila.
