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A massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in the southern Philippines has killed six people, with over 40 still missing, a local disaster office said on Wednesday. Thirty-one victims were injured in the landslide that happened on Tuesday evening near a gold-mining site in the town of Maco in Davao De Oro province, about 965 kilometres south of Manila. Two buses carrying workers from the mining site and an undetermined number of houses were buried in the landslide. It was not immediately known how many passengers were in the buses. According to the provincial government, up to 46 people were…

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