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A massive landslide that struck near a gold-mining site in the southern Philippines has left 54 dead, with 63 still missing, disaster and local officials said Sunday. Thirty-five people were also injured in the landslide that occurred on February 6 in the town of Maco in Davao De Oro province, about 965 kilometres south of Manila, the national disaster agency said. While a 3-year-old girl was rescued from the thick rubble on Friday, raising hopes of more survivors, emergency workers have far only found dead bodies since then. “We have already recorded that 37 bodies were recovered from the lan…

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