All missing hikers rescued in Philippines

Four foreign hikers who had been missing for days in a mountainous area of the central Philippines were rescued on Saturday, local authorities said, a day after their two companions were found safe.

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The six-man group, which included German, British, Russian and Canadian nationals, had set out on Wednesday for what was to be a four-hour excursion in an area of Negros Oriental province officials said was hit by a downpour.

“The army rescuers found them in the vicinity of the Silab hydropower plant,” said Jose Lawrence Silorio, a rescue official in the municipality of Amlan, near the province's Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park.

Police identified the men as Germans Aldwin Fink, 60, and Wolfgang Schlenker, 67; Russian Anton Chernoy, 38; and 50-year-old Canadian Terry De Gunten.