Little hope of survivors after trash collapse

HOPES of finding survivors days after the collapse of a huge mountain of trash in the central Philippines were fading, officials said at the weekend, as rescue workers dug through tons of rubble.

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The recovery of a body on Sunday brought the confirmed death toll to seven, with at least 29 people still missing as the crucial 72-hour window since the landslide in Cebu City came to an end.

About 50 sanitation workers were buried last Thursday when the mountain of garbage toppled onto them from an estimated height of 20 storeys at the Binaliw Landfill, a privately operated facility that handles refuse for the city of nearly one million.