The Itogon landslide site is controlled by the oldest mining company in the Philippines, Benguet Corporation. According to local officials, it failed to prevent miners from living atop land that ...

BAGUIO CITY—The Benguet town of Itogon will not strike most people as the richest in the country. Its paved, narrow roads lead to a quiet town center that is bereft of establishments and modern ...

ITOGON, Benguet — An indigenous ritual and a Catholic prayer on Tuesday marked the end of retrieval operations for pocket miners and their families who were buried by a massive landslide at ...