Determined

Members of the search, rescue and retrieval operations at the landslide site in Barangay Ucab, Itogon, Benguet, in this photo taken on Sept. 26, day 11 after the calamity, express their determination to locate all the victims. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, 14 are still listed as missing while 84 bodies have been retrieved. The Office of Civil Defense in Cordillera, in a Facebook post, said the 500 responders and volunteers at the site are “physically worn out but still emotionally and mentally strong.” In the whole Cordillera Administrative Region, 111 have been confirmed dead and 22 still missing, including those in Baguio City, provinces of Kalinga and Mt. Province, and other parts of Benguet.