Friday, June 08, 2007 (Philippines)

Mangitngit Falls in Barangay Lower Natimao-an, in Carmen, Cebu. A picnic by students, members of a dance group ended in tears. The group noticed that bits of rock were falling from the side of the cliff but didn’t mind them.(Sun.star photo/Alex Badayos) A MUDSLIDE cut short an end-of-summer picnic in Carmen town yesterday, killing two teenagers and hurting 13 others who were celebrating their victory in a recent dance contest. Cousins Christine and Geneve Beduya, both 19, were buried by mud together with another cousin, Jonathan Alfahura, 33. They were chatting in a cottage at the foot of a 30-foot hill when the mud crashed down on them in Barangay Lower Natimao-an, Carmen around 1 p.m. Their friends needed 15 minutes, using their bare hands and some shovels brought by nearby residents, to dig the three cousins out of the knee-deep mud. Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007 Coverage [full story]