Temporary burial sites better than mass graves for ‘Sendong’ bodies – DoH
The Department of Health (DoH) reiterated that burying decomposing bodies of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City flood victims in a temporary burial site was better than interring them in mass graves, a...
View ArticleMass graves planned for unclaimed bodies in ‘Pablo’ aftermath
Provincial officials were considering mass graves for unclaimed bodies in the aftermath of Typhoon “Pablo.” Pablo cut a wide swath of destruction in the valley, flooding farming and mining towns, and...
View ArticleMost of the 71 bodies recovered in Iloilo buried in mass graves, say local execs
“I just want to find my husband and bring him home,” said Margie Molina.
View ArticleGov’t vows to sort out mass graves of ‘Yolanda’ victims
With relatives of typhoon “Yolanda” victims unable to find the graves of their loved ones on All Saints' Day, the government on Sunday assured the public that the mass graves in Tacloban and other...
View ArticlePoland unearths one of WWII’s darkest secrets
Anastasia carefully digs through the earth with her trowel. Bit by bit, a human skeleton emerges, piled on top of more bones.
View ArticleMexican rights agency investigates 150 bodies found in pits
MEXICO CITY — A state human rights agency said Friday it is investigating why about 150 bodies of crime victims were dumped into pits in central Mexico. Some of the bodies may have been buried in the...
View ArticleHidden history: Radar probes mass graves from Khmer Rouge era
The pilot project is twinning technology and fieldwork to locate remains of victims of the Khmer Rouge, the ultra-Maoist regime whose quest to build an agrarian utopia from 1975-1979 left an estimated...
View ArticleChile digs thousands of graves for COVID-19 surge
Thousands of fresh graves are being dug in the Chilean capital’s main cemetery amid a spike in the South American country’s COVID-19 cases, authorities said Thursday. Chile’s infection rate soared this...
View ArticleUkraine says hundreds of bodies found in mass burial site
IZIUM, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials said on Friday they had found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, buried in territory recaptured from Russian forces, in what...
View ArticleUkraine marches farther into liberated lands, separatist calls for urgent...
IZIUM, Ukraine — Ukraine said its troops have marched farther east into territory recently abandoned by Russia, paving the way for a potential assault on Moscow’s occupation forces in the Donbas region...
View ArticleUkraine’s Zelensky says two more burial sites found in liberated Izium
KYIV — Ukraine has discovered two more mass burial sites containing the bodies of hundreds of people in the northeastern town of Izium, which Kyiv recaptured from Russia this month, Ukrainian President...
View ArticleSenate panel to inspect alleged ‘mass graves’ in Sitio Kapihan
MANILA, Philippines — A senate panel will conduct an inspection at Sitio Kapihan on Saturday to scrutinize reports of alleged mass graves in the area, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa confirmed on...
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