3 Dead, 7 Missing After Philippine Earthquake

PADADA, Philippines (AP) – Rescuers have pulled out two bodies from a three-story building that collapsed in a strong earthquake in the southern Philippines and are scrambling to find at least seven more people who were trapped inside. Army troops, police, firefighters and volunteers located a third body on Monday in the rubble of the building in Davao del Sur province’s Padada town but could not immediately extricate the pinned remains, according to Padada Mayor Pedro Caminero. At least five people died from Sunday’s magnitude 6.9 quake that struck Padada and outlying rural towns, cities and provinces. The region has been battered by three deadly earthquakes in recent months.