(Updated 5:41 p.m.) Five miners have been confirmed dead, three others were rescued while five remain missing after a large-scale commercial coal mine on Semirara Island in Antique collapsed late Wednesday night, a statement from the mining firm said Thursday. In a statement, resident manager George San Pedro of the Semirara Mining Corporation confirmed the developments, saying a section of the west wall of the Panian pit in the mine gave way at 11:55 p.m. Wednesday. Semirara is the nation's only large-scale coal producer. ...
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