Manila - Rescuers recovered on Thursday bodies of two of the 16 miners trapped in a flooded mineshaft in a northern Philippine gold mining town, a police report said.

The report said the still unidentified bodies of the two miners were already bloated when recovered from the mineshaft Thursday afternoon in Itogon town in Benguet province, 225 kilometres north of Manila.

The miners entered the shaft Monday despite heavy rains brought about typhoon Hagupit that killed eight people in various parts of the country.

Manila - Rescuers struggled Wednesday to save 13 miners trapped for two days in a flooded shaft in the northern Philippines as the nation's death toll from Typhoon Hagupit rose to eight, officials said.

The rescue operation was slowed down by floodwaters inside the mineshaft in Itogon town in Benguet province, 225 kilometres north of Manila, said Chief Superintendent Eugene Martin, a regional police chief.

The miners entered the shaft late Monday despite heavy rains brought by Hagupit, which pummelled large parts of the Philippines for three days, triggering flashfloods and landslides.

The National Disaster Coordinating Council said the storm killed eight people, left 15 missing and displaced more than 10,000.

Manila - Five people were killed and four remained missing in various accidents in areas pummeled by storm Hagupit in the Philippines, relief officials said Tuesday.

Two of the fatalities were drowned in a swollen river in the central province of Antique, two were buried in landslides in the northern city of Baguio and one was electrocuted in the northern province of La Union.

Rescuers were also struggling to extricate 13 miners trapped in a flooded shaft in a goldmine in Itogon town in Benguet province, 225 kilometres north of Manila.

Manila - Communist rebels ransacked a police station in a remote town in the southern Philippines and carted away a still undetermined amount of office equipment, a police report said Tuesday.

The rebels barged into the facility late Monday in Las Nieves town in Agusan del Norte province, 810 kilometres south of Manila, and hog-tied a police aide manning the station.

Investigators were still determining if the rebels were able to seize guns inside the armory. There was no police officer in the station when the incident occurred.

There was no reported casualties in the attack.

Manila - Philippine shares climbed by 2.32 per cent on Monday, buoyed by news about the United States government's ambitious plan to revive its ailing financial system.

The Philippine Stock Exchange's 30-share composite index gained 57.34 points to close at 2,520.13 from Friday's close of 2,462.79.

A total of 1.32 billion shares worth 3.09 billion pesos (67.15 dollars) were traded.

Gainers outpaced losers, 73 to 21, with 44 issues unchanged.