Newborn girl 'thought dead by parents' rescued after being dumped at landfill in the Philippines

A newborn girl allegedly believed to have been dead by her parents was rescued after being dumped in a landfill site in the Philippines.

The infant was placed inside a sack and abandoned at the garbage dump in Liloan, Cebu when she was found by a child scavenging the area for junk on Monday, June 12. She was wrapped in a bloody white cloth and still had the umbilical cord attached to her belly.