Albay Gov. Joey Salceda on Thursday said the province will soon pass an ordinance that will make it unlawful to conduct trekking and mountaineering activities, including crater climbing, on active Mayon volcano.
The week-long search for Victor Joel Ayson, the mountaineer who disappeared while trekking on Mt. Maculot in Cuenca, Batangas Easter Sunday, has been called off.
The mystical Mount Banahaw is still close to the public until February 2015 but the management board overseeing the protection of the mountain and the adjacent Mount San Cristobal is planning to reopen parts of the mountains for trekking and climbing, according to an environment official.
The drowning of a tourist in the crater lake of Mt. Pinatubo early this month has raised questions on how a Korean-owned travel firm ensured the safety of its clients and on how the local government of Capas, Tarlac, regulated the firm.
A 27-year-old restaurant manager died when she fell from Peak 8 of Mount Batulao in Nasugbu, Batangas, police said Thursday.
DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines—Eight hikers were stranded since Thursday on Mt. Talinis in Valencia town, Negros Oriental, a local official said. Angelo Tiongson, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council action officer, said the hikers left for Mt. Talinis on Wednesday and were scheduled to arrive back in town on May 26 but they failed to do [...]
