DOLORES, Quezon, Philippines – Authorities have charged five pilgrims, including a minor, for allegedly starting the bushfire that razed some 50 hectares of forestland in Mt. Banahaw on Thursday.

The signs were itsy-bitsy on the highway but nonetheless we finally we made it to Dolores, Quezon. Later we were told that a spirit, half-horse half-man, had made us lose our way because he did not ...

LUCENA CITY—With the approaching Lenten season, government authorities reminded religious pilgrims and nature trippers that the mystical Mt. Banahaw is still off-limits to the public. “It (Mt. Banahaw ...

LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Philippines—For the next 15 years, the provincial government will allocate P1 million a year for the protection and rehabilitation of Mount Banahaw. Board Member Rachel Ubana, ...

Faith and mysticism are deeply embedded in the daily life in Dolores, Quezon, a quaint village at the foot of Mt. Banahaw. Where the concrete road ends is a flea market where, aside from farm produce, ...

In early March, restaurateur Annabel Lichaytoo Tanco hied off to Mount Banahaw, Quezon, to oversee the renovation of a lodging. Located in Sta. Lucia, Dolores, at the foot of the mountain, the place ...

Alan Conopio did not know that his brief visit to his hometown—Liliw, Laguna—in 2009 to attend a high school reunion would be memorable and life-altering. Conopio, 57, who has been based in Memphis, ...

THIS REFERS to the editorial cartoon of Gilbert Daroy depicting illegal quarrying in Mt. Banahaw (Inquirer, 10/19/12). We would like to clarify that there are no illegal quarrying operations within ...

A fire on Mount Banahaw in Quezon province reduced 50 hectares of one of the mountain’s 3 peaks to ashes. 6 pilgrims still remain missing. QUEZON, Philippines – A fire on Mount Banahaw in Quezon ...

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The 6 pilgrims missing on the slopes of Mount Banahaw since Wednesday, March 19, have been found alive, including a 73-year-old man, according to the Quezon Municipal ...

TANGHALANG PILIPINO’s Nang Dalawin ng Pag-ibig si Juan Tamad shows all the faces and phases of love — infatuation, frustration, jealousy, and heartache — through a mashup of classic Filipino folktale ...

It’s this time of year when mountaineers and trekkers feel a stirring in the blood: Mount Banahaw beckons. No worries if such visitors accord it the respect it deserves as a reputed sacred mountain, ...