MANILA, Philippines—Legend has it that a forest nymph named Maria protects the bounty of riches on the slopes of the “enchanted” Mount Makiling in Laguna province. There’s a wealth of stories about ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Mount Makiling Forest Reserve in Los Baños, Laguna has been declared as the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Heritage Park. This developed after ...

The Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) has reopened the 8.7-kilometer Maria Makiling trail for trekkers and campers in time for the Lenten season, three months since it was closed after ...

MANILA, Philippines—He spent 25 years patrolling and protecting the enchanted Mt. Makiling but in the end, this forest guard was unable to protect himself from an assassin’s bullet. Elpidio “Jojo” ...

A study found that local tourists’ willingness to pay (WTP) an additional fee for resorts in Calamba City and Los Baños, Laguna, could generate up to P159.2 million which can be used to improve the ...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna—Over 50 employee volunteers from Eton Properties left their desks and laced up their boots to join the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) in a tree-planting and ...

MOUNT Makiling has always been my favorite escape from the chaos of Metro Manila, offering serenity in a tropical forest just two hours away. This mountain has been a significant part of my outdoor ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. A father-daughter team of entomologists from the UP Los Baños Museum of Natural History have discovered two new ...

Dormant volcano’s 2,048 plant species have made it a living laboratory for scientists and scholars Manila: Environmental ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have named a ...

Miss Universe Philippines 2025 (MUPH) frontrunner Yllana Aduana was a sight to behold as she donned her national costume inspired by Maria Makiling, the mythical guardian spirit of Mount Makiling in ...