Source: Inquirer
LUCENA CITY—Eight years after pilgrims and trekkers were barred from Mount Banahaw in Quezon province, exotic wildlife species—including the rare “rafflesia” which is considered the world’s biggest flower—have begun to reappear in the hills and gullies of the mystic mountain.
Members of an environmental watchdog, who made an inspection hike to Banahaw during the Holy Week, were ecstatic about their find but lamented that the Cristalino Falls in Dolores town had practically dried up.
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