{"id":5475,"date":"2016-04-04T18:27:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T10:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2016-04-04T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T10:31:08","slug":"mount-apo-to-be-closed-for-trekkers-until-further-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/04\/04\/mount-apo-to-be-closed-for-trekkers-until-further-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Apo to be closed for trekkers until further notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Due to the immense forest fire that devastated several hectares of Mount Apo\u2019s peak, concerned officials and the Protected Area Management Board of Southern and Central Mindanao (PAMB) have unanimously decided to keep the mountain off-limits to any human activity indefinitely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5476 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/04\/mt-apo.jpg\" alt=\"mt apo\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>MT. APO FIRE. Indefinite closure for Mt. Apo was decided upon the meeting of officials regarding the recent fire incident in the mountain. Photo by the Bureau of Fire Protection Davao, grabbed via sunstar.com.ph<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">This was in relation to the forest fire that started from a campfire allegedly by three mountaineers who camped at the peak of the mountain that left without making sure that the campfire has been put out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">According to GMA News report, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said that the fire has already affected 350 hectares of forests and grasslands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Also, according to Harry Camoro, head of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Davao del Sur, a representative from North Cotabato suggested Mt. Apo\u2019s indefinite closing to the board during the meeting until the mountain recovers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">With this unfortunate incident, activities such as mountaineering shall be postponed. Several booking have already been cancelled as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Mount Apo is the highest peak in the Philippines. Several volunteers and LGU officials have been deployed to help in the operations regarding the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindanews.com\/top-stories\/2016\/03\/31\/mt-apo-closed-to-climbers-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\">mindanews.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/story\/561029\/news\/regions\/mt-apo-indefinitely-closed-to-trekkers\" target=\"_blank\">gmanetwork.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the immense forest fire that devastated several hectares of Mount Apo\u2019s peak, concerned officials and the Protected Area Management Board of Southern and Central Mindanao (PAMB) have unanimously decided to keep the mountain off-limits to any human activity indefinitely. \u00a0 MT. APO FIRE. Indefinite closure for Mt. Apo was decided upon the meeting of officials regarding the recent fire incident in the mountain. Photo by the Bureau of Fire Protection Davao, grabbed via sunstar.com.ph \u00a0 This was in relation to the forest fire that started from a campfire allegedly by three mountaineers who camped at the peak of the mountain that left without making sure that the campfire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/04\/mt-apo-e1459765569971.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5475"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5480,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions\/5480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}