MOUNT Makiling has always been my favorite escape ... My most recent visit was a few months ago to see the famous Rafflesia flower, though we missed its blooming season by a week.

They wore costumes made from papier-mâché, straw, or paper cups that resembled only flowers endemic to the Mt. Makiling forest reserve, such as the Rafflesia and Hoya. Toward the end ...

Aduana looked breathtaking with her lush cascade of greens, with hints of red flowers interspersed ... from ‘Maria Makiling’, the legendary guardian spirit of Mount Makiling.

She also used the rare flowers of rafflesia, called malaboo, that is found in the slopes of Mt. Makiling as accent and earrings. “This enchanting Philippine national costume draws inspiration ...

He assumed that the Makiling plants were the same species, R. manillana from Samar. In a recent detailed comparative study of the flower morphology of the Rafflesia from Samar and Mt. Makiling ...

With Mt. Banahaw in Quezon still closed, Cereno said pilgrims are welcome to Mt. Makiling but discouraged religious practices, such as leaving behind religious images and lighted candles inside ...

This species is also native and naturally growing in Mt. Makiling, where the team collected ... Indonesia hailed it as one of their three national flowers, placing distinctive statues in several ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday, February 11, that steam reported near Mount Makiling in Laguna came from hot springs. Phivolcs also reiterated ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A re-imagined indigenous, mythological love story will be told through the emerging genre of Philippine dance-theater performance by collaborating San Francisco Bay Area artists.

Several teams of rescuers fanned out at scenic Mount Makiling in Laguna province Saturday to search for six high school students who lost their way while hiking in the area. The six third-year high ...

GUERRERO It was a romantic setting, legendary Mt. Makiling, home of Rizal’s muse Maria Makiling, mitad ninfa Mitad sulfide (half Goddess, half spirit of the air), and a romantic hour ...