{"id":109656,"date":"2017-08-03T05:03:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T09:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109656"},"modified":"2025-01-17T04:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:12:59","slug":"pasuquin-residents-mourn-death-of-century-old-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/03\/pasuquin-residents-mourn-death-of-century-old-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasuquin residents mourn death of century old tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109658\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20479678_10214521945709164_3754966356056177055_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109658\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20479678_10214521945709164_3754966356056177055_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The century-old acacia tree fell Tuesday due to typhoons' wrath, leaving town residents sentimental as of this time. (PNA photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20479678_10214521945709164_3754966356056177055_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20479678_10214521945709164_3754966356056177055_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20479678_10214521945709164_3754966356056177055_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The century-old acacia tree fell Tuesday due to typhoons&#8217; wrath, leaving town residents sentimental as of this time. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">LAOAG CITY, Aug 3 (PNA) \u2014 Standing tall along the Maharlika Highway where commuters, farmers and weary travelers stop for shade or display their products, the century-old acacia tree fell Tuesday due to typhoons&#8217; wrath, leaving town residents sentimental as of this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">&#8220;Passing by the Pasuquin town hall and St.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy topamax online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/topamax.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/topamax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> James Parish will never be the same again,&#8221; said 34-year old Benly Academia of Pasuquin town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The tree fell due to prolonged rainfall and strong winds brought by typhoons \u201cGorio\u201d and \u201cHaitang\u201d that rampaged Northern Luzon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">According to Academia, the huge old tree has been very useful as people watching parades usually stay under its canopy to protect themselves from the scorching heat of the sun. In the evening, drivers of 10-wheeler trucks carrying heavy loads bound to north or south stop there to rest and during market days, vendors of fruits and vegetables and other farm tools line up there conveniently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cI think the old Acacia &#8220;Great tree&#8221; was a testimony to many happenings around its branches, secret meeting place of lovers, childhood sweethearts, petty quarrels between lovers. It was indeed a great big friend serving as the living witness of all lives and movements that surround the area where it stood for many long years,\u201d said a netizen Edna Dumlao who saw an uploaded photo of the uprooted old acacia tree in Facebook as it caused traffic and power interruption while local authorities conducted clearing operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Residents hope they can find a similar sapling to replace the century old acacia and let it grow for another 100 years or more.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy colchicine online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/colchicine.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/colchicine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">In a Facebook account of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, where the fallen old acacia tree was uploaded, an old photo of a funeral believed to be in 1950s resurfaced.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis black online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-black.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-black.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> It shows three 50-year old acacia trees in the background, including the fallen tree on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Today, only one acacia tree now remains in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAOAG CITY, Aug 3 (PNA) \u2014 Standing tall along the Maharlika Highway where commuters, farmers and weary travelers stop for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5927,16,95],"tags":[20344,20144],"class_list":["post-109656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment-nature","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-century-old-acacia-tree","tag-pasuquin","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284821,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109656\/revisions\/284821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}