{"id":40015,"date":"2015-01-27T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T06:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=40015"},"modified":"2015-02-01T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T02:52:34","slug":"smoking-drinking-now-banned-on-beaches-of-baler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/27\/smoking-drinking-now-banned-on-beaches-of-baler\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking, drinking now banned on beaches of Baler"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40018\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/640px-Sabang7jf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40018\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/640px-Sabang7jf.jpg\" alt=\"Sabang Beach in Baler, Aurora\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/640px-Sabang7jf.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/640px-Sabang7jf-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabang Beach in Baler, Aurora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines \u2013 Baler Mayor Nelianto Bihasa recently announced a ban on cigarette smoking and on consumption of alcoholic beverages on the beaches and other coastal areas of Baler town in the province of Aurora.<\/p>\n<p>Bihasa explained that the ban is in line with a new ordinance authored by Councilor Meinardo Tropicales.<\/p>\n<p>The law strives to curb the incidences of untoward events \u2013 such as disturbance and drowning &#8211; on the beaches and coastal areas of Baler, as well as to maintain order and cleanliness in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>A warning will be given to first-time offenders, while fines of P1,500 and P2,500, will be slapped on second and third time violators, respectively. Fourth-time offenders, on the other hand, will be jailed.<\/p>\n<p>Baler, often called the \u201cbirthplace of Philippine surfing,\u201d has gained popularity among Filipinos and foreigners, alike, as a surf spot, on account of its clean, good quality waves and swells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines \u2013 Baler Mayor Nelianto Bihasa recently announced a ban on cigarette smoking and on consumption of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":40018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","category-travel","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40015","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}