SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 15 March)—The 300-year-old Philippine Rosewood tree (Petersianthus quarilatus) near the national highway in Barangay Alegria here, considered the tallest …
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur —The 300-year-old Philippine Rosewood tree near the national highway in Barangay Alegria here, considered the tallest and the oldest of its kind in the country, is facing another threat to be cut down as residents living nearby were worried it might fall during a strong earthquake last week.
It was held in response to a barangay resolution asking Mayor Grace Carmel Paredes-Bravo to conduct another assessment by a joint team of government experts on the health status of the 54-meter-tall tree. Elsie Teola, a retired public school teacher whose house is near the tree across the national highway, told officials she saw the tree jolting towards them during the earthquake, prompting them to seek refuge at the covered court for many nights.
The following year, local officials moved anew to cut down the tree to half its height, so that 30 meters will remain standing to maintain a landmark memory.
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