{"id":914563,"date":"2017-07-17T14:26:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=914563"},"modified":"2017-07-17T14:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:40:15","slug":"sagada-caves-closed-to-allow-search-for-missing-tour-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/914563\/sagada-caves-closed-to-allow-search-for-missing-tour-guide","title":{"rendered":"Sagada caves closed to allow search for missing tour guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
TOURISM is a major industry in the Mt. Province town of Sagada. RICHARD BALONGLONG\/INQUIRER NORTHERN LUZON<\/p><\/div>\n
BAGUIO CITY \u2013 The popular Sagada Caves were closed on Monday to allow rescue teams to search for a missing tourist guide who was swept by tunnel waters on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n
Roderick Malecdan was among 7 guides who explored Victoria Cave at Sitio Maduto in Angkeling village in Sagada town, Mountain Province when Malecdan and two others were pulled by a discharge of water further into the tunnel at 6:45 p.m.<\/p>\n\n
Four of the guides managed to exit fromthe cave unscathed. The two others were rescued by volunteers and the police, but rescue teams could not locate Malecdan.<\/p>\n\n
Sagada Mayor James Pooten suspended all caving activities to allow for the search to proceed unhampered.<\/p>\n\n
The elevation of water inside the cave had been high, making the search difficult, said Robert Pangod, Sagada tourism officer. JE\/rga<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The popular Sagada Caves were closed on Monday to allow rescue teams to search for a missing tourist guide who was swept by tunnel waters on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1036,"featured_media":602585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[889,22009,9505,92533],"byline":[105739],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[169888],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n