Council to create a solid waste management code for Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council plans to draft a solid waste management code that will serve as basis for future legislation and executive orders for the city government to adhere to when it comes…

Mayor Labella rules out use of Binaliw as landfill site

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/18/2019

CEBU CITY—Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, said the Binaliw Landfill could no longer be used as a landfill site. According to Labella, ARN Central Waste Management Corp. has agreed to stop landfill…

Cebu City cancels contract with Binaliw landfill developer

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Government has cancelled the contract with ARN Central Waste Inc., the developer of the Binaliw landfill, for the collection and disposal of the city’s garbage. Lawyer Floros Casas, Jr., Cebu City administrator,…

Smell from Inayawan garbage transfer station worries nearby residents

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Inayawan landfill in Cebu City is still closed in accordance with the writ of kalikasan issued by the Supreme Court (SC) for it, but the transfer station outside the landfill has already…

Labella orders review of transactions by previous administration that require his signature

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Contracts of government transactions that require the signature of Mayor Edgardo Labella is now the subject of review by members of his transition team. Lawyer Flores Casas Jr., who is also the new city…

Unsightly garbage dumped outside centuries-old Fort San Pedro

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines ―The city’s garbage problem has now affected a historical landmark. Mounds of garbage were dumped and uncollected outside Fort San Pedro located along A. Pigafetta Street. Photos of the ghastly sight is making the…

EMB-7 gives ARN Builders 100 days to comply with environmental laws

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The developer of the Binaliw landfill was given 100 days to comply with the requirements of the Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) for the permit of its material recovery facility (MRF)…

EMB-7: Landfill operator and Binaliw officials to meet to discuss residents’ complaints

Futch Anthony Inso 06/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) will call for a technical conference between the officials of Barangay Binaliw and the developer of the Binaliw landfill in order to resolve complaints earlier raised by…

Labella to order review of Binaliw landfill contract

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Cebu City Mayor elect Edgaro Labella will be asking the help of some lawyers and environmentalists to review the city’s existing contract with the operator of a sanitary landfill in the mountain barangay of…

Mandaue City to start disposing garbage in Binaliw landfill

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/08/2019

Mandaue City, Cebu — Mandaue City will start disposing its garbage in the sanitary landfill facility in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City today, May 8, 2019. Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna, who co-chairs the city’s Solid Waste Management Board,…

Council blocks Binaliw landfill

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/04/2018

The opposition-led Cebu City Council thumbed down an ordinance that would have allowed a private developer to put up a sanitary landfill in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City. Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera of Barug Team Rama party…

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