Labella: Households in riversides need to be relocated to solve flooding

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the households within the three-meter easement or riverbanks in major waterways in the city would have to be relocated for waterway projects to push through. This…

11.6 tons of trash collected in Bulacao River clean-up

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The cities of Cebu and Talisay collected at least 11.6 tons of garbage in the four-hour massive joint clean-up of the Bulacao River on Friday morning, November 29, 2019. According to Lawyer John Jigo…

Labella: Bulacao Spring, an under-tapped source of water

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/29/2019

TALISAY CITY, Cebu, Philippines — The Bulacao Spring is an under-tapped source of water for the city that should be considered and protected. This was the pronouncement of Mayor Edgardo Labella after he visited the source of…

Gullas on rehabilitating rivers: ‘Action and then legislation’

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 11/29/2019

TALISAY CITY, Cebu — The massive clean-up that happened at the Bulacao River on Friday morning, November 29, is just the beginning of the city’s long-term river rehabilitation plan, according to Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam”…

Wider outfalls proposed to address Bulacao flooding

Doris C. Bongcac 06/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Engineer Leslie Molina of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) saw the need to widen water outfalls that lead to the Bulacao River in order to prevent a repeat…

Clean-up of Bulacao river set on Feb. 22

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/30/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – The down stream of the Bulacao River, one of the “dead” rivers identified by state environmental officers, will undergo a clean-up and will then be placed under monitoring.  Ma. Nida Cabrera, chief of…

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