CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Don’t delay the approval of permits for accredited medical waste treatment, storage, and disposal providers to operate in Cebu City so that they can start collecting medical wastes in the city.” This is…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Having a better air monitoring system and the regular emission testing of vehicles to regulate their fumes when caught in traffic are among the solutions to solve air pollution from vehicles caught…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The operators of the Binaliw landfill are one step closer to operating the 15-hectare landfill in Barangay Binaliw after they received a notice to proceed with their operations from the Cebu City Environment…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hospital wastes, which have been found floating off the seas of four barangays in Lapu-Lapu City, have also been recovered at Barangay Mactan. This brings the number of barangays in Lapu-Lapu City to…
THE Danao City government has started to ban single-use plastics, starting on Tuesday, Sept 25. Engineer Leonidez Martel, the head of City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Danao City, said the city passed an ordinance…
Despite Moratorium The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-CENRO) will continue to accept applications for foreshore lease agreements even if a Lapu-Lapu City ordinance that imposes a moratorium on…
By July this year, former City Environment and Natural resources Office (Cenro) Chief, Ma. Nida Cabrera, will be back at her post. This developed after Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said in a press briefing that he…
Francisco Fernandez, who serves as the executive assistant of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, has been designated as the temporary officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro). This came after former Cenro…
Seeking to win as barangay captain of Barrio Luz, Ma. Nida Cabrera has resigned as chief of the Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro). Cabrera confirmed this in a text message sent to Cebu Daily…
Last Wednesday’s public hearing on the planned earthballing of trees and cutting of some aging ones still produced some lingering opposition, but it remains to be seen if it would gather momentum and steamroll into a viable…
THE village chief arrested for transporting logs without a permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was formally charged before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office yesterday. PO3 Ederlino Bacusmo, investigator of the Sibonga Police Station,…
Over 2,000 trees along the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route will have to be removed to pave the way for the project. BRT project chief Rafael Yap said most of the trees identified by Cebu City Environment…
