DPS chief to loaders: Collect, don’t sort garbage or else …

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Garbage trucks will no longer be allowed to linger longer in a spot while collecting garbage at night, and loaders and collectors will not be allowed to sort trash while collecting them. Lawyer…

‘Scubasurero cops’ help collect 250 Kg sea trash

Nestle L. Semilla 12/09/2018

SANTANDER CLEANUP Police officers turned “scubasureros” for a day and helped collect 250 kilos of trash at the seashore, on and under the seawaters of Santander, Cebu’s southernmost town which is 134.14 km from Cebu City. This…

Pokémon Go clone lets players collect saints instead of monsters

Marc Cosep 10/25/2018

A Catholic group recently released a video game that resembles the popular mobile game POKEMON GO. The Vatican-based game is called FOLLOW JC Go where players are tasked to collect saints and other religious figures to join…

Mandaue told to collect P15M in unpaid hospital bills

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/16/2018

Government auditors said that the Mandaue City Hospital failed to collect patient’s bills worth P15.4 million from 2016 to 2017. The Commission on Audit (COA) added that the hospital’s 2017 claims have not also been recorded on…

COA tells city: Collect P4M from contractors

USJ-R Journalism Intern 08/25/2018

The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the Cebu City government to recover almost P4M in advance payments given to five contractors whose contracts for infrastructure and road projects were terminated in 2015 and 2016. A total…

Pamocor, Jomara tapped to collect city’s trash

Inna Gian Mejia 10/05/2017

Two of Cebu City Hall’s top garbage-hauling service providers will now be working together to make sure that city streets are free of clutter. Jomara Konstruckt Corp. will haul the city’s garbage for a fee of P1,296…

City Hall to reward Badjaos who collect floating debris

Intern 04/25/2017

‘Basura Mo, Sardinas Ko’ program The Cebu City government is planning to expand its “Basura Mo, Sardinas Ko” program to include the Badjaos in the reward system. John Paul Gelasque, assistant head of the Department of Public…

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

John Carlo Villaruel, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

A dumpsite by any other name would still smell as awful. Cebu City continues to dump garbage at the SRP lot It’s been three days since Cebu City started dumping its garbage, averaging 500 tons per day,…

City Hall starts sending trucks to pick up uncollected garbage in Kalunasan jails

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 11/25/2016

Cebu City Hall will now be regularly sending trucks to Barangay Kalunasan to collect garbage from the two jail facilities located in the mountain barangay. Department of Public Services (DPS) assistant head John Paul Gelasque said he…

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