Cebu City owes Consolacion private landfill owner, haulers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/08/2016

Cebu City Hall still owes the owner of the private landfill in Consolacion as well as private haulers for services rendered earlier this year. According to Cebu City Councilor Margarita Osmeña, who had a brief stint as…

Incentivizing garbage collection

Editorial 08/30/2016

Offering canned sardines in exchange for city residents to bring their garbage to the collectors is an interesting solution offered by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and one that should be supported if only to help reduce…

City saves P250K a day on garbage tipping fees

Nestle L. Semilla 07/07/2016

For the last ten days, Cebu City has saved at least P250,000 from tipping fees since the reopened the Inayawan landfill. Department of Public Service officer-in-charge John Paul Gelasque told members of the media in Thursday that…

Cebu City’s garbage volume dropped

07/01/2016

The volume of garbage that was collected days after the opening of Inayawan Sanitary landfill was less than half of the 800-ton waste collected on opening day, which was attributed to the strict implementation of the waste…

‘NO SEGREGATION, NO COLLECTION’

Nestle L. Semilla 06/29/2016

A notice to Cebu City residents: if you do not segregate your garbage, it will not be collected. Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña made the strict enforcement of the city’s existing “no segregation, no collection” policy…

No contract, no payment for garbage tipping fees

Nestle L. Semilla 06/06/2016

CEBU City Hall won’t pay the garbage tipping fee to the operator of a private landfill in Consolacion town until a contract is signed. Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña said the Asian Energy System Corp. is…

Privatization being studied anew

Julit C. Jainar 05/20/2016

CALLS to revive studies on the effectiveness of privatizing garbage collection in Cebu City have surfaced anew amid the failure of the “No Segregation, No Collection” policy. Garbage collection has also been inefficient because of consistent absenteeism…

Distinctly Natori

Edward James Castro 05/18/2016

THIS is the second Natori show I have been to. The first one had been well over a year ago at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa, Cebu—a dreamy resort showcase of tropical chic garbs in various shades…

Energy execs grilled on Veco deposits

Doris C. Bongcac 07/10/2014

Cebu City councilors have taken the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) to task for allegedly implementing a policy that requires electricity service applicants to pay a hefty deposit among other charges. Citing one complaint as an example, Councilor…

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