City to dump garbage at SRP

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/16/2016

City to comply with CA ruling, SRP lot to be used as temporary waste transfer station Starting today (Saturday), the Cebu City government will start dumping the city’s collected garbage at the South Road Properties (SRP), which…

CA to Cebu City: Stop dumping garbage at Inayawan landfill

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/16/2016

A FRESHER air to breathe and cleaner waters to drink. A victory for Cebuanos. These are among the things to be expected with the Court of Appeals (CA) granting the first-ever Writ of Kalikasan in Cebu and…

Garganera rejoices over landfill closure order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/16/2016

Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera welcomed the reported order of the Court of Appeals (CA) to close the Inayawan landfill. In a press conference in his office on Friday morning, Garganera said the victory with his case…

No compromise deal on Inayawan landfill closure

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2016

NO compromise agreement was reached on the timetable and plans for the closure of the Inayawan landfill. Despite their earlier disinterest in sitting down with each other, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Councilor Joel Garganera met…

Couple files raps vs Talisay cops

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/28/2016

THE fight goes on for Adhmann and Priscilla Canangca-an as they filed criminal and administrative complaints against several police officers a little over a week after the Court of Appeals Special 18th Division junked their petition for…

A better way of dealing with garbage

Editorial 10/27/2016

The ongoing hearings on the Inayawan landfill site dispute at the Court of Appeals stand in stark contrast to Mandaue City Hall’s impending transfer of its dumpsite from Umapad to Casili and show just how far removed…

Tom entertains offers from landfill operators

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is open to entertaining offers from other landfill operators that can accommodate at least 600 tons of the city’s garbage daily, the latest of which came from Talisay City Mayor Eduardo Gullas.…

Difficult road seen for P10M anapog proposal at Cebu City Council

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2016

CHANCES of the Cebu City Council’s approval on the P10 million proposal to buy anapog (limestone) for the Inayawan landfill looks bleak. Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera said he is not bent on endorsing the approval of…

Osmeña, Garganera argue landfill case before CA

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2016

In an awaited face off, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera finally went head to head before the Court of Appeals (CA) yesterday over a core environmental issue that has long been…

Clinton nearing victory

Ricky Poca 10/24/2016

Lately my attention is glued on the CNN coverage of the US presidential elections and other international news courtesy of cable TV and the Internet. Only three weeks left in the US presidential campaign period, and last…

City Hall, landfill opponents told to submit position papers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2016

The Court of Appeals (CA) ordered contending parties to submit their position papers on the petition for a Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) on the Inayawan Landfill within 15 days for resolution by justices on the case.…

CITY NOT READY TO CLOSE INAYAWAN LANDFILL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is now under pressure to make a decision on whether or not to close the 17-year-old Inayawan sanitary landfill. With Environment Secretary Gina Lopez saying she wants the landfill closed, Osmeña admitted…

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