Dead dolphins found along Tañon Strait Protected Seascape

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/17/2017

THREE spinner dolphins were found dead, one off Panagsama Beach in Barangay Basdiot, Moalboal town and two in Barangay Montañeza in Malabuyoc, all along the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS). Kristina Luz Uy Tapales, TSPS operations head…

Zoning board gives favorable response to proposed Ludo power plant project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/12/2017

AFTER being rejected by the Cebu City Council last year, a proposed 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant project had been revived after it received a favorable response from the Cebu City Zoning Board. In a resolution they approved…

Wrangling on waste

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 02/12/2017

  Per news reports, 5,000 tonnes (translated to 5,000,000 kilograms, as a unit is equal to 1,000 kg.) of mixed wastes on board M/V Christina arrived in Cebu on January 20, with the cargo declared as “solid…

Clustering landfills may ease garbage problems

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/31/2017

Cebu’s local governments should cluster their landfills to resolve common garbage problems, a top official of the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) said yesterday. “This has been discussed by the Cebu province for a long time. This needs…

DENR, Co-op work together on refo project

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/28/2017

Up in the mountains of Minglanilla, southern Cebu, is a 100-year-old reforestation project of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) which embarked on sustainable ecotourism and biodiversity initiatives with the help of a women-led cooperative.…

Soil erosion still poses risks in Barangay Busay, warns Guardo

Inna Mejia 01/25/2017

A Cebu City councilor has asked all concerned agencies to conduct soil stability testing in the mountain barangays of Cebu City, amid continuing reports of soil erosion and landslides, especially in the upper section of Barangay Busay…

Looking the other way

Editorial 01/04/2017

It’s no small irony to learn that Jomara Konstruckt Corp., the private hauler contracted by the Cebu City government to handle the city’s mounting garbage, is dumping the city’s refuse to the private landfill site in Barangay…

END OF CONTRACT

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/02/2017

Despite the December 31, 2016 expiration of the Purchase Order (PO), Jomara Konstruckt Corp. has not totally cleared the temporary transfer station at the South Road Properties (SRP) of garbage. According to DPS assistant chief John Paul…

A CYCLE OF TRASH

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram 12/30/2016

By the first day of the New Year, there is a big chance that the South Road Properties (SRP) has not yet been completely cleared of trash as earlier promised by the Cebu City government. This much…

Hauling of SRP garbage resumes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram 12/29/2016

HAULING of Cebu City’s garbage dumped at a lot in the South Road Properties (SRP) resumed yesterday with the arrival of the heavy equipment and dump trucks of Jomara Konstruckt Corporation, which the city contracted to bring…

Police warned over fabricating drug surrenderers

Nestle L. Semilla 12/28/2016

THE Minglanilla police tore to shreds the document signed by the 22 persons arrested during an illegal cockfight, which later identified them as drug surrenderers. The father of one of the arrested persons, Roger de Dios, director…

Early Christmas gift

Ricky Poca 12/26/2016

Allow me wish you all a Merry Christmas. It is a time to show our appreciation to the kindness of our Savior by loving, adoring, worshiping and thanking him for all the blessings that he showered us…

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