DPS collects 92.13 tons of garbage in city-wide clean-up drive on Saturday

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s Department of Public Services (DPS) collected at least 92.13 tons of garbage during a clean-up drive held on Saturday, June 10, 2023. This volume is equivalent to 43 truckload of garbage,…

Ombudsman dismisses graft charges vs Labella, Dacua over uncollected garbage issue in Inayawan

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City dismissed the complaints filed by Inayawan village chief Kirk Bryan Repollo against former Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella and former Department of Public Services (DPS)…

Rama names new heads to replace those fired execs linked to alleged P240-M garbage mess

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 12/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Michael Rama has named new heads replacing the officials who were linked to the alleged anomalous P240-million garbage collection scheme. In a report from the Cebu City Public Information Office, Rama on…

Taiwan president quits as party head after China threat bet fails to win votes

Reuters 11/27/2022

TAIPEI — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China’s rising bellicosity failed to pay off and…

City Council to DPS: Submit garbage truck inventory on or before Oct. 5

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council has agreed to request the city’s Department of Public Services (DPS) to submit an inventory report of all the city-owned garbage trucks on or before Oct. 5, 2022. Councilor…

Rama orders clearing of Carbon Market complex roads

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama ordered the new Carbon Market Administrator to put order to the Carbon Market by ensuring the roads are passable. Rama ordered Market Administrator Wynne Jagmoc Ceno to clean…

Cebu City Council passes P1.2B Supplemental Budget on last session

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 15th Cebu City Council has passed the P1.2 Supplemental Budget No. 2 right on their last regular session before they permanently adjourned today, June 29, 2022. The council passed on a divided…

Solid Waste Management summit begins in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The three-day Solid Waste Management (SWM) summit has begun in Cebu City and is expected to help the government craft the 10-year SWM plan. Mayor Michael Rama opened the summit at the SM…

Almost 68,000 kilos of garbage collected in Cebu City’s quarterly clean-up

Dyrecka Letigio 09/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Almost 68,000 kilos of garbage were collected from Cebu City’s major waterways during the city’s quarterly coastal clean-up on September 18, 2021. The Coastal Management Task Force (CMTF) reported 27,150 kilos of garbage…

Cebu City DPS to call contractor to discuss Inayawan transfer station condition

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) will be calling the contractor of the transfer station in Barangay Inayawan to discuss the sordid state of the area. This after a document surfaced…

‘Cheap shot move,’ Labella slams village chief over garbage issue

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has slammed Inayawan Barangay Captain Kirk Bryan Repollo for filing charges against the city government for the uncollected garbage in their barangay. The mayor and Department of Public…

Inayawan village chief files charges against Cebu City officials for uncollected garbage

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Inayawan Barangay Captain Kirk Bryan Repollo has filed charges of gross neglect of duty against Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella and Department of Public Services (DPS) head, Lawyer John Jigo Dacua,  for failing…

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