Mountain of trash

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/10/2017

Garganera asks DPS to monitor Pamocor’s operation Garbage at the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill transfer station continues to pile up, making Councilor Joel Garganera suspicious of the kind of service that is being rendered by its hauler Pasajero…

DPS chief: Half of garbage backlog already disposed

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/19/2017

  At least half of the more than 3,000 tons of garbage deposits at the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill transfer station were already taken from the area and disposed to a private landfill facility in Barangay Pulpogan in…

DPS: P50M for compactor truck rental is needed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/17/2017

Basura Mo, Sardinas Ko program DEPARTMENT of Public Services (DPS) officials in Cebu City justified their P50-million budget proposal to rent garbage compactor trucks as it would make more systematic the implementation of the city’s Basura Mo,…

‘Rehab first before transfer station’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/25/2017

Cebu City officials argued for and against a proposed ordinance to build a one-hectare garbage transfer station at the closed Inayawan dumpsite in yesterday’s City Council session. Former councilor Roberto Cabarrubias, who now heads City Hall’s Department…

Officials study WTE facility for Inayawan

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/12/2017

Cebu City officials, led by Mayor Tomas Osmeña, are checking a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility operated by a Chinese firm in Bangkok, Thailand to determine if such could be applied in the city’s Inayawan landfill. “WTE doesn’t create…

Cebu City Council resets special session to tackle garbage

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/04/2017

THE special session of the Cebu City Council which was called to tackle the city’s garbage woes was reset to Friday morning because of lack of quorum. Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella said yesterday that upon consultation with…

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…

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…

Garbage trucks plan : Dad: Outsource proposal unfair

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/07/2016

THE executive department’s proposal to outsource garbage trucks to do 24/7 garbage collection next year at a cost of P102 million is facing some opposition at the City Council. During yesterday’s continuation of the series of budget…

Fisherfolk protest culvert bridge built across SRP

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2016

Culvert bridge meant for garbage trucks bars motorboats from crossing channel Fisherman Samuel Taraya recalled passing through the channel near the Inayawan landfill where he would join his father to catch fish. Even when the South Road…

Heavy garbage volume, high passenger turnout

Dominic D. Yasay, Morexette Erram 11/02/2016

While most Cebu City residents went back to work yesterday, City Hall’s Department of Public Service (DPS) had to clean up the large volume of garbage left behind by families who visited the city’s cemeteries. DPS assistant…

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