‘Does City Hall have rehab, closure plans for landfill?’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/02/2016

Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera wants to know if Cebu City Hall has post-closure and rehabilitation plans for the Inayawan landfill more than a month after it reopened. Garganera, who heads the committee on environment, wants both…

GETTING READY FOR ‘BUTCHOY’

Doris C. Bongcac, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2016

Still coping with the effects of the rain-induced floods that hit Metro Cebu on Friday, Cebuanos were told yesterday to again brace for more heavy rainfall when a tropical storm enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)…

Clean sidewalk

02/06/2016

  Pedestrians can now walk through the sidewalk on T. Padilla Ext., Barangay Tejero, which used to have piles of uncollected garbage. Thanks to the swift response of DPS and barangay Tejero. (CDN PHOTO/ JUNJIE MENDOZA)…

Open manhole

12/20/2015

Volunteers clean up SRP’s coastline

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/29/2015

MORE than 200 people collected over 100 sacks of garbage at the coastal area of the South Road Properties (SRP) yesterday morning. The cleanup, spearheaded by the Movement for a Livable Cebu (MLC), drew volunteers from civil…

7 DPS men tested positive for drug use

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/11/2015

Seven out of 132 personnel from Cebu City Hall’s Department of Public Services (DPS) tested positive for illegal drug use  during a  random testing yesterday. The results still have to undergo confirmatory testing. “ Within this week…

Seven of 132 Cebu City Hall employees test positive for drug use

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/10/2015

Seven out of 132 personnel of Cebu City Hall’s Department of Public Services (DPS) initially tested positive for illegal drug use. The results came hours after the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) conducted a…

Council urged to reconsider stance

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/24/2015

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants the City Council to reconsider its position to prohibit the use of unspent calamity funds as payment of a tipping fee for a private landfill in Consolacion town. “I think they’ll…

No compactor trucks for Cebu City before donation

Nestle L. Semilla 04/10/2015

The 10 mini compactor trucks turned over by the City of Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan to the Cebu City government was timely because the city doesn’t have any in its current inventory of vehicles.…

Private firm eyed to build waste facility

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/09/2015

Cebu City Hall’s Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB) wants to hire a private firm to provide a Waste Transfer Station (WTS) for the city. In a recent resolution, the board recommended to Mayor Michael Rama to allow…

Services dep’t asks P235M to buy vehicles

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/20/2014

Cebu City Hall’s Department of Public Services (DPS) is asking  for a bigger budget  next year to buy garbage trucks and vehicles for street cleaning. DPS chief Rolando Ardosa told the  City Council  in yesterday’s budget hearing…

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