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…

Cebu City Hall to tap emergency funds for landfill

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/05/2016

CITY Hall’s executive department will tap into Cebu City’s emergency funds in order to cure defects at the Inayawan dumpsite and comply with environmental standards set by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Environmental Management…

LANDFILL HAS 13 VIOLATIONS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/02/2016

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) has issued a notice of violation against the City of Cebu for its failure to comply with several standards set by the bureau in the…

EMB: No oil spill in Alegria

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/18/2016

A four-man team from Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) was sent to Lumpan Lake in Barangay Montpeller, Alegria town, southwest Cebu on Wednesday to conduct an oil and grease measurement in the area following reports…

Inayawan landfill to open this week

Nestle L. Semilla 06/28/2016

Outgoing Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera confirmed that the Inayawan sanitary landfill will be reopened anytime this week. She said the Cebu City government complied with requirements set by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) to reopen the…

Inayawan landfill remains closed

Nestle L. Semilla, Rabboni Centino Borbon 06/22/2016

Cebu City gov’t to comply with EMB requirements before reopening site Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña said yesterday that the Inayawan sanitary landfill would remain closed until the city government could comply with the Department of…

Clear choice

Editorial 04/27/2016

A Department of Energy (DOE) statement saying there’s no such thing as “clean coal”, let alone “clean coal technology,” refutes a point made by Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II during last Sunday’s presidential debate.…

LUDO CAN’T RUSH COAL-FIRED PLANT

Carmel Loise Matus 04/27/2016

Environment officials are throwing the book at the proponents of the coal-fired power plant who are pushing for its immediate construction in the middle of an urban poor village in Cebu City. The power plant cannot be…

Exporters urged to sell fast-moving goods in US

Juli Ann M. Sibi 04/06/2016

After a recorded slump in Central Visayas exports in 2015, Cebuano exporters are encouraged to sell fast-moving consumer goods in mainstream markets in the United States. Fast-moving consumer goods are relatively low cost goods, which include processed…

Diversify products, streamline processes to hit goals — exec

Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/31/2016

Exporters need to diversify their products, and government agencies should address bureaucratic bottlenecks in the export industry to achieve the country’s export targets in the next two years. Export Development Council (EDC) Executive Director Senen Perlada said…

Limpiyo ba gud ang mga baybayon dinhi sa siyudad?

03/29/2016

Super Hirit Asa  man  intawon  ang  atong  mga tinugyanan  sa  panglawas  nga  mao  ang  taga  Department  of  Health (DOH-7)  ug  ang  taga  Cebu City  Health  nga  wa  man sila  makabadlong ug  wa  gani  makapagawas og  mga  pahimangno …

Coal supplier vows to remove stockpile

Carmel Loise Matus 03/10/2016

RESIDENTS and a school in Sitio Lacaron, Barangay Pitalo, San Fernando town in southern Cebu were relieved after a representative of the coal storage project committed to remove the coal stockpile in a private property 10 days…

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