City abattoir faces closure

Chris Ligan 10/14/2017

RATHER than repair it, Mandaue City Hall chose to close its slaughterhouse in Barangay Labugon at an unspecified date. An ordinance to close down the slaughterhouse or abattoir was passed on first reading at the Mandaue City…

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…

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…

Radaza asks DENR: Run tests to my office first

Norman V. Mendoza 03/09/2016

LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Paz Radaza asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to first speak with her before disclosing the results of their bacteriology test on their coastal waters. Radaza said several resort operators called…

Cebu is haze-free, EMB says

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/29/2015

  THE regional Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) declared Cebu haze-free. Engr. Marcelino Tabuco, acting chief of the EMB’s environmental monitoring and enforcement division, said their data showed that Cebu’s air contained 38 micrograms of dust particles per…

Kaingin haze

Gerard Pareja 10/26/2015

Pasensya sa tanang mga hubakon. Di sad ta magkiat ron kay kining aso nga gikan Indonesia mitaptap sa atong kawanangan. Gani sa Tagbilaran, Bohol, nanghapdos man ang mga mata sa mga molupyo tungod ning maong aso. Huypon…

EMB: Reduced dust particles in Metro Cebu air

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/26/2015

THE regional Environment Management Bureau (EMB) noted a decline in the amount of dust particles in Metro Cebu’s air as of 3 p.m. today, Oct.26. EMB-7 Regional Director William Cuñado said based on their monitoring, small dust…

Weather experts believe haze affecting Cebu again

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Marites Villamor Ilano, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/24/2015

  Pagasa notes poor visibility in Cebu; EMB takes air samples with new gear Cebu had gloomy skies and visibility was poor as a team from the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) took air samples using a new…

DENR cites violations in Cordova’s floating resto

Peter L. Romanillos 11/21/2014

  A floating restaurant operated by the Cordova municipal government in Gilutongan Island was cited for three violations of its environmental compliance certificate (ECC). The violations  were minor such as lack of a notice board showing its…

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