Mandaue City prepares early for Mawar

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/24/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Mandaue City’s disaster office will conduct a Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment on Wednesday afternoon, May 24, in preparation for typhoon Mawar. Mawar is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Friday,…

Coastal cleanup in Pangan-an islet collects 50 sacks of garbage

Futch Anthony Inso 05/17/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – At least 50 sacks of garbage were collected during a coastal cleanup in the islet of Pangan-an in Lapu-Lapu City on Tuesday, May 16. Dr. Ronald Oporto, head of the City Environment and…

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)…

Out-of-school youth in Tagbilaran City produce bags, wall decors from trash

Doris C. Bongcac 03/19/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Single use plastic bags, food wrappers, and tarpaulins that we no longer need can still be converted into something useful. And the beneficiaries of the livelihood program for the out-of-school youth in Tagbilaran…

Cordova initiates rice-for-garbage program to discourage use of plastic

Futch Anthony Inso 02/21/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu —  The Municipality of Cordova is initiating a rice-for-garbage program to discourage its constituents from using plastic on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This was based on the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Ordinance no.…

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…

Rama fires officials tagged in garbage collection mess

Morexette Marie Erram 12/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has relieved City Hall officials tagged in the anomalous P240-million garbage collection mess. Lawyer Collin Rossell, the mayor’s secretary, made this announcement during a press conference on Thursday,…

‘Unruly’ crowd, mess force closure of Christmas attraction at Quezon park

Delfin Mallari Jr. 11/29/2022

LUCENA CITY – Three days after opening to the public, the popular Christmas display at Perez Park here was temporarily closed after it drew a huge crowd of spectators, some of whom reportedly damaged the decor and…

CESET collects over 1000 tons of garbage from cemeteries

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Environmental Sanitation and Enforcement Team (CESET) collected 1,063 tons of garbage from the 15 cemeteries in Cebu City beginning 6 am of November 1 until 1 am of November 2,…

Mandaue’s drainage master plan may be realized soon

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/25/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City’s drainage master plan may be fully implemented soon. This is after, the city got commitments from national agencies for additional funding for its drainage master plan. Architect Marlo Ocleasa, the City…

Mayor Chan proposes P2.8 billion annual budget for 2023

Futch Anthony Inso 10/12/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has proposed a P2.8 billion annual budget for 2023. This was confirmed by Councilor Annabeth Cuizon, chairman of the Committee on Finance in the city council. Cuizon…

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…

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