Lapu bolsters garbage collection capability with new garbage trucks

Futch Anthony Inso 01/04/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Government purchased five new garbage trucks that will help improve the city’s garbage collection capability. Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said that the garbage trucks will be deployed to collect garbage in…

Lawyer now heads Cebu City’s DPS

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has appointed Lawyer John Jigo Dacua as new chief of the Department of Public Services (DPS). Dacua, who used to be assigned with the City Environment and Natural…

Cebu City’s DPS to buy 1K garbage bins in 2020

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) is planning to purchase of 1,000 trash bins next year for deployment along the national highways and city streets. Engineer Joel Biton, DPS head, is…

DPS Chief Biton: Jomara to collect garbage from businesses

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangays will no longer have to collect garbage from commercial establishments that are located within their areas of responsibility. The Department of Public Services (DPS) in Cebu City will already takeover the job.…

DPS collects 480 tons of garbage in 12 hours; new collection hours set

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) collected 480 tons of garbage from 2 p.m. of  Monday, July 1, 2019 to 2 a.m. of Tuesday, July 2, 2019, following the marching order of…

Garganera questions proposed purchase of compactor trucks

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/08/2018

Opposition Councilor Joel Garganera expressed doubt over the city government’s plans to purchase twenty-one new compactor trucks to aid the city’s garbage collection services. In a statement sent to reporters, Garganera said he hinted a ‘redundancy’ on…

Basura mo, sardinas ko

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/01/2017

PART 1 Eight-year-old John Paul Liray ignored the drizzle. He was busy putting the trash he collected from a dirty creek into three sando bags. Despite his frail frame, he carried the bags to a compactor truck…

Looking the other way

Editorial 01/04/2017

It’s no small irony to learn that Jomara Konstruckt Corp., the private hauler contracted by the Cebu City government to handle the city’s mounting garbage, is dumping the city’s refuse to the private landfill site in Barangay…

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…

City Hall wants P124M budget for garbage disposal

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/31/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña sought a P102 million budget that will go to outsourcing heavy equipment and dump trucks for the city’s garbage collection and disposal next year. The mayor also asked for P22 million in…

Week-old garbage sked draws gripes from villages

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/20/2016

It’s barely a week old and yet the garbage collection schedule in Cebu City isn’t sitting well with some barangay officials. Barrio Luz barangay chairman Jerome Pagador said instead of helping improve traffic in their area, the…

New garbage collection sked starts Sunday

Nestle L. Semilla 10/14/2016

The Department of Public Services (DPS) announced the implementation of the new garbage collection schedule in Cebu City that will start tomorrow. DPS assistant head John Paul Gelasque urged the public to heed the new schedule from…

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