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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cebu City ends leniency on those who fail to segregate Mounds of stinking garbage are reported in many Cebu City barangays, and when the rain pours, rivers of floodwater rise in the metropolis, at times carrying the…
The Department of Public Services (DPS) in Cebu City is implementing a new schedule for its garbage collection service. Asst. DPS chief John Paul Galasque explained that starting on October 16, garbage collection will be scheduled from…
Cebu City Hall still owes the owner of the private landfill in Consolacion as well as private haulers for services rendered earlier this year. According to Cebu City Councilor Margarita Osmeña, who had a brief stint as…
Offering canned sardines in exchange for city residents to bring their garbage to the collectors is an interesting solution offered by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and one that should be supported if only to help reduce…
