Mayor Ahong Chan launches program against vandalism, garbage

Futch Anthony Inso 01/03/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan launched on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, the “Gubat Kontra Basura ug Vandalism” program. Chan created a team for the program, which is composed of representatives from the City Environment…

Cebu City tackles solutions in solid waste management on summit day 2

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is now tackling solutions for the waste management problem in the second day of its Solid Waste Management Summit.  The three-day summit hopes to gather solutions to the perennial garbage problem. …

Solid Waste Management summit begins in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The three-day Solid Waste Management (SWM) summit has begun in Cebu City and is expected to help the government craft the 10-year SWM plan. Mayor Michael Rama opened the summit at the SM…

Gullas appeals to residents for shared responsibility as garbage causes flooding in Bulacao

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/27/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas appealed to residents to be more responsible with disposing their garbage after heavy rains on early Thursday morning, May 27, 2021, caused some flooding anew along…

Cebu City Administrator: JVA for WTE incinerator ‘toughly’ reviewed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Administrator Floro Casas, Jr., assured the public that the proposed joint venture agreement (JVA) with an international company offering waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration facilities will be thoroughly reviewed for the best interest…

DPS wants bottled water companies to provide nets for recycling within Sinulog routes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) is asking bottled-water companies to provide recycling nets that the public can throw their used bottles into around the Sinulog route. Engineer Joel Biton, the head of the…

Lapu mayor to barangays: Collect garbage or face charges

Futch Anthony Inso 07/31/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan issued a stern warning to  all barangay officials: Collect uncollected garbage within 24 hours or face charges. Chan made the order after he received complaints from residents through social…

Netizens offer suggestions after seeing photo of Mahiga Creek filled with garbage

Immae Lachica 06/24/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The “Siloy is Watching” post of CDN Digital that showed a huge amount of garbage stuck at the Mahiga Creek below the Subagdaku Bridge in Mandaue City after heavy downpour on Sunday afternoon, June 23,…

India’s #IsThisYours movement for responsible plastic disposal is gaining ground in PH

Immae Lachicha 02/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A pro-environment post has gone viral on Facebook when a non profit organization in India, Green Dream Foundation, posted a movement with the hashtag #IsThisYours. The movement is a way of calling the…

HRRAC chief: We will work with Mayor Osmeña in solving garbage collection problems

Jose Santino S. Bun-achita 06/17/2018

The Hotel, Resort and Restaurant Association in Cebu (HRRAC) welcomes plans of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to address problems on garbage collection. Carlo Suarez, President of HRRAC, said that while they would respect any decision by…

No letup in waste segregation

Editorial 10/03/2016

The initial week-long assessment of Cebu City Hall that half of city residents were unable to practice waste segregation should not be used as an excuse to discontinue nor diminish it as a priority program to resolve…

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