Team Rama to review garbage collection budget

USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 10/19/2017

THE opposition Barug Team Rama bloc is adamant against approving the proposed P400-million budget for garbage collection next year. “The budget is four times as big as the one we have before (at P120 million) but if…

GARBAGE OVER FLOOD

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 10/16/2017

Osmeña hit for prioritizing garbage collection over flood control program in 2018 budget It takes only 20 minutes of heavy rain for floodwaters to reach knee-deep in downtown Cebu City. Yet flood control appears to be not…

Village execs told: Explain garbage dumping at fish port

USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 10/11/2017

OFFICIALS of Barangay Suba in Cebu City were given 10 days to answer allegations of garbage dumping at the Cebu City fish port. This came after a city resident posted a photo on the Facebook page of…

Landfill plans

Editorial 09/01/2017

There is a valid point to the objection against proposed projects for the Inayawan landfill/dumpsite in Cebu City without a closure plan that would pave the way for its eventual rehabilitation. All three of the proposed plans…

Osmeña sues Rama, BAC for use of Consolacion landfill

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/25/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has made good his threat to file cases against officials of the previous administration over the alleged anomalous transaction involving the use of a private landfill in Consolacion town. Osmeña, representing the…

Investigate ‘discrepancies’ in garbage logs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/17/2017

Barug Team Rama councilors want to be clarified of the volume of garbage actually taken from the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill transfer station for transfer into a private landfill facility in Consolacion town on a daily basis. Records…

City lacks garbage weighing scale to monitor volume

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/09/2017

DOES City Hall really know the actual amount of garbage collected in Cebu City daily? The Department of Public Services (DPS) apparently does not although millions of pesos are spent by the city on the services of…

EcoWaste: Floods made worse by garbage

Inquirer.net 07/29/2017

  A WASTE and pollution watchdog deplored on Saturday the reckless waste disposal of cities in Metro Manila which worsened the floods triggered by monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon Gorio (international name: Nesat). “The rainwater will not…

USC Fine Arts magazine tackles traffic, garbage problems in Cebu

USJ-R Journalism Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/27/2017

THE School of Fine Arts and Design (SAFAD) of the University of San Carlos brings into discussion pressing problems in Cebu like traffic congestion, garbage and housing in the July 2017 issue of their Lantawan magazine with…

Tomas: Pagcor oks use of P26.8M for garbage disposal

Inna Gian Mejia, JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 07/21/2017

  Pending approval of the P151.2 million that Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña is asking for, City Hall is turning to its share of Pagcor funds to take care of its garbage expenses for at least a…

Osmeña, Garganera trade barbs on Korean garbage

Inna Gian Mejia, USJ-R Intern Patricia Erlaine N. Luardo 07/18/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña accused Councilor Joel Garganera of “spreading fake news” on the tons of garbage shipped to Cebu from South Korea, saying the councilor would benefit from it. “(It is) obviously Garganera. He is…

Council feud and garbage woes

Ricky Poca 07/17/2017

The planned revamp of the Cebu City Council’s committees by the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) that was thwarted by Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella joining the fray resulted in a status quo that won’t sit well with Cebu…

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