As people returned to their homes after visiting their departed loved ones last November 1 and 2, tons of garbage were left behind in Cebu City’s public cemeteries. The Department of Public Services (DPS), yesterday, began…
WITH garbage reduction programs set to be in place, Cebu City Hall’s Department of Public Services (DPS) has been pressured not to fully use their proposed budget for garbage hauling services next year. The DPS has proposed…
Burning of garbage, littering and smoking will be prohibited while inside cemeteries in the municipality of Argao, south Cebu during the All Saints and All Souls Day celebration to prevent environmental degradation. But town officials clarified that…
Garbage trucks that the Cebu City government leased from Pasajero Motors Corporation (Pamocor) at P700 per hour are now deployed to collect garbage in the barangays. Councilor Eugenio Gabuya Jr. said the trucks are especially deployed to…
Will the budget allocated for Cebu City’s garbage collection and disposal be as cost-effective as the administration claims it to be, or will it be even costlier than the previous administration’s budget as what the opposition insists…
NEW DELHI — Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world, more than smoking, hunger or natural disasters, and more than…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
