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…

Tanods, garbage loaders undergo surprise drug test anew

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/06/2017

ABOUT 121 barangay tanods and garbage loaders employed in Barangays Inayawan, Quiot, Basak San Nicolas and Cogon Pardo in Cebu City underwent a surprise drug test at the Quiot Sports Center yesterday morning. Dr. Alice Utlang, chief…

Osmeñas subject of complaint before Office of the President

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/01/2017

THE drama surrounding Cebu City’s use of the Inayawan landfill seems to continue to hound the mayor, and this time including his wife. The landfill had been the subject of the first-ever Writ of Kalikasan issued in…

Garbage collectors are the real heroes — Tom

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/24/2017

80th Charter Day: Cebu City also awards traffic enforcers, bar topnotchers Garbage collectors and traffic enforcers took center stage yesterday morning as they were recognized by the Cebu City government during a program in celebration of the…

Wrangling on waste

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 02/12/2017

  Per news reports, 5,000 tonnes (translated to 5,000,000 kilograms, as a unit is equal to 1,000 kg.) of mixed wastes on board M/V Christina arrived in Cebu on January 20, with the cargo declared as “solid…

Jomara gets Cebu City’s garbage-hauling contract

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/09/2017

THE Cebu City government’s P77.8 million garbage-hauling contract has been awarded to Jomara Konstruckt Corp., the same service provider tapped by the city since December last year. A Notice to Award, signed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas…

Source: Plastics intended for briquettes

Dominic D. Yasay 02/08/2017

The tons of shredded plastics found dumped in a private lot in Barangay Tingub, Mandaue City, were not garbage but components in making briquettes. This was clarified by “Marco” (real name withheld on his request), who introduced…

New garbage bid may go to Jomara

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/02/2017

CITY Hall’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) is set to post-qualify Jomara Konstruckt Corp., the second lowest bidder for a new P77.8 million garbage hauling contract after the project’s lowest bidder, Pasajero Motors Corp. (Pamocor), was disqualified…

Return to Inayawan

Editorial 02/01/2017

By extending the contract for private garbage hauler Jomara Konstruct Corp., Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña drove home the message that the city’s garbage would go anywhere except the Consolacion landfill whose operator has yet to collect…

The garbage swap

Inna Mejia 01/31/2017

Turn your garbage into gold, or in this case, turn it into a can of sardines. Agapita “Pita” Eking, a 54-year-old mother of six, received a pleasant surprise from the city’s garbage collectors yesterday when they handed…

Clustering landfills may ease garbage problems

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/31/2017

Cebu’s local governments should cluster their landfills to resolve common garbage problems, a top official of the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) said yesterday. “This has been discussed by the Cebu province for a long time. This needs…

Tomas plans to extend Jomara’s hauling deal

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/30/2017

Mayor gives more time for BAC to decide on new P77.8M hauling contract Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is planning to extend the emergency contract of private service hauler, Jomara Konstruckt Corp., which will expire today (Jan.…

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