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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Personnel from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) office are the latest people to complain of the stench coming from the garbage left to be transferred at the temporary transfer station in the South Road…
In an effort to reduce Cebu City’s private garbage hauling expenses, Councilor Eugenio Gabuya Jr. wants to establish a transfer station inside the Inayawan landfill. Gabuya, who is affiliated with Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK), has proposed…
Officials of Barangay Kamputhaw in Cebu City refuted the allegations raised by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña about the uncollected garbage in their area. Kamputhaw Barangay Chairman Trifonio Lequigan Jr. said the photos of uncollected garbage along…
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has a message for Cebu City: “Dump your garbage in the Consolacion sanitary landfill temporarily.” DENR Undersecretary Isabelo Montejo gave this advice as City Hall continued to search for…
BUSINESS establishments in Mandaue City are warned not to indiscriminately dump their trash outside their buildings and along the streets, or they would be fined or even possibly lose their business permits. Araceli Barlam, City Environment and…
Cebu City officials are urging Jomara Konstruckt Corp. to employ measures to mitigate the stench of the garbage when they transport it to the landfill in Aloguinsan town. Department of Public Services (DPS) head Roberto Cabarrubias…
