Sinulog crowd left 155 tons of garbage

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/16/2017

After last Sunday’s Sinulog festival, the estimated 1.5 million people, who attended the event, also left hundreds of tons of garbage on Cebu City’s streets. According to the Department of Public Services (DPS), they were able to…

SRP expected to be clear of garbage next week

Morexette Erram 01/07/2017

HEAVY equipment and dump trucks were immediately deployed by Jomara Konstruckt Corp. to the transfer station at the South Road Projects (SRP) in order to clear the area of garbage left there after the lapse of the…

P25M FOR JOMARA

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/07/2017

Cebu City’s garbage disposal woes are good as solved, at least for this month. Jomara Konstruckt Corp., the same private hauler hired by the city government last month, is expected to continue transporting the city’s garbage to…

Garbage woes reported in Mactan

Norman V. Mendoza 01/07/2017

Residents of Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City have complained against the foul smell of garbage emanating from a private lot used by the city to dump tons of trash. The lot, owned by Maviche Hauling Services, sits beside…

Council grants emergency powers to Osmeña anew

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/06/2017

The Cebu City Council passed a resolution allowing Mayor Tomas Osmeña to hire the services of a private garbage hauler for the second time on Friday morning after a special session at the city hall. During the…

Special session for city’s garbage issue moved to Friday

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/04/2017

The special session to tackle the Cebu City’s garbage problem has been postponed to Friday morning, January 6. Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella made the announcement on Wednesday morning after learning that a lot of the city councilors…

Council meets to approve urgent funds for garbage

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

In order to haul the remaining garbage from the temporary transfer station at the South Road Properties (SRP) to a final dumping site, the Cebu City government is proposing another emergency procurement. The City Council is expected…

END OF CONTRACT

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/02/2017

Despite the December 31, 2016 expiration of the Purchase Order (PO), Jomara Konstruckt Corp. has not totally cleared the temporary transfer station at the South Road Properties (SRP) of garbage. According to DPS assistant chief John Paul…

Uncollected Garbage

Lito M. Tecscon 01/02/2017

An unidentified woman passes by uncollected garbage in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City. The city is enforcing a strict plastic ban.…

Cebu City garbage: Nowhere to go but SRP

Morexette Erram 12/31/2016

It’s the New Year and the day that the South Road Properties is supposed to have been cleared of all the tons of garbage that were dumped on a one-hectare lot behind the headquarters of Cebu City’s…

The plastic ban ordinance

Dominic D. Yasay 12/31/2016

(PART 1) Saving Mandaue City from floods and garbage It has been four months since the Mandaue City government decided to bring back the muscle of the city-wide prohibition of plastic bags in a bid to address the city’s…

A CYCLE OF TRASH

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram 12/30/2016

By the first day of the New Year, there is a big chance that the South Road Properties (SRP) has not yet been completely cleared of trash as earlier promised by the Cebu City government. This much…

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