Hauling of SRP garbage resumes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram 12/29/2016

HAULING of Cebu City’s garbage dumped at a lot in the South Road Properties (SRP) resumed yesterday with the arrival of the heavy equipment and dump trucks of Jomara Konstruckt Corporation, which the city contracted to bring…

SRP dumping continues

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/29/2016

FOR now, Cebu City will continue using the transfer station in the South Road Properties (SRP) to dump its garbage. According to Department of Public Services (DPS) head Roberto Cabarrubias, they have no other choice but to…

Dumpsite?

Editorial 12/28/2016

This part of the road in Sitio Tunga, Barangay Tanke in Talisay City has become a dumpsite, with garbage piling up every day. A resident sent a message to Cebu Daily News Facebook Page complaining about the…

Hauling of garbage out of SRP delayed

Morexette Erram 12/28/2016

At least 20 dump trucks of the Jomara Konstruct Corporation (formerly reported as Jomara Services), which was committed to be delivered from Surigao Province, has not arrived as of 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The dumptrucks were expected…

SRP: DUMPSITE NO MORE?

Morexette Erram 12/27/2016

City starts taking garbage out of South Road Properties. But the hauling fee is higher than what was paid during the Rama administration, says Councilor Joel Garganera Here’s one good news: The tons of trash that have…

Garbage haulers told: Follow truck ban

Norman V. Mendoza 12/27/2016

The Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (Team) is reminding garbage truck haulers from Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu City to secure the necessary permits and observe cleanliness when transporting garbage to Consolacion town via Mandaue City. Glenn Antigua,…

Sustainable solution

Editorial 12/27/2016

It must have grated Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s nerves to have to appear in a City Council session like any other common resource person to explain his budget for garbage collection and disposal to the council…

Council grants emergency powers to Osmeña

Morexette Erram 12/23/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña was granted authority by the Cebu City Council to use the unspent savings of last year worth P9 million pesos on hiring a private hauler to collect garbage and dump it into…

Cebu City to ask CA to allow use of Inayawan landfill

Morexette Erram 12/23/2016

The Cebu City government will file a petition asking the Court of Appeals (CA) to allow the use of the Inayawan landfill at Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City as a temporary dumping site until the administration can find…

SRP garbage issue: Compromise in sight

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/22/2016

A solution may now be in sight in addressing the garbage collection and disposal concerns of Cebu City, with city officials opting to cross party lines to solve the issue that has threatened to reach crisis proportions.…

Giving Osmeña the benefit of the doubt on the garbage problem

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 12/22/2016

In fairness to Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, he also has his valid and practical reasons for making the South Road Properties (SRP) the temporary transfer station of the mountainous garbage of the city. Last Tuesday, I…

City Hall eyes emergency measures on SRP trash dump

Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/21/2016

While Cebu City’s garbage dump is getting larger out there at the South Road Properties (SRP), officials have finally found a way to address the rising problem which entered its fifth day on Wednesday. City Hall has…

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