In the midst of all the debate over whether to shut down or keep the Inayawan landfill open, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña somehow noticed how the dumpsite has affected the students of the University of Cebu-Maritime…
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he would not pay the owner of the landfill in Consolacion and the private hauler, who transported the city’s garbage earlier this year. Osmeña, however, challenged them to sue the Cebu…
Cebu City Hall still owes the owner of the private landfill in Consolacion as well as private haulers for services rendered earlier this year. According to Cebu City Councilor Margarita Osmeña, who had a brief stint as…
Council urges closure and moratorium on use of landfill The Cebu City Council yesterday passed a resolution urging Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to close the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill, and a corollary resolution urging a moratorium on…
MOUNTING pollution at the Cebu City landfill in Barangay Inayawan may be abetted if city residents pitched in their share to combat the problem. Environmentalist Vince Cinches, the Oceans Campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia, said Cebu City…
Offering canned sardines in exchange for city residents to bring their garbage to the collectors is an interesting solution offered by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and one that should be supported if only to help reduce…
How to get Cebu City residents to personally turn over their garbage to the collectors? How about giving them canned sardines? Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña disclosed his proposal to reporters, saying this may help the city…
A two-part report in Cebu Daily News on the state of Cebu City’s garbage problem showed three factors that contributed to its current condition: lack of trucks and personnel, lack of discipline in implementing a genuine waste…
Inayawan landfill reopened as city gives waste segregation another go Conclusion Amid challenges of lack of garbage trucks and unpaid salaries of some garbage collectors, the new administration of the Cebu City government started fully implementing the…
Lack of trucks, unpaid salaries of collectors among problems as segregation policy goes full gear Crispina Ingieto, 62, practices waste segregation at home. She keeps two garbage containers for biodegradable and non-biodegrable wastes in her home in…
METRO Cebu and municipal governments should expedite their garbage disposal efforts to avoid worse flooding in the coming months, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. In yesterday’s 2nd quarter Provincial Disaster Risk…
A brand-new amphibious excavator has been deployed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DWPH) 7 to dredge a portion of the Mahiga Creek. The deployment came a few days after Public Works and Highways Secretary…
