Daanbantayan town to launch ‘Basura Mo, Bigas Ko’ program on June 24

Doris C. Bongcac 06/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The municipality of Daanbantayan in northern Cebu is launching on Monday, June 24, 2019, its “Basura Mo, Bigas Ko” program, which aims to encourage town residents to collect transparent plastic bottles stuffed with…

Outgoing execs: New Mandaue, Cebu leaders should realize Binaliw landfill’s importance

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/17/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Mandaue City may also stink should the waste treatment facility in Barangay Binaliw in Cebu City closes. Acting Mayor Carlo Pontico Fortuna, in a press conference on Monday, June 17, said he was…

Gwen, Labella consider Aloguinsan landfill to dump Metro Cebu’s garbage

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the recent closure of the Consolacion landfill, Metro Cebu is now looking for alternative places to dump its garbage. For Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia, the immediate solution is 61 kilometers away from Cebu…

Mandaue dads to hold emergency session on Thursday to tackle garbage woes

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/08/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Council will hold an emergency session on Thursday morning, May 9, to decide on a proposal to transfer the disposal of the city’s garbage to the landfill facility in Barangay…

German chases passenger who threw trash out of van

/INQ.net 04/14/2019

MANILA, Philippines — A German narrated that he went after a van passenger who threw a plastic bag of rubbish outside the vehicle’s window. Frank Schuengel, an e-commerce executive, said he was aboard his bicycle on the…

Cabrera warns residents, businesses of penalties for throwing wastes into Cebu City rivers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Overwhelmed by the volume of garbage which they collected from this morning’s Guadalupe River clean up, the Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources (Cenro) is now considering the possibility of filing charges against anyone…

Guadalupe River Clean Up: Too much garbage, very few volunteers

Delta Derycka Letigio 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The third and last leg of the Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office’s (Cenro) massive river clean up did not gather as much support as expected. Nida Cabrera, Cenro head, said that of the…

Cebu City gov’t urged: Address garbage collection issue for safety of public celebrating Sinulog

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 01/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government should address the issue of garbage collection for the Sinulog activities because this could be a possible security threat to the public. Senior Superintendent Royina Garma, Cebu City Police…

DGS had eyes private landfill for Cebu City’s trash

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of General Services (DGS) is now eyeing to hire the services of a private owned landfill to cut costs on hauling and collecting Cebu City’s garbage. DGS chief Ronald Malacora said…

Take back your garbage ASAP, South Korea told

Inquirer.net 11/15/2018

An environmental advocacy group on Thursday urged the government of South Korea to “act decisively” in ensuring the speedy return of tons of garbage it dumped into the country. At a peaceful protest held on Thursday outside…

Cleanup gathers 500 sacks of garbage

PR 11/02/2018

A TOTAL of 500 sacks of garbage, estimated at 3.7 metric tons, were collected by the employee-volunteers of of Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc. (TCPI) and Solid Earth Development Corp. (SEDC) during the 10th year edition of the…

Centro Police: More disciplined cemetery visitors this year

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/02/2018

The Centro police station in Mandaue City has observed that cemetery visitors were more disciplined this year.  Police Chief Insp. Aldrin Villacampa, station chief, said they only confiscated spatula and scissors used in cleaning graves during the…

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