‘Does City Hall have rehab, closure plans for landfill?’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/02/2016

Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera wants to know if Cebu City Hall has post-closure and rehabilitation plans for the Inayawan landfill more than a month after it reopened. Garganera, who heads the committee on environment, wants both…

Where Cebu City’s wastes go

08/02/2016

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…

Tomas to lease five dump trucks to collect garbage

07/08/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he plans to lease five dump trucks to augment his administration’s garbage collection efforts. He said the dump trucks will be leased 24/7 and the supplier would provide the driver and…

P250K saved daily with landfill reopening

07/07/2016

THE Cebu City government has saved at least P250,000 a day on tipping fees alone with the reopening of the Inayawan sanitary landfill. John Paul Gelasque, Department of Public Services head, said that with the average daily…

Waste segregation now a must

Editorial 07/05/2016

Now that the Inayawan landfill is “open for business” again, the enforcement of the “no segregation, no collection” policy/ordinance of the Cebu City government is not only critical but should be a public mandate for every city…

‘NO SEGREGATION, NO COLLECTION’

Nestle L. Semilla 06/29/2016

A notice to Cebu City residents: if you do not segregate your garbage, it will not be collected. Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña made the strict enforcement of the city’s existing “no segregation, no collection” policy…

Inayawan landfill reopening July 5

06/28/2016

THE Inayawan landfill will reopen next Tuesday after Cebu City Hall complied with the requirements for its reopening set by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña said she and outgoing Cebu City…

Inayawan landfill to open this week

Nestle L. Semilla 06/28/2016

Outgoing Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera confirmed that the Inayawan sanitary landfill will be reopened anytime this week. She said the Cebu City government complied with requirements set by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) to reopen the…

Inayawan landfill remains closed

Nestle L. Semilla, Rabboni Centino Borbon 06/22/2016

Cebu City gov’t to comply with EMB requirements before reopening site Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña said yesterday that the Inayawan sanitary landfill would remain closed until the city government could comply with the Department of…

Cebu City gov’t to reopen Brgy. Inayawan landfill

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 06/17/2016

Councilor Cabrera: City can reopen landfill without EMB-7’s permission Whether the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) 7 give their permission or not, the Cebu City government will still re-open the sanitary landfill at…

Inayawan landfill may open next week, Margot says

Nestle L. Semilla 06/16/2016

The Inayawan landfill site may open next week to accommodate the 300 tons of garbage discharged by the city every month. In yesterday’s press conference, Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña told reporters that work on reopening…

Costly garbage disposal

Editorial 06/07/2016

Incoming Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s declaration that the arrangement between the outgoing administration and private landfill operator Asia Energy Systems Corp. based in Consolacion town is illegal makes us wonder how he will deal with the…

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