CITY NOT READY TO CLOSE INAYAWAN LANDFILL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is now under pressure to make a decision on whether or not to close the 17-year-old Inayawan sanitary landfill. With Environment Secretary Gina Lopez saying she wants the landfill closed, Osmeña admitted…

It’s up to court, Osmeña on Lopez’s comment to close the Inayawan landfill

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña issued statement after Environment Secretary Gina Lopez suggested to have the Inayawan Landfill closed. “I cannot disobey the law. But the issue is pending in court. I don’t think she can close…

Tomas to attend court hearing on landfill

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/19/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will appear at the Court of Appeals (CA) next Monday in relation to the hearing on the petition for a temporary environmental protection order (TEPO) against the city’s operation of the Inayawan…

Villages still adjusting to garbage schedule

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/17/2016

SOME Cebu City barangays still collected and dumped garbage in designated areas within the day despite the new garbage collection schedule implemented by the Department of Public Services (DPS). “No matter how much we informed the barangays…

Hard pressed for resolution

Editorial 10/14/2016

With the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling favorably on the Writ of Kalikasan yet holding off on issuing a Temporary Environment Restraining Order (Tepo), the onus of resolving the debate over the Inayawan landfill’s fate is again…

Inayawan Landfill CA urges parties to settle amicably

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/12/2016

No Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) was issued during yesterday’s summary hearing for the application of a TEPO in connection with the Writ of Kalikasan which the Court of Appeals issued for the Inayawan Landfill. Instead, the…

Dumpsite redevelopment

10/11/2016

It seemed as if Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is looking beyond the Inayawan landfill for a solution to the city’s garbage problem if one were to base that on his pronouncement last week. The mayor told…

Osmeña eyes conversion of landfill into golf course

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/07/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is eyeing a golf course to eventually rise on top of the Inayawan landfill. He said the city will continue dumping its wastes in the landfill, which he earlier said is still…

No letup in waste segregation

Editorial 10/03/2016

The initial week-long assessment of Cebu City Hall that half of city residents were unable to practice waste segregation should not be used as an excuse to discontinue nor diminish it as a priority program to resolve…

Senior died at shanty near Inayawan

Dominic D. Yasay 10/02/2016

A SENIOR citizen was found dead inside his shanty near the Inayawan dumpsite at past 6 pm last Saturday. The 68-year-old identified as Angelo Badayos Cabrera died of an unspecified lingering illness, according to his caretaker Bernalie…

Factory worker shot dead

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 09/29/2016

A FACTORY worker was shot on his back at White Road, Barangay Inayawan 10 minutes before noon Thursday. Arnulfo Gadiano was shot twice in the back by a certain Benjamin “Abe” Abellana Jr., whose background remain unknown…

Court solution

Editorial 09/26/2016

The filing of the Writ of Kalikasan by Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera comes as the Cebu City government said it had complied with six of the 13 requirements set by the Department of Environment and Natural…

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