Inayawan wins Rampada dance tilt

Norman V. Mendoza 04/25/2016

THE Inayawan Dance Company and Barangay Babag emerged as champions in the just-concluded Rampada Dance Contest of Lapu-Lapu City yesterday. The Inayawan Dance Company of Cebu City won the P250,000 top prize and a trophy in the…

Man shot and killed inside Inayawan internet cafe

Chito O. Aragon 04/01/2016

CEBU CITY–A 30-year-old man was killed after he was shot by a still unidentified gunman while inside an Internet cafe in Sitio Cactus, Barangay Inayawan in Cebu City past 5 a.m. on Friday. Gerlo Valencia died from…

Trike driver dies in Inayawan fire

Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon, Marc Eric Cosep 12/17/2015

A 67-YEAR-OLD trisikad driver was killed after he got trapped in his burning house in barangay Inayawan, Cebu City last Tuesday night. Police said a lighted candle may have caused the fire that struck the house of…

School owner’s house razed in Cebu City fire

Chito O. Aragon 10/29/2015

A TWO-STORY house was razed by fire in barangay Inayawan, Cebu City. An unplugged appliance may have caused the fire that struck the house of Clarita Dacua.  Fire damage was pegged at P100,000. “We are all fine…

Landfill settlers ask: ‘Where do we go?’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/20/2015

City Hall tears down houses; displaced families asked to leave Inayawan school The Cebu city government yesterday demolished houses and other structures near the piles of trash at the closed Inayawan landfill. A day before, families who…

Fire hits Inayawan

05/19/2015

A fire broke out in a residential area in sitio Lomboy, barangay Inayawan at 11 a.m. today. At least 12 houses were razed to the ground while four other houses were damaged. The Cebu City Fire Department…

Cebu city mayor weighs unsolicited proposal to rehabilitate 15-hectare landfill

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Marites Villamor Ilano 04/28/2015

INVEST IN DUMPSITE?   Area to be fenced  after families evacuated from  Inayawan First, the Inayawan landfill was closed in mid-January. Then, it was cleared of settlers. Next is a proposal to fence the property. All this…

Landfill settlers ask: Where do we go after Friday deadline?

04/22/2015

With five pigs and one goat to keep him company, 71-year-old scavenger Felix Banua sat glumly outside his shanty at the Inayawan landfill and pondered on where he and his family would go next. “Sige gyud mi…

DENR asks City Hall for Inayawan rehab plan

Melissa Q. Cabahug 04/22/2015

The Inayawan landfill was finally closed in mid-January by City Hall, but where’s the  closure and rehabilitation plan? The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has again asked Cebu City to submit its  closure and rehabilitation…

Garbage landslide threat

04/16/2015

A report about the imminent danger of a “garbage landslide” faced by around 70 families living at the  Inayawan landfill brings to mind  the July 11, 2000 Payatas tragedy. At least 300 people were buried under a…

Rama targets developing Inayawan landfill site for residential, commercial dev’t

Marian Z. Codilla 04/16/2015

Is the sudden relocation of informal settlers in nearby Inayawan landfill in preparation for the multi-billion mixed-use development project in the city waste site? Though Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the relocation is meant to prevent…

Mayor’s order: Evacuate all settlers within 24 hours

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/16/2015

No relocation site is ready yet. None of the 70 families living in the Inayawan landfill have been evaluation  for social housing or briefed about the terms. Nevertheless Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, back from an official…

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