WHAT’S IN A NAME?

John Carlo Villaruel, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

A dumpsite by any other name would still smell as awful. Cebu City continues to dump garbage at the SRP lot It’s been three days since Cebu City started dumping its garbage, averaging 500 tons per day,…

The SRP as a dumpsite

Ricky Poca 12/19/2016

The issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan by the Court of Appeals against the Cebu City government that effectively ordered the closure of the Inayawan landfill came weeks after Environment Secretary Gina Lopez wanted it closed due…

Osmeña considers Kalunasan as new city jail site

Inna Mejia 11/17/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city government has yet to find a suitable site for a new jail facility. The mayor said this after Councilor Joel Garganera questioned his plan of converting the Inayawan landfill…

City dads turn to LTO, DOTC in regulating habal-habal

Margarette Managaytay 11/05/2016

Two Cebu City councilors are asking the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) about their stand on the proposed ordinance regulating “habal-habal” motorcycles in the city streets. The Committee on Laws,…

No compromise deal on Inayawan landfill closure

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2016

NO compromise agreement was reached on the timetable and plans for the closure of the Inayawan landfill. Despite their earlier disinterest in sitting down with each other, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Councilor Joel Garganera met…

Kids go trick-or-treating at Cebu City Hall

Morexette Erram 10/28/2016

Several Cebu City councilors adorned their offices with fake cobwebs, lights and pumpkins as they celebrated Halloween yesterday by inviting children for a trick or treat. Some of them started to assemble their gimmicks along the lobbies…

DSWD’s call: We need more donations for 1.3M Lawin victims

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/27/2016

A CALL for donations in cash and in kind has been sounded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the more than a million people affected by Supertyphoon Lawin in the northern areas of…

A better way of dealing with garbage

Editorial 10/27/2016

The ongoing hearings on the Inayawan landfill site dispute at the Court of Appeals stand in stark contrast to Mandaue City Hall’s impending transfer of its dumpsite from Umapad to Casili and show just how far removed…

Difficult road seen for P10M anapog proposal at Cebu City Council

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2016

CHANCES of the Cebu City Council’s approval on the P10 million proposal to buy anapog (limestone) for the Inayawan landfill looks bleak. Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera said he is not bent on endorsing the approval of…

‘Cebu City can learn from Mandaue on enforcing plastic ban’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/25/2016

CEBU City can perhaps learn a thing or two from Mandaue City on how to enforce a citywide plastic ban. So said Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera who went to a shopping mall in Mandaue City and…

Osmeña, Garganera argue landfill case before CA

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2016

In an awaited face off, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera finally went head to head before the Court of Appeals (CA) yesterday over a core environmental issue that has long been…

City Hall, landfill opponents told to submit position papers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2016

The Court of Appeals (CA) ordered contending parties to submit their position papers on the petition for a Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) on the Inayawan Landfill within 15 days for resolution by justices on the case.…

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