Trump and the US elections

Ricky Poca 11/07/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña in the latest news reports said he would dump the garbage of the city in the SRP (South Road Properties), at the City Hall’s legislative building or at Plaza Independencia if the…

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…

City Hall wants P124M budget for garbage disposal

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/31/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña sought a P102 million budget that will go to outsourcing heavy equipment and dump trucks for the city’s garbage collection and disposal next year. The mayor also asked for P22 million in…

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…

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…

Tom entertains offers from landfill operators

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is open to entertaining offers from other landfill operators that can accommodate at least 600 tons of the city’s garbage daily, the latest of which came from Talisay City Mayor Eduardo Gullas.…

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…

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…

Unavoidable closure

Editorial 10/23/2016

It only took a few hours’ visit by Environment secretary Gina Lopez to order the closure of the Inayawan landfill, something which opponents like City Councilor Joel Garganera and the rest of his allies in the City…

Cebu City continues use of Inayawan landfill amid closure order

Nestle L. Semilla 10/22/2016

THE Cebu City government will continue to use the Inawayan Sanitary Landfill and will dump garbage it collects there. This despite the order of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secrertary Gina Lopez closing down the…

City builds a shortcut to the Inayawan landfill from SRP

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/22/2016

CEBU City Hall is constructing a new bridge-like access into the Inayawan landfill from the Mambaling side of the South Road Properties (SRP). In order to avoid costs, the city will use its spare culverts to form…

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…

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