Lopez: ‘Common good’ must be prioritized in resolving landfill dispute

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/20/2016

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Gina Lopez said Cebu City officials should make decisions based “on the common good” in relation to the Inayawan landfill dispute. “Lahat ng decision should be made with the common good in mind. Kung walang…

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…

Tom invites justices to visit landfill

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/13/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is inviting justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) to join him and visit the Inayawan landfill in an effort to convince them to allow the city to continue using the facility.…

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…

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…

WRIT OF KALIKASAN VS CITY DUMPSITE

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/23/2016

To close or not to close the controversial Inayawan landfill will now be up to the Court of Appeals (CA) to decide. Making good on his promise to sue Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña over alleged violation…

Air quality tests

09/22/2016

If need be, a daily air quality test and/or a weekly/monthly assessment of air quality in the areas surrounding the Inayawan landfill should be done to determine once and for all if it should continue to operate.…

Writ of Kalikasan out this week

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/19/2016

Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera said he will file the petition for a Writ of Kalikasan in court sometime this week in order to compel the city government to close the Inayawan landfill. “I’m not threatening. I…

Argao to close old landfill

Nestle L. Semilla 09/15/2016

The Argao municipal government will close their landfill which their mayor described as similar to the Inayawan landfill in Cebu City. Mayor Stanley Caminero said yesterday that they were closing their landfill in Sitio Lulukhan, Barangay Sia,…

CLOSE INAYAWAN LANDFILL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/12/2016

Can rehabilitation efforts still save the Inayawan landfill in Cebu City? According to the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), it’s about time that the garbage dumpsite is closed and no amount of rehabilitation can make…

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