No Time To Waste: A collaboration

Analiza Rebuelta-Teh - @inquirerdotnet 09/03/2022

The Philippines, named as the fourth top waste generator in Southeast Asia and one of the top ocean polluters in the world, is undeniably facing a problem on solid waste management (SWM). This is a result of…

Ecobricks PH starts materials recovery facility in Cebu City upland school

Doris Mae Mondragon 09/01/2021

DALAGUETE, Cebu—Environmental group Ecobricks Philippines is building a materials recovery facility for a public school in the  Cebu City upland community.   The facility, which will be built using ecobricks and reusable materials, is situated at the Binaliw Elementary…

‘THIS IS NOT A DUMPSITE’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/18/2016

It will only be temporary. One month at most. By then, however, at least 5,000 tons of garbage will be sitting in open dumpsites, the size of a small subdivision, at the South Road Properties (SRP). The…

Mandaue to set up MRFs in villages

Norman V. Mendoza 11/22/2016

MANDAUE City will be grouping their 27 barangays into five clusters and will designate a materials recovery facility (MRF) in every cluster in compliance with the Solid Waste Management Act. Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing said only…

200 drug surrenderers register for Lapu’s cash-for-work program

Norman V. Mendoza 10/05/2016

MORE than 200 drug surrenderers from Olango Island have registered for the Lapu-Lapu City government’s cash-for-work program last Saturday. Mayor Paza Radaza visited and spoke to around 400 surrenderers in the island and expressed her gratitude to…

Lapu absorbs hired drug surrenderers

Norman V. Mendoza 09/28/2016

SEVENTEEN drug surrenderers who were hired by the Lapu-Lapu City government to work at the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Lapu-Lapu City will be absorbed by the city government as job order employees. In a press conference…

Work, training, rehab options for drug users

Norman V. Mendoza 08/29/2016

SELF-CONFESSED drug addict Joji Cuizon, 39, says he has been a given an opportunity that he could not pass up. A resident of Barangay Bankal in Lapu-Lapu City, Cuizon used to drive a habal-habal (motorcycle for hire),…

Work for Lapu ‘surrenderers’

Norman V. Mendoza 08/24/2016

THE Lapu-Lapu City government has given work to persons who have surrendered in line with Oplan Tokhang. Initially, 57 have been deployed at the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Barangay Mactan starting last Tuesday. They receive a…

Landfill odor drives away SRP clients

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/21/2016

A LOCAL entrepreneur whose restaurant is located at the South Road Properties (SRP) has expressed concern over the reopening of the Inayawan Landfill, saying it has already affected his business there. Bunny Pages, chairman and CEO of…

Theme park to displace 200 Pakna-an families

Norman V. Mendoza 11/04/2015

A 5-hectare property in barangay Pakna-an, Mandaue City is envisioned to be developed into a theme park, displacing at least 200 families who  occupy the area. The affected families, most of whom depend on  mangroves in the…

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