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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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),…
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…
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…
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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