Lapu mulls plastic ban

Miguel Ernest E. Ermac 09/27/2017

THE Lapu Lapu City Council may consider enacting a plastics ban ordinance anytime soon. Lapu Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza who has majority control of the council said it is up to the councilors to decide on…

From plastic trash to plastic bag

Morexette Erram 05/01/2017

Trash to treasure” may be a cliché, but what it signifies is really what is direly needed today. For 20-year-old Fine Arts student Marriel Colaljo a native of Naga City, Cebu, her advocacy of saving the earth…

Source: Plastics intended for briquettes

Dominic D. Yasay 02/08/2017

The tons of shredded plastics found dumped in a private lot in Barangay Tingub, Mandaue City, were not garbage but components in making briquettes. This was clarified by “Marco” (real name withheld on his request), who introduced…

Saving Mandaue from Floods and Garbage: The Plastic Bag Ordinance

Dominic D. Yasay 01/02/2017

(CONCLUSION) Mandauehanons share almost the same sentiments on the reinforcement of Ordinance No. 12-2010-562, better known as the Plastic Bag Ordinance. Approved on September 29, 2010 under the administration of then city mayor Jonas Cortes, the decree…

Uncollected Garbage

Lito M. Tecscon 01/02/2017

An unidentified woman passes by uncollected garbage in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City. The city is enforcing a strict plastic ban.…

P3 M worth of properties damaged in three Mandaue fires

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Dominic D. Yasay 01/01/2017

As fireworks illuminated the sky at the start of 2017, fire razed three different areas in Mandaue City, destroying a warehouse and at least 210 homes displacing 450 families. About P3 million worth of properties went up…

The plastic ban ordinance

Dominic D. Yasay 12/31/2016

(PART 1) Saving Mandaue City from floods and garbage It has been four months since the Mandaue City government decided to bring back the muscle of the city-wide prohibition of plastic bags in a bid to address the city’s…

Alcover not giving up on ordinance banning plastic bags in Cebu City

John Carlo Villaruel 12/05/2016

After not getting the approval from the city council regarding the total ban of plastic bags, Cebu City councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. is now thinking of other options as he looks to collect ordinances from other Local…

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…

Plastics ban enforcement

Editorial 08/12/2016

There were reports of two fast-food outlets that were objecting to Mandaue City’s plastics ban ordinance that went into force last month following the flash floods that stranded commuters for hours on end. In a radio interview,…

Waste segregation now a must

Editorial 07/05/2016

Now that the Inayawan landfill is “open for business” again, the enforcement of the “no segregation, no collection” policy/ordinance of the Cebu City government is not only critical but should be a public mandate for every city…

Mandaue businesses back move, say they will comply

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/05/2016

Mandaue-based businesses are concerned about the implications of a city-wide plastic ban on their operations but are willing to comply with the rules nonetheless. Fe Andrino, owner of JG Fat Sari-sari store along C. Ouano Street in…

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