Nature cannot wait 

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 02/20/2020

Local governments in Cebu and the rest of the country are hard-pressed to respond to the plastics pollution crisis which has long-term consequences to the health of the planet and the people. The city of San Fernando…

Everyone should have road map to zero waste – Ramos

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette Erram 09/07/2016

Those affected by the Inayawan Landfill can file administrative complaints against the Cebu City government if they feel that their right to a safe and clean environment is violated. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources…

The road to zero waste

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 09/04/2016

The stench emanating from the Inayawan landfill is Page One news again. Students wore masks in their classrooms as the odor was unbearable. Cebu Daily News reported that the city is now being investigated for violations of…

Inayawan dumpsite raises health alarm

Morexette Erram 08/21/2016

On a humid afternoon last August 16, Cheryl Oguimas and her grandchild, Jerry, were sleeping on a bamboo bed outside their house in a place called “White Road” in Barangay Inayawan when a swarm of huge, black…

Then and now

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/14/2016

Any news about Inayawan landfill — whether about it operating beyond its carrying capacity, its closure or re-opening — makes me sigh, because of countless opportunities lost through the decades of inaction and apathy. Inayawan is symbolic…

Cebu readies province waste plan

07/18/2016

CEBU province has not enforced a solid waste management plan since 2005 as required under Section 16 of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Baltazar Tribunalo Jr.…

‘Basura pa more’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 02/14/2016

Mindfully Greenie Forgive the adoption of the famous Aldub lingo. It’s borne out of an  exasperation of the way we still don’t face our role in this gargantuan issue  in our throw-away society. We still have to…

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