Turn your garbage into gold, or in this case, turn it into a can of sardines. Agapita “Pita” Eking, a 54-year-old mother of six, received a pleasant surprise from the city’s garbage collectors yesterday when they handed…
Officials of Barangay Kamputhaw in Cebu City refuted the allegations raised by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña about the uncollected garbage in their area. Kamputhaw Barangay Chairman Trifonio Lequigan Jr. said the photos of uncollected garbage along…
BUSINESS establishments in Mandaue City are warned not to indiscriminately dump their trash outside their buildings and along the streets, or they would be fined or even possibly lose their business permits. Araceli Barlam, City Environment and…
Residents of Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City have complained against the foul smell of garbage emanating from a private lot used by the city to dump tons of trash. The lot, owned by Maviche Hauling Services, sits beside…
It must have grated Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s nerves to have to appear in a City Council session like any other common resource person to explain his budget for garbage collection and disposal to the council…
The Cebu City government will file a petition asking the Court of Appeals (CA) to allow the use of the Inayawan landfill at Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City as a temporary dumping site until the administration can find…
In fairness to Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, he also has his valid and practical reasons for making the South Road Properties (SRP) the temporary transfer station of the mountainous garbage of the city. Last Tuesday, I…
TRASH transformed into haute couture pieces, set in an imaginary dystopian world took centerstage at the Aboitiz Green Fashion Revolution. Now on its fifth year, the competition has been challenging students in Cebu-based schools to create trashion…
Cebu City ends leniency on those who fail to segregate Mounds of stinking garbage are reported in many Cebu City barangays, and when the rain pours, rivers of floodwater rise in the metropolis, at times carrying the…
Cebu City Hall still owes the owner of the private landfill in Consolacion as well as private haulers for services rendered earlier this year. According to Cebu City Councilor Margarita Osmeña, who had a brief stint as…
A two-part report in Cebu Daily News on the state of Cebu City’s garbage problem showed three factors that contributed to its current condition: lack of trucks and personnel, lack of discipline in implementing a genuine waste…
Inayawan landfill reopened as city gives waste segregation another go Conclusion Amid challenges of lack of garbage trucks and unpaid salaries of some garbage collectors, the new administration of the Cebu City government started fully implementing the…
