CITY NOT READY TO CLOSE INAYAWAN LANDFILL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is now under pressure to make a decision on whether or not to close the 17-year-old Inayawan sanitary landfill. With Environment Secretary Gina Lopez saying she wants the landfill closed, Osmeña admitted…

SHUT IT DOWN

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/20/2016

First, there was the stench. Then, there were the flies. This was the scene that greeted Environment Secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez when she visited the Inayawan Landfill located in Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City to see for herself…

Trump’s meltdown

Ricky Poca 10/17/2016

The ongoing presidential debates have taken a turn for the worse for Republican candidate Donald Trump who’s now hounded by the controversy he sowed for himself when some women came out accusing him of sexually harassing them.…

Hard pressed for resolution

Editorial 10/14/2016

With the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling favorably on the Writ of Kalikasan yet holding off on issuing a Temporary Environment Restraining Order (Tepo), the onus of resolving the debate over the Inayawan landfill’s fate is again…

Inayawan Landfill CA urges parties to settle amicably

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/12/2016

No Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) was issued during yesterday’s summary hearing for the application of a TEPO in connection with the Writ of Kalikasan which the Court of Appeals issued for the Inayawan Landfill. Instead, the…

Hearing on TRO against dumpsite on Oct. 24

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/12/2016

The hearing for the issuance of a 72-hour temporary restraining order against the operation of the Inayawan dumpsite is scheduled on Oct. 24. Both the petitioner, who are representing the public affected by the operation of the…

Court solution

Editorial 09/26/2016

The filing of the Writ of Kalikasan by Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera comes as the Cebu City government said it had complied with six of the 13 requirements set by the Department of Environment and Natural…

VIOLATIONS DOWN TO 7

Nestle L. Semilla 09/24/2016

  CEBU CITY officials are working overtime to ensure it stays ahead of the legal battle over the fate of the city’s controversial garbage dumpsite and has corrected almost half of the environmental violations that could force…

WRIT OF KALIKASAN VS CITY DUMPSITE

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/23/2016

To close or not to close the controversial Inayawan landfill will now be up to the Court of Appeals (CA) to decide. Making good on his promise to sue Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña over alleged violation…

Air quality tests

09/22/2016

If need be, a daily air quality test and/or a weekly/monthly assessment of air quality in the areas surrounding the Inayawan landfill should be done to determine once and for all if it should continue to operate.…

Writ of Kalikasan out this week

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/19/2016

Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera said he will file the petition for a Writ of Kalikasan in court sometime this week in order to compel the city government to close the Inayawan landfill. “I’m not threatening. I…

‘Forevermore’ no more in Benguet

05/14/2015

TUBA, Benguet—A popular soap opera series that has put a small farming community here on the tourism map is becoming collateral damage in the fight to protect a forest reservation against destruction feared to be the aftermath…

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