CEBU, PHILIPPINES — Cebu City Councilor Harry Eran is urging the city government to immediately assess the structural integrity and environmental condition of the Binaliw Sanitary Landfill after a Senate inquiry identified the facility as among the country’s most...
CEBU, PHILIPPINES — As floodwaters inundated rivers and streets across several Cebu City barangays yesterday, some residents were caught throwing garbage into swollen waterways, underscoring the city’s persistent struggle with improper waste disposal even as it grapples with a...
CEBU, PHILIPPINES — The deadly collapse of Binaliw landfill, which claimed the lives of 36 waste workers and a volunteer rescuer, was not an unforeseeable accident but the result of long-ignored warnings and systemic failures in the country’s solid...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — A taxpayer filed before the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas a complaint against the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR-7) officials, accusing them of gross negligence and corruption for...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival has again postponed the imposition of fines under the no-segregation-no-collection (NSNC) policy, indefinitely deferring enforcement after the deadly Binaliw landfill slide left the city without a stable disposal site. The...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Despite objections from residents and environmental advocates, the Cebu City Council has formally urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) Region 7 to accelerate remedial measures and compliance actions to allow...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival is banking on Prime Integrated Waste Solutions’ bid to reopen the Binaliw landfill, even through interim cells first, admitting that the city’s current garbage disposal scheme is “unsustainable.” “For now...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has assured immediate assistance and access to benefits for injured workers and the families of those who died in the Binaliw landfill tragedy in Cebu City, following the...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a proposed resolution seeking a Senate investigation into the country’s solid waste management system following the collapse of the Binaliw landfill in Cebu City, on January 8, which claimed the...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered a nationwide review and inspection of all operating sanitary landfills following the deadly landfill collapse in Binaliw, Cebu. The move signals an openness to amending...
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