(MANILA BULLETIN) House Minority Leader 1-RIDER Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez has urged Filipinos to employ the grade school approach when it comes to helping the government solve the flood problem. What Gutierrez means by this is Filipinos should...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "severe disregard for human rights" a barangay (village) ordinance in Bangued, Abra that proposed "execution or death penalty" for the third offense of illegal garbage dumping. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance and the subsequent posting...
BANGUED, Abra – Six officials of Barangay Calaba here were suspended for 90 days over a controversial notice showing an image of a gun as a penalty for those who disobey a rule on dumping garbage. A NOTICE in Bangued, Abra shows the punishments for dumping garbage. The notice was...
A garbage bin overflows with mixed trash thrown by visitors of the popular Grotto of the Our Lady of Lourdes in Bulacan. (photo: EcoWaste Coalition) Environmental watchdog EcoWaste Coalition has expressed concern over the huge trail of garbage left in some of the roads leading to, and even...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government is hounded by the issue of heaps of garbage on the main road going to the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan here. But the city government said that these are recyclable materials from junk shops. A GARBAGE truck arrives at the sanitary landfill in...
Deputy Speaker Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar's office) Even garbage collectors and their fellow waste workers should enjoy protecting by law, especially when it comes to healthcare. One potential...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Several residents here have complained that their garbage has not been collected for weeks. A TRUCK from a private volunteer collects garbage from different areas in Cagayan de Oro City on January 16, 2023. The city government has tapped private entities to...
The Pasig City local government promised a more efficient garbage collection system to its citizens on Tuesday, July 4, following inquiries from Pasigueños about the changes in its collection schedule brought about by the city's change of garbage contractor. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said that...
The Marikina City local government announced a new garbage collection schedule for the Holy Week. Garbage in Barangays Nangka, Parang, Fortune, and parts of Concepcion Uno (Green Heights Subdivision Phase 1 and 2, Fairlane Subdivision, Kingsway Subdivision, L. Diwa, Benedicto Compound, Twinville...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez thanked the city’s 16 barangay chairpersons for their pivotal role in solving the garbage pileup caused by the transition from the old to the new garbage hauling contractor this year. Olivarez on Tuesday, Jan 24, assured the city residents that the city...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government has assured continuous garbage collection after the current garbage collector’s contract expires on Jan. 31. CUENCA Engr. Armen Cuenca, City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office (CLENRO) head, said they will again tap the vehicles and drivers...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez told residents and establishments to follow the schedule of garbage collection to avoid being penalized. Olivarez made the announcement on Wednesday, Jan. 18, after the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) issued a schedule of Metrowaste garbage...
