President Marcos has thanked Japan for promptly deploying a team of experts during the weeks-long fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill. Marcos noted Japan’s immediate deployment of technical experts to help address the incident in his opening remarks during the bilateral meeting with Prime...
DAVAO CITY – The death toll from the sanitary landfill slide in Barangay New Carmen here on May 20 has climbed to two, while one person remains missing, authorities reported Wednesday. Rescuers recovered the body of "Luisa," 78, a resident of Purok 8, who was believed to have been buried during...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government is working to comply with corrective measures ordered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources following a deadly landslide at the New Carmen Sanitary Landfill in Tugbok District and assured residents that garbage collection services will...
The Davao City Sanitary Landfill is now facing possible suspension after a trash slide on May 20 left one person dead, two injured, and two others missing, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. The DENR said it has pushed the local government to accelerate...
President Marcos has assured communities affected by the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill that there will be no repeat of the incident that affected residents in Malabon and Obando, Bulacan. During his visit in Obando on Thursday, May 21, to lead the distribution of government assistance,...
DAVAO CITY – Search and rescue operations are ongoing for two individuals who went missing after the sanitary landfill slide in Barangay New Carmen, Tugbok District on Wednesday afternoon, which also left one person dead and two others injured. The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) identified the...
Air quality around the Navotas Sanitary Landfill has significantly improved following last month’s fire incident, but water quality monitoring near the facility yielded “not good” results, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Monday, May 11. The DENR said...
A month after the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill reportedly broke out, all monitored areas in Metro Manila recorded “good” air quality levels for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Sunday, May 10. Citing PM2.5 data as of...
The Navotas City government has intensified efforts to contain the fire at the old landfill, with responders working round the clock despite difficult terrain slowing progress. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)–Japan Disaster Response Expert Team (JDR), in its exit briefing,...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has done daily monitoring of satellite data since the Navotas landfill fire reportedly broke out on 10 April 2026. Coinciding with reports on Tuesday (28 April) that significant progress has been made in suppressing the fire, satellite data shows that nitrogen...
Satellite data from the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) shows that nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) levels over Metro Manila have fallen below pre-fire readings for two consecutive days. PhilSA said in a statement on Wednesday, April 29, that the latest data coincided with reports on Tuesday, April 28,...
The smoke drifting across Metro Manila from the recent Navotas landfill fire is a clear warning sign. The number of incidents linked to sanitary landfills, from persistent fires to catastrophic collapses, underscores a system under considerable strain. These events are not isolated incidents but...
