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...
Two individuals were injured when a trailer truck loaded with garbage overturned along the southbound lane of the C5-Bonny Serrano Tunnel in Quezon City shortly after 5 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27, prompting the temporary closure of the tunnel and the rerouting of motorists. The Metropolitan Manila...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya has reminded people to dispose of their garbage properly following a viral video showing four men dumping construction materials in the reclamation area here. The video, widely circulated on social media and shared by Gasataya recently, prompted immediate action...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso welcomed the Supreme Court 's (SC) decision rejecting Las Piñas high school teacher Barry Tayam 's petition urging it to issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Manila 's increased garbage collection fee ordinance. "We welcome...
More than four million metric tons of garbage were generated in the National Capital Region (NCR) in 2025, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Tuesday, Jan. 27. DENR Assistant Secretary and concurrent Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Director Jacqueline Caancan...
BACOLOD CITY - The Bacolod Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) has warned people here against individuals or groups pretending to be garbage collectors and asking for cash donations. BENRO officer-in-charge Allyn Luv Dignadice issued the warning after they received a complaint about a...
CEBU CITY – Officials of a southern town in Cebu are against plans to open their landfill to garbage coming from Cebu City. Minglanila Mayor Rajiv Enad, barangay officials, Sangguniang Kabataan leaders, and thousands of residents are wary of environmental and health impacts if Cebu City dumps its...
The closure of the Navotas Landfill and the transfer of waste disposal operations to San Mateo, Rizal have significantly increased garbage hauling distances, prompting higher collection costs for the Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno" Domagoso said. Domagoso explained that following the...
Several tons of garbage were collected by the Manila City Department of Public Services (DPS) at the Quirino Grandstand during the Pahalik and some parts of the Traslacion route on Friday, Jan. 9. As the Andas of the image of Jesus Nazareno and its devotees left P. Burgos Street on the way to...
BACOLOD CITY – A Luzon-based consortium bagged the two service contracts for this highly urbanized city’s solid waste management operations, amounting to almost P437 million for 2026. The joint venture comprises the International Solid Waste Integrated Management Specialist Inc. (I-SWIMS), a...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) expressed its support for the Department of Energy 's (DOE) waste-to-energy plan aimed at converting the cities ' garbage into fuel, ushering in a new dawn of renewable energy in the National Capital Region (NCR). During a meeting at the Metropolitan Manila...
Dozens of volunteers took part in a massive cleanup drive at Baseco Beach in Tondo, Manila, in observance of the 40th International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) on Saturday, Sept. 20, the Manila Public Information Office (PIO) said. The office said that over 40 sacks of garbage were collected from the...
