President Marcos assured the public that the government is taking all necessary measures to ensure safety, transparency, and accountability following the deadly collapse of a landfill that killed 19 people in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City. In his speech during a naming and delivery ceremony in Cebu...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city is set to expand its sanitary landfill as it plans to work with the Department of Energy (DOE) to start a waste-to-energy project this year. Mayor Greg Gasataya, who inspected the city 's sanitary landfill in a 30-hectare compound in Barangay Felisa...
Senator Imee Marcos has filed a resolution seeking to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the compliance of sanitary landfills with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, as well as other applicable laws. This was after the deadly collapse of the Binaliw Sanitary Landfill in...
Rescuers detected signs of life in an avalanche of garbage that killed at least four workers and left more than 30 others missing Thursday in Cebu City landfill and plan to intensify search efforts, an official said Saturday. Twelve workers have been rescued with injuries from the huge mound of...
CEBU CITY – The death toll in the landfill collapse in Barangay Binaliw here has increased to four as the search and rescue operations entered the third day on Saturday, Jan. 10. With more than 30 still believed to be trapped under the pile of garbage, Mayor Nestor Archival emphasized that the...
Search and rescue teams were deployed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Cebu City following a landslide at a landfill that killed at least one individual while 38 others were still missing, a ranking official disclosed Friday, Jan. 9. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., acting PNP...
An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings in a landfill in Cebu City, killing one person, injuring a dozen, and leaving 38 others missing, officials said Friday. Dozens of rescuers retrieved 13 people alive overnight and were searching for the missing still...
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...
San Mateo, Rizal Mayor Bartolome "Omie" Rivera Jr. slammed the directive of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) diverting the collected solid wastes of the city of Manila to its New San Mateo Sanitary Landfill (NSMSLF) following the permanent closure of the Navotas Sanitary...
Residents of Saguingan 2 in Barangay San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal, were evacuated after water from a nearby landfill leaked and swept through their community. Rizal Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) OIC Ariel Sales confirmed the residents ' claim that the...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – This province achieved full sanitary landfill coverage after the last two municipalities opened their dumpsites recently. The provincial government led by Gov. Raphaelle Veronica “Rafy” Ortega-David inaugurated the sanitary landfills of Burgos and...
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...