MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines—Over 400 volunteers beat the sunrise on Friday morning, February 22, to participate in the clean-up drive at the Butuanon River in Mandaue City as part of the simultaneous river clean-up in 10 rivers in Central Visayas. Among the 400 are six Opao Elementary School students and Supreme Student Government (SSG) officers … Continue reading Kids joined clean up →

Authorities shut down a large-scale piggery in San Fernando town,  southeastern Cebu after it was caught in the act of directly discharging untreated livestock waste into the sea. The piggery was caught in a joint operation conducted by the central offices of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and the National Bureau of … Continue reading A Foul Stench in the Sea →

CEBU CITY, Philippines – 50 kilograms of stingrays, or locally known as pagi, were recovered by inspectors from the Cebu City Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) at the Pasil Fish Market on Wednesday afternoon, February 27, 2019. Doctor Alice Utlang, Cebu City Veterinarian and chief of DVMF, said the common stingrays were still … Continue reading Stingrays Confiscated in Pasil →

Yes, the biggest problem Cebu City faces today is uncollected garbage made worse by the closure by the Department of Environment (DENR) of the Cebu City Sanitary Landfill. This has never happened to Cebu in the past. More than 20 years ago, I was the chairman of the Infrastructure and Utilities Committee (IUC) of the … Continue reading Garbage problem →

SRP , one of the biggest area which is reclaimed in cebu. It is well visited by people who passes by from places like mambaling and also in talisay access roads. But what is the downside to this reclaimed area , well it could be pollution and not just one but many forms of pollution … Continue reading Srp is irredeemable →