THE catastrophic trash slide at the Binaliw landfill claimed 36 lives, turning a long-simmering local government issue into a human rights tragedy. While the in ...

Now stemming from reports of uncoordinated waste collections, the Cebu City Council continues to confront what officials call a worsening garbage condition in the city, calling upon the heads of the ...

The fatal collapse of a garbage landfill in Cebu has also exposed lax enforcement and poor waste management A deadly garbage avalanche in central Philippines last week, which killed 19 and led to more ...

Every time I pass a pile of garbage on our streets, what I smell is not just rot. I smell system failure. And we keep debating waste management as if we still have the luxury of choosing only elegant ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For years, Cebu’s garbage problem has been discussed in familiar phrases: segregation, composting, discipline, and cleanliness. But lawyer and solid waste advocate Aliko ...