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The deadly collapse of Binaliw landfill, which claimed the lives of 36 waste workers and a volunteer rescuer, was not an unforeseeable accident but the result of long-ignored warnings and systemic failures in the country's solid waste management system, senators said on Monday as they opened an inquiry into the tragedy.
Motorists will face another round of steep fuel price hikes starting today, Tuesday, with diesel and kerosene registering double-digit increases due to the continuing conflict in the Middle East, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday.
The Mandaue City Council has approved on third and final reading an ordinance mandating the annual appropriation of funds for the Basic Education Solid Waste Management Program in all Department of Education (DepEd) schools in the city.
After Talamban Elementary School successfully piloted Cebu City’s student-led waste diversion program earlier this month, the initiative expanded to two more public schools with the formal launch of “Basura Namo, Kaugmaon Nato” yesterday, July 20.
The Cebu City government has joined other local government units (LGUs) in Cebu Province in formally adopting the Revised Protocol for the Case Management of Child Victims of Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, and Discrimination (CANE+D).





