Vol. XX No. 1009 • Dumaguete City, Philippines • October 13 - October 19, 2019 • P15.00 Bayawan
Something interesting is brewing in Bayawan City. Bayawan Mayor Pryde Henry Teves and a group called the Talarak Foundation have signed a deal to establish a zoo for flora and fauna that are endemic to Negros Island.
of the Talarak Foundation, said they have chosen Danapa Eco Park, owned by the City of Bayawan, as the site of “Noah’s Ark”. “This has long been my dream to establish a place where people could see [in Bayawan] endemic animals such as the Negros Spotted Deer, the Visayan Warty Pig, Bleeding Heart Pigeon and other animals,” Mayor Teves said.
The goal of this project, he said, is to repopulate the species of endangered animals in Negros Island, while promoting eco-tourism. The Talarak Foundation expressed gratitude to Mayor Teves for his trust in them to help in the development and growth of Bayawan City. (Bayawan PIO)
Dino Gutierez, president
‘Noah’s Ark’ to rise in
Mayor Felipe Remollo inspects the Dumaguete dumpsite in barangay Candau-ay, following the decision of the local government to continue using it until an alternative location can be found that could contain the City’s garbage output of 40 tons or about 1,000 kilos per day. (Photo by Dems Demecillo)
Empowering people through information
Dgte dumpsite reopens, for now
Segregate your waste. This is the appeal of the City of Dumaguete to its residents, in an effort to reduce the volume of trash to be collected.
Segregating garbage from the home means simply separating the wet from the dry wastes, so that the dry (like plastics, bottles, and paper) can be recycled; and the wet waste (like fruit peelings
and food refuse) can be composted right in our backyards. Segregaring garbage from the home also reduces waste that need to be collected and thrown “away” at landfills and public dumpsites. The Dumaguete City dumpsite in barangay Candau-ay, which agents of the National Bureau of Investigation closed last week, has been reopened, while the City is rushing to finish the new Materials Recovery Facility in another site wit hin the barangay.
Bayawan Mayor Pryde Henry Teves (right) shakes the hand of Dino Gutierrez of the Talarak Foundation after the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement that will allow the Foundation to put up a “Noah’s Ark” in Bayawan City, featuring endemic and endangered wildlife of Negros Oriental. (Photo by Bayawan PIO)
MRF site is still 30 percent complete, even as the Department of Environment & Natural Resources has approved the Safe Closure &Rehabilitation Plan of the existing dumpsite.
The alternative
In a meeting at the house of Mayor Felipe Remollo last week, City Department heads briefed barangay officials on the ongoing construction of the Central MRF, and eventually the sanitary landfill, in the newly-purchased eight-hectare lot.
It was learned that the City will finally close the dumpsite once the MRF and sanitary landfill shall have been completed and operational.
He urged the City’s legal team to study possible criminal and administrative charges against the NBI-Manila agents that embarrassed the City government for having been caught flat-footed. The operation of the agents
from NBI Manila was carried out in secret that even the local NBI said they had no prior knowledge about it.
Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova said that even if the President of the country himself comes and and orders the closure of the dumpsite, it cannot be done instantly as there are processes to be followed. The City Council, meanwhile,
is trying to find acceptable explanations as well as concrete counter-actions on the operation of the NBI agents from Manila that led to the arrest of 10 of the City’s garbage collectors and drivers. The City Council passed a
resolution during Wednesday’s regular session condemning the incident, even as Councilor Joe Kenneth Arbas moved to ask for a Senate inquiry on the incident, considering that NBI-Manila is involved.
Though later released on recognizance to Mayor Remollo, the garbage collectors and drivers are now facing charges in court. Councilor Karissa Faye Tolentino-Maxino said it would be best to call for an investigation to study the possible filing of administrative and criminal cases, adding that while the NBI agents could just be doing their jobs, they acted in excess of their authority. Council members stressed that uncollected garbage becomes a bigger problem due to a possible spread of diseases, especially with the onset of the rainy season. The application of the City for an Environmental Compliance Certificate for the sanitary landfill is pending with the DENR, so the local government continues to operate a “controlled” dumpsite. (Juancho Gallarde)
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