ANGELES CITY – Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepo-muceno has asked his former ally-turned-critic, Balibago Barangay Captain Rodelio “Tony” Mamac, to remit some P2.36 million to the city government as fees for garbage collected since August 2007.
Nepomuceno, in a statement, disclosed that Mamac had yet to remit P1,980,032 million in garbage fees between August 2007 and December 2008. For the first quarter this year, Barangay Balibago posted 476.71 tons of wastes amounting to P381,368, it added.
Mamac, in a phone interview yesterday, said he and other village chiefs “had no knowledge of owing the city such huge debts.” He questioned the timing of the disclosure that they had incurred debts, saying that “is not the real issue.”
“The issue is how come the city has some P60 million in debt to the sanitary landfill in Capas,” said Mamac.
He also asked Nepomuceno to explain the P1,000 environmental fee the city government charges each business entity in Balibago.
“Where is that fee going? Why are we now embroiled in debts?” asked Mamac. He added that he has documents showing that the city charges the said fees.
Mamac asked the city government to face him and other village chiefs who allegedly have debts in an open forum to “once and for all clear the controversies surrounding the problem on garbage and fees.”
He said “they could have been lying because I was not the village chief yet in August 2007.”
Balibago had disposed 2,475.04 tons of garbage at the City Material Recovery Facility (MRF) between August 2007 and December 2008. For 19 months, Barangay Balibago did not pay its obligations to the city government amid the deteriorating condition of the business district, the statement said.
Records showed that at least 29 barangays failed to remit a total of P22,290,735 million during the same period.
City Administrator Mark Allen Sison noted that from 180 tons of garbage being collected daily in the city the number had been reduced to 80 tons per day due to “recycling and segregation.”
Sison has said that “only segregated wastes will be accepted at the MRF.”
Sison appealed to the city barangays to assist the city government in paying its arrears to the Metro Clark Waste Management Corporation (MCWMC). The barangays had been urged to remit their garbage collections to the city government in time.
The city government incurred some P60 million debt from the MCWMC.
“The city government had been quite successful in its recycling and segregation efforts,” said Sison. He noted that the barangays will sustain the move to minimize wastes.
Critics flayed Mamac for putting aside the garbage problem in Balibago.
“Nagawa po niyang magpagawa ng napakagandang barangay hall pero hindi niya maresolba ang problema sa basura,” they said.
Nepomuceno, in a statement, disclosed that Mamac had yet to remit P1,980,032 million in garbage fees between August 2007 and December 2008. For the first quarter this year, Barangay Balibago posted 476.71 tons of wastes amounting to P381,368, it added.
Mamac, in a phone interview yesterday, said he and other village chiefs “had no knowledge of owing the city such huge debts.” He questioned the timing of the disclosure that they had incurred debts, saying that “is not the real issue.”
“The issue is how come the city has some P60 million in debt to the sanitary landfill in Capas,” said Mamac.
He also asked Nepomuceno to explain the P1,000 environmental fee the city government charges each business entity in Balibago.
“Where is that fee going? Why are we now embroiled in debts?” asked Mamac. He added that he has documents showing that the city charges the said fees.
Mamac asked the city government to face him and other village chiefs who allegedly have debts in an open forum to “once and for all clear the controversies surrounding the problem on garbage and fees.”
He said “they could have been lying because I was not the village chief yet in August 2007.”
Balibago had disposed 2,475.04 tons of garbage at the City Material Recovery Facility (MRF) between August 2007 and December 2008. For 19 months, Barangay Balibago did not pay its obligations to the city government amid the deteriorating condition of the business district, the statement said.
Records showed that at least 29 barangays failed to remit a total of P22,290,735 million during the same period.
City Administrator Mark Allen Sison noted that from 180 tons of garbage being collected daily in the city the number had been reduced to 80 tons per day due to “recycling and segregation.”
Sison has said that “only segregated wastes will be accepted at the MRF.”
Sison appealed to the city barangays to assist the city government in paying its arrears to the Metro Clark Waste Management Corporation (MCWMC). The barangays had been urged to remit their garbage collections to the city government in time.
The city government incurred some P60 million debt from the MCWMC.
“The city government had been quite successful in its recycling and segregation efforts,” said Sison. He noted that the barangays will sustain the move to minimize wastes.
Critics flayed Mamac for putting aside the garbage problem in Balibago.
“Nagawa po niyang magpagawa ng napakagandang barangay hall pero hindi niya maresolba ang problema sa basura,” they said.
