ANGELES CITY – A 50-year-old mechanic felt exhausted after seeing piles of garbage strewn at their family’s compound in Barangay Balibago here. The last time he saw someone picked it up was about two weeks ago.
“I had to use my son’s truck to bring the garbage to my farm where I buried it. Looks like I am going to do the routine for many more weeks – or even months,” said a certain Romy who expressed disappointment over the failure of the city government to collect garbage on a regular basis.
In most areas in the city since early June, huge amount of garbage remained uncollected for many weeks due to the failure of Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno to pay the city government’s debt amounting to some P65 million to the Kalangitan landfill in Capas, Tarlac operated by Metro Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWMC).
“We the residents are the ones who suffer most from stinking garbage left all over the place,” said residents of Barangay Amsic. “How come they could not pay the debt with all the money?”
Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting expressed alarm over the failure of Nepomuceno to settle their obligations to the MCWMC. The deadline was set on June 8. She added it “would mean a stinking city filled with waste and garbage as the deadline elapsed.”
Cabigting made rounds in some areas since June 8, disclosing that “garbage of huge amount are everywhere.”
City Administrator Mark Allen Sison, in phone interview yesterday, disclosed that they are set to give partial payment to the MCWMC “by Friday.” He added that the city government and MCMMC President Armando Garcia “are close to making an amicable settlement.”
“It’s sad to note that we are being criticized when we are the ones who follow the law on waste management,” said Sison, implying that “it cost much” when Local Government Unit (LGU) adheres to Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
“If one really goes over the law, the city government is only tasked to collect garbage on main thoroughfares. The barangays are tasked to collect the garbage on streets inside the villages,” said Sison, reacting to the statements of Romy of Balibago.
“I had to use my son’s truck to bring the garbage to my farm where I buried it. Looks like I am going to do the routine for many more weeks – or even months,” said a certain Romy who expressed disappointment over the failure of the city government to collect garbage on a regular basis.
In most areas in the city since early June, huge amount of garbage remained uncollected for many weeks due to the failure of Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno to pay the city government’s debt amounting to some P65 million to the Kalangitan landfill in Capas, Tarlac operated by Metro Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWMC).
“We the residents are the ones who suffer most from stinking garbage left all over the place,” said residents of Barangay Amsic. “How come they could not pay the debt with all the money?”
Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting expressed alarm over the failure of Nepomuceno to settle their obligations to the MCWMC. The deadline was set on June 8. She added it “would mean a stinking city filled with waste and garbage as the deadline elapsed.”
Cabigting made rounds in some areas since June 8, disclosing that “garbage of huge amount are everywhere.”
City Administrator Mark Allen Sison, in phone interview yesterday, disclosed that they are set to give partial payment to the MCWMC “by Friday.” He added that the city government and MCMMC President Armando Garcia “are close to making an amicable settlement.”
“It’s sad to note that we are being criticized when we are the ones who follow the law on waste management,” said Sison, implying that “it cost much” when Local Government Unit (LGU) adheres to Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
“If one really goes over the law, the city government is only tasked to collect garbage on main thoroughfares. The barangays are tasked to collect the garbage on streets inside the villages,” said Sison, reacting to the statements of Romy of Balibago.
