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GMA Network
6 days ago
- Business
- GMA Network
Isko Moreno: Manila garbage situation to return to normal in 3 days
After saying that a health emergency will be declared in Manila due to the garbage crisis and termination of the operation of two garbage collections, Mayor Isko Moreno on Tuesday said that he expects the situation to return to normal in three days. 'I think naka-55% na kami. Ang tantsa naming mga three days babalik na sa normalization, hopefully,' Moreno said in a report of Jhomer Apresto on GMA Integrated News' Unang Balita. (I think we are at 55%. Our estimate is that we will return to normal in three days, hopefully.) According to Moreno, the two contractors, PhilEco and MetroWaste, stopped their operations in the city due to unsettled payments since January. Also, the former contractor Leonel is still unpaid. Almost P400 million remains unsettled to PhilEco and MetroWaste, while P561 million is owed to previous contractor Leonel. Since Monday, Moreno has been inspecting the collection of the accumulated garbage in the streets. —Joviland Rita/ VAL, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
6 days ago
- Health
- GMA Network
Manila garbage crisis forces Isko Moreno to declare ‘health emergency'
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Monday announced the declaration of a health emergency in the city after two new garbage collection contractors terminated their operations. 'I opted to declare and request the city council tomorrow, first session day, declare a state of health emergency in the entire city of Manila,' Moreno said in a press conference. 'For the past so many weeks, we've been receiving a lot of complaints and requests from the people of Manila to confront the garbage situation of the city,' he added. According to Moreno, the two contractors, PhilEco and MetroWaste, stopped their operations in the city due to unsettled payments since January. Also, the former contractor Leonel is still unpaid. Moreno said around P950 million of payments remain unsettled for the garbage collection services from the past administration. The mayor said the local government will take over the trash collection in Manila. —RF, GMA Integrated News
