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Jancom appeals reconsideration
June 30, 2002
-- Jancom Environmental Corporation appealed to Metro Manila
mayors to reconsider its garbage disposal contract with the
Metro Manila Development Authority. Jancom is confident it can
help solve the garbage crisis in the metropolis.
According to its spokesperson Ricky Alegre, Jancom has been
sending letters to the 17 mayors in Metro Manila to give full
details regarding the provisions of the contract. Jancom stressed
it will comply with the Solid Waste Management Act (RA 9003)
by making use of sanitary landfills instead of incinerators.
In its letter, Jancom insists that the US$20.40 tipping fee
it is asking per metric ton of garbage collected is still lower
than the US$23.85 the MMDA spends at present. |
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Jancom insists garbage
deal is valid
June 28, 2002
-- Jancom Environmental Corporation still insists on the validity
of the garbage deal with the government despite the Metro Manila
mayors' resolve to recommend to the President the scrapping
of the deal. The contract, Jancom stresses, is legal as confirmed
by the Supreme Court. Jancom is waiting for an official word
from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) before it
takes any action regarding the news that the deal would be scrapped.
Ricky Alegre, Jancom spokesperson, says they have already sent
new MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando two letters to inform him of
the ongoing negotiations between Jancom and the MMDA under out-going
Chair Benjamin Abalos. Fernando and Jancom officials have yet
to meet and talk, the very reason why Jancom was surprised with
the mayors' decision released to the media.
Jancom had talks in the past with several mayors to explain
to them the firm's willingness to use sanitary landfills instead
of the original plan to use incinerators, as well as the reduction
of its tipping fee from US$59 to US$19 per metric ton of garbage
collected . In their latest meeting though, the mayors said
they are not confident that they will be able to pay even the
reduced tipping fee. |
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Metro Manila Mayors reject
Jancom deal
June 27, 2002
- The Metro Manila Council composed of Metro Manila mayors junked
the Jancom waste management deal because of the high tipping
fee that local government units cannot afford. Metro Manila
Development Authority Chair Bayani Fernando said they will make
the final draft of their recommendation and send it to the Office
of the President the soonest possible time. By doing so, Fernando
believes the controversial issue can be put to rest and thus
move on with projects that will ensure an effective collection
of garbage in Metro Manila.
But even with the Jancom issue being settled, the MMDA continues
to face the huge problem of the lack of waste management facilities
that can accommodate the 7,000 tons of garbage generated in
the metropolis daily. But Fernando said the MMDA will build
a material reduction facility (MRF) for each of the 13 cities
and municipalities with railroad tracks, and will extend it
to the landfills that would be constructed a little farther
from the tracks. Fernando said MMDA already received a go signal
to proceed with this plan. |
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New MMDA Chair consults
LGUs on Jancom deal
June 17, 2002
-- Bayani Fernando, new Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
Chair, says all local government units (LGUs) in the metropolis
will have to agree on the Jancom garbage deal before he recommends
it to the President. Fernando would like to make sure that LGUs
will agree to pay the tipping fee required by Jancom for its
collection of waste materials before any further move is taken.
The said tipping fee will be shouldered by the LGUs after two
years of operation.
Fernando, who in 1986 did a study on garbage disposal by railway,
submitted a proposal to Metro Manila mayors in the early 1990s
to use the rail system of the Philippine National Railways to
transport garbage to a sanitary landfill in southern Luzon.
Fernando says that the railway system passes through 13 of the
17 cities and municipalities in Metro Manila. But before this
can be done, Fernando is aware that he will first have to look
for a possible site for landfill in Metro Manila. |
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World Environment Day
marked by anti-pollution drive
June 5, 2002
-- The Philippines celebrates World Environment Day with a renewed
campaign to counter pollution in Metro Manila. The "Brigades
Against Pollution" will be responsible for the distribution
of informational, educational, and communication materials on
environmental protection and conservation.
The main activity of the group is touring the Metro Manila shopping
malls, schools and parks in order to disseminate information
materials.
The Philippines is one of more than 120 nations celebrating
the World Environment Day. |
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