Manila Garbage Crisis Worse than Thought

Manila garbage crisis worse than thought

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso lamented on Monday that he was met with a huge problem

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.

Manila to declare state of health emergency due to garbage problem

MANILA, Philippines – Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, on his first day in office, said he would declare a state of health emergency over the city’s mounting garbage problem. Moreno made the announcement in a Facebook livestream past 12:13 pm on Monday, June 30, after learning that garbage collectors had stopped operations due to the previous city administration’s failure to pay them for their services. Moreno said that the uncollected garbage could th…

Isko Moreno Wonders Why There Are Two Vaults Inside Mayor's Office

Isko Moreno returns as Manila Mayor Newly elected Manila Mayor Isko Moreno wondered why there were two vaults inside the mayor’s office. Isko is just one of the many showbiz personalities who crossed over to politics. He first became a mayor in 2019. In 2022, he decided to run for president, but he did not ... Read more The post Isko Moreno Wonders Why There Are Two Vaults Inside Mayor’s Office appeared first on PhilNews.

Piles of uncollected trash greet commuters along Recto Avenue in Manila

Waste management mess greets Isko in return to city hall

MANILA Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso returned to office on June 30, facing a mounting trash crisis and nearly P1 billion owed to garbage collector contractors that had stopped services. In a Facebook livestream on Monday at noon, Domagoso announced that two waste collection firms, Philippine Ecology Systems Corp. (PhilEco) and MetroWaste Solid Waste Management Corp., had informed the city they were ceasing operations due to unpaid oblig…