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Post by batangsanmateo on Apr 16, 2008 23:07:48 GMT 8
Share here whatever news of public or common interest to bring awareness to all of us...
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Post by aiza on May 15, 2008 9:46:05 GMT 8
More families leave homes in Rizal town
More families left their homes in Purok Dos Butong Palay in Barangay Silangan, San Mateo, Rizal as heavy rains sparked fears of another landslide in the area.
ABS-CBN correspondent Wheng Hidalgo said 19 families left their houses after the storm continued to bring more rain to the area. At least 40 families have evacuated their homes after a landslide destroyed eight houses in the village on Wednesday. There were no reported casualties in the landslide.
Village officials said most of the houses that were hit were built on a landslide-prone area near a river. They said some residents rebuilt their homes after being destroyed by landslides.
courtesy of abs-cbn news central
as of May 15 2008
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Post by Nikki on Feb 6, 2009 16:20:02 GMT 8
Recently I have read about a new dumpsite being built in our town, particularly in Brgy. Maly and Brgy. Guinayang.....Is this true? Can our officials explain this?
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Post by hirolionheart on Feb 6, 2009 21:25:01 GMT 8
Recently I have read about a new dumpsite being built in our town, particularly in Brgy. Maly and Brgy. Guinayang.....Is this true? Can our officials explain this? It seems that you're not quite updated about this new landfill ;D Visit batangsanmateo.proboards66.com/index.cgi?board=garbage&action=display&thread=70Latest news... San Mateo dump gets the green light
Gigi Muoz David and Erika Z. Vizcarra
Manila Standard
2 February 2009 | 11:00 PMBucking opposition by environment activists, the operator of the San Mateo waste dump is ready to give it a go. Andy Santiago, president of the San Mateo Sanitary Landfill and Development Corp., said it has given the green light for the 19-hectare facility in Rizal province to do business.
The San Mateo landfill is technically operational and is soon to accept garbage from its host town and neighboring cities and municipalities, he told Standard Today.
Santiago said the town would pay no fees to bring in its garbage but Metro Manilas solid waste could be accommmodated on fixed charges.
He said the local government and Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando had yet to hammer out an agreement on terms and conditions particularly on charges.
This is the answer to the perennial garbage disposal problem not only of San Mateo but also in the nearby localities.
The new landfill in Barangay Pintong Bukawe began construction in July 2008 and was completed late December and outside the protected zone, said Santiago.
It is located seven kilometers from the watershed in contrast to what they [environmentalists] are saying. These groups are harping on the wrong facts because we have a certification that we are outside the forest and the watershed.
Beau Bacongis, Greenpeace convenor, acknowledged that the Natural Resources Environmental Management Bureau had granted Santiagos firm a compliance certificate for a site that also stradled the boundary of Maly and Guinayang.
The sanitary-engineered landfill worth an estimated P380-million project awaits a permit from the Laguna Lake Development Authority.
Santiago said the 5-hectare crater is lined up with layers of high density polyethelene membrane that is certified impermeable.
This ensures safety to the residents of San Mateo that there will be no secretions from the solid wastes that may endanger their health, he said, noting that about 2,000 of the towns 184,860 population, based on a 2007 census, will be given jobs as recyclers earning P300 to P500 daily.
All of the barangays in San Mateo has given their full support, while, we as sanitary advocates, it is our moral conviction to protect the people of San Mateo and the environment, as well. And we will protect them, Santiago said.
San Mateo Mayor Jose Rafael Diaz is gungho over the towns economic gains particularly in employment amid the global financial crunch.
The landfill is beneficial to the town especially as it will generate work to the residents of the Pintong Bukawe, he said.
As a bonus, according to Santiago, the dump would generate a refuse derived fuel or an alternative energy as a byproduct of the decomposing waste materials.
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Post by hirolionheart on Feb 7, 2009 10:50:29 GMT 8
Mula sa Landfill, punta naman tayo sa isang Water Supply Project  Medyo matagal na ang artikulo subalit isa itong importanteng proyekto para sa San Mateo  P320-M water supply project in San Mateo, Rizal now underwayPosted: Tuesday July 1, 2008About 42,000 residents are expected to benefit from continuous water supply once Manila Water’s P320-M water supply project in San Mateo, Rizal gets completed.
The project, dubbed as Sto. Niño-Silangan Water Supply Project, is divided into two phases: Phase 1, which will serve barangays Gulod Malaya, Sto. Niño and portion of Silangan, and Phase 2, which will serve the whole of Silangan and the elevated areas of Parang in Marikina.
The project involves the construction of pumping station and reservoirs and the laying of 25 kilometers of water lines including mainlines and will benefit twelve existing subdivisions occupying a total land area of 27 hectares.
Started in October 2007, the water project is expected to provide ample water supply to meet the 15 to 20 million liters per day (MLD) demand of the more than 13,000 households in the area.Source - www.manilawater.com/news/p320-m-water-supply-project-in-san-mateo-rizal-now-underway |
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Post by hirolionheart on Feb 23, 2009 12:53:25 GMT 8
Green groups sue San Mateo officials for dumpingabs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/16/2009 2:48 PMEnvironmental groups on Monday filed a civil suit against San Mateo Mayor Jose Rafael Diaz and Barangay Captain Cecilia Laceste for allowing the illegal dumping of garbage in the Marikina watershed.
Plaintiffs led by the EcoWaste Coalition, Buklod Tao, Reverend Fr. Alfred Albor and concerned residents asked the Regional Trial Court of San Mateo, Rizal to issue a temporary restraining order to halt the illegal dumping in Barangay Pintong Bukawe that contravenes Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
Invoking their right to file a “citizen suit” under R. A. 9003, the plaintiffs accused the defendants of “clear and blatant violation of the law” that prohibits and penalizes open dumping.
“Mayor Diaz and Barangay Captain Laceste have abused their power and positions and have brazenly defied R.A. 9003. By operating the municipal dump inside the Marikina Watershed, they have put at risk the health, safety and well-being of the residents of Barangay Pintong Bukawe and adjacent communities,” Armand Mejia, legal counsel of the EcoWaste Coalition, said in a press statement.
Mejia described the open dumping in Barangay Pintong Bukawe as “grossly and patently “ violating Sections 37 and 48 of R.A. 9003, which ban the maintenance and operation of open dumps.
The plaintiffs assert that Barangay Pintong Bukawe is an environmentally-critical area as it is inside the Marikina Watershed Reservation. The dump ,which caters to mixed solid wastes of San Mateo since 2003, is situated along a ravine with a waterway located below.
The plaintiffs asked the court to declare the open dump in Barangay Pintong Bukawe illegal and to order for its permanent closure and subsequent rehabilitation.
"Adding insult to injury, the two officials also allowed the construction of a new waste disposal facility in Barangay Pintong Bukawe," said Mejia.
Buklod Tao, the EcoWaste Coalition and other groups, including Greenpeace and the Coalition for a Garbage-Free San Mateo, have chided the authorities for allowing the construction of the new San Mateo Landfill in the said barangay in violation of an en banc decision by the Supreme Court.
In a decision penned by Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, the Supreme Court on 13 December 2005 ordered the permanent closure of the old San Mateo landfill managed by the Metro Manila Development Authority, underscoring the fact that the waste facility “has adversely affected its environs and sources of water should always be protected.”
The landmark decision upheld the ban on the construction and operation of landfills or any waste disposal facility that will detrimentally affect environmentally-critical resources such as aquifers, groundwater reservoirs and watershed areas.
In lieu of polluting dumps and landfills, Buklod Tao and the EcoWaste Coalition are pushing for the enforcement of best practices in people-driven ecological waste management, excluding the wasteful and climate warming open burning and dumping of discards.as of 02/17/2009 12:15 PMSource - www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/02/16/09/green-groups-sue-san-mateo-officials-dumping
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Post by hirolionheart on Mar 18, 2009 21:36:25 GMT 8
Suit poised vs DENR over San Mateo landfill
By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:03:00 03/12/2009
MANILA, Philippines – An environment group has vowed to file a citizen’s suit against Environment Secretary Lito Atienza for approving the operations of the contested sanitary landfill in San Mateo town in Rizal province.
Members of Mamamayan Laban sa Tambakan ng Basura sa San Mateo (LabanTambakan), a separate group from the Coalition for a Garbage-Free San Mateo, said they would take their case against Atienza to the Environmental Task Force of the Office of the Ombudsman.
The group said the dump could “pollute aquifers or water sources which also connect to the Abuab and Marikina Rivers, leading to the Laguna Lake,” and that Atienza also failed to consider the fact that it is located in an area prone to landslides.
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