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Nestor Archival

Nestor Archival

Mayor of Cebu City

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Notable Quotes

"The DENR must be held accountable for regulatory lapses surrounding the Binaliw landfill." — January 2026

"The DENR must be held accountable for regulatory lapses surrounding the Binaliw landfill." — January 2026

"What we want for the future is to bring down the volume of garbage being disposed of at landfills to lower our costs." — January 2026

Stories

Cebu landfill collapse kills 36, exposes decades of regulatory failure

Rule Changes

Leading crisis response; calling for DENR accountability

The Payatas garbage dump in Quezon City collapsed in July 2000, killing at least 218 people. The disaster prompted the Philippines to pass the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, which banned open dumpsites and mandated sanitary landfills with engineering safeguards. Twenty-five years later, a landfill in Cebu City collapsed under nearly identical circumstances—oversaturated waste piled too high on too steep a slope—killing 36 sanitation workers.

Updated Jan 19