Peewee: Pasay City stinks
Re-elected Pasay City Mayor Wenceslao “Peewee” Trinidad said yesterday the previous administration left the city literally stinking and pinpointed areas where the garbage problem has reached alarming proportions.
“They left the city literally stinking. There are piles of uncollected garbage in many streets. We are addressing this major problem, and we will take concrete action the soonest time possible,”
Solid Waste Management Office chief Benjamin Reyes said the areas that should be cleaned up as soon as possible are Sun Valley on Airport Road; the street in front of Don Carlos Revilla Elementary School in Barangay 187; the Ever Gotesco terminal area near the Baclaran-Pasay boundary; Sgt. Mariano street in Barangay 148; Barangay 41; the corner of D. Jorge and Tolentino streets; M. dela Cruz street; C. Jose Street in Malibay; Aurora Boulevard; F. B. Harrison and Taft Avenue near Protacio Street, among others.
Cristina Eshmawi, Eco-waste Technical Support Operations head, said the irregular garbage collection in the city can be traced to the previous administration’s move to reduce fees paid to contractors such as Halrey Trucking, Greenline Onyx and R.M. Maintenance.
“They now normally collect three times a week, compared to the daily collection, with a conservative schedule of
She added that
The garbage collection companies have existing contracts they forged with the previous administration, led by then acting mayor Allan Panaligan, until the end of the year.
During a department head meeting recently,
“The Panaligan administration wanted to show us that they could do it with cheaper garbage collection contracts, but look at what is happening to our city now. It’s embarrassing to say this but the city stinks,”
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