SunStar San Carlos mayor shuts down bioethanol plant
SAN CARLOS. Mayor Renato Gustilo orders the temporary closure of San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. due to alleged violations. (Contributed photo)
+ February 22, 2021 SAN Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo has ordered the temporary closure of San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. (SCBI) due to alleged violations.
In a letter dated February 18, 2021 to SCBI, Gustilo cited several environmental violations the said company committed, including a series of incidents of water discoloration along the coastal waters of So. Maloloy-on, Barangay Punao due to its wastewater discharges.
Some footage and reports from the City Planning and Development Coordinator’s Office, Bantay Katunggan of the Coastal Resource Management of the City Environment Management Office (CRM-Cemo), Eco-Zone Multi-Partite Monitoring Team (MMT), and City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office were also included as pieces of evidence to
February 07, 2021 KATINGAL-AN Elementary School in San Carlos City, with more than 250 students, was shortlisted as one of the top 12 schools with sustainable environmental programs in the 2020 Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Seameo)-Japan ESD Award on January 30, 2021.
The said contest was participated by 181 schools or institutions in eight Southeast Asian countries. The 2020 search carried the theme, “Addressing Plastic Problems for Transforming Communities.”
Engineer Arthur A. Batomalaque, Integrated Waste Management/Pollution Control Division head of the City Environment Management Office (CEMO), is grateful that the city has produced another international awardee.
He said it is a big recognition not only to the city but also to their office, which has been putting efforts in conducting contests from schools recyclable drives to environmentally sustainable schools.
BACOLOD CITY – Several areas in the urban barangays of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental were submerged in flood after some of the rivers and creeks in the area burst their banks due to the heavy rains that came Saturday night.
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