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                    [ArticleID] => 602758
                    [Title] => Pampanga execs eyeing purchase of Capas landfill
                    [Summary] => 

Faced with mounting garbage at a rate of at least 33,000 tons every month, provincial leaders led by Gov. Lilia Pineda agreed in a meeting here over the weekend to negotiate the purchase of the 100-hectare, German-technology sanitary landfill in Barangay Kalangitan in Capas, Tarlac.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 498965 [Title] => Angeles bishop puts curse on polluters of creek [Summary] =>

Local Bishop Pablo Virgilio David has declared a curse on local folk who would continue to pollute the Sapang Balen creek that runs through the heart of this city.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372644 [Title] => Officials bar MM, rest of C. Luzon access to Clark ecozone landfill [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — The provincial board of Tarlac has banned wastes from Metro Manila and Central Luzon, except Tarlac province from being dumped into the P200 million sanitary landfill operated by a German consortuin within the Clark special economic zone in Barangay Kalangitan in Capas, Tarlac.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Tarlac conveyed to the the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) its decision in Resolution No. 091-2996 which, however, was passed way back last October.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 332113 [Title] => MMDA negotiating more access to Clark landfill [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — With the law banning open dumpsites nationwide, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is negotiating more access to the state-of-the-art, 100-hectare sanitary landfill of the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) in Capas, Tarlac.

The sanitary landfill in Barangay Kalangitan, Capas town regularly takes in some 700 tons of wastes daily from Metro Manila, but negotiations are underway to increase the volume, Juan Miguel Fuentes, manager of the CDC’s environment department, told The STAR yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222992 [Title] => 2 Tarlac mayors now support use of landfill for Metro wastes [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — The government’s wish for the sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac to accommodate Metro Manila’s mounting garbage may soon be realized.

This, after officials of Capas, where the landfill is located, and neighboring Bamban town have softened their stand against the proposal.

The Capas municipal board is reportedly expected to pass a resolution expressing support for the government’s call, earlier expressed by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Elisea Gozun.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220087 [Title] => ‘Open sanitary landfill to Metro Manila wastes’ [Summary] => Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Elisea Gozun has reiterated her appeal to the provincial government of Tarlac to allow the use of its state-of-the-art, fully engineered sanitary landfill to help solve Metro Manila’s garbage woes.

Gozun urged the members of Tarlac board to reconsider its decision that only wastes coming from the province and the Clark special economic zone are allowed to be dumped in the landfill in Barangay Kalangitan in Capas town.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1638585 [AuthorName] => Pamela Samia [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 209639 [Title] => Tarlac urged: Open landfill to other Central Luzon towns [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) is urging the Tarlac provincial government to allow other towns in Central Luzon to deposit their wastes at the state-of-the-art sanitary landfill in Capas town amid the worsening garbage problem in the region.

The NSWMC, which is under the Office of the President, has issued a resolution asking the Tarlac provincial government to reconsider its stand on restricting wastes dumped at the Capas landfill only to those coming from Tarlac and the Clark special economic zone.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186254 [Title] => Clark sanitary landfill operational by Dec. 15 [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — The P500-million initial phase of the 100-hectare sanitary landfill here is expected to be operational by Dec. 15.

This, as the landfill’s critics, led by Mayor Rey Catacutan of Bamban, Tarlac, have apparently mellowed down after inspecting last Friday the almost completed project which observers described as "looking more like a resort than a landfill."
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 169752 [Title] => Capas sanitary landfill begins operations next month [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga - The first phase of the $215-million sanitary landfill in Barangay Kalangitan in Capas, Tarlac, is expected to be operational by the last week of August.

The landfill, which uses German technology, will take in garbage from Tarlac and the Clark special economic zone.

Using heavy equipment and computerized gadgets, over 100 workers, hired mostly from Capas, have been working 20 hours daily to complete the first phase of the controversial project.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156457 [Title] => Landfill barricades lifted [Summary] => CAPAS, Tarlac — Anti-landfill demonstrators lifted late last Saturday their barricades in an upland resettlement site in neighboring Bamban town and at the historic Capas Death March Shrine.

Their move put an end to four days of protest against plans of the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) to build a multimillion-dollar, 100-hectare sanitary landfill in Barangay Kalangitan here.

But the outrage over the landfill project still continues as protesters keep a tight watch on heavy equipment now idly parked in Kalangitan.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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