Tag: Canada garbage

Guevarra says criminal raps to be pursued vs private importers even as Canada recalls trash today, May 30

(Eagle News)–Criminal charges will be pursued against the private importers of the trash from Canada that had been languishing in the Philippines for years. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who was also designated the caretaker of the government while President Rodrigo Duterte is on a working visit to Japan, said this  even as the Canadian government prepared to recall the garbage, a bulk of which had been left in a Tarlac landfill after it was brought […]

Palace: Duterte wants Canada trash returned the “soonest” possible time, not by end of June

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, May 23, said President Rodrigo Duterte wants the trash shipped  by Canada to the Philippines six years ago returned to the North American country the “soonest possible time.” In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it is for this reason Duterte was not on board Canada’s plan to have the garbage returned there by the end of June. “Diba sabi nila it might  take about end of June […]