Baste Duterte orders Davao City trash dumped outside DENR office

DAVAO CITY — Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Friday blamed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the city’s worsening garbage crisis, which was triggered by the temporary closure of its landfill on May 22 following a massive trash slide two days earlier.

In a statement, Duterte said he had ordered the establishment ...