Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte has criticized the DENR's 'bureaucratic inaptitude' following the closure of the city's sanitary landfill

A pile of garbage litters a sidewalk outside the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Davao City on Friday, June 5, 2026. Davao City Mayor…

DAVAO CITY—Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte has blamed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the city’s mounting garbage crisis, pointing to the agency’s…