The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas recommended to EMB-Manila the suspension of the operation of the Davao City Environmental Care, Inc. (DCECI) for allegedly dumping medical waste into the Mactan Channel last Jan. 5. DCECI is a treatment storage and dis­posal (TSD) facility and health care waste service provider that was contracted by Chong Hua hospital, UC-Medical Center and St. Vincent Hospital. EMB Regional Director Willian Cunado said Wednesday that after evaluating of the medical waste samples and inspecting DCECI’s facility, DENR and EMB reached the decision to recommend for the firm’s suspension.

Newman, M. B. (2019, January 18). Company that dumped medical waste into sea faces suspension. Manila Bulletin, p. 6.