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The Payatas landslide was a garbage dump collapse at
Payatas Payatas is an administrative division in eastern Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is an urban barangay located in the 2nd district of Quezon City adjacent to the barangays of Commonwealth, Batasan Hills and Bagong Silangan. Etymology The ...
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Quezon City Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
, Philippines, on July 10, 2000. A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 houses.


Background

The residents near the Payatas dumpsite, specifically Lupang Pangako were moved to the area from other parts of
Quezon City Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
in the 1990s under then mayor Brigido Simon. Parts of Lupang Pangako then would be used for the dump, a "mountain of garbage" eventually piled up near the relocation site. Poor people often scavenge the Payatas dumpsite as a means of livelihood. Some of the garbage dumped on the site often combust spontaneously.


Landslide

218 people were killed, according to official data, and caused 300 missing persons. Other sources, however, suggest that 705 people were killed in Payatas and many first-hand accounts note the number is far greater than the official figure, perhaps closer to 1,000. The dumping ground was immediately closed following the incident by then President
Joseph Estrada Joseph Ejercito Estrada (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor, who served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 until his resignation in 2001. ...
.


Aftermath

The dumpsite was reopened weeks later by then-Quezon City Mayor Ismael Mathay Jr. to avert an epidemic in the city due to uncollected garbage caused by the closure. The landslide prompted the passage of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, which mandates the closure of open dumpsites in the Philippines by 2004 and controlled dumpsites by 2006. In 2004, the Payatas dumpsite was reconfigured as a controlled disposal facility but was closed in December 2010. A separate dumpsite was established near the old open dumpsite in January 2011. The newer dumpsite closed in December 2017. The Quezon City local government was found legally liable to compensate 56 heirs of the victims in 2020. They are obliged to dispense a total of . Mayor Joy Belmonte said her administration would not appeal the court ruling but noted that her former mayor Mathay could not be held liable since he died in 2013.


See also

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Bangkang papel boys Erwin Dolera, Jomer Pabalan, and Jayson Vann Banogan, known collectively as the "Bangkang papel" boys (Paper boat boys), were three boys who came to national notice in 2001 when they wrote their plight and aspirations on paper that they folded in ...
, survivors of the tragedy, who attempted to gain the attention of
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (; born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from Presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2001 to 2010 ...
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Quezon City disaster in July, 2000
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