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By HIROHITO 'jong' D. CADION
PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (June 16, 2018) - A
total of One-Hundred-Three Barangays in Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga Del Sur
were declared as drug-cleared and drug-free communities by the Regional
Oversight Committee.
The declaration was made after
accomplishing the parameters set forth by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) as provided in Section 8, DDB Board Regulation No. 3 Series of
2017, otherwise known as “Strengthening the Implementation of the Barangay
Drug-Clearing Program,” Police Official said.
Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) PIO
Chief CInsp. Helen L. Galvez disclosed that
during the ceremonial declaration program held at Tungawan Gymnasium in
Tungawan municipality and Imelda Gymnasium in the municipality of Imelda, both
of Zamboanga Sibugay on June 14, 2018 with Governor Wilter Yap Palma as guest
of honor and speaker, thirty-four Barangays were declared as drug-cleared and
drug-free.
These are the municipalities of:
Tungawan with 11-Barangays cleared in
illegal drugs,
Titay–2 Barangays, Buug-6 Barangays, Diplahan-3
Barangays,
Imelda-6 Barangays, Naga-2 Barangays, Siay-2
Barangays and
Oluntanga with 3 Barangays.
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The drug-cleared Barangays are as
follows:
5-Barangays in Bayog, 12-Barangays in Lakewood, 17-Barangays in
Tigbao, 16-Barangays in Dumalinao, 14-Barangays in Josefina and 5-Barangays in
Labangan.
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PRO-9 PIO Chief also said that some of
the personalities leading the declaration were PDEA-9 Regional Director Laurefel
P. Gabales and Chairman of Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug
Clearing Operations,
PSup. Alikhan A Yusop, Officer in Charge of
RPCRD, Police Regional Office-9 and Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG-9) Regional Director Paisal O Abutazil.
Also in attendance during the ceremony
were Municipal Mayors of the above-mentioned municipalities, respective MADAC
and BADAC and the Chiefs of Police, CInsp. Galvez said.
Meanwhile, PDEA-9 Director Gabales said
that the drug-cleared barangays will still be subjected to re-validation and if
the committee will find out that there are still drug users and pushers still
operating at the above-mentioned barangay, the Regional Oversight Committee
will recall the declaration and they will not be a drug-cleared barangay
anymore, CInsp. Galvez added.
Galvez said, in declaring an area
drug-free, the PDEA and the Philippine National Police (PNP) consider the
following factors:
- Non-availability of illegal drugs,
- Absence of illegal drug transshipment activity,
- Absence of clandestine illegal drug laboratory,
- Absence of clandestine illegal drug warehouse,
- Absence of clandestine illegal chemical warehouse,
- Absence of marijuana cultivation site,
- Absence of drug den, -absence of drug pushers,
- Absence of drug users/dependents,
- Absence of protectors/coddlers and financiers.
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