BACOLOD CITY -- The number of drug-cleared barangays in Negros Island Region has increased to 25 after three villages in Bacolod City were among the latest declared free from drugs.
The newest drug-cleared villages are Barangays 5, 24, and 41, according to the Oversight Committee of the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) here.
Raymundo Salaveria of Barangay 5, Leif Gregory Ledesma of Barangay 24, and Leonilo Colegado of Barangay 41received their Certificate of Drug-Cleared Barangay during the 3rd Quarter Meeting of CADAC on Thursday.
The Oversight Committee, chaired by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 6 Director Wardley Getalla, conducted drug-clearing operations in Barangays 5, 24, and 41, and these barangays have complied with the parameters on drug-cleared barangays provided in Section 6 of Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation No. 3 series of 2017.
A barangay may be declared as “drug-cleared” if there is non-availability of drug supply; absence of drug transit/transshipment activity; absence of drug den, pusher, user; absence of clandestine drug laboratory; active involvement of barangay officials in anti-drug activities; existence of drug awareness, preventive education and information; and existence of voluntary and compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation processing desk.
Other drug-cleared barangays Negros Island are Bago City with four; Valladolid, seven; and Pulupandan, five in Negros Occidental; Bayawan City, three; and Dumaguete City, three, in Negros Oriental. (PNA)
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