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The first reform center for drug offenders in Central Visayas will be opening its doors by November. Cebu Provincial Anti Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) chief Carmen Remedios Durano-Meca said Balay Silangan, a collaborative project of the provincial government…
The provincial government’s anti-drug chief isn’t keen about President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to postpone the barangay elections and appoint barangay officials on his own. “I am not totally agreeable in terms of the appointment of barangay officials.…
THE Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) plans to realign Capitol’s budget meant to help the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) in its anti-drug operations following the suspension of police involvement in the Duterte administration’s anti-drug campaign.…
Seven barangay officials of Sogod town, northern Cebu tested negative for drug use yesterday. Sogod Mayor Lissa Durano Streegan said the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) conducted the test on them after they surrendered to the…
Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III has called for communication and coordination among anti-drug agencies and law enforcers before any declaration is made to avoid releasing reports that will turn out to be inconsistent. This came after Chief…
The Cebu Provincial Anti-drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) distributed around P1.6 million in cash incentives to the different police stations in the province for their impressive anti-drug operations. Ten local police stations and the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB)…
CEBU CITY–The mountain village of Taptap can be the first “drug-free” barangay in Cebu City. Senior Supt. Joel Doria, director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said village officials of Taptap are processing the requirements so…
THE whole of Camotes Island is now drug free. That’s according to Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director Senior Supt. Eric Noble who said that the four towns of Camotes were the first municipalities to be declared…
Despite the rising number of drug surrenderers in Cebu, the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) laments a significantly low turnout of surrenderers who actually commit to a community-based treatment program. CPADAO head Ivy Durano-Meca cites the…
About five months since the administration launched its relentless campaign against illegal drugs, 16 out of 1,066 barangays in the province of Cebu have declared themselves as “drug-free.” These villages are all located in three municipalities on…
CPADAO working to stop increase in children ‘drug users’ in province With more than 1,000 minors or children being involved in illegal drugs in Cebu province, the provincial government’s anti-drug abuse office is implementing programs and projects…
THERE were more than 60 government workers from the Cebu Capitol and the town and cities of the province who turned out to be positive of illegal drug use, but none has submitted for treatment or showed…
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