Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza received her plaque of appreciation from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director Isidro Lapeña and PDEA-7 Director Yogi Filemon Ruiz during PDEA’s 15th anniversary celebration.
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The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) is the top regional office among all the regions in the country for the first quarter of the year.
PDEA Director General Isidro Lapeña cited PDEA-7 Director Yogi Ruiz for maintaining the regional office’s standing since the last quarter of the year.
Lapeña said during PDEA’s 15th anniversary celebrations last Saturday that PDEA-7 has the most accomplishments in terms of arrest, illegal drugs seized and barangays being helped to be drug-free during the last quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of the year.
Lapeña also said that the government is winning in the war against illegal drugs citing 1.3-million surrenderers, which translates to a 33 percent of reduction of demand from the 4 million drug users claimed by the government at the start of their campaign.