25 of 1,066 Cebu villages declared drug-cleared

Cebu Provincial Governor Hilario Davide lll and other officials from different local government agencies answer questions from the media regarding the formal declaration of the Drug Cleared Barangays in the whole province of Cebu at the Capitol's Social Hall. | Lito Tecson

ONLY 25 out of the 1,066 barangays in Cebu province were officially declared “drug cleared” by a multi-agency oversight committee at the Capitol’s Social Hall Thursday, May 10.

The committee is composed of officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), police, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CPADAO).

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