Mandaue’s drug rehab center gives drug addicts chance to get free treatment

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/22/2018

DRUG dependents in Mandaue City can now have a place to undergo free medical treatment for their addiction with the opening of the P2 million drug rehabilitation facility beside the Mandaue City Hospital. Dr. Edna Seno, Mandaue…

… as he jokes: Rice shortage fault of drug addicts in rehab centers

Inquirer.net 09/27/2018

BLAME it on drug addicts, again. President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday shared a theory that the rice shortage in the country could have been caused by drug addicts in rehabilitation centers who now enjoy eating food. “Ngayon…

Cebu archdiocese helps drug addicts to recover

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/26/2018

The Be Intimate with God (BIG) Day, a spiritual healing event for drug recoverers, was held at the IC3 Pavilion, Cebu City on Sunday (August 26). Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, who officiated the Mass, said in his…

SuGod graduates to help addicts to be free from drugs

Fe Marie Dumaboc 08/22/2018

TWO drug surrenderers from Liloan town in northern Cebu and Lapu-Lapu City are two of the promising success stories of the a drug recovery program initiated by a charismatic group headed by a businesswoman. Jay-r (not his…

Laity group to host event for recovering addicts

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 08/22/2018

  Amid the killings of persons allegedly involved in illegal drugs, the Surrender to God (SuGod) is giving hope to drug surrenderers to have a better life. The group will be hosting Be Intimate with God (B.I.G.)…

DUTERTE: POLICE, PDEA IN CEBU ARE ‘ADDICTS’

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/21/2018

Enjoy the luxuries of life but beware. So was the warning of President Rodrigo Duterte to Cebu’s law enforcers who he said have been involved in illegal drugs. In his visit to Cebu City on Tuesday, he…

More drug addicts in LuzViMin, less in NCR — SWS survey

Ador Vincent Mayol, Inquirer.net, Julius N. Leonen 02/02/2018

THE number of drug addicts in villages across the country have increased, even as Metro Manila residents think there are fewer drug addicts in their communities, a nationwide survey taken in the last quarter of 2017 revealed.…

Police arrest suspected drug pusher, P1.3M worth if drugs seized

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/12/2017

  The Cebu City police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a drug bust in Barangay Suba, Cebu City past 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Seized from Sofronio Navarro, 45, were 110 grams of shabu valued at P1.3…

Ex-addicts eyed as K9 handlers

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/28/2017

  Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he plans to put up a facility where former drug dependents will be assigned as handlers of specially trained dogs at the South Road Properties (SRP). “I think it matches…

THOU SHALT NOT KILL

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

CONCLUSION Leaders of the Catholic Church, an institution that helped oust two of the country’s leaders in the past, have varied responses to the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. While all of them agree that killing…

Cop chief to sustain war on drugs

Nestle L. Semilla 07/19/2016

CEBU City police officials led by their new chief, Senior Supt. Joel Doria, visited the City Council during their regular session to reiterate their commitment to serve and protect Cebu City residents. “It’s the mayor’s prerogative and…

Going beyond Oplan TokHang

Editorial 07/19/2016

Others view it as a “shakedown” while many more see Oplan TokHang (Toktok Hangyo or Knock and Appeal) as an effective grassroots strategy by the Duterte administration to verify, profile and monitor suspected drug users and pushers.…

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