CLOSAP welcomes passage of ordinance for drug-free workplace

Futch Anthony Inso 04/02/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- The City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (CLOSAP) welcomed the recent passage of an ordinance that institutionalizes the implementation of a drug-free workplace here. The ordinance authored by Councilor Emilio Galaroza Jr.,…

Caohagan tops evaluation to maintain ‘only drug-free barangay status’ in Lapu-Lapu

Futch Anthony Inso 06/16/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Caohagan in Lapu-Lapu City continues to be  the only drug-free barangay in the city after it topped the 2022 Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) functionality and effectiveness audit. Garry Lao, executive director…

Caubian takes step closer to drug-cleared brgy status with 25 drug surrenderers graduating from drug rehab program

Futch Anthony Inso 05/20/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Caubian in Olango Island Lapu-Lapu City is one step closer to a drug-cleared barangay status after 25 drug surrenderers graduated from the Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP). Garry Lao, executive director of…

In Central Visayas, 87 more brgys, 1 town earn drug-cleared status

Doris C. Bongcac 04/16/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The municipality of Basay in Negros Oriental was the most recent local government unit in Central Visayas to have finally earned a drug-cleared status. In an advisory, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in…

Caohagan officials challenged: Maintain barangay’s drug-free status

Futch Anthony Inso 03/20/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Officials of Barangay Caohagan in Lapu-Lapu City are challenged to maintain the barangay’s status as a “Drug-Free Barangay.” Caohagan, an islet barangay in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City, was the only barangay in the…

PDEA-7 exec: Only 48% of CV barangays remains drug-affected

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 01/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) said that only 48 percent of the barangays in the region had remained drug-affected. Leia Alcantara, PDEA-7 spokesperson, said this was…

CLOSAP holds Anti-Drug Summit to boost war vs illegal drugs

Futch Anthony Inso 10/06/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government through its anti-drug office initiated an Anti-Drug Summit in Panglao Island, Bohol. The activity which was supervised by the City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (CLOSAP), started…

38 brgys, 1 town declared drug-cleared in Central Visayas

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 38 barangays and one municipality in Central Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared on April 25 by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7). This brings the overall total to 1,167…

PDEA-7: 25 more barangays declared drug-cleared in Cebu Island, 3 others drug-free

Mae Fhel Gom-os 09/30/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — At least  25 more barangays in Cebu Island were already given a drug-cleared status by law enforcers here. This brings the total number of drug-cleared barangays to 1,009 in Central Visayas as of…

Mayor Cortes turns over brand new SUV to PDEA-7

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/09/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City government turned over a brand new Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) worth P1 million to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) at the City Hall grounds on Tuesday,…

PDEA-7 declares 71 barangays in NegOr drug-free

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There are now 71 out of the 557 barangays in Negros Oriental declared as drug-free by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7). PDEA-7 also said that 459 barangays (villages) are…

40 villages in Cebu to be declared drug-free

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 07/12/2017

An additional 40 barangays including 11 from San Remigio town, Cebu will be declared drug-free by next week. An oversight committee chaired by Regional Director Yogi Felimon Ruiz of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the…

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