MCSAPO to hold jail-based rehab program for female inmates

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/02/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Substance Abuse Prevention Office (MCSAPO) is set to conduct a jail-based rehabilitation program for female inmates. This will be the first time that the rehabilitation program will be conducted in…

Pasil launches 4th PWUDs community-based rehab program

Mark Bandolon 02/20/2024

CEBU CITY –  Barangay Pasil successfully launched its 4th batch of Persons Who Used Drugs (PWUDs) to undergo the Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. Cebu City Police Office’s City Director, Police Colonel…

Mandaue City earns first Central Visayas certification for CBDRP

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 12/08/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City is poised to become the first local government unit in Central Visayas with a certified Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) endorsed by the Department of Health. Lawyer Ebenezer Daryl Manzano, the…

In Lapu-Lapu City, 49 former drug dependents complete rehab program

Futch Anthony Inso 06/26/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – A total of 49 former drug dependents, who are facing drug-related charges in court, were able to complete the Intensive Outpatient Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment Program that was offered by the City of…

Basketball game between Talisay cops and drug surrenderers: More than just a friendly game

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — This is not just a friendly basketball game between Talisay City policemen and 25 drug surrenderers in Barangay Lawaan 3, Talisay City, but this is much more than that because this game is…

5 Lapu traffic enforcers yield positive results in confirmatory test

Futch Anthony Inso 09/10/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Five of the six traffic enforcers from the Lapu-Lapu City Traffic Management System (CTMS), who earlier tested positive in a drug test on August 1, 2022, also yielded positive results in the confirmatory…

2 Lapu-Lapu traffic enforcers admit using illegal drugs

Futch Anthony Inso 08/11/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Two of the six traffic enforcers of the City Traffic Management System (CTMS) in Lapu-Lapu City, who tested positive in a random drug test admitted that they were using illegal drugs. This was…

145 Mandaue drug dependents finish rehab course

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/23/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A total of 145 drug dependents in Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City, have graduated from their community-based drug rehabilitation program on Thursday, September 23, 2021. The Labang-MIOP moving up ceremony was held in…

Seven drug surrenderers of Mandaue barangay graduate from rehab program

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/07/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Seven drug surrenderers in Barangay Ibabao-Estancia in Mandaue City have graduated from the city’s community-based rehabilitation program on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Barangay Captain Romulo Echavez Jr. said it was the first batch…

Recovery within reach, users told

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/15/2017

BOGO CITY DRUG REHAB PROGRAM Who’s better to facilitate a drug rehabilitation program and tell people there’s always a chance to recover than someone who’s been there? Ray Leonard Pitogo, a resident of Barangay Dakit in Bogo…

Where do ‘surrenderees’ go?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/09/2016

Health official worried about lack of treatment centers for drug peddlers, users who turned themselves in For four years, Kathy (not her real name) considered taking prohibited drugs as a hobby. “My friends were also at it,…

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