Mandatory drug testing in schools: PDEA, PNP tells DepEd to take charge

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Since they have the expertise to deal with school children and the youth, the Department of Education (DepEd) should be tasked to implement the planned random drug testing among high school students, said…

CCPO: More random checkpoints

Benjie B. Talisic 02/20/2018

The Cebu City Police Office have already been conducting random checkpoints in the city amid orders from Chief Supt. Robert Quenery to focus on stopping incidents involving motor-riding criminals in the city. Quenery’s order came amid the…

2 cops test positive for illegal drugs in random drug test

Benjie B. Talisic 02/16/2018

TWO policemen tested positive for illegal drugs during a random drug test conducted last January 31 in Lapu-Lapu City and Cebu City. About 100 policemen from the Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG-7) of Lapu-Lapu City and Station…

92 cops undergo random drug test

Benjie B. Talisic 01/31/2018

  Ninety two cops from the Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) underwent random drug testing yesterday as part of a continuing effort to cleanse the police ranks of drug users.   As police go full blast in…

CPADAO pushes for mandatory drug tests for teachers, random testing for students in Cebu

Morexette B. Erram 01/26/2018

“ALARMING.” This was how the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) described the news that a teacher and five senior high school students from a private college were arrested in a drug bust in Madridejos town on…

Random drug tests on city workers

Morexette B. Erram 09/18/2017

To serve as a warning to others and to ensure that all city workers are drug free, about 150 employees of Carcar City Hall were made to undergo a surprise drug test, Monday, by Mayor Nicepuro Apura.…

Teachers subjected to random drug tests

JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 09/11/2017

PUBLIC school teachers and personnel will be subjected to surprise drug tests. The Department of Education (DepEd), together with Cebu City Hall started implementing the random drug testing of teachers of public elementary and high schools in…

Random drug test on Cebu City firefighters

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 09/07/2017

  About 159 personnel of the Cebu City fire station underwent a surprise drug test today, starting Thursday morning. The random drug test is part of the internal cleansing of the regional Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-7)…

Random drug test for Cebu City teachers

Nestle L. Semilla, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/05/2017

Cebu City’s 5,500 teachers will undergo random drug testing to save on time and expenses, City Councilor Joy Augustus Young said yesterday. The councilor, who met with Cebu City Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Bianito Dagatan, said they…

Random drug tests for Mandaue traffic aides

JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 06/22/2017

ALL traffic enforcers in Mandaue City will undergo random drug tests starting this month, the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (Team) said yesterday. “We will make the drug test mandatory in Team. We don’t want this to…

MAO BA?

05/26/2017

RANDOM INSPECTIONS NETIZENS’ reactions were mixed over the random inspections conducted by police in Central Visayas in the wake of President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law declaration in Mindanao on Tuesday due to the Marawi City siege of…

Random drug tests

Editorial 05/19/2017

With the school season fast approaching, the Department of Education’s (DepEd) proposal to conduct random drug testing on high school students, teachers and school personnel may be par for the course under the current administration, but it’s…

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