CTMS enforcers undergo drug testing

Futch Anthony Inso 08/01/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—A random drug test was conducted on traffic enforcers of the City Traffic Management System (CTMS) of Lapu-Lapu City on Monday morning, August 1, 2022. Mario Napuli, CTMS head, said that he sent a memo…

Mandaue’s over 1K DGS personnel undergo surprise drug test

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/04/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Over 1,000 personnel from the Department of General Services in Mandaue City were made to undergo random drug testing on Tuesday, January 4, 2021, as part of the city’s drug-free workplace policy. The…

COSAP to intensify drug testing in Cebu City Hall after employee arrest

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) is planning to intensify the drug testing for City Hall employees after one of them was arrested in a drug bust on April 19,…

Police in Lapu-Lapu undergo random drug testing

Futch Anthony Inso 01/11/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Around 200 police officers from the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) were made to undergo a random drug test on Monday morning, January 11, 2021, here. Police Colonel Arnel Banzon, director of the LCPO, said that…

CCPO conducts another random drug testing among personnel

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) conducted a second random drug testing among its personnel on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, chief of the CCPO, started the random testing around…

DepEd-7 eyes more random drug testing among teachers amid Dalaguete tutor’s arrest

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) plans to conduct more random drugs testing among public school teachers after a senior high school teacher was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Friday…

5 Dumaguete City District Jail inmates tested positive for illegal drug use

Doris C. Bongcac 08/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Five inmates of the Dumaguete City District Jail tested positive for illegal drug use during a random drug testing organized by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Monday, August 5. But…

DepEd: We don’t have technical expertise in handling drug tests

Rosalie Abatayo 05/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) does not have technical expertise to conduct drug testing among its students. Dr. Juliet Jeruta, regional director of DepEd-7, made this clarification after the police and the…

Inmates have rights, says Ortega on proposed mandatory drug test

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/07/2017

Cebu Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Orvi Ortega said their office is still working their official statement on the mandatory drug testings for inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), which was recommended by the…

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