Helping ‘Homeless Berta’ take first step to road to recovery

Immae Lachica 10/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The viral homeless man in Cebu, known as Berta, is now finally safe from the dangers of the streets all thanks to a rehabilitation center in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City. Safe Haven rehabilitation…

New Life Center in Pinamungajan town now open to help recovering drug addicts

PR 06/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Exactly a week prior the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Globe Telecom turned over to the Cebu provincial government the first-of-its-kind drug rehabilitation and treatment center in Pinamungajan, Cebu in…

Former gov’s house now a rehab center in Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 10/23/2016

The house of former Cebu governor and acting Mandaue City mayor Vicente “Tingting” dela Serna in Barangay Ibabao-Estancia in Mandaue City had been converted into a private rehabilitation facility for drug users. The Bridge of Hope (BH)…

Plans to convert camps into rehab centers mulled

Carmel Loise Matus 07/29/2016

Officials from the police and military met with the regional Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to discuss plans by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to convert some identified army camps into rehabilitation areas for drug users. “It was more…

Cebu City eyes revival of rehab center project in Labangon

Nestle L. Semilla 07/16/2016

With a huge turnout of the Oplan TokHang (Toktok-Hangyu) that encourage hundreds of drug users to surrender to the authorities, the Cebu City government is looking to revive the Rehab Center Project that was planned to be…

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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