COTABATO CITY --- At least 430 of the
more than 500 barangays in North Cotabato have been declared drug-free by an
inter-agency oversight committee led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
(PDEA).
Duquiatan said the PDEA Regional Office is doing its best to address the drug issues in the villages. (MEDIA PARTNER, MINDANAO EXPOSE')
The
committee is composed of representatives from the Regional Police Office, local
government units, and health departments.
PDEA
Regional Director Naravy Duquiatan said the committee aims to declare the
remaining 107 barangays drug-free within the year.
Records
showed that 436 of 543 barangays in the province were cleared of drugs in
recent weeks.
“We
attribute this achievement to the governor and to the city and municipal
mayors,” Duquiatan said.
Governor
Nancy Catamco, chairperson of the interagency, multi-sector Provincial Peace
and Order Council, said the provincial government, city and town mayors, as well as barangay officials, would
work together until the remaining barangays are cleared of drugs.
More
than 50 major drug suppliers have been arrested in separate police operations
conducted in the province since May last year.
Duquiatan said the PDEA Regional Office is doing its best to address the drug issues in the villages. (MEDIA PARTNER, MINDANAO EXPOSE')
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