Tamontaka 4 ‘drug-cleared’

COMMITMENT --- Tamontaka 4 Barangay Chairman Dumugkao M. Mangelen receives certification from Cotabato City Mayor Atty. Frances Cynthia Guiani- Sayadi as the first “drug cleared” barangay in the city. (CITY GOVERNMENT OF COTABATO - MINDANAO EXPOSE’)

COTABATO CITY --- This city government continues with its commitment to establish drug-free communities following  the recent declaration of Barangay Tamontaka 4 as the first “drug cleared” barangay in Cotabato City.

The announcement was made after series of evaluations and tests, duly certified by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The certification was handed over by City Mayor Atty. Frances Cynthia Guiani- Sayadi to Tamontaka 4 Barangay Chairman Dumugkao M. Mangelen with the presence of Cotabato City Police Director Victor Valencia, and representatives from the PDEA-ARMM, the Office on Health Services, Liga ng mga Barangay, and the field office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

“Other barangays are also in line for clearing and soon Cotabato City will achieve its drug-free status,” Mayor Guiani-Sayadi said.

Barangay Chairman Mangelen said he is very proud of the barangay’s newest accomplishment.

“Ever since, the barangay has been encouraging everyone in the community to take a pro-active stance in the government’s fight against proliferation of illegal drugs,”  Mangelen said. (GILMHAR A. LAO - MINDANAO EXPOSE’)