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UPI, Maguindanao --- This municipal government is
committed to eradicate the proliferation of illegal drugs within their
community.
Mayor Ramon
A. Piang, Sr. said during interview that the municipal government has
previously listed at least one drug-cleared barangay.
“Borongotan
was already declared drug-cleared but all remaining barangays are now subject
for drug clearing,” Mayor Piang said.
The mayor
said they are closely monitoring 24/7 the situation in the barangays through
the barangay leaders and other sectors as he emphasized the importance of cooperation with the authorities to ensure
the safety of their communities.
“We are
targeting that these barangays will be drug-cleared by early first quarter of
2018,” Mayor Piang said.
According to
the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), a village can be declared
“drug-cleared” or free from illegal drug activities if it meets these six
requirements: non-availability of drug supply; absence of drug den, pusher, and
user; absence of clandestine drug laboratory; active involvement of barangay
officials in anti-drug activities; existence of drug awareness, preventive
education and information; and existence of voluntary and compulsory drug
treatment and rehabilitation processing desk. The requirements are mandated under
Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Regulation No. 3 series of 2017.
The DDB
regulation prescribes three phases of clearing drug-affected barangays. The
“pre-operation phase” starts with the laying of groundwork and bases for
effective and sustainable clearing operations. House clusters are to be
organized with designated cluster leader in each barangay, who will directly
report to the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council chairperson all essential facts
of any illegal drug activities within his/her cluster such as names of pushers
or users, marijuana cultivation activities, clandestine laboratory operations,
and other drug-related data. City or Municipal Anti-drug Abuse Council and
local police unit will then formulate and validate a watch list of drug
personalities in every barangay.
The
“operation phase” is the actual implementation of drug supply and demand
reduction strategies in priority drug-affected barangays, while “post-operation
phase” aims to maintain the “drug-cleared” status of barangays, through support
activities to be funded from the general fund of a barangay.
In the
issuance of drug-clear certificate, the DDB Regulation further directs the
establishment of oversight committees which is responsible in declaring a
barangay as drug-free after satisfying all parameters.
Upi is a
first class municipality in Maguindanao. It is politically subdivided into 23
barangays:Bantek, Bayabas, Blensong, Borongotan, Bugabungan, Bungcog, Darugao,
Ganasi, Kabakaba, Kibleg, Kibucay, Kiga, Kinitaan, Mirab, Nangi/ Kamonsawi,
Nuro (Poblacion), RanaoPilayan, Rente,Rifao, Rempes, Renede, Sefegefen,
andTinungkaan. (GILMHAR A. LAO &
ANNE ACOSTA -MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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