SSB barangay officials submit to drug testing

 SULTAN SA BARONGIS, Maguindanao --- The newly elected barangay  and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials of this town submitted themselves last June 5 for drug testing as mandated by the Department of the Interior and Local Government in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The process was held at the  municipal gymnasium of this town.

The activity was spearheaded by the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) – Maguindanao led by medical technologist Norhaya Jane Baguindali.

Elected chairwoman Putri Alyssa Ramla M. Angas, eldest daughter  of town Mayor Ramdatu M. Angas, of  Barangay Angkayamat was first to submit herself for drug testing. Outgoing  chairwoman Salamon M. Angas also assisted in the mandatory testing.

The main objective of the activity is to ascertain that the barangay governments and their duly elected officials are free from the use of  illegal drugs, which is now number one enemy of the Philippine government since the Duterte administration took over.

The IPHO personnel administered the drug tests through urine samples. (Anne Acosta/MINDANAO EXPOSE’)