4 Cordillera provinces declared drug-free
LAGAWE, Ifugao, Philippines – Four provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have been cleared of illegal drugs.
Apayao and Mountain Province were declared drug-free on Tuesday, Chief Superintendent Francis Sarona, CAR police director, said yesterday.
Sarona said 144 barangays in 10 towns in Mountain Province and 102 of 153 barangays in Apayao were cleared of illegal drugs after a validation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and after compliance with the parameters set by the Dangerous Drugs Board.
The provincial anti-drug abuse council earlier declared Ifugao a drug-free province after validating reports from barangay and municipal anti-drug abuse councils, said Gov. Pedro Maya-o.
Kalinga received the drug-free certification on Feb. 6 during the opening of a drug rehabilitation center in the provincial jail. – Victor Martin, Raymund Catindig
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