CEBU CITY – A 36-year-old man believed to be high on illegal drugs was arrested for assaulting his father inside their house in Barangay Inayawan here on Monday afternoon, Dec. 8. Police identified the suspect as Ritchie Navarro Avenido. Avenido asked for money from his father, Constantino Aduyon...
A treatment facility for substance abuse and behavioral issues called A New Day Village Inc. (ANDVI) celebrated its soft opening in Biñan, Laguna, last weekend. ANDVI is the second treatment center initiated by cofounders Jun Tan, Joel Chavez, and Joey Ibañez, who previously opened their first...
Some 64 people who used drugs (PWUDs) graduated from the rehabilitation program of the Navotas City local government on Monday, April 17. Bidahan, a community-based drug rehabilitation program (CBDRP), conducted a year-long treatment procedure for PWUDs that included a six-month aftercare after the...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government received the 2022 National Anti-Drug Abuse Council Performance and the 2021 Digital Governance Audit awards during the Regional Awarding of Best Performing LGUs-cum-Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan (BIDA) Caravan on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The program was organized by...
The Muntinlupa City government was recognized during the recent 2022 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Audit Awards held by the Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region (DILG-NCR). Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac presented to Mayor Ruffy Biazon the certificate of...
Fourteen local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao were cited for their exemplary performances in enforcing the national government’s anti-illegal drug campaign, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Wednesday, Dec. 21. During the National Anti-Drug...
By Diann Calucin The Valenzuela City local government held a "Drug Awareness Poster-Making Contest" in celebration of Drug Abuse Prevention and Control (DAPC) week at Disiplina Village Bignay National High School (DVBNHS) covered court on Friday, Nov. 18. The poster-making contest was coordinated...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said F4iday, June 24, that it has launched a new Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) in Trece Martires, Cavite to assist drug dependents and provide immediate interventions towards rehabilitation. DILG logo Located in 1...
The Pasig City local government hosted the anti-drug abuse training initiated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on March 10 and March 11. The two-day training was attended by 41 participants from each of the anti-drug abuse councils (ADACs) of the cities of Pasig,...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III has vowed to work for the institutionalization of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program for older Filipino children in the primary school curriculum as one way toc combat illegal drugs, should he win in the May 2022...
Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday, July 12, expressed hope that the next administration would continue a strong anti-illegal drugs advocacy to sustain the gains achieved by the Duterte administration. Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez Torres-Gomez,...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Sherwin Gatchalian are now pushing a bill that would integrate a drug abuse prevention program in the curriculum of Grades 7 to 12 under the K -12 basic education system. The senators filed Senate Bill No. 2236 or the proposed Drug Abuse Prevention...
