Five brgys in Ozamiz drug cleared by PDEA

Another five barangays in Ozamiz City have been declared “drug cleared” through a virtual evaluation by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) held at the City Heath Function Hall, Ozamiz. (Misamis News Network)

Five more barangays in Ozamiz have been declared “drug-cleared” by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing, March 8 via Zoom.

As a result of the intensified anti-illegal drugs campaign in the city, the following barangays were declared “drug-cleared:" Barangay Labinay, Manaka, Balintawak, Liposong, and Cogon.

PDEA-10 Regional Director Jigger B. Montallana urged the members of the committee to accomplish the necessary requirements.

“Ang ako lang hangyo nga ang inyong compliance from the different members of this committee especially DOH, DILG, PNP halos magkapareho lang ang ni-require sa inyo para ma-accomplish para mapermanent natin yung drug cleared status,” he said.

(My only request is that your compliance from the different members of this committee especially Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Philippine National Police (PNP) which have almost the same requirements for you to maintain the drug cleared status)

Meanwhile, City Local Government Operation Officer Edgel Vedra was very thankful for the success of the event especially to the support given by the LGU Ozamiz led by Mayor Sancho Fernando Oaminal.

There are still remaining barangays yet to be declared as drug cleared, Vedra said.

A barangay has to meet the following conditions to be declared drug-cleared, as set forth in Section 8 of the Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation No. 3, series of 2017:

The non-availability of drug supplies, the absence of drug transshipment activities, the absence of clandestine drug laboratories, the absence of clandestine drug warehouses, the absence of clandestine chemical warehouses, the absence of marijuana cultivation sites, the absence of drug dens, dives, or resorts, the absence of drug pushers, the absence of drug users and drug dependents and the absence of protectors, coddlers, and financiers.

As of March 08 2022, a total of 17 barangays in Ozamiz City have been cleared of illegal drugs.(SMRN/PIA-10/Misamis Occidental)