{"id":109818,"date":"2017-08-04T02:21:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T06:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109818"},"modified":"2017-08-04T02:21:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T06:21:32","slug":"dpwh-s-leyte-launches-drug-smoke-free-workplace-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/04\/dpwh-s-leyte-launches-drug-smoke-free-workplace-program\/","title":{"rendered":"DPWH S. Leyte launches drug, smoke-free workplace program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109821\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109821\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) field office here launched on Thursday the drug and smoke-free workplace program. (Photo: Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) field office here launched on Thursday the drug and smoke-free workplace program. (<a href=\"https:\/\/scontent.fmnl4-3.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n.jpg?oh=4361ce539aac096b1548df0a2b9568d8&amp;oe=59F180B2\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dpwhph\/\">Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">MAASIN CITY, Aug. 4 &#8212; To support the nationwide smoking ban and the call to end the drugs menace in the country, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) field office here launched on Thursday the drug and smoke-free workplace program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cThe program will surely raise productivity, efficiency, and safety of workers, thus improving the overall performance of our office,\u201d said Ma. Margarita C. Junia, DPWH Southern Leyte district engineer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The department will identify staff that will form the task force and monitoring team for strict and effective implementation of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Hundreds of DPWH employees affixed their signature to support the campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Junia said that although President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order 26 enforcing the nationwide smoking ban, the office is still waiting for the implementing rules and regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The rules are expected to shed lights on issues such as appropriate disciplinary actions for violators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">In 2015, Junia ordered a surprise drug test to all DPWH Southern Leyte personnel, where 23 of them were found positive for illegal drugs use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">However, only 16 out of 23 opted to join the rehabilitation program, and 15 have actually completed the 11-month recovery process last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cAlthough, we cannot tell that our office is 100 percent drug-free already, I\u2019m more confident now that we have conducted the necessary actions and hoping that as we continue this campaign, we can achieve our ultimate goal,\u201d Junia said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">As it was promised, those who have completed the recovery program were given the chances to work again in DPWH.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The nationwide smoking ban took effect on July 23 or two months after the President signed Executive Order No. 26 \u201cProviding for the Establishment of Smoke-Free Environments in Public and Enclosed Places.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAASIN CITY, Aug. 4 &#8212; To support the nationwide smoking ban and the call to end the drugs menace in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[3118,20435,12467],"class_list":["post-109818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-dpwh","tag-smoke-free-workplace","tag-smoking-ban","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}